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1. Indian economy looks set to lead the global recovery in 2010
November 06, 2009
The Indian economy is showing signs that it will bounce back from the global downturn quicker and stronger than almost any other country according to Nitin Jain, Principal Fund Manager – Long Only strategy, Kotak Mahindra (UK) Ltd.
The Prime Ministers’ Economic Advisory Board in India recently predicted that GDP growth for 2009 will be 6.5%. The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew by 5.8% from April to August 2009, its best performance in 22 months. Kotak believes that this will just be the start of a significant uplift in India’s economic performance. Nitin Jain, Principal Fund M... (read more)
Author: Nitin Jain
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2. Onestopshop(OSS) Retails launches OSS Royalty card to woo its customers
November 06, 2009
Retail business has flourish which contributes to 10% of India GDP. Prior to 1990 retail market was not organized as it is today .It was dominated by seller’s market .In today competitive world sellers need to understand buyers requirements if they want to grow.
There is a sales strategy that large and small companies have implemented to keep their customers driving back to store time-and-time again. We all know it as “Customer Reward Programs”. This program is best suited to business segments like grocery, retail store, rental, and the financial (credit card) industries. You may have h... (read more)
Author: Simardeep Bhalla
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3. Investing in Israel
November 05, 2009
When it comes to investments, a great place to look is in the Middle East, in a place we all know as Israel. While it comes with it's risks, being a target of the terrorist nations and seemingly constant wars that surround them, investing in Israel looks to be a wise choice both now and in the future.
When it comes to the percentage of Gross National Product (GDP), Israel is ranked number one in the world for investment of research and development, as well as venture capital. Per capita, they also have more engineers and scientists than any other country. Israel also now has the highest r... (read more)
Author: John Smith
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4. Human Development Index and Gender Development Index of India
November 05, 2009
Human Development Index and Gender Development Index of India The human development index (HDI) compiled by the UNDP, is a summary measure of a country’s human development. It measures the average achievements in a country in three basic dimensions: a long and healthy life, as measured by life expectancy at birth; access to knowledge, as measured by the adult literacy rate and the combined gross enrolment (sic) ratio in education; and a decent standard of living, as measured by GDP per capita in purchasing power parity(PPP) US dollars. These three dimension... (read more)
Author: Shalini Rajan
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5. Recession Effects
November 05, 2009
Recession is a state when country's GDP or Gross Domestic Product descents for two sequential quarters. Recession in an economy focuses on negative growth of GDP over two consecutive quarters. This negative growth during recession is more seeable in people's income, bank balances, payroll systems, lowering employment opportunities, reducing retail sales, lower investment returns and various others.
When we talk about recession as currency traders we must discern the type of recession we are talking about. Most of the time we are looking at the economy of an individual nation or group of e... (read more)
Author: carol jackson
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6. The Natural Resource Curse: Degree Level Case Studies
November 02, 2009
Whether or not natural resource abundance is a blessing or a curse is a common essay and examination topic for development studies. This article outlines some useful third world case studies to consider when outlining the arguments surrounding the topic. These examples are designed purely to point you in the direction of articles I found useful and should not be copied verbatim (see references). Botswana has 40% of GDP stemming from diamonds, is landlocked and has a predominantly tropical climate; all factors that by destiny could be assumed to make Botswana susceptible to the resourc... (read more)
Author: Owen Stevens
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7. Warning: China is going crazy!
November 01, 2009
You may not know this but things in China are going crazy!
Things are just not looking normal. GDP growth is at 7.9% but that is on the back of a massive decline in exports.
So the big question is...
What is powering China's growth?
So what's behind the growth? Is it enough to lift the world from global recession and is it sustainable?
Government stimulus
The answer is the huge government stimulus from the Chinese Government.
The growth in China is not being powered by demand from the rest of the world but from government demand and a huge amount of money bei... (read more)
Author: julia lee
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8. GDP
October 31, 2009
Daily Market Commentary for October 29, 2009
GDP
Commerce Department reported Thursday that GDP rose at an annual rate of 3.5 percent in the third quarter, this was the first time in over a year that it grew, the last time was in 2008's second quarter. (Read more at Millennium-Traders.Com) http://www.millennium-traders.com/news/marketcommentaryoctober2909.aspx
Economic data released today:
GDP [Gross Domestic Product] Price Index: U.S. GDP rose 3.5% rate in 3Q compared to consensus of an increase by 3.2%; Real Final Sales rose 2.5% in 3Q; CE Price Index rose 2.8% rate in ... (read more)
Author: Barry O
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9. US Economy Grows for First Time in More Than a Year
October 29, 2009
The U.S. economy began growing again in July, August and September, after more than a year of decline. Thursday's report from the Department of Commerce says the U.S. gross domestic product grew at an annual pace of 3.5 percent in the third quarter. That is faster than most economists predicted. The GDP totals up all the goods and services produced in a nation, and is the broadest measure of economic health.Some economists say stimulus efforts bolstered home building and consumer spending, and contributed to the economic surge. The report also shows consumer spending grew sharply (at a 3.4 pe... (read more)
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10. Cash ISAs: a Safe Investment During a Recession
October 29, 2009
During periods of economic downturn, finding a secure investment can prove very helpful because of the instability of the economic climate. The current economic situation is highlighted by the UK’s GDP decreasing by 0.4% and its inflation rate dropping by 1.4% in 2009. The uncertainty of the economic climate also means people are investing less because they fear the placement may be insecure. However, some financial products such as Cash ISAs provide the customer with a stable investment.
The British Government introduced cash ISAs in 1999. They were brought in to replace the old Personal... (read more)
Author: Joel Desvignes
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11. Ethiopia Posts 10 Percent GDP Growth, Opponents Dispute Figures
October 05, 2009
Ethiopia says its economic growth rate has topped 10 percent for the sixth year in a row, and could do it again in the current year, despite the global economic turndown. But international economists and Ethiopia's political opposition are questioning the figures.Ethiopian President Girma Woldegiorgis arrives at the Chancellery in Berlin (File)President Girma Woldegiorgis says Ethiopia's economy grew at a 10.1-percent rate during the past year, even though poor rains crippled the dominant agriculture sector and curtailed power generation, forcing a partial shutdown of factories. Speaking to t... (read more)
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12. Emerging Markets
October 05, 2009
Emerging markets may be referred to as the high growth markets, which has a characteristic of attracting high foreign investors and can be considered as an economy growing at a very rapid pace but have a very high risk of unstable political and financial situation. The performance of emerging markets suffer from irregular cycles and monetary policy variables. There are some variables which can also be highlighted as key indicators of inflation, balance of payments and the evolution of GDP, this can also be referred to as the sensitivity of the economy to the existence of crisis or economic i... (read more)
Author: Rupert Smith
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13. Education evolution in Singapore—the transformation
October 01, 2009
Today Education system in Singapore is regarded as one of the best in the world which had undergone several changes,renovation like constant wave since it gained its independence in 1965.Though manufacturing base over here is growing up with its core competency in technological expertise and cover up 27% of its GDP aiming towards innovation and R&D,but natural resources are not enough to be self reliant for them.The only resource-human intellect and ingenuity made Singapore a truly competitive country with supreme power.
Before 1965 it was British reign under which the education system wa... (read more)
Author: Krishna Swaminathan
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14. Work Your Way Through Recession Effect
September 21, 2009
Wordnetweb defines recession as the state of the economy declines. It is a widespread decline in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and employment and trade lasting from six months to one year. Wikipedia, on the other hand, tells us that a recession is a general slowdown in economic activity over a sustained period of time, or a business cycle contraction. It is during this time that many macroeconomic indicators vary in a similar way. During recessions, there is a downfall of production as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employment, investment, spending, capacity utilization, househol... (read more)
Author: jhen felipe
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15. Time-chem & The Global Economy
September 18, 2009
Time-chem & The Global Economy
China is leading the way forward as global trade rebounds. China’s GDP is estimated to have risen by a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 14% in the second quarter, OECD says. “The economic stimulus package implemented by the Chinese government has had a clear and positive impact on the national economy, and it is already evident that both demand and pricing of petroleum and petrochemical products are recovering,” Sinopec said late last month. The global petchem sector needs recovery to continue as Sinopec and joint venture partners are set to increase ethyl... (read more)
Author: Ricardo Liu
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16. BRIC s start with a B
September 17, 2009
O'Neill said that China would become a major economic power, surpassing the United States by 2035 based on the current speed of economic growth. The economic power and influence of BRICs are growing. O'Neill's forecast is logical. The uprising of BRICs is changing the structure of the world and driving the global economy. In the past, the world's economy was dominated by North America, the European Union and Japan. The combined GDP of BRICs in 2005 reached 4.6 trillion dollars, matching the GDP of Japan. BRICs are beginning to dominate the world's economy. China is said to be the most prominen... (read more)
Author: flavio lemos
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17. FINALLY, SOME REGULATION
September 15, 2009
Housing sector in India contributed nearly 4.5% to its GDP in 2006-07 and government is now planning to bring in a regulatory mechanism to make the sector more efficient and lend a cutting edge to it, writes Krishna Kumar Mangalam The central government is working on a model real estate regulation bill to provide guidelines to facilitate growth and promotion of healthy and transparent, efficient and competitive real estate sector in the country, said the housing and urban poverty alleviation minister Kumari Selja. This is a welcome move and will help the sector in becoming efficient and... (read more)
Author: Sapna Rani
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18. Economy
August 28, 2009
Daily Market Commentary for August 27, 2009
Economy
Reports released by the Commerce Department this morning show that the economy is shrinking at a slower pace than expected in the second quarter. (read more at Millennium-Traders.Com) http://www.millennium-traders.com/news/marketcommentaryaugust2709.aspx
Economic data released today:
GDP: U.S. 2Q GDP unchanged at -1.0%; U.S. 2Q GDP Consensus fell 1.5%; 2Q Real Final Sales revised to a rise by 0.4% rate from a drop by 0.2%; 2Q PCE Price Index unchanged at +1.3%; 2Q Purchases Price Index revised to a rise by 0.5% rate from... (read more)
Author: Barry O
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19. RURAL MANAGEMENT:
August 20, 2009
India is a agriculture country where almost 80% of the population lives in rural areas and are dependent on the agriculture for their survival. With the economy development and increase in the GDP rate the condition of the agriculture is recovering. The Indian economy is actually matching up with the changing global scenario .Rural areas are changing because of urban affects and gradually there is a change in the quality from both the ends. i.e. Consumers end & Producer end. With the foreign company coming to India and establishing their branch they first look at rural areas because their they... (read more)
Author: Admission Corner
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20. Fertilizer Industry in India Contributes 25 Percent to GDP
August 20, 2009
India is basically an agricultural country which economy depends largely upon its agrarian produce. Agricultural sphere contributes about 25% to the country’s GDP. As a result, Indian fertilizer industry has tremendous scope in and outside the country as it is one of the allied parts of agriculture.
Today, Indian Fertilizer Industry is developing in terms of technology. Indian manufacturers are adopting advanced manufacturing processes to prepare innovative new products for Indian agriculture. India has entitled as the third largest producer and exporter of nitrogenous fertilizer.
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Author: aman kumar
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21. The Economic Low Down: What is Recession?
August 19, 2009
What is recession ? Recession is brought by the sluggish growth of the Gross Domestic Product or GDP, the determining factor in a country’s production output. This is one of the causes of economic recession. Recession is not stuck to a single motion, but is comprised of different phases which may indicate a looming economic downturn.
The cycle begins with the slowdown of the aforementioned GDP. Then it becomes a full-blown recession, wherein the value of commodities is at its lowest. Shrewd businessmen use this juncture to purchase goods at very low cost. A transition begins when the re... (read more)
Author: jhaz felipe
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22. US, Global Economic Reports Are Mixed
August 14, 2009
U.S. CurrencyThere is cautious optimism in European markets after new figures released Thursday showed the recession easing in Germany and France. Reports show the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) in the two largest economies in Europe rose three-tenths of a percent in the second quarter, boosting hopes of an early recovery in the broader Euro-zone.In the U.S., the economic picture also appears to be improving despite troubling new worries about the nation's burgeoning deficit and rising home foreclosures. European stocks climbed Thursday following an unexpected rise in the gross domestic output... (read more)
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23. Paid Search During Recession Times
August 14, 2009
The global financial crisis and deepening recession in the UK, with falling house prices, sharply rising unemployment and weak foreign demand, will contribute towards the contraction of GDP in 2009-10. According to different financial sources, a negative GDP growth in the UK is anticipated in 2009, with a forecast of 0.9% in 2010.
In addition, public borrowing and debt is rising sharply from 36% in 2006-2007 to 48% at the end in 2008 as a percentage of GDP, to dangerously high levels, as economic activity drops and the government is forced to take additional steps to support the economy. ... (read more)
Author: Nuria Sadurni
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24. Should You Consider Buying a Small Business?
August 07, 2009
There have been recent reports as of late to suggest that the improvement we’re witnessing with the economy is for real and that GDP growth should resume in the short term in both the US and Canada. In fact, many leading economists are calling for economic growth to turn positive in the 3rd quarter of 2009.
What does this mean to people who are looking to buy a business? A lot.
Qualified business buyers have been holding back
There are a large number of business buyers in the US and Canada that have held off on buying a business due to the instability in the market. These a... (read more)
Author: Anne Brown
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25. Property Investment-a smart investment
August 06, 2009
The real estate field has witnessed a steady growth from the recent past. The field has witnessed a boom and investing in property has become the latest fashion of the Financial Market. It has been a growing sector because of the following factors: 1 Highly beneficial venture 2 Development, globalisation and changing global trends 3 Better living standards and increase in Gross domestic product(GDP) of many countries 4 Rapid increase in world population 5 Better education and higher salaries and income 6 Relaxed and liberal government policies.
With the increase in a nation's develo... (read more)
Author: jessica thomson
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