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Container Throughput Index Signals Setback for World Trade

Declining port handling volumes have been reported predominantly in some Asian ports as well as in the Baltic Sea.

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Positive Welfare Effects of Natural Resource Extraction in Africa

“There are, of course, lots of problems with extractive industries – oil, natural gas and mineral mining – in Africa. But I have explored welfare determinants…

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RWI/ISL Index Shows Moderate Growth in World Trade

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…

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Patterns of Company Mortality: How Long Do Firms Last?

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…

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German SMEs See Decline in Innovation for Third Year

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…

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RWI/ISL Index Shows Slowing Growth in World Trade

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…

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Microcredit doesn't live up to promise of transforming lives of the poor, 6 studies show

Microcredit–providing small loans to underserved entrepreneurs–has been both celebrated and vilified as a development tool. Six new studies from four…

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Reviving Stationary Retail: A Gathering Place for All Ages

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…

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Deutsche Börse Acquires Stake in R5FX FinTech Firm

Die Deutsche Börse AG hat einen Minderheitsanteil an R5FX Ltd., einem in London ansässigen FinTech-Unternehmen mit Spezialisierung auf Emerging…

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Deutsche Börse wird exklusiver globaler Lizenzgeber für Marktdatenprodukte der Cleartrade Exchange

“Unsere neue Marktdatenpartnerschaft bietet der CLTX Zugang zu einem der größten globalen Marktdatendistributions- und Lizenzierungsnetzwerke mit über 480…

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NYU Researchers Use Stock Market Models to Predict Animal Behavior

 

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Study Reveals Financial Experts’ Self-Management Gaps

Bodnaruk and Simonov studied 84 mutual-fund managers in Sweden to determine how well they manage their own finances.

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Improved funding for innovative companies: KfW introduces "Entrepreneur Loan Plus"

The Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) is being officially launched in Dublin today by Michael Noonan (Ireland's Minister for Finance) and Brendan…

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Scottish Logistics Costs: Risks of Leaving UK Pricing System

Widely being discussed are the consequences and Alan McKinnon, professor of Logistics at Kuehne Logistics University, points out that one consequence would be…

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Enhancing Transparency: New Label Empowers Farmers

For farmers, what’s left of the proceeds from harvesting what they have produced through sheer physical effort is barely enough for them to feed themselves and…

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Tax Benefits for Housing: Rethinking Economic Impact

The existing system of tax benefits for housing caused the typical house to be 4 percent too large in 2007, creating a national economic waste of $7 billion…

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