But whatever his politics, his problems may soon converge with those of the upscale consumers who have spurred a worldwide boom in olive-oil consumption.

The American experience led to a worldwide boom in the production and exhibition of films from 1906 onwards.

Douglas's problems largely reflect the worldwide boom in commercial aircraft orders that has also taxed the production capacity of the company's larger rival, the Boeing Company.

Rich nations and investors were blind to the weaknesses of the worldwide boom, and their initial "solutions" when the collapse started often made things worse.

"The doner is on the verge of a worldwide boom," said Ali Bulbul, a manager of the new factory.

But he added that he was increasingly worried by a worldwide boom in commodity prices.

The first Havana Biennial was established in 1984, long before the worldwide boom of biennials that emerged in the mid-nineties.

"A worldwide boom could mean a resurgence of inflation," he warns.

He left school in 2000 having developed software for processing online payments securely just as a worldwide boom in Internet shopping was occurring globally.

A worldwide economic boom has brought foreign broadcasters more advertising revenue, which they have invested in local programming.