BY RAHUL SINGH 7084

USA is worlds third largest country in size and nearly third largest interms of population Facts & Figures President: Barack H. Obama Vice President: Joseph Biden Land area: 3,539,225 sq mi (9,166,601 sq km); total area: 3,718,691 sq mi (9,631,420 sq km) Population (2012 est.): 313,847,465 (growth rate: 0.899%); birth rate: 13.68/1000; infant mortality rate: 5.9/1000; life expectancy: 78.49; density per sq mi: 85 Capital (2010 est.). Washington, DC, 601,723 Largest cities (2010 est.): New York, 8,175,133; Los Angeles, 3,792,621; Chicago, 2,695,598; Houston, 2,099,451; Philadelphia, 1,526,006; Phoenix, 1,445,632; San Antonio, 1,327,407; San Diego, 1,307,402; Dallas, 1,197,816; San Jose, 945,942 Monetary unit: dollar

Income Distribution A high portion of annual income inequality is due to differences in: age, education, family size, marital status, number of earners in the family, and, time worked. Young, inexperienced workers, students, single-parent families, and retirees are over-represented among those with low incomes

High and Low Income Families, 2001

Education of householder Percent with less than high school Percent with college degree or more Age of householder (percent distribution) under 35 35 - 64 65 and over Family status Married-couple family (% of total) Single-parent family (% of total) Bottom 20% of income recipients 34.0 9.0 32.0 44.0 24.0 51.0 49.0 2.9 0.8 13.0 10.0 Top 20% of income recipients 3.0 58.0 13.0 79.0 8.0 93.0 7.0 3.4 2.2 63.0 25.0

Persons per family

Earners per family % of married couple families in which wife works full-time % of total hours worked supplied by group

Source: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Money Income in the United States: 2001 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office 2002)

RELIGION

Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% (2002 est.)

UNITED STATES 1. Direct eye contact in social and business settings is very important. Gaps in conversation are uncomfortable. While dining, left hand is placed in lap, and right hand is used to eat with. Wrists are permitted on the table (while at a meal), but elbows are not. 2. By either raising the index finger or the hand (facing palm up) or waggling the finger(s) back toward the body means to beckon for someone. 4. Insulting gestures are the middle finger trust and forearm jerk. 5. Lines are treated with respect. 6. Extending the arm, palm facing down and waving the hand up a down at the wrist joint. A variation is to raise the arm, palm outward, and move the whole arm and hand back and forth. 7. It is proper to use a firm handshake with direct eye contact. 8. Women may briefly hug other women, and men may quickly kiss the cheek of a woman

Indian Education stats

American Education stats

Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI

3.99 % of GNI Ranked 88th in 2005

4.79 % of GNI Ranked 59th in 2005. 20% more than India

Average years of schooling of adults

5.1 Ranked 65th.

12 Ranked 1st. 135% more than India 12 years Ranked 12th. 50% more than India 6 Ranked 83rd. 6 Ranked 109th. 20% more than India

Duration of compulsory education

8 years Ranked 116th.

Duration of education > Primary level Duration of education > Secondary level

6 Ranked 96th. 5 Ranked 164th.

Indian Education stats

American Education stats

16,611,711 Ranked 1st in 2002. 47% more than India 5.7% Ranked 39th. 39% more than India 17.1% Ranked 38th. 35% more than India 15.25 % Ranked 32nd in 2003. 42% more than India 31 Ranked 1st. 15 times more than India

Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level Education spending (% of GDP)

11,295,041 Ranked 3rd in 2002. 4.1% Ranked 82nd. 12.7% Ranked 68th.

Education spending (% of total government expenditure) Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure Universities > Top 100

10.74 % Ranked 57th in 2003.

2 Ranked 14th.

Business Dress
In general, people in the East dress more formally, while people in the West are known for being a bit more casual. Executives usually dress formally regardless of which part of the country they are in. Casual Friday is common in many companies. High technology companies often wear casual clothes every day. For an initial meeting, dressing conservatively is always in good taste. Women can wear business suits, dresses or pantsuits. Men should wear a business suit unless you know the firm to be quite casual.

Greetings

The hand shake is the common greeting. Handshakes are firm, brief and confident. Maintain eye contact during the greeting. In most situations, you can begin calling people by their first names. Most people will insist that you call them by their nickname, if they have one. In formal circumstances, you may want to use titles and surnames as a courtesy until you are invited to move to a first name basis, which will happen quickly. Business cards are exchanged without formal ritual. It is quite common for the recipient to put your card in their wallet, which may then go in the back pocket of their trousers. This is not an insult.

 Business Meetings

Arrive on time for meetings since time and punctuality are so important to Americans. In the Northeast and Midwest, people are extremely punctual and view it as a sign of disrespect for someone to be late for a meeting or appointment. In the Southern and Western states, people may be a little more relaxed, but to be safe, always arrive on time, although you may have to wait a little before your meeting begins.

 TYPE

OF GOVERNMENT IN UNITED STATES Federal republic. The president is elected for a four-year term and may be reelected only once. The bicameral Congress consists of the 100-member Senate, elected to a six-year term with one-third of the seats becoming vacant every two years, and the 435-member House of Representatives, elected every two years. The minimum voting age is 18

2002 Bali bombings > Deaths

Global Terrorism Indicator

Terrorist Acts > 1968-2006 > Deaths to incidences ratio Terrorist Acts > 2000-2006 > Fatalities

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5.888686131 Deaths per act 2,990

98 Terrorist Acts > 2000-2006 > Incidences Terrorist Acts > 2000-2006 > Injuries Victims of the September 11th 2001 attacks 2,386 2,902

The US Dollar is the currency of United States. Their currency rankings show that the most popular United States Dollar exchange rate is the EUR to USD rate. The currency code for Dollars is USD, and the currency symbol is $.

USD Profile Inflation: 2.7% Nicknames: greenback, buck, green, dough, smacker, bones, dead presidents, scrillas, paper Coins: Freq Used: 1, 5, 10, 25 Rarely Used: $1, 50 Banknotes: Freq Used: $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100 Rarely Used: $2 Central Bank: Federal Reserve Bank Website: http://www.federalreserve.gov

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chart displays the value of the US Dollar in relation to INR1 Indian rupee (USD/INR) over a 2-year period. To view the currency graph over different time period .

 The main goal of trade agreements is to reduce barriers

to U.S. exports, and protect U.S. interests and enhance the rule of law in the FTA partner country. The reduction of trade barriers and the creation of a more stable and transparent trading and investment environment make it easier and cheaper for U.S. companies to export their products and services to trading partner markets. Forty-one percent of U.S. goods exports went to FTA partner countries in 2010, with exports to those countries growing at a faster rate than exports to the rest of the world from 2009 to 2010, 23% vs. 20%.

 How can U.S. companies identify tariffs on exports to

FTA partner countries? The FTA Tariff Tool can help to determine the tariff, or tax at the border, that certain foreign countries will collect when a U.S. exported product enters the country. And also look up the tariff rate for a given product today, as well as identify when in the future the tariff rate will go down further or be eliminated altogether.

The protection of fundamental human rights was a foundation stone in the establishment of the United States over 200 years ago. Since then, a central goal of U.S. foreign policy has been the promotion of respect for human rights, as embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights . The United States understands that the existence of human rights helps secure the peace, deter aggression, promote the rule of law, combat crime and corruption, strengthen democracies, and prevent humanitarian crises. The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL)applies three key principles to its work on human rights: First, DRL strives to learn the truth and state the facts in all of its human rights investigations Second, DRL takes consistent positions concerning past, present, and future abuses Third, DRL forges and maintains partnerships with organizations,

Top 5 imports 1.Chemical fertilizers $3.1 billion 2. Civilian aircraft $1.7 billion 3. Diamonds $1.7 billion 4. Telecommunications $652.1 million 5. Other petroleum products $581 million Top 5 exports 29.8%production machinery 29.5%non-auto consumer goods 12.4%motor vehicles and parts 9.3% food, feed and beverages 8.3%; aircraft and parts,

Main export partners Canada, 21.4%; Mexico, 11.7%; China, 5.6%; Japan, 5.4%; Germany, 4.3%; Main import partners

China, 16.9%; Canada, 15.7%; Mexico, 10.6%; Japan, 7.4%; Germany, 7.4%.

Topography
The northern New England coast is rocky, along the rest of the eastern seaboard the Atlantic Coastal Plain rises gradually from the shoreline. Narrow in the north, the plain widens to about 320 km (200 mi) in the south and in Georgia merges with the Gulf Coastal Plain that borders the Gulf of Mexico and extends through Mexico as far as the Yucatn. West of the Atlantic Coastal Plain is the Piedmont Plateau, bounded by the Appalachian Mountains. The Appalachians, which extend from southwest Maine into central Alabamawith special names in some areasare old mountains, largely eroded away, with rounded contours and forested, as a rule, to the top. Few of their summits rise much above 1,100 m (3,500 ft), although the highest, Mt. Mitchell in North Carolina, reaches 2,037 m (6,684 ft).

Some areas of the country have aging or over-burdened roadways and utility systems, but the nationwide infrastructure is capable of supporting the needs of the economy. Roadways connect all 50 states and 90 percent of all major cities and towns are serviced by expressways. The nation has 6,348,277 kilometers (3,944,819 miles) of roadways, including 3,732,757 kilometers (2,319,535 miles) of paved roads. The United States also has an excellent telecommunications system There are 14,572 airports in the United States, although only 5,174 have paved runways