Archive of entries posted on November 2017

The Top 25 Non-Financial State-Owned Multi-National Companies 2017

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The Top 25 Non-Financial State-Owned Multinational Corporations (MNCs) ranked by Foreign Assets as of 2016 are listed in the table below: Click to enlarge Source: World Investment Report 2017, UNCTAD In the developed world, some of the top multinational firms especially from Europe have substantial state ownership. For example, the Norwegian state owns 67% of oil …

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Mobile Internet Usage Among G-20 Countries: Chart

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India leads the world in the number of users accessing the interest using their smartphones as shown in the chart below: Click to enlarge   Note: The European Union is in the G20, but not all countries in the EU are in the chart. Source: StatCounter GlobalStats, February 2017 Despite the lead, only 18% of …

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Current and Future Retirement Ages Around The World

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Governments around the world are planning to increase retirement ages for claiming pension and other benefits. This is because the increase in life expectancy and the need to balance budgets. Or to put it differently as people are living longer working folks have to work more in order to contribute in taxes to states to …

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The Evolution of AT&T and Time-Warner

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Telecom giant AT&T Inc (T) and Time-Warner Inc(TWX) want to merge. However the US Justice department is against this marriage and has filed a lawsuit against the merger.Now the drama will continue in the courts for the next many months or years. Most of the industries are oligopolies where a handful of companies dominate the …

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