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Slovakia's awakening: 'Tatra Tiger' is born Low taxes and competitive wages lure investors to a once-backward country
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Matthew Reynolds
International Herald Tribune
12-29-2004
Declan Cantwell is gung-ho about Slovakia. A director at the Dublin-based payroll company OneEU, he set up a branch here this autumn and expects to grow from two employees to 40 within three years as Slovakia's economy surges. ''This is going to be an exciting place to be for the next two, three, five years, and beyond,'' he said over coffee on a recent weekday morning. ''When I take a step back, this place looks a lot like Ireland 20 years ago.'' Cantwell and legions of other investors are turning Slovakia into one of the ...
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