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BusinessWeek September 22 2008
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BusinessWeek is a business magazine published by McGraw-Hill. It was first published in 1929 (as The Business Week) under the direction of Malcolm Muir, who was serving as president of the McGraw-Hill Publishing company at the time.[1] Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune and Forbes, which are published bi-weekly.


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BusinessWeek September 15 2008
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Harvard Business Review September 2008
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Business Today Magazine September 07 2008
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The Economist, August 23 2008
PDF | Eng | 5 MB

The American presidential race
The hard road ahead

Space
Washington, we have a problem

NATO and the invasion of Georgia
How to contain Russia

Pakistan
Another Bushman down

Zimbabwe
Don’t rush it

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World Wealth Report 2008
English | 40 pages | PDF | 2.4 MB

High Net Worth population rises to over 10 million, with assets reaching $40.7 Trillion, as average HNWI Wealth surpasses $4 Million for first time, reveals 2008 World Wealth Report. With a strong and lasting reputation as the industry benchmark for HNWI (HIgh Net Worth Individual) market sizing at the global, regional and local levels, the Capgemini-Merrill Lynch World Wealth Report represents a 20 year collaboration.


State of the World’s Wealth

HNWI SECTOR GAINS IN 2007

* 10.1 million individuals • worldwide held at least US$1 million in financial assets, an increase of 6.0% over 2006
* Global HNWI wealth totaled US$40.7 trillion, a 9.4% gain from 2006, with average HNWI wealth surpassing
US$4 million for the first time
* The Ultra-HNWI “wealth band” experienced the strongest growth, gaining 8.8% in population size and 14.5% inaccumulated wealth
* Emerging markets, especially those in the Middle East and Latin America, scored the greatest regional HNWI
population gains
* India, China and Brazil had the highest HNWI population growth at the country level
* HNWI financial wealth is projected to reach US$59.1 trillion by 2012, advancing at an annual growth rate of 7.7%

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Global Corporate Capital Flows, 2008/9 to 2013/14
English | 28 pages | PDF | 1 MB

New survey finds evidence for shift in balance of global economic power. These conclusions come from a global survey of corporate investment plans carried out by KPMG International. Corporate investment strategists from over 300 of the largest multinational companies in 15 major economies were asked where they plan to invest in the next 12 months and in five years' time.

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World Retail Banking Report 2008
English | 60 pages | PDF | 1.4 MB

Jointly produced by Capgemini, EFMA and ING, the World Retail Banking Report 2008 focuses on growth in domestic retail banking markets. Based on internal analysis and in-depth interviews with 52 banking executives in 15 countries, it shows how banks will have to renew their distribution strategies to develop business organically in today´s saturated and slowly growing domestic markets.

Learn which four pillars have supported leading banks to achieve profitable and sustainable organic growth in their domestic markets over the last five years. Gain insights into today´s structural changes in the market and discover the distribution strategies successful banks will use to grow beyond the traditional retail banking business model over the next ten years.

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The Economist August 9th
English | PDF | 151 pages | 5MB

What's inside this issue:
The world this week
Politics this week
Business this week
KAL's cartoon
Leaders
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Speaking truth to power
Latin America
The bishop of democracy
The credit crunch
The year of living dangerously
Anglicans
United we fall
Business in Japan
Take a leaf out of his book
Letters
On the American economy, Russia's policy on Zimbabwe, the credit crunch, organic milk, political behaviour

Briefing
Russian intellectuals
The hand that feeds them
United States
Energy supplies
The devil and the deep blue sea
Bioterrorism
A mystery unravelled
Military commissions
The driver?s tale
One great brain v many small ones
The trouble with Friedman
A House race in Texas
The sweet spot
The swing states: Colorado
Suburban cowboys
Denver
Beer and snowballs
Lexington
Obama fatigue

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The Economist Magazine - August 2, 2008
English | PDF | 176 Pages | 3 MB


The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by "The Economist Newspaper Ltd" and edited in London. It has been in continuous publication since James Wilson established it in September 1843. As of 2006, its average circulation topped one million copies a week, about half of which are sold in North America.Consequently it is often seen as a transatlantic (as opposed to solely British) news source.

IN THIS ISSUE

The Beijing Olympics: China's dash for freedom
China's rise is a cause for celebration -- but despite the Beijing Olympics, not because of them.

World trade: So near and yet so far
Trade ministers have come too close to a deal to let the Doha round die.

Housing bill: A hair of the dog
Congress has been too lenient on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Turkey's constitutional court: Saved by a (judicial) whisker
Its judges have averted disaster and shown that Turkey can be a worthy candidate for the European Union.

Gene doping: Fairly safe
What athletes may or may not do ought to be decided on grounds of safety, not fairness.

A special report on the sports business
Sport has become a global business as well as a recreation for billions. But how to make it faster, higher, stronger?

Trade talks: The Doha round... and round... and round
After another failed summit, seven years of trade talks may become nine or ten.

Gene doping: Genetically Modified Olympians?
On the eve of the Beijing Olympics, we examine the prospect of athletes using gene therapy to enhance their performance -- and of catching them if they try.

Plant disease: When the chips are brown
A new bacterium may be responsible for turning potato crisps a nasty colour.

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BusinessWeek, August 4, 2008
PDF | English | 22.1 MB


Oil: Should It Be Cheap?
The high cost of fuel is causing plenty of pain for Americans. But there's a business case for putting a floor under crude prices.

Cash for Trash
Recyclers are finding new ways to pull profits from waste, and investors are throwing money at everything from e-waster recycling to trash-to-ethanol startups. But it's still easier to squander garbage than it is to sort it.

They Know What's in Your Medicine Cabinet
How insurance companies dig up applicants' prescriptions -- and use them to deny coverage.

Investing
A simpler, safer way to stash large amounts of cash.

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Business week Magazine - August 11, 2008
English | PDF | 84 Pages | 19.6 MB


BusinessWeek is a business magazine published by McGraw-Hill. It was first published in 1929 (as The Business Week) under the direction of Malcolm Muir, who was serving as president of the McGraw-Hill Publishing company at the time.

Since 1988, BusinessWeek has published annual rankings of United States business school MBA programs. In addition to these rankings, it has recently started publishing annual rankings of undergraduate business programs.

IN THIS ISSUE

Cover
The Fight For Ford's Future

Bartiromo: Bill Ford thinks small

A new marketing czar dreams big

PLUS
A Billionaire Stumbles
Inside Sam Zell's 'deal from hell'

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BusinessWeek Magazine, August 18, 2008
English | PDF | 84 Pages | 18MB

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The Economist, August 2, 2008
PDF | English | 2.9 MB


The Beijing Olympics: China's dash for freedom
China's rise is a cause for celebration -- but despite the Beijing Olympics, not because of them.

World trade: So near and yet so far
Trade ministers have come too close to a deal to let the Doha round die.

Housing bill: A hair of the dog
Congress has been too lenient on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Turkey's constitutional court: Saved by a (judicial) whisker
Its judges have averted disaster and shown that Turkey can be a worthy candidate for the European Union.

Gene doping: Fairly safe
What athletes may or may not do ought to be decided on grounds of safety, not fairness.

A special report on the sports business
Sport has become a global business as well as a recreation for billions. But how to make it faster, higher, stronger?

Trade talks: The Doha round... and round... and round
After another failed summit, seven years of trade talks may become nine or ten.

Gene doping: Genetically Modified Olympians?
On the eve of the Beijing Olympics, we examine the prospect of athletes using gene therapy to enhance their performance -- and of catching them if they try.

Plant disease: When the chips are brown
A new bacterium may be responsible for turning potato crisps a nasty colour.

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