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Of the four BRIC economies, India is best positioned to benefit from demographic tailwinds. Projections have India becoming the world's most populated country some time between 2025 and 2030. Its labor force will also remain relatively youthful as compared ...
May 23, 2012 at 12:17 | Source: Seekingalpha.com
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a three-part series about Dartmouth’s Board of Trustees. Dartmouth’s Board of Trustees is composed of the president of the College, the governor of New Hampshire, 16 charter trustees and ...
May 24, 2012 at 04:16 | Source: Dartmouth
Expectations of a robust housing recovery are not well supported by US demographics. From Bloomberg News (February 8, 2012): Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon told investors and analysts in a January conference call that housing is "getting ...
May 17, 2012 at 18:08 | Source: NASDAQ
Christine Mastin, an immigration attorney whose Spanish-speaking grandmother emigrated from Chile to the United States, realizes that most of the Hispanics she knows are surprised she is a Republican. Barack Obama won two-thirds of the Latino ...
May 25, 2012 at 17:51 | Source: NationalJournal.com
China demographics continue to present new challenges and opportunities for American businesses. There has been heated debate recently about whether China has passed the Lewis turning point and moved from a period of unlimited supply to a new ...
May 28, 2012 at 13:51 | Source: Biz Times
It is so sad that we older people are no longer considered important in society. Times have changed a great deal. There is much in the world of art, music and drama that has changed and is less appealing to us oldsters. But this week NBC ...
May 23, 2012 at 07:09 | Source: Nashville Tennessean
About one in five adults in America currently smoke, which is a significant drop from even a decade ago. And in California, the rate’s one of the lowest in the country, down to roughly one in eight. But there are still pretty wide disparities ...
May 24, 2012 at 23:57 | Source: KQED
More than half the babies under the age of one are now likely to be Hispanic, black or Asian, writes Ed Pilkington. The United States has passed a landmark in its demographic make-up, presaging a monumental shift in the country’s culture, politics and ...
May 23, 2012 at 23:58 | Source: Mail & Guardian Online
ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) — A new report on Maine's 15 island communities shows that the islands' population has increased about 6 percent since 1990. The Rockland-based Island Institute's "Island Indicators" report provides a detailed look at ...
May 28, 2012 at 03:36 | Source: Sun-Journal
EDITOR’S NOTE: Using quantitative and other techniques, Reid Holloway published studies in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008 forecasting the outcome of the Electoral College. His model accurately forecasted not only the Electoral College outcome but ...
May 21, 2012 at 23:54 | Source: Minyanville