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EIU World Investment Service46 page (20915 word) report
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...US political institutions are well established, stable and generally respected by the majority of the population. Each of the branches of government periodically comes into disrepute. During the 1980s and 1990s Congress (the national legislature) was host to a spate of ethics and corruption scandals involving both parties. These led to the eventual resignation of two speakers of the House of Representatives (one of the two houses of Congress, the other being the Senate)--a Democrat, Jim Wright, in 1989, and a Republican, Newt Gingrich, ten years later. A scandal in 1991-92, where some representatives were found to have written bad cheques totalling hundreds of thousands of US dollars on their accounts with the House bank, resulted in the defeat or retirement of more than 50 congressmen. The institution of the presidency was weakened in the 1970s by the Watergate scandal under Richard Nixon, with subsequent presidencies seeking slowly to regain the powers ceded to Congress in the wake of...
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| Source: | World Investment Data and Forecast
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| Country: | United States
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Essential support for all your foreign investment decisions. World Investment Service features a detailed database containing flows of investment by country and industry, overseas mergers and acquisitions and business costs. The service covers the world's 60 largest economies and provides detailed analysis on political and economic background, business environment, foreign investment regulations and trends in foreign investment.
