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NEWS ABOUT: expatriates

expatriates stories: 8 news summaries

 US Grads Turn to China 


Aug 11, 09 5:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Large numbers of American graduates shut out of the job market at home are turning to the East for opportunities, the New York Times reports. A surge of young Americans have left to try their luck in Shanghai and Beijing in recent years, attracted by the strong economy and the... More »

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China • entrepreneurs • Beijing • Shanghai • expatriates • college graduates • women's issues

 Tokyo Branded 
 World's Most 
 Expensive City 

Tumbling rouble knocks Moscow off top spot in expat rankings

Jul 7, 09 3:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tokyo and Osaka bumped Moscow into third place in Mercer's annual ranking of the costliest cities for expats, the Times of London reports. Geneva and Hong Kong rounded out the top five. Currency fluctuations pushed many European cities down in the influential rankings,which compare the cost of living in... More »

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Moscow • Cost of Living • Tokyo • cities • expatriates

 Storied Paris Bookstore 
 Gets Long-Due Makeover 

After Joyce and Hemingway, Shakespeare and Co. spruces up

Jun 8, 09 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shakespeare and Company, the English-language bookshop on the left bank of Paris, has been a refuge for writers from James Joyce to Ernest Hemingway to William Burroughs. Its owner, the sainted George Whitman, is still around at 95—but as Amazon keeps growing, he's handed the shop over to his... More »

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literature • Paris • bookstore • expatriates • Amazon

(Newser) - Taking advantage of loosened US rules, Cuban-Americans are flocking back to Havana and sparking a mini economic boom, the Guardian reports. Expatriates are bringing everything from Victoria's Secret bras to M&Ms to toothbrushes—and, of course, American dollars—for their Cuban families. "Capitalism à la carte," said... More »

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Barack Obama • Cuba • Cuban embargo • expatriates

 Obama's Crew 
 Abounds With Expats 

Experiences abroad make for good policies at home, advisers say

Jan 18, 09 7:44 PM CST
(Newser) - If you’re seeking a job in the Obama administration, you may want to get out more—way out, Newsweek reports. Like the president-elect, many of his advisers have lived in other countries. Top aide Valerie Jarrett was born in Iran and has traveled widely, mixing with Europeans, Arabs, and... More »

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Barack Obama • travel • adviser • Americans • James Jones • expatriates • passport • Valerie Jarrett • Scott Gration • Timothy Geithner

TRAVEL

 Saigon Buries War Past 

Breakneck rush to development leaves high-rises in place of multi-tiered history

Aug 19, 08 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - It looks like Saigon, “the Paris of the East,” can't wait to ditch its colorful culture and tumultuous history for a shining capitalist future, Peter Jon Lindberg writes in Travel + Leisure. Officially Ho Chi Minh City, the Vietnamese “cosmopolis,” 8 million strong, boasts the world's... More »

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travel • Vietnam • globalization • Vietnam War • expatriates • boom economy • Saigon • Ho Chi Minh City

Obama Wins Delegates Abroad

Primary voting by expat Democrats gives him an 11th consecutive win

Feb 21, 08 1:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has won the primary organized by Democrats Abroad, a global organization controlling seven official delegates in the national convention, the AP reports today. Obama won more than 65% of the 20,000 US expatriates who voted from more than 164 countries. It is Obama’s 11th consecutive primary... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democrats • presidential primaries • Vancouver • delegates • expatriates • Election 2008

Chavez Turning Florida Into
Lil' Venezuela

Cuban exodus echoed in flight north from prez's socialist agenda

Jan 23, 08 2:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Like Cubans fleeing Castro, Venezuelans leery of their country's future under socialist President Hugo Chavez are hightailing it to the US—mainly Florida. Venezuelan expats are raising kids, investing money, and opening businesses in South Florida, the New York Times reports. Asked about returning to Venezuela, “I won’t... More »

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Florida • Venezuela • Hugo Chávez • Westonzuela • expatriates

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