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Zambia attained favorable Balance of Payments in second quarter of 2014 | UKZAMBIANS - 0 views

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    Zambia in recent times has been able to maintain a favourable balance of payments within the second quarter of 2014
Aleksi B

Toyota posts 23% jump in net income, helped by weak yen, cost cuts - 2 views

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    This article shows that taking advantage of different currencies Toyota managed to increase their net profit
Aleksi B

Job Creation Should Be Policy Priority, O.E.C.D. Report Finds - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    The article talks about how job creation needs to be created by the use of supply side policies.
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Spain unemployment to take 10 years to recover - report - RT Business - 1 views

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    In this article stated that Spain's largest bank made a claim saying the unemployment will take over a decade just to fix. Spain are in a large amount of debt as they rose from last year and the Spanish research and development spending is 70% below the EU level
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Hybrid air, a full hybrid gasoline system, compressed air car engine - 0 views

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    This article explains a new development that allows gasoline and air to be combined to create a more fuel efficient eco friendly car
Aleksi B

Apple reports $57.6B revenue for Q1 2014: 51M iPhones, 26m iPads, 4.8m Macs, 6m iPods |... - 0 views

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    This article talks about Apple and their latest success as they report 57.6 billion USD in revenue selling 26 million iPads, 4.8 million Macs, 54 million iPhones and 6 million iPods
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Energy: The dash for cash | The Economist - 0 views

  • Mr Cameron said this could be worth £2m-3m ($3m-5m) a year for each
  • The industry says firms will pay £100,000 into funds for residents near each new exploration site, as well as 1% of revenues when wells start pumping gas.
  • hand over 5-10% of their cash.
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  • In America, where shale deposits belong to landowners instead of to the state, royalties of 12-25% sweeten the deal. Glynn Williams of Epi-V, which invests in gas services, thinks Britain’s fracking firms will eventually improve their offer, but are unlikely to stump up as much as 5% of their haul.
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    This article says that in Britain, Shale wants to get a government grant on Fracking within the country. Shale will have to pay residents to leave the area but in return the revenue can be profitable
Aleksi B

Is the bank ATM a public good? - Livemint - 1 views

  • The aftereffects of the ATM incident show that we are still ambivalent about it. Our idea of a public good is centuries old.
  • What everyone conveniently forgets is that an ATM is not tied to the mother bank—the free usage of another bank’s ATM (up to a fairly liberal limit) has made the ATM a near-public place.
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    This article asks the question is the ATM a public good. Inside we will find the article making statements to why it is in fact a public good and why it should be considered as one
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The oil spill, global warming and negative externalities - Views From Baja Arizona - 0 views

  • A negative externality is an action of a product on consumers that imposes a negative side effect on a third party. Many negative externalities are related to the environmental consequences of production and use.
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    Externalities of production - This article relates to how environmental disasters lead to a  negative externalaty
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India Plans Price Controls on Patented Drugs - WSJ.com - 0 views

  • India plans to widen the scope of price controls on pharmaceuticals
  • The new proposals would extend price restrictions beyond generic medicines to apply for the first time to patented drugs
  • The plans come as Bayer AG BAYN.XE -0.17% Bayer AG Germany: Xetra €94.89 -0.16 -0.17% Nov. 15, 2013 5:35 pm Volume : 2.67M P/E Ratio 25.24 Market Cap €78.47 Billion Dividend Yield 2.00% Rev. per Employee €363,176 10/31/13 Bayer Boosted by New Drugs 09/13/13 Bayer Under Scrutiny in China More quote details and news » BAYN.XE in Your Value Your Change Short position is fighting an order from India's patent authority that required the Germany company to issue a license allowing an Indian generic-drug company to sell a less expensive copy of Bayer's patented cancer drug Nexavar.
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  • India sets prices for 74 generic medicines and is considering increasing the number of medicines covered by price caps to 348
  • Any attempt to restrict prices of patented drugs likely will rankle foreign pharmaceutical companies
  • The move raised fears in India that without price controls patented drugs might be unaffordable for a majority of the country's 1.2 billion people.
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    The article explains on how India are planning to put price controls on their drugs making them go for lower prices so that people can afford them.
Aleksi B

China set to test loans, subsidies to support farmers - Economic Times - 0 views

  • BEIJING: China is set to test using loans and subsidies to support farmers from next year
  • Reduced reliance on stockpiling, which has pushed domestic prices way above international markets, would be welcomed by local firms such as sugar and cotton mills that have had to shell out more for raw materials.
  • But in driving up domestic prices, the policy has fuelled a surge in cheaper imports, benefiting overseas suppliers rather than the local market.
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    This article tells us about how China will soon be experimenting granting farmers loans to help them in producing more food. With more farmers being able to borrow money they can turn that money into profit by harvesting and selling sugar, cotton, soy and corn
Aleksi B

Cigarette taxes revenues and elasticity of demand » Bastiat's Bastions - 2 views

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    The article talks about the fact of how cigarette taxes are increasing due to the elasticity of demand
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Department of Pharmaceuticals seeks Law Ministry opinion on drug pricing mechanism issu... - 0 views

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    Drugs are raising in price due to price mechanism, now the government might start getting involved and lowering prices to some drugs
Aleksi B

Advancing the state of the art for in-ear headphones, at a lower price | The Audiophili... - 1 views

  • Advancing the state of the art for in-ear headphones, at a lower price
  • the JH-13 is nearly double the price of the V6-Stage, which is normally $699. Right now it's on sale for $599, but that offer ends October 1
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    Shows and example of "Demand" and how selling the product for a lower price could result in more units sold.
Aleksi B

BBC Sport - Cristiano Ronaldo: Real Madrid forward agrees new contract - 0 views

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    Real Madrid CF have reported to give Cristiano Ronaldo a new contract making him the most expensive player in football. Now the question is will the club benefit from all this money being spent on this one player? This this the opportunity cost Real Madrid are taking hoping this will lead them to some football glory 
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