The global arms trade is a multi-billion dollar industry. According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the sales of weapons and military services by the world’s largest 100 arms-producing and military services companies (“SIPRI Top 100”) totaled $370.70 billion in 2015. Of the SIPRI Top 100, more than half of arms sales worldwide come from American …
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One of the sectors that investor can consider investing in is the auto parts sector. Parts suppliers supply all the parts needed in building an automobile. In addition, many also supply the multitude of bells and whistles that go into a car. For example, the latest car models have wifi connectivity for internet access and …
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The year 2016 was a tumultuous year in our lifetimes to say the least. In UK, people voted to quit the EU. Americans elected a former reality TV star as their President. Earlier this year, the most important thing that everyone seem to worry about in France was what clothes should Muslim wear when they go swimming. No …
The following classic Pyramid of Capitalist System graphic was first published in the US in 1911. Since then various similar forms of this picture have been created. Click to enlarge Source: Daily Infographics In today’s world, the industrial workers depicted at the bottom of the pyramid are the working-class and middle-class workers.
The German economy is the largest in Europe and is often called as the economic powerhouse of the continent.Germany has recovered strongly since the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990 and by most measures is a success story. Deutsche Banks’s David Folkerts-Landau ,Group Chief Economist and Stefan Schneider,Chief German Economist recently published a detailed …
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