Protectionism 'damaging international trade flows' - 1 views
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Merve Akpinar on 28 Oct 11World leaders have warned of a new wave of protectionism, hampering international trade and destroying jobs.
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New Zealand Dollar Expected To Outperform Australian Dollar In coming Months Say Barcla... - 0 views
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This article suggests some speculation of New Zealand Dollars appreciating and having a higher value compared to the Australian Dollar, which would ultimately cause a change in exchange rate.
BBC News - China's exports and imports dip raising growth concerns - 0 views
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The article is about the fear that the decrease in imports and exports will slow down the economic growth of China. -
This article is about how China's exports have decreased and this small decrease has proportionally decreased the economic growth rate.
Cross Price Elasticity of Demand - 0 views
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The new article is about hte cross-price elasticity of demand is used to see how sensitive the demand for a good is to a price change of another good.
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Ozge, this bookmark is not a news article but a revision material which would be useful to include in the wiki study guide. Bookmarks should be 'raw' news articles from the web that will give students the opportunity to use learned concepts to analyse in future blog activities.
Growing trade ties between India and Pakistan - 1 views
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Business leaders from India and Pakistan say there's new optimism about the efforts their governments are making to improve trade ties. But critics warn that overcoming decades of mistrust may not be that easy. For the first time in 35 years, a Pakistani commerce minister led a business delegation to India last week. -
The article is about how India and Pakistan are hoping to trade goods directly instead of continuing to trade through third nations such as Sri Lanka and Dubai, they hope to be able to trust each other to make a good trade agreement that everyone will respect. -
There are new efforts to diminish trade barriers between India and Pakistan.
Strong currency yet to impact on price - 0 views
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The article discusses the lack of effect the increase in the New Zealand dollar has had on imports.
EU seeks trade breakthrough with Latin America - 0 views
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Some EU member states were worried about the impact on farmers of a new trade deal with Mercosur.
IMF Moves Toward New Power Reform - 0 views
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This article is in regards to the International Monetary Fund working to a new structure of voting rights, that would greatly benefit emerging economies such as China and Brazil. This would be appropriate seeming as China and Brazil's contribution is huge.
Money Work & careers Australians and New Zealanders ditch the UK workplace - 0 views
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The days of eager Antipodeans pouring into the UK may be coming to an end as exchange rates and visa restrictions bite. Joanne Christie meets Aussies on a boomerang career path
Apple Wins Patent For Text Censoring - 1 views
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I think that this article is very relevant to our Week 5 topic demand not only because it is about Apple but the fact that they constantly develop new technologies to increase consumer demands.
Minimum price on alcohol - 2 views
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The price on alcohol drinks are set to a minimum price. Not only it is illegal, but it is also to reduce the number of alcohol drink being consumed by the consumers.
Time Warner and News Corp. Post Higher Profit - 0 views
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Time Warner and News Corp. revenues in the past quarter surpassed expectations. However, the high revenues may not last long due to the potential decrease in consumer demand for big cable channels.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-08/swiss-re-says-brazil-to-see-high-growth-on-... - 0 views
Southhampton to have new cruiseship terminal - 0 views
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Southhampton cruiseship terminals have a significant portion of the market share and are being accused of having a monopoly.
More features in iPhone - 0 views
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to attract more demand, iPhone features more application such as new apps, wifi, and many more.
Wrexham railway station access plans unveiled - 0 views
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the new development give access for people with mobility problems.
Brighter growth prospects seen in Singapore - 0 views
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This article talks about the estimation of economic growth that will occur in Singapore in the future. Analysts suggest that the gross domestic products (GDP) would increase faster than expected. It is also suggested that Singapore's economy would grow by 5.7% this year, increased from the forecast made last December (5.1%).
Winners but mostly losers in this new financial year - 0 views
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"The government's complicated changes to tax and benefits have begun, squeezing most households in real terms" (from the article)
UK Inflation Rate Unexpectedly Falls to 4% in March - 1 views
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Due to drops in the prices of food and non-alcoholic drinks, the CPI in the UK has decreased from 4.4% in February to 4% in March.
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That's good news for the UK consumer!
