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This points towards an ongoing moderate expansion of world trade. The March value was adjusted upwards by a rather large amplitude of 0.8 points as special…
Companies come and go for a variety of reasons. Some are bought, some merge with others, and some go out of business completely. There's no shortage of…
The innovation activity of German SMEs has contracted for the third year in succession. Only 28% of small and medium-sized companies recently invested in…
For the previous month in December, almost all data are available now. These data show at least that the decline was less clear than in the flash estimate…
Microcredit–providing small loans to underserved entrepreneurs–has been both celebrated and vilified as a development tool. Six new studies from four…
In the old days, it was the market square; today's generation of elderly people likes to have a chat at the café integrated into the supermarket. Stationary…