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Google was ranked number one, with a total value of $100 bn in The BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands list published by Millward Brown Optimor. Microsoft was listed second in the rankings at $76.2 bn, while Coca-Cola moved into the top three for the first time ever, with a total value of [...]
Living in another country can help expand minds, says a new study. “Gaining experience in foreign cultures has long been a classic prescription for artists interested in stimulating their imaginations or honing their crafts. But does living abroad actually make people more creative?” asks the study’s lead author, William Maddux, PhD, an assistant professor of [...]
If you want to find out about Swine Influenza the best place to go is the World Health Organization Webpage. Information on this page tracks the evolving situation and provides access to both technical guidelines and information useful for the general public. The links include: Frequently Asked Questions on Swine Influenza; Interim WHO guidance for [...]
The global financial crisis is dangerously affecting the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and creating an emergency for development, warns a new IMF-World Bank report. Most of the eight globally-agreed goals are unlikely to be met, including those concerned with hunger, child and maternal mortality, education and progress in combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other major [...]
London has emerged as the most international retail city in the world, attracting 60 percent of the world’s top retailers, according to the latest retail research published by the international consultancy firm CB Richard Ellis. London was followed by Paris (which attracts 49 percent of retailers) in 2nd place and New York in 3rd (with [...]
Drawing on their work training tens of thousands of people at leading organizations worldwide, Karen Berman and Joe Knight provide a deep understanding of the basics of financial management and measurement, along with hands-on activities to practice what you are reading. You’ll discover:
Why the assumptions behind financial data matter
What income statements, balance sheets, and cash [...]
This report by Deloitte identifies the 250 largest consumer products companies around the world based on publicly available data for the companies’ fiscal year 2007 (encompasses fiscal years ended through June 2008). It also includes the effects of the current economic downturn on consumer markets around the world, the challenges currently facing companies in the [...]
The Library has MarketLine on trial until May 10, 2009.
MarketLine offers a comprehensive and unique collection of company, industry, financial, product and country information, research and data extending across every major marketplace and industry. From macroeconomic data to granular product data and everything in between, which can be interrogated with highly advanced search, and navigational [...]
The Inter-Agency Group on Economic and Financial Statistics has launched a new web site covering economic and financial data of the G-20 economies. Its aim is to facilitate the monitoring of economic and financial developments for these systemically important economies during the on-going financial and economic crisis. The web site is hosted by the IMF, [...]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has just issued the “Global Financial Stability Report: Responding to the Financial Crisis and Measuring Systematic Risks” It traces the sources and channels of financial distress and provides policy advice on mitigating its effects on economic activity, stemming contagion, and mending the global financial system. The global financial system remains [...]
