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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’s 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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China Is Going on a |
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| Earlier this summer, the China National Offshore Oil Corporation, known as CNOOC, made a cash offer of $18.5 billion to buy Unocal. It was a friendly offer, and since 70 percent of Unocal’s reserves are near Asian markets where CNOOC operates, it seemed to make sense to the company, which is owned by the Chinese government. |
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Multi-Core Processor |
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| The race for computer power and speed has been underway since World War II. It accelerated tremendously in 1971, with Intel’s introduction of the first microprocessor. Soon afterward, one of Intel’s founders, Gordon Moore, observed that price-performance was doubling every 18 months, and that trend became known as Moore’s Law. |
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‘뉴스(The News)’는 이전의 |
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| 종이 신문이 말 그대로 작아지고 있다. 네트워크 TV의 영향력마저도 희미해지고 그 자리를 블로그, 케이블 TV, 인터넷 라디오 방송(talk radio)이 비집고 들어가고 있다. 불과 수년 전만 해도 뉴스는 소수의 매체가 점령하고 있었다. 하지만 오늘날은 다양한 매체를 통해 뉴스를 접할 수 있다. 몰락과 부상의 과정에서 드러나는 그 함의와 전망은 무엇일까?<br> |
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Enabled by Technolog |
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| In the January 2005 issue of Trends we traced the rapid growth of the real-estate boom in the exurbs. As we explained, according to the U.S. Census, the average commute, measured just one way from home to work, increased by roughly 20 percent from 1980 to 2000, to 25.5 minutes. |
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