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"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Thursday, February 6, 2014

120 European firms bought by Chinese investors in 2013

Want China Times, Huang Pei-chun and Staff Reporter 2014-02-06

High-speed trains manufactured by CSR Sifang ready to enter service,
Jan. 16. (Photo/CNS)

Chinese investors bought out a record 120 European companies in 2013, many of them German or British companies, according to a report by Ernst & Young.

Chinese companies bought a total of 25 German and British companies last year, with China becoming Germany's sixth biggest investor, following the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, France and Austria. In addition to Germany and the United Kingdom, Chinese firms acquired 15 companies in France, and seven each in Italy and Sweden.

Chinese investors placed more focus on the industrial sector, consumer goods and real estate with 24, 21 and 10 out of the 120 firms bought belonging to these sectors respectively.

Sun Yi, a partner at Ernst & Young, said China is buying European firms because it wants to strengthen its innovative capabilities through the European market and technology. Germany's automobile manufacturing sector, for example, is a popular sector for Chinese investors.

Chinese companies will particularly focus on prospective industries, such as the automobile sector. Sun stated that the Chinese automobile industry is eyeing the global market. Specialized technology, outstanding employees and established sales channels through European brands are needed for China's industrial development.

With the Chinese government relaxing curbs on global investments, more Chinese investors are expected to foray into Germany and other European countries this year, Sun said.

A partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers said mergers and acquisitions involving Chinese firms in foreign countries is expected to see at least 25% growth in 2014.

Additionally, their focus will be placed not only on natural resources such as petroleum and natural gas firms but also emerging sectors such as biomedicine, environmental protection and the internet.
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