In the developed world protection of permanent workers against individual dismissal is generally very high in Europe. However some emerging countries have better protection for workers than in Europe as shown in the chart below: Click to enlarge Source: Containting costly job losses, OECD Observer According to OECD, India has the highest protect for permanent workers …

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The U.S. economy is the world’s largest economy with an GDP of over $16.0 Trillion. However much of the U.S. economy output  is derived from the service sector not manufacturing of goods. Service sectors includes everything from flipping burgers at a fast food store to preparing taxes for a customer to creating and shuffling paperwork around …

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Higher economic growth does not necessarily mean higher equity returns especially in the long terms. Many research studies have confirmed this theory. On a similar vein, higher wealth generation as measured by real per capita GDP growth does not necessarily mean higher real equity returns. The correlation between these variables over the very long-term is …

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Sugar comes from two types of crops: cane sugar and beet sugar. Some countries such as the U.S. and China growth both types of sugars. Many countries that produce sugar offer subsidies to their sugar farmers and protect their sugar industry from foreign competition. Some of the laws include the US Farm Act, the European Union Sugar …

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High-Fructose Corn Syrup(HFCS) is used as a substitute for sugar. Since sugar prices are usually high compared to HFCS, HFCS is used by makers of food products in order to reduce cost. For example, Coca Cola (KO) in the U.S. does not contain sugar but only HFCS. As a result Coke tastes different compared to …

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