Archive for 'Economics'
Automotive
China’s total car sales outstripped the US for the first time in January to make the Asian giant the world’s largest car market.
China, the statement noted, was now VW’s largest market, accounting for more than one in five of all vehicles sold.
Nissan plans to boost the annual production capacity of its factory in southern Guangdong province by 250,000 units to 600,000 by 2011, taking its total capacity in China to 700,000 units.
The Nikkei business daily reported Thursday that Toyota will spend 30-40 billion yen (330-440 million dollars) to build a research centre in China to develop vehicles for the fast growing market there.
Games
When playing Chartgame, the computer will present you with a random historical stock chart of an actual large cap (S&P 500) security, without telling you which company and time period the chart represents.
My first attempt went OK.
Total % gain: Me +30.97% vs. Buy and Hold +22.06%
Economics
Bank of America Sued for 1.784 Sextillion Dollars.
Economics
Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals! Except the weasel.
Science
The dissenters against Anthropogenic (man-made) Global Warming (AGW) have long desired an open and honest debate with Al Gore.
Economics
A lot of people want to work in India.
Economics
The main kind of data you can find here is population statistics of regions, countries, provinces and cities.
Economics
If you think that the current economic crisis is something that has never happened in history before, you may be wrong! After the collapse of the agriculture sector in Zimbabwe in 2000, the inflation in that country skyrocketed to 231 million percent a year!
Economics
Any college basketball fans who’ve been watching the bank failures and consolidations recently will understand and appreciate this September Madness chart.
