The development of health-tracking technologies is changing the way people monitor their health and perform physical activities such as exercise, jogging, running, weight-lifting, yoga, etc. I came cross the following cool infographics that shows how health gadgets are changing our lives: Click to enlarge Source: Sputnik
The healthcare system in the US is the costliest in the world. Accordingly the US expenditures on healthcare is the highest in the world. The total expenditure runs into Trillions and contrary to popular belief public spending accounts for more than private spending. On a per capita basis the US spending on healthcare is more …
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The emerging economies of China and India are growing fast compared to developed economies. This year China and India grew at 6.7% in second quarter and 7.9% in first quarter respectively. GDP growth rates of high=single digits are for these economies are considered low by some relative to their higher growth rates in the past. Western economies …
Yields on various asset classes such as cash, bonds have declined significantly in the past few years especially in the developed world. For example, cash hardly earns any interest today in the US compared to around 3% average before the global financial crisis. For investors willing to take risk, local emerging market bonds are attractive at …
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The manufacturing industry is one of the hard-hit industries in terms of employment for many decades now. In the years after World War II average Americans with low education and no college degree could live a comfortable middle-class life by getting a job in a local factory. That is no longer possible. Today most such …
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