Posted on 02/24/2006 12:03:22 PM PST by AliVeritas
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Washington Post UAE terminal takeover extends to 21 ports
United Press International - 8 hours ago
By PAMELA HESS. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- A United Arab Emirates government-owned company is poised to take over port terminal ...
UAE Terminal Takeover Extends To 21 Ports Post Chronicle
UAE terminal takeover extends to 21 ports World Peace Herald
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http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060223-051657-4981r
No, I didn't start it but I did leave a comment.
Miss Ali, please add me to your list! Thanks!
Would you put me on that ping list please?
Thanks :)
LOL, I'm hungry enough!
Here is the real answer to you.
Nah...... I'll make your sorry *ss wait.
Nah, I'll tell you now. Women have a ........... nah, not going to tell you now.
;-)
Sunday 20 June 2004, 18:29 Makka Time, 15:29 GMT
Israel is holding talks with United Arab Emirates (UAE) officials for the purpose of opening a diplomatic office in Abu Dhabi, the Israeli press reported on Sunday.
The Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz quoted unnamed 'diplomatic sources' as saying that UAE officials had agreed in principle to allow Israel to open a diplomatic office in Abu Dhabi which would represent Israeli interests in the Gulf country.
The office reportedly will not be a ''full diplomatic representation'' but rather a centre similar to the ones which existed in Bahrain, Qatar and Oman.
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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D57D8ED9-1AE6-47F0-A9AC-D29CEFE3868B.htm
There he goes with the koolaide drinker comments again. That would include General Tommy Franks and Colonel Ollie North...who he calls his friends.
You know they're already nuclear...
Speaking of that, see 54.
Poor company in the sense that it isn't very interesting or challenging if you only keep company with those that are in complete agreement with you.
When did I do that, btw???
Any time that woman's face shows up on TV I kill myself muting or changing the channel...
Warehouses, Stevedore Services and terminals at 21 ports. Not operating 21 ports.
Miss Ali, I guess I'm not on your list. Would you add me, pretty please?
Well, here is my somewhat uninformed opinion.
The leases are currently managed by american firms, which are subsidiaries of P&O, I think because of a series of purchases over the years. I know that post 9/11 the workers have to pass checks and maybe have to be americans.
Anyway, those companies can probably do the actual work, and may even be able to handle the immediate management functions.
But they were bought out because there is efficiency in largeness, and are competitive because of their current structure with a major player (P&O) to run contracts and make deals. It is hard for small players to compete in the market.
The shipping business is a very competitive business. There are a lot of ships, a lot of ports, and therefore a great pressure to be the low-cost provider of services.
Now, the shipyard loading/unloading probably isn't competitive, since it's almost all union workers and they are probably all the same in terms of how much they get paid per container, etc.. So if there is efficiencies, it has to be in the management, not in the dock works. That means that the place you really need to be perfect at is exactly what we would be losing by cutting the companies loose from their parent.
Over time, normal economics would suggest that these companies would once again be takeover targets, just like they were before, which means that the MARKET will see that it is more efficient if they are absorbed. If the law doesn't allow them to be absorbed, they will be stuck being inferior, more-expensive players in the market.
Meanwhile, they will be competing against ports and terminals AT ports that are controlled by other MAJOR players. Unless congress also forces divestitures of ALL ports and terminals, those who were unfortunate enough to get caught in an election year where republicans were in power and democrats were destroying the country will be the only ones hurt.
If we divest everyone from public ports, it just means that we pay more for everything. also the leases are probably worth less, so states and localities make less money. It certainly is an economic impact, we know this because we would be undoing something the market did, and the market tends toward efficiency.
Meanwhile, there are PRIVATELY owned ports and terminals, and THEY are often run by foreigners. Sometimes they are manufacturers (it might be that Toyota owns it's own terminals, for example). Would THOSE fall under a new U.S.-only rule?
What if other countries see this as an attack on trade, and impose retaliatory sanctions? That will cost us even more. Free-trade will be hurt in any case as it becomes clear that the U.S. is discriminating unreasonably against foreign companies, and other countries will hit OUR companies back hard.
It would be interesting if a deal could be worked out where DP World sold the american subsidiaries running these terminals to, say, Halliburton. Of course, economically Halliburton didn't ASK for that, probably because it doesn't fit into their field. Companies are hard-pressed to compete in their focused areas, and are finding that being smart in multiple areas is too hard. That's why all the defense lines of business got sold to defense contractors -- got to focus on core competencies.
None of this would bother democrats, they wish they could break up Walmart into little companies, and unions are more powerful when companies are smaller -- large companies swings the power back toward the management because the unions can't easily throw their workers over to a competing business.
I wish we could find a way to make all our ports american-owned and american-operated. I wish americans all wanted to buy american-made cars. I wish we built TVs and computers and video games. But I'm not going to try to impose my wishes. Reality is that this deal isn't an better or worse for us than the status quo
Knock it off!
Nope. Still totally disregarding Franks on this even. He is hopeless.
This issue speaks volumes about his ability to get valid info.
OMG Sean is just now saying that the UAE goverment tipped off Bin Laden and let him get away . When Franks was on Sean's show, he talked about the spy info we got from the UAE government.
Becki
Hi, sofaman. Good to see you. Charles Krauthammer is a very intelligent man. So is Mark Levin. I don't agree with either of them on this issue. The "stuck on stupid" was a little flip and if it offended you, I apologize.
You can add O'reilly, Rush, Snow to that list...and I think Mark Steyn too.
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