News tagged with world economy
Blueprint of a trend: How does a financial bubble burst?
A joint study by academics in Switzerland, Germany and at Boston University sheds new light on the formation of financial bubbles and crashes. Wild fluctuations in stock prices caused by bubbles bursting have had a dramatic ...
May 02, 2011 |
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UN study backs economic changes to save natural world: report
A key UN report on biodiversity will recommend massive economic changes like company fines to help save species and protect the natural world, The Guardian reported here on Saturday.
May 23, 2010 |
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Cold War offered odd benefit -- it limited species invasions
A recent study about movement of bird species during the Cold War outlines one of the perils facing an expanding global economy - along with international trade comes the potential for a significant increase ...
Jan 07, 2010 |
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Is Second Life's Economy Too Big To Fail?
One of the more interesting developments in terms of technology is the virtual economy -- and how it translates into something that involves real money.
Oct 13, 2009 |
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'Acquisitions are back on': Google CEO
US Internet giant Google is ready to begin buying up other companies again as the world economy begins to recover, chairman and chief executive Eric Schmidt said Wednesday.
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Financial Crisis Reduces Economic Freedom in China and the West
(PhysOrg.com) -- The current financial crisis may reduce economic freedom as governments are likely increase intervention in a bid to protect their own economies - according to a study in Pacific Focus published by Wiley- ...
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Jul 31, 2009 |
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Economic downturn will have severe, far-reaching effects on global health
(PhysOrg.com) -- The health of millions of people worldwide is at risk as a result of the financial crisis, says Dr Andrew Robertson, in an editorial published online in Emerging Health Threats Journal.
Jun 12, 2009 |
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Vision impairment costs billions lost in productivity
Corrected vision impairment could prevent billions of dollars in lost productivity annually, according to a study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of School of Public Health, the International Centre ...
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Food counterfeiting, contamination outpace international regulatory systems
Intentionally contaminated Chinese milk killed several children and sickened 300,000 more, causing concern around an increasingly connected world economy. Demand for inexpensive products virtually guarantees future repeats ...
Feb 16, 2009 |
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