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Global Economy Is Losing Momentum
added: 28-04-2008

While new home sales hit another record low, new orders for durable goods recovered a little in March. The picture painted by the latest batch of data is one that looks like a slow economy but one not necessarily falling deeper into the hole. Meanwhile, the fact that some of the numbers aren't worse suggests that the worst is past and robust growth is just around the corner.
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Corn, Rice And Oil Seeds Prices Going Up
added: 28-04-2008

So, has the surge gone out of the urge to push world grain prices, especially wheat, higher? While corn, rice and oil seeds like soybeans remain at near record levels, world wheat prices, perhaps the most accurate barometer of sentiment in global grain and food markets, have plunged 40% from the all time high in February and are now at a six month low.
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World Markets: Bond Markets Still Waiting For The Rescue
added: 28-04-2008

Either bond markets have taken leave of their collective senses, or they too are smelling the re-emergence of animal spirits among investors in equity markets. A month ago markets were warily waiting for the next disaster to hit after the Bear Stearns rescue: but $US100 billion worth of capital raisings by banks and other financial stocks in the US and Europe, the Fed's $US360 billion 28 day money Term Auction Facility funding liquidity in the US markets, and the Bank of England $US100 billion facility to support the UK banking sector, and its becoming a case of 'gloom, what gloom?'
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Oil Hit a Record High of $US119.90 a Barrel
added: 28-04-2008

BP has shut a pipeline that carries 30% to 40% of the oil produced in the UK because of a strike at a refinery in Scotland that supplies power to the system. Gas from dual producing fields will also be stopped by the company because of the stoppage.
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More Americans Worry About Energy Issues
added: 27-04-2008

When it comes to energy, Americans worry most about dependence on foreign oil. Almost half of the 1,200 voters polled by Peter D. Hart Research Associates Inc. rate imports as one of their two biggest energy concerns. A distant second is the lack of viable alternatives to fossil fuels.
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Investors Are Dissatisfied With the Fund Industry
added: 26-04-2008

iShares Funds, a division of Barclays Global Investors, released the results of its first Investor Survey. The majority of investors surveyed believe that the fund industry is not meeting their expectations or putting their needs first, resulting in dissatisfaction and a lack of trust. Investors also believe that the media is failing to provide credible reporting, citing too much hype and not enough focus on important fee- and tax-related issues. In contrast, 87% of investors have a high degree of trust in their advisor, comparable to their level of trust in their family physician.
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Mobile Payments to Grow
added: 26-04-2008

Gartner forecasts that the number of mobile payment users will reach 103.9 million globally in 2011, up from 32.9 million in 2008.
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Motorola, Sony Ericsson and Apple Lose Global Handset Market share in Q1 2008
added: 25-04-2008

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global mobile handset shipments grew a healthy 14 percent year-over-year, to reach 282 million units in Q1 2008. Motorola, Sony Ericsson and Apple all lost marketshare.
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E-Health in Europe: Wider ICT Use Among Doctors
added: 25-04-2008

The European Commission published a pan-European survey on electronic services in healthcare (eHealth) that shows 87% of European doctors (General Practitioners) use a computer, 48% with a broadband connection. European doctors increasingly store and send patients' data such as lab reports electronically.
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Japan and the EU Account for Nearly 40% of Global GDP
added: 25-04-2008

EUROCHAMBRES, the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and the European Business Council (EBC), the trade policy arm of the 18 European national chambers of commerce and business associations in Japan, jointly call for Japanese and EU leaders to take the opportunity of the EU-Japan summit this week to move ahead in bringing the EU and Japan closer together.
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