China has less than decade to remake economy: US
China has less than a decade to overhaul its economy and safeguard long-term growth that goes beyond a boom based on cheap labor, a top US Treasury official warned Wednesday.
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Dec 14, 2011
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A mathematical model determines which nations are more stable and which are more likely to break up
Thanks to a new model created by an international research group, it is now possible to predict which European countries are more likely to become united or which are more likely to break up. It does so by not only considering ...
Social Sciences
Nov 17, 2011
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Individual CO2 emissions decline in old age
For the first time, demographer Emilio Zagheni of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock (MPIDR) has calculated a profile that illustrates the relationship between age and average per capita CO2 emissions. ...
Environment
Nov 7, 2011
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Sea levels will continue to rise for 500 years: study
Rising sea levels in the coming centuries is perhaps one of the most catastrophic consequences of rising temperatures. Massive economic costs, social consequences and forced migrations could result from global warming. But ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 17, 2011
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Dutch tech company ASML posts profit rise
Dutch company ASML, a key global supplier of computer chip-making systems, said Wednesday net profits had jumped 32 percent in the third quarter and maintained its outlook to achieve record sales by the end of 2011.
Business
Oct 12, 2011
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The inevitable rise of China - hype or reality?
A cover article in the latest edition of Foreign Affairs by the University of Sydney's Dr. Salvatore Babones outlines why predictions by economists that China will continue to experience rapid growth throughout the coming ...
Economics & Business
Aug 23, 2011
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Chance favors the concentration of wealth, study shows
Most of our society's wealth is invested in businesses or other ventures that may or may not pan out. Thus, chance plays a role in where the wealth of a society will end up.
Economics & Business
Jul 21, 2011
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Economic cost of weather may total $485 billion in US
Everything has its price, even the weather. New research indicates that routine weather events such as rain and cooler-than-average days can add up to an annual economic impact of as much as $485 billion in the United States.
Economics & Business
Jun 22, 2011
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Night sky satellite luminescence images used to estimate economic levels
(PhysOrg.com) -- Applying statistical analysis to a truly inspirational idea, economic researchers Xi Chen and William D. Nordhaus used nighttime satellite images taken by the U.S. Department of Defense over the period 1992-2008 ...
Economist studies how higher gas price affect consumer behavior
A dollar is a dollar is a dollar, so goes the economic theory of fungibility. But do people really act that way? In a new working paper, Brown University economist Justine Hastings and Jesse Shapiro of Chicago Booth School ...
Economics & Business
May 12, 2011
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