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Dina B

Egypt Holiday's Demand Slumps - 0 views

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  • Dina B on 30 Sep 13
     
    This article talks about how because of the recent events that are happening in Egypt, the demand to visit the country has dropped.
Zuzanna G

Coffee Demand Shifts Down-Market - 1 views

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demand cost coffee prices

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  • Zuzanna G on 29 Sep 13
     
    This article shows how total income and trends affect demand using an interesting example of coffee.
Sebastian G

Consumer demand for premium dark chocolate pushes up cocoa price - 0 views

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demand

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  • Sebastian G on 29 Sep 13
     
    This article shows how the demand dirrectly effects the price of one recouse. The change in demand is due to a change in taste of the customers, and a shortage of cocoa beans.
Fiete M

Q&A: Dave Hakkens, designer of Phonebloks, on reinventing smartphone design - 0 views

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phonebloks demand competition apple technology

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  • Fiete M on 28 Sep 13
     
    This article shows that there clearly is a demand for a phone which will not be dated after only about one or two years. If this project will be realized and the phone goes into series then it will be a serious competitor to the iphone, and the demand curve for iphones will move to the left because now there is an alternative product which is cheaper.
Aleksi B

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

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Demand Headphone Custom made On Sale

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  • 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
  • Aleksi B on 28 Sep 13
     
    Shows and example of "Demand" and how selling the product for a lower price could result in more units sold.
Talisha R

iPhone 5S demand was double that of supply, analyst estimates - 2 views

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Demand iphone5S

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  • Talisha R on 28 Sep 13
     
    This article says that the Iphone 5S had a high demand. This shows that the prices of other products such as the Samsung products did not affect the demand for the Iphone. Even though the new iphone had a higher price than other products, there was still a high demand.
Haydn W

Broadcasters failing to keep up with 3D TV demand - Telegraph - 0 views

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Demand The Telegraph 3D TV Technology Sales

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  • 60 million 3D TVs are expected to be sold in 2013, and this figure is set to rise to 157.7 million by 2017, accounting for 58 per cent of all TVs sold across the globe
  • broadcasters' approaches to delivering 3D content differ widely
  • In the UK, with BSkyB has reaffirmed its commitment and Virgin Media increased its range of 3D broadcasting, while the BBC has postponed trials, which they have decided to conclude by the end of this year and will make no further 3D programmes for 3 years
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  • 3D content will become increasingly restricted to premium and on-demand offerings.
  • the unique appeal of 3D to the consumer is that it offers greater immersion in content
  • A number of major broadcasters are now diverting investment to other initiatives, such as 4K and multi-screen content delivery.
  • Futuresource Consulting added that the market for 3D cinema remains stable.
  • Haydn W on 28 Sep 13
     
    This article shows how the demand for 3D TV's is increasing but broadcasters continue to not offer much 3D content to their viewers. 3D TV's were predicted by many to be a commercial failure, as the home experience is said to be not as good as the cinema experience but demand has continued to rise among consumers. Broadcasters however are not so keen to provide 3D content as they have their ever changing gaze to future investment in 4K technology in the continuous attempt to keep up with the relentless pace of modern technology.
  • Yassine G on 28 Sep 13
     
    I think that one of the reason that will not allow 3D technology to get popular is its very high cost. This is not only for consumers who are buying the TVs and Glasses, but also for producers. IT is an extra cost, without an extra profit.
Clemente F

Mixed messages - 0 views

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demand risks economic crisis

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  • Clemente F on 28 Sep 13
     
    This article talks about the market which was probably more affected by this crisis. The house markets. The article presents data through which it is clear that the demand for house's has fallen and therefore the prices went down a lot. The only country where the house market is still growing is London in which the demand is very high.
Pietro AA

Propane Distributors Seek to Boost Demand With Lawn Mowers - WSJ.com - 0 views

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demand propane lawn mowers

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      Pietro AA on 27 Sep 13
       
      The propane economy had problems after the natural gas industry introduced a cheap and comfortable energy source. Clearly propane and natural gas are substitute goods. This article discusses how the propane industry seeks profit by helping a complimentary product: propane lawn mowers. If one buys a propane land mower he obviously then has to buy propane.
    • Pietro AA
      Pietro AA on 27 Sep 13
       
      Here is another way the propane industry seeks a greater demand: exporting. More people will certainly want the propane.
  • Propane Distributors Seek to Boost Demand With Lawn Mowers
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  • The propane industry has set its sights on that symbol of American middle-class achievement: the lawn mower
  • Blame it in part on the natural-gas drilling boom, which has left distributors scrambling to find new ways to increase demand for propane
  • By promoting the benefits of propane lawn mowers—which have lower emissions, are cheaper to run and last longer—the group is betting it can grow to a 3% share of all commercial mowers sold in the U.S. by 2016 from 1% now. That would goose propane consumption by the machines to 23.8 million gallons by 2016 from about 7.9 million gallons this year.
  • How much the push into lawn mowers will help propane retailers remains to be seen.
  • In addition, the U.S. has become a net exporter of propane in recent years—supplying countries such as Mexico, Brazil, Ecuador and Chile with propane for residential heating and cooking
  • Pietro AA on 27 Sep 13
     
    Propane producers try to gain more by selling more. But they need a greater demand. Since natural gas and propane are substitute goods, and the natural gas industy has recently boomed, propane lost a lot of demand. So "propane distributors seek to boost demand with land mowers" and by exporting these two complementary products to other countries.
John B

BlackBerry confirms loss of $965 million as sales drop 45% | Mobile - CNET News - 0 views

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  • BlackBerry offered few surprises as it posted a fiscal second-quarter loss of nearly $1 billion as its smartphones continued to struggle in the marketplace.
  • The official results come a week after BlackBerry released preliminary figures and said it would cut roughly 40 percent of its staff as it shifted its focus away from consumers and more towards business customers.
  • Its newer phones as a whole didn't seem to resonate with consumers. The company said it shipped 3.7 million BlackBerrys, but a majority of them were made up of BlackBerrys running older software, which remain popular in emerging markets because of their low price.
  • John B on 27 Sep 13
     
    This article is about how the BlackBerry phones are dropping in demand, and therefore the company have to "cut roughly 40 percent of its staff..." because of the loss of $965 million. When they have to cut down on he staff, it means that they can't afford the service that those workers can provide.
  • John B on 27 Sep 13
     
    This article is about how the BlackBerry phones are dropping in demand, and therefore the company have to "cut roughly 40 percent of its staff..." because of the loss of $965 million. When they have to cut down on he staff, it means that they can't afford the service that those workers can provide.
Daniel B

Little to fear but fear itself - 0 views

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demand goods commodities Africa China Brazil India

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  • Daniel B on 25 Sep 13
     
    Africa is or rather used to be the biggest exporter of raw materials. The demand on their commodities come mostly from China, Brazil as well as India. The cooling in economy of China causes drop in demand for oil, wood etc.
  • Yassine G on 27 Sep 13
     
    I think Africa is one of the richest continents, if not the the richest, however, unfortunately its people are amongst the poorest and least developed in the world.
Azeem K

Nigeria: Fish Scarcity Hits Kaduna As Prices Increase By 20 Percent - 1 views

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Scarcity

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  • Fish Scarcity
    • Azeem K
      Azeem K on 24 Sep 13
       
      This is a good example and consequence of scarcity! 
  • raising its price by about 20 per cent,
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  • was caused by inadequate supply for more than two weeks.
fie dahl

Colorado town unlivable for months after flooding, residents are told - 0 views

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colorado scarcity water

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  • fie dahl on 23 Sep 13
     
    I choose this article because it shows how something as basic as water can be scarce even though there is so much of it - I couldn't find the article I originally wanted to post, but it described how people were told to save water! normally we don't even think about water being scarce, but then when things like this occurs water is suddenly both the cause to water being scarce and the object turning scarce it selves.
John B

CNN - GalapagosQuest: Water Scarcity in the Galapagos - March 9, 1999 - 0 views

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Scarcity of Water

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  • Water is a scarce and valuable resource in the Galapagos and always has been. Only a few of the islands have regular springs where people can find water. The presence of water depends mostly on rainfall, which happens only between January and June, the wet season. The amount of rainfall is different from year to year and from island to island. But the greatest variation is a result of altitude. The highlands receive a lot more rain than the coastal areas and are a better place for most plants, animals, and people to live. Most of the underground pools and springs are found only on the older islands, like San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, and Santa María. Here, thousands of years of erosion created pockets and caverns deep underground where rain water and dew could pool and be collected. Patrick Watkins figured this out pretty quickly and managed to survive here for years. Others weren't so smart, or so lucky.
  • Back home we take water for granted, even though we know we shouldn't. People here on Santa María know what it's like to not have water for days, to go without showers and to settle for just one glass of water a day. That trickling rock where pirates filled their water casks still keeps Santa María alive. Rubber hoses carry water over four miles downhill to town, irrigating gardens and watering cattle along the way.
  • John B on 13 Sep 13
     
    I think that this article has a very important aspect on the water scarcity in the world. It's about a person visiting the Galapagos where water is seen as a very valuable resource. It can pass days before the people living on the Galapagos can drink water again. This made me think about how we (in Sweden) even flush down clean water in the toilet, and then there are people who does not even have clean water to drink every day. Though the article was posted in 1999, which was a while ago, but there is still water scarcity in parts of the world that we need to consider in our daily life. To perhaps donate money to organizations that help these people who have a lack of clean water.
  • Jakub B on 16 Sep 13
     
    Yes, indeed. There are few people from Western countries who notice that problem because they do not face with it. Of course there are still many other locations (especially in Africa), in which the residents' strongest desire is connected with scarcity of water.
  • Yassine G on 23 Sep 13
     
    In order for people to realize something is to go through it. I think that if governments around the world start supplying a limited amount of water to every house, depending on how many people live in it. this would make people realise how scarce water is and eventually start using it efficiently.
Talisha R

Water Scarcity - 0 views

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Water Scarcity Demand

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  • Talisha R on 14 Sep 13
     
    I think this article relates to what we are studying as it mainly talks about scarcity. It says that water scarcity is one of the main challenges in Delhi, there is a huge demand for it but they need to learn how to distribute it around the city. People usually do not think that water is scarce, however this article shows that it is and people need to learn how to effectively distribute it.
  • Clemente F on 16 Sep 13
     
    Water scarcity is a very tough argument. We are consuming very high quantities of water and a huge part is being wasted. The study of economics may help people the population to make a "production possibility curve" so that the use of water is balanced.
  • Yassine G on 23 Sep 13
     
    It's really important that everyone start to realize how bad this cold be in the long run. If this wasteful use of water continues, we are going to face some serious consequences. Scientists should start working on developing new methods for agricultural use of water, as agriculture is considered to be on top of the consuming industries of water in many areas. meanwhile I think that countries should develop a water consuming rule, that somehow reduces water consumption.
Dina B

How facing a scarcity - of cash, time, even play - can reset the way we think - 0 views

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scarcity

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  • Dina B on 17 Sep 13
     
    This is an interesting article that talks about how scarcity can really badger with people's mind. It also talks about how it makes us as people, focus. I think this is because we need scarcity to be able to achieve our goals to make the resources we want easier for us to get. This article mentions the phycological research done by Prof. Shafir collaborating with an economics professor Sendhil Mullainathan to write ' Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much '. It is an interesting read.
Philine D

The Psychology of Scarcity, Days late, Dollars short - 1 views

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scarcity psychology of

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  • Clemente F on 14 Sep 13
     
    The article argues about the psychology that there is in the concept of scarcity. It is said that this concept is partially destroying the economy I believe. They say that because because of scarcity shortens a person's horizons but it is also very positive because when a person lacks of something acts differently. Even if they don't precisely know what they desire the fact that they may lack of it they may "succumb to a similar scarcity"
  • Haydn W on 16 Sep 13
     
    I think this is an interesting article as it explores not only how scarcity affects an economy but takes a physiological approach and investigates how scarcity can effect our mindset. This, I feel is particularly relevant in today's 'tough economy'.
  • Philine D on 17 Sep 13
     
    This article is essentially promoting a book that has been written about scarcity and the mindset that evolves from it. It is interesting because it offers you some real life example of scarcity and it explains the psychology of scarcity.
Fiete M

Tesla moves ahead from Google in race to build self-driving cars - 0 views

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scarcity cars tesla demand technology

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  • Fiete M on 17 Sep 13
     
    This article is a good example of scarcity I believe because, it shows that there is a huge demand for robotic self-driving cars or in other words, they are scarce. This leads to many companies like google or Tesla starting to develope self-driving cars because they know that due to the scarcity of the product, they can charge big amounts of money and make a huge profit.
Daniel B

Scarcity of endangered species - 0 views

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scarcity animals risks biodiversity

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  • Daniel B on 17 Sep 13
     
    This article shows threats of hunting endangered species. The local community doesn't care about biodiversity because their aim is to gain profits from trading rare and luxury goods. Their actions are now limited, however, they still break laws. Scarcity of animals is always common topic.
Sebastian G

Has The Earth Ever Run Out of a Natural Resource? | Resource Investor - 0 views

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scarcity resources

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  • Sebastian G on 17 Sep 13
     
    This article is concerned about the question if the earth has ever run out of a natural recource. Until now there hasn't been any recourse that ran out before it became irrelevant for our economy.
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