The world’s total population was about 6.9 billion in 2011 out of which 1.3 billion people live in China. So about one in five people in the world are Chinese. But China’s population has been declining since the mid 1970s primarily due to the country’s One-Child Policy. According to one estimate, by 2050 India is …
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Commodities – beyond the super-cycle When was it obvious our recovery would be so slow? (questions that are rarely asked) When a bubble is not a bubble Aussie banks worth more than Europe’s combined Think twice before jumping on gold’s bandwagon Long Term Unemployment is the Crisis of Our Time Where Are You in the …
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Here is an interesting chart on the future of the Top 10 Tobacco markets: Click to enlarge Source: Euromonitor International Also checkout: A Review of the Global Tobacco Industry
The current U.S. corporate tax rate at approximately 40% is among the highest in the world. This figure includes the marginal federal corporate income tax rate of 35% and state and local taxes according to KPMG. As many U.S. companies are multinationals with strong presence in overseas markets, some of them earn more profits abroad than in the …
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Interesting table showing the Major U.S. and Foreign Futures Exchanges: Click to enlarge Source: Derivatives and Risk Management in the Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Electricity Industries, Energy Information Administration, Oct 2002