Economic Trends
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By Warren S. HerschEmail-enabled mobile device usage increased by 8 percent since 2012.
June 17, 2013
Investors Remain Bullish on Turkey Despite Political UnrestThe recent wave of anti-government protests in Turkey continues to gain steam but foreign investors are not particularly perturbed by the demonstrations. Not for the time being, anyway.
June 03, 2013
Abenomics Becomes an Ongoing MelodramaMany claim the Nikkei 255 index's 3.7% fall on Monday was the result of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abes recent economic policies.
June 03, 2013
The future of getting paid to be healthyTheres more to incentivizing health than monetary rewards and penalties.
May 14, 2013
Europeans grow dissatisfied with the inequities of the economic systemPeople arent happy that the gap between the rich and the poor has widened in the past five years.
May 13, 2013
Will Britain leave the EU?Talk of the possibility of Britain breaking out of the EU is spreading.
May 07, 2013
Nouriel Roubini: The 2013 IA 25 Extended Profile2morrow I speak at Long-term Global Trends & Their Implications for the IMF, Nouriel Roubini recently tweeted, which is typical, since hes everywhere and seemingly always reacts to the latest financial crisis in real time.
May 01, 2013
Condoleezza Rice urges action on domestic issuesThe U.S. must address festering fiscal and social issues to maintain its political and economic standing.