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Region can be used to mean:
- Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons. The proper techniques of space delimitation covers regionalization.
- the equatorial regions
- the temperate regions
- the polar regions
- the upper regions of the atmosphere
- An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country or the European Union.
- The geographically-specific encoding present on many commercially-produced DVDs.
- (historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.
- (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
- (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
- the abdominal regions
- {obsolete} Place; rank; station; dignity.
- {obsolete} The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.
- For the QuickDraw data structure, see QuickDraw.
Regions are conceptual constructs and, thus, may vary among cultures and individuals.
Administrative regions
The word "region" is taken from the Latin regio, and a number of countries have borrowed the term as the formal name for a type of subnational entity (eg, the región, used in Chile). In English, the word is also used as the conventional translation for equivalent terms in other languages (e.g., the область (oblast), used in Russia alongside with a broader term регион). More on [ Region ]
The Economist: Telecommunications
Slim?s pickings
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:30:55 -0000
More competition should help to drive down exorbitant phone chargesIT HAS become quaint, in the era of Skype and unlimited calling plans, to worry too much about the cost of phone calls. But it is a textbook case of the old saying: "Them as has, gets". The well-connected executive can use any number of voice-over-internet services to make free calls; but the rural poor, if they have phones at all, must pay high rates. Perhaps nowhere is this more true than in Mexico, where Carlos Slim, by some estimates the world's richest man, dominates the telecoms industry. He controls Telmex, which has 81% of the fixed-line market, and Telcel, which has 72% of the mobile market. In the first quarter of 2008 Telmex had a profit margin before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation of 48.7%; for Telcel the figure was 52.1%.This is well above the global average for telecoms firms of 35%, says Martin Lara, an analyst at Vector Casa de Bolsa, a research firm. Base tariffs have fallen in Mexico in recent years, but they do not include things like international calls or calls to mobile phones. Competition has not helped much, because smaller firms have been reluctant to undercut Mr Slim's companies by very much--and high prices boost their profits, too. "No one wants to destroy these profits overnight," says Mr Lara. ...
BBC News | Business | World Edition
Fresh push in global trade talks
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:44:38 -0000
Trade negotiators from 30 countries meet in Geneva on Monday to make a fresh push towards a global trade deal.
Zimbabwe issues Z$100bn note
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:54:11 -0000
The central bank in Zimbabwe is to issue Z$100bn bank notes, as hyperinflation pushes prices in the country ever-higher.
Argentina drops disputed farm tax
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:19:27 -0000
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner cancels tax rises on farm exports, after months of protests.
NYT > World Business
Western Olympic Ads Cheerlead for China
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:46:37 -0000
Global corporations are appealing to nationalism in an advertising blitz the likes of which China has never seen.
Ping: Inside Nairobi, the Next Palo Alto?
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:46:43 -0000
A relatively small number of places — all in wealthy countries or in China and India — create nearly every important technological advance. But some people in Nairobi, Kenya, are hoping to change that.
In Dispute With BP, Kremlin’s Hand Is Seen
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:33:10 -0000
Critics say that Russian shareholders have enlisted an improbable ally in their attempt to force BP to fire the chief executive of TNK-BP.
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Slim?s pickings
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:30:55 -0000
More competition should help to drive down exorbitant phone chargesIT HAS become quaint, in the era of Skype and unlimited calling plans, to worry too much about the cost of phone calls. But it is a textbook case of the old saying: "Them as has, gets". The well-connected executive can use any number of voice-over-internet services to make free calls; but the rural poor, if they have phones at all, must pay high rates. Perhaps nowhere is this more true than in Mexico, where Carlos Slim, by some estimates the world's richest man, dominates the telecoms industry. He controls Telmex, which has 81% of the fixed-line market, and Telcel, which has 72% of the mobile market. In the first quarter of 2008 Telmex had a profit margin before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation of 48.7%; for Telcel the figure was 52.1%.This is well above the global average for telecoms firms of 35%, says Martin Lara, an analyst at Vector Casa de Bolsa, a research firm. Base tariffs have fallen in Mexico in recent years, but they do not include things like international calls or calls to mobile phones. Competition has not helped much, because smaller firms have been reluctant to undercut Mr Slim's companies by very much--and high prices boost their profits, too. "No one wants to destroy these profits overnight," says Mr Lara. ...
BBC News | Business | World Edition
Fresh push in global trade talks
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:44:38 -0000
Trade negotiators from 30 countries meet in Geneva on Monday to make a fresh push towards a global trade deal.
Zimbabwe issues Z$100bn note
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:54:11 -0000
The central bank in Zimbabwe is to issue Z$100bn bank notes, as hyperinflation pushes prices in the country ever-higher.
Argentina drops disputed farm tax
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:19:27 -0000
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner cancels tax rises on farm exports, after months of protests.
NYT > World Business
Western Olympic Ads Cheerlead for China
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:46:37 -0000
Global corporations are appealing to nationalism in an advertising blitz the likes of which China has never seen.
Ping: Inside Nairobi, the Next Palo Alto?
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:46:43 -0000
A relatively small number of places — all in wealthy countries or in China and India — create nearly every important technological advance. But some people in Nairobi, Kenya, are hoping to change that.
In Dispute With BP, Kremlin’s Hand Is Seen
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:33:10 -0000
Critics say that Russian shareholders have enlisted an improbable ally in their attempt to force BP to fire the chief executive of TNK-BP.
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