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
The healthcare industry in the U.S. is dominated by a few large companies.Private health insurance firms’ direct written premium totaled $395 billion in 2010. With additional health premiums written by life and other insurers, the total health premiums amounted to $560 billion according to SNL Financial. The number of people with no health insurance increased from 46.3 million in 2008 to 50.7 million …
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