'Class ceiling' stops working class actors from getting parts
New research supports warnings from Christopher Eccleston and Julie Walters that acting in Britain has become a largely middle class profession.
Social Sciences
Feb 29, 2016
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News tagged with middle class
Researcher says the civil rights secret ingredient opened path to the middle class
Although slavery was formally abolished in the United States in 1865, it was nearly a century until African Americans were firmly established in the country's middle class. This development started in Washington, D.C. during ...
Social Sciences
Feb 12, 2016
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India draws tech dreamers back home
Like many Indian engineers, Ambarish Gupta moved abroad to get his piece of the tech dream.
Business
Dec 14, 2015
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China's carbon footprint grows with the good life
The son of peach farmers, Chen Jian relishes the fruits of his middle class life, driving to work and flying on holiday, epitomising how China's carbon footprint has grown alongside the prosperity of its nearly 1.4 billion ...
Environment
Nov 26, 2015
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China search giant Baidu sees lift from travel deal
Chinese search giant Baidu said Thursday it expects a new travel services partnership to help drive future revenue as the country's middle class grows, after it reported better-than-expected third quarter earnings.
Business
Oct 30, 2015
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Supermarkets/mom and pops battle in emerging markets
A study of early-stage supermarket adoption in India finds that upper and lower middle class consumers are most likely to favor new, modern groceries while the "middle" middle class is more likely to patronize mom and pop ...
Economics & Business
Sep 21, 2015
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The reason why middle class people are more likely to play music, paint and act revealed
The reason why middle class people are more likely to play music, paint and act has been revealed in a major new study.
Social Sciences
Sep 15, 2015
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New start-ups want to become the 'African Netflix'
A crop of new tech entrepreneurs from Africa and its diaspora are hoping to bridge the continent's growing middle class and booming film industry in a quest to become the "African Netflix".
Business
Aug 19, 2015
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Can the emerging middle class make Coca-Cola lose its fizz?
The emergence of a "new middle class" is an important economic phenomenon in many emerging markets, with prominent examples being Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and Turkey. In this process, a substantial mass of low-income ...
Economics & Business
Jul 29, 2015
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Dipping into the cultural barriers to 'social' media
For the past two years, and with support from the UPLOAD project, Dr Koen Leurs has been interviewing young Londoners to generate data about how the social media generation deals with cultural differences.
Social Sciences
Apr 30, 2015
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