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Uganda, the Entrepreneur's Paradise Want to start or run a new business? You'll be surprised which countries are the most entrepreneurial. |
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The Mexican Connection Mexico's workers are most likely to feel engaged at their workplaces. |
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U.S. Repeats As No. 1 U.S. manufacturers continue to complain about what they perceive to be an uneven international playing field. Yet the U.S. again ranks No. 1 in world competitiveness. |
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Another Reason to Hate the French Because unflattering berets weren't reason enough. We haven't seen a flight from U.S. Treasuries to French or Singaporean bonds even after the downgrade. |
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February 1, 2010 |
CERN Library Publishes Its Book Catalog as Open Data Librarians are, in general, very favorable to the principles of Open Access. But surprisingly few libraries have so far set free the data they produce themselves. |
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Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty Reduction: Some Cross-Country Evidence What is currently known about how countries' choices of macroeconomic policies affect their incidences of poverty, and what are the most promising directions for further investigation of this important relationship? |
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I Love Mutual Funds Find some good funds, invest, and you'll have few more decisions to make. Just hang on and profit over time. |
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The World's Hottest Stocks The world around us is growing -- and fast. As an investor, that means opportunity. Don't be the last person on your block to put your money to work the world over. |
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Insourcing 101 There's no doubt that American workers have suffered from globalization and the outsourcing of jobs overseas. But during the past few years, many states have experienced a jump in the number of residents employed by foreign firms. Here's a sampling of the data. |
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The Top 7 of the Top 7 Focus on freedom, not growth. Leading, large-cap companies headquartered in and with major operations in the top seven economies in Heritage Foundation's 2010 Index of Economic Freedom, are readily available to U.S.-domiciled investors. |
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Stay Tuned to Central European Media There is long-term potential in the Czech market, as well as future acquisition prospects. However, the stock is not what one would consider exceptionally cheap. Investors, take note. |
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Joshua Kurlantzick |
New World Order The European Union will soon be a bigger cash cow. |
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Flows to Eastern Europe Foreign banks have supported eastern European banks, but the financial crisis has reversed this trend. |
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Rich Smith |
The International SATs Last week's results in The Index of Economic Freedom offered some surprises: Estonia continued to climb the ranks of the world's "free" economies. On the investing front, it's worth noting that the rankings seem to have little effect on investor enthusiasm or stock prices. |
