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1IMF to sell $500 Billion in bonds 1 Citation The wishes of the BRIC nations have finally been fulfilled . (Bloomberg) -- The International Monetary Fund?s board of directors approved the issuance of bonds to the lender?s 186 members for the first time as it seeks additional sources of money to lend during the global recession. The board made the move in a vote today and did not place a limit on the note sales, Andrew Tweedie, the Washington-based IMF?s finance chief, said on a conference call with reporters. The bonds are part of a, technorati.com
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1 Citation The headlines in today?s job report were gloomy: » Nonfarm payrolls fell by 467,000 in June, more than expected and more than in May. » The unemployment rate increased to 9.5%. That gloominess is confirmed if you look deeper into the numbers. Most striking is the continued decline in the number of..., technorati.com
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1 Citation 3 July 2009 ? 7:55 am Check out this graphic showing the monthly unemployment rate in the US since 1948. Sorry to be a chart nazi but a simple line plot would have been a lot easier to read, though perhaps not cool enough for an ?interactive feature?.Via bernardchickey. Posted in Data Analysis, Macroeconomics., technorati.com
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Doing Business in Brazil ? Part 3 1 Citation Some more updated information about doing business in Brazil. Last week we had the world?s biggest IPO (Initial Public Offering) in the last year. The Brazilian company Visanet (VNET3.BR) raised 8.4 billion reais ($4.3 Billion). It is the Brazilian largest credit card networking company. This indicates that investors believe in local consumption and growth in per capita income. In June the auto sales reached 289.792 units and an increase of 22% related to May 2009, and an increase of, technorati.com
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Ad Supported Internet Business and GDP 1 Citation The Internet employs 1.2 million people directly to conduct advertising and commerce, build and maintain the infrastructure, and facilitate its use. Each Internet job supports approximately 1.54 additional jobs elsewhere in the economy, for a total of 3.05 million, or roughly 2 percent, of employed Americans. The dollar value of their wages is about $300 billion or around 2 percent of U.S. GDP.via How to Value the Advertising-Supported Internet - John Quelch - HarvardBusiness.org.Tags:No Comment, technorati.com
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Too Much Spending, Not Enough Savings: Destruction of an Economy 1 Citation For every U.S. household that SAVED part of its income last year (you know who you are), there was another that spent more than it took in (and YOU know who YOU are, as well). On the surface, it may seem like there?s nothing wrong with households spending the whole wad. After all, it?s OK if income and expenses are in balance, right? Wrong. The problem with households not saving is that over the long run, it ruins the economy. Lack of savings means there are not enough long-term private ba, technorati.com
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The Water Utility Poised to Jump 166% 1 Citation Water is essential for life. It?s quite literally an investment that you can?t live without. And while you might not be able to trade water futures on the Chicago Board of Trade, providing people with H2O is a $400 billion global industry, according to an article by Harvard?s Garry Emmons. ?In an age of global water scarcity, with governments scrambling to create new water systems or repair deteriorating ones, there is money in water,? he says. And Emmons isn?t the only expert who thinks water, technorati.com
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Financial crisis helps Berlin take root for fashionistas 1 Citation Berlin is slowly but surely establishing itself as one of the top global catwalks for the bold and the beautiful of the world of high fashion ? and the global financial crisis seems to be doing nothing to slow it down. For the fifth time, up-and-coming fashion designers are meeting in the German capital to present selections from their latest collections at the Berlin Fashion Week , which is attracting increasing interest from the international fashion scene. Maia Guarnaccia,, technorati.com
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1 Citation 2 July 2009 ? 8:57 am Are apparently 50% down on June last year. From O?Reilly Radar:I wish they put a scale on the graph though ? Posted in Macroeconomics., technorati.com
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1 Citation Why is the FDIC not waiting until Friday to shut down banks? (CNNMoney.com) -- Seven banks were shut down by authorities Thursday, pushing the tally of failed banks for 2009 to 52, more than doubling the failures in 2008. Six regional banks in Illinois and one in Texas closed their doors, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. ... FDIC fund: The total cost of Thursday's bank failures to the FDIC is $314.3 million, bringing the FDIC fund's total cost for failed banks to, technorati.com
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