The current population of U.S. is about 314 million or about 5% of the world’s total population. The 15.0$ Trillion U.S. economy is the largest in the world and accounts for nearly one-fourth of the world’s total GDP. Though the U.S. is separated from the rest of the world by oceans on two sides, an …
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Here is an interesting chart showing all the mineral resources present in the country of Kazakhstan: Click to enlarge Source: The attractiveness of the Kazakhstan Market, BNP Pribas In a post last year I noted: Unlike other natural resources-based economies, Kazakhstan is unique in that 99 of the 110 elements in the Periodic Table …
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The Top 10 Hotel Groups in the World for 2012 is shown below: Click to enlarge Source: Hotel Online Of the top 10, four groups have more than 600,00o rooms each. UK-based Intercontinental Hotels Group plc (IHG) tops the ranking with about 660,000 rooms. Seven of the ten hotel groups are US-based. In this year’s ranking, …
Hiring Picks Up in July, but Data Gives No Clear Signal In U.S., stronger hiring sets off a political tug-of-war Cover: Global Impact Of US Energy Boom US unemployment: Neither natural nor unnatural The rose-colored retirement dreams of the young Schwab Bond Insights: “Whatever It Takes” Power is essential for India’s long-term growth. But electricity …
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