Here are the best of the Special Reports, telling the stories of corporations, individuals, and nations struggling to succeed in today's global economy -- all collected and presented for the first time in e-Book format. Here are the stories of countries trying to lure foreign businesses, of businesses trying to lure foreign workers, of workers seeking opportunities in foreign countries. Here is the story of the race to find -- or develop -- the world's next Silicon Valley. Will it be Dublin, Ireland; Beijing, China; Hyderabad, India; Campinas, Brazil; or Paris, France? Here are the stories of the Viet Kieu (Vietnamese living abroad) who are drawn back to their homeland to do business, of the ByteKeepers at Manila's AMA Computer College who run a multinational business from a homemade PC. Here is the story of the Japanese backers of Bluetooth (including Toshiba, Sony, Mits

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