Archive of entries posted on March 2011

Six Reasons to Invest in German Chemical Stocks

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The German chemical industry is the fourth largest in the world and number one in Europe. Traditionally Germany has maintained leadership position in this industry beating other countries due to innovative policies encouraging investment, highly specialized educational programs fostering the advancement of chemical science, world-class infrastructure, sustainable development with public and private sector partnership, substantial …

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Why Soaring Energy and Food Prices Have Low Impact on CPI

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Soaring energy and food prices have low impact on Consumer Price Indices (CPI) in developed countries than in emerging countries. This is because unlike in the emerging markets, food and energy make up a lower share in the more service-oriented CPI baskets of developed countries. Emerging markets such as India, China, Brazil are experiencing high …

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Americans Are Now Saving More Than Canadians

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Generally Canadians have a higher propensity to save compared to Americans in spite of having a better social safety-net such as free healthcare, pensions, job security, etc. under the socialist form of government. Up until the credit crisis hit most U.S. consumers saved very little. In fact, the personnel savings rate in the U.S. went …

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The World’s Most Innovative Companies 2011

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The Fast Company magazine has published the list of the world’s 50 most innovative companies for 2011. Innovation is critical to the success of most businesses especially in this fast-changing highly competitive environment. The magazine mentioned the following with the introduction of the list: An artificial heart and its lightweight power drive. A better airline …

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