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Until a few months ago, Booncherd Leekasem would never have been caught astride a muddy tractor or squelching through buffalo dung in a rice paddy. As a headman of Khao Ngam in central Thailand he had far more respectable things to attend to, such as...
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During the world’s worst recession and credit crunch since the Great Depression, many families are scaling back on luxuries such as traveling aboard....
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In a country with only a 5% of the population holding permanent employment, mostly the elderly, the youth find it very hard to find employment after school. The youth...
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Stephen Harper’s Conservative government just won reelection in a ballot on October 14, 2008, but the government’s days might be numbered. That will be the...
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As the global economic crisis continues to wreak havoc on many industries, the tech sector which had previously been seen by some analysts as recession proof is...
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The worldwide credit crunch following the financial crisis, coupled with a protracted recession in the US and other advanced economies will have major implications. The...
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An urgent question has appeared after the Collapse in the American economy:
How much the gulf states will pay to rescue the American economy?
According to reports by...
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Job loss? Foreclosure? Credit Card Debt? Cash Gifting is the Answer!
605,000 jobs lost thus far this year, from almost every sector of the work force! An estimated...
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The latest report from the Centre for Economic and Business Research indicates that now could be the best time to buy as it predicts that average UK house prices will...
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US President George W Bush has explained the credit crunch savaging US financial markets by saying
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An increasing number of Brits are flocking to sex drugs to boost their sex life thats taken a tumble due to the credit crunch stress.
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The recent transformation in global political order has changed many things. One of them is that the world is no more moved by a few countries like G-7/8. The rise of...
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The European Central Bank is winning Europe’s political leaders over to its policy of focusing on fighting inflation even as economic growth slows.
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Breaking the dollar barrier “scares me,” said the Bronx-born owner of Bethesda Bagels. But with 100-pound bags of North Dakota flour now above $50 —...
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The credit crunch has hit City financiers where it hurts them most - in their expense accounts.
A crackdown on gourmet lunches, first-class travel and even trips to...
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A hedge fund manager earned a staggering £1.85billion last year by betting on the sub-prime mortgage collapse.
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The world’s economic ministers declared on Sunday that shortages and skyrocketing prices for food posed a potentially greater threat to economic and political...
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You do not have to be an economist to know that there is a world food crisis, with shortages and rising prices. You simply need to read the world press. On March 28 the...
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The world’s economic ministers declared on Sunday that shortages and skyrocketing prices for food posed a potentially greater threat to economic and political...
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