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The Long and Short o |
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| We��셶e recently experienced oil price fluctuations that remind us of the economic importance of fossil fuels. But, just how important is petroleum today and going forward? What are the shortterm, medium-term, and long-term trends driving oil prices? What��셲 likely to happen to oil prices and what are the implications? |
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Choice Overload |
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| In today萸� marketplace, consumers are bombarded with more choices than ever ?yet they are increasingly less satisfied. Whether they are buying a car, choosing a cell phone plan, ordering a beverage at Starbucks, or selecting a breakfast cereal at the supermarket, Americans are finding that simple decisions have turned complicated, time-consuming, and confusing. |
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Japan Is Hot Again |
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| Since the year began, the Nikkei stock index has posted a gain of nearly 9 percent. That��셲 the best performance of all of the major stock indices of the G-7 nations, according to economist John Park of Kudlow & Company. |
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Quashing the Identit |
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| In the past five years, more than 27 million Americans have been victims of identify theft, according to the Federal Trade Commission. |
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Nanotech Venture Cap |
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| At the end of last year, the U.S. government committed $3.7 billion in funding to a technology that few people had even heard of a few years ago. Big corporations are investing $3 billion in it this year. And venture capital firms have poured $1 billion into small startups that focus on it over the past five years. |
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