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"Although start-up companies may be coming under greater pressure to offshore, "going global" early in the game is nothing new. Marlboro, Massachusetts-based Evergreen Solar — a developer and manufacturer of photovoltaic modules that was founded in 1994 — has been "global from the beginning, by design, because the markets are global for our products," says director of marketing communications William Kanzer. "It makes sense to build factories near markets," he adds."Brazil balks at Chavez's idea, by By Andrea R. Mihailescu, United Press International [2005 May 24]
"Mr. Chavez, who is given to needling the United States and making other provocative comments during a weekly TV program, said after a meeting with Iranian company officials on Sunday that he was interested in pursuing a partnership for atomic and solar energy projects.'We are interested and should begin working in the nuclear field with Brazil, Argentina and other countries,' said Mr. Chavez, who asserted that Iran has no nuclear weapons ambitions.
'We want to initiate nuclear research and ask for help from countries like Iran,' he said.
Brazilian Vice President Jose Alencar responded Monday, saying his country had agreements with Argentina, France and the United States to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, but 'there is no agreement with Iran or Venezuela.'"