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Showing posts with label consumer spending. Show all posts
Showing posts with label consumer spending. Show all posts
Jan 10, 2010

Prices and Earnings: A comparison of purchasing power around the globe / 2009 edition

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Image by Getty Images via Daylife Prices and Earnings: A comparison of purchasing power around the globe / 2009 edition (PDF; 1.2 MB) Sour...
Aug 11, 2009

Can China Save the World?

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by Bill Powell On a steamy saturday afternoon just outside Shanghai, Zhang Yi is in a blessedly cool General Motors showroom, kicking the t...
Jul 30, 2009

Opening Their Wallets, Emptying Their Savings

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By Blaine Harden Washington Post Foreign Service Thursday, July 30, 2009 SEOUL -- In pursuit of middle-class prosperity, South Koreans ...
Jul 27, 2009

Asian Nations Revisit Safety Net in Effort to Bolster Spending

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By PATRICK BARTA Bangkok Asian countries are beginning to build extensive social-welfare program...
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