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Forget China. Why Brazil Will Be the World’s Next SuperPower

Posted on 11. Feb, 2010 by Tammy Camp.

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Brazil doesn’t get much respect. While the US fades in economic world dominance, most people name China — or perhaps India and Russia — as the countries likely to join the economic super elite.

However, beyond being the world’s leading producer of bikini supermodels and football players with only one name, Brazil is also poised to become the world’s next financial superpower.

They’re the 5th largest country in the world, ranked 10th in gross domestic product (GDP), and poised climb increasingly fast in all indicators. Here are my 5 main reasons why Brazil, and not China, will be the world’s next financial superpower:

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Dubai Unveils the World’s Tallest Tower – Burj Khalifa

Posted on 05. Jan, 2010 by Tammy Camp.

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It’s official, Burj Dubai is now “Burj Khalifa”, the world’s tallest tower. The height of the tower, kept top secret until now, was announced as 828 meters (2,716.5 ft).

The Burj Khalifa, developed by Emaar Properties, was unveiled on the evening of January 4th, 2010. Thousands of people present, and viewers around the world, were treated to an extravagant show of fireworks, lasers, and fountain displays.

Burj Khalifa is now the tallest building in the world, according to the three main criteria of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). The CTBUH ranks the world’s tallest buildings based on ‘Height to Architectural Top,’ ‘Height to Highest Occupied Floor’ and ‘Height to Tip.’

At 828 metres (2,716.5ft), Burj Khalifa is 320 metres taller than Taipei 101, which stands at 508 metres (1,667 ft). Taipei 101 had held the record for the world’s tallest building measured to the architectural top since 2004, the year the project was announced.

Burj Khalifa also achieved the distinction of being the world’s tallest structure – surpassing the KVLY-TV mast (628.8 metres; 2,063 ft) in North Dakota, USA – 1,325 days after excavation work started in January 2004.