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With OPEC Planning to Cut Production, the Decline in Oil Prices M…
Jutia Group | August 18th 2008
Oil prices have plummeted 24% from the record high levels achieved in July, but the sell-off that sparked a stock-market rally over the last four weeks may not last since the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is already gearingR read more
Istanbul Forum Proceedings Available
Community Indicators | August 15th 2008 by Ben Warner
Here's a great offer I had to pass along while the costs were still low:The proceedings from 2nd World Forum, Measuring and Fostering the Progress of Societies in Istanbul 2007 are ready to be distributed in October. This 550 page book contains 40 read more
Corporate Tax Rates Being Cut Worldwide, Except Here
Manufacturing Blog | August 13th 2008
The global competitive environment keeps getting tougher. Nine key trading partners cut their rates in 2007. From the Tax Foundation’s Tax Policy Blog: New Study: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate 50% Higher than Economic Competitors by TF Staff Tax Fo read more
New Study Shows Corporate Tax Rate in U.S. 50% Higher Than Econom…
Net News Publisher | August 13th 2008 by Terry
Scott Hodge, President of Tax Foundation, this morning released the latest Tax Foundation “Fiscal Fact” in response to a new study from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD). The OECD study shows that for the 1 read more
Decoupling Recoupling Debate As A Religion
Prudent Investor Newsletters | August 10th 2008 by prudentinvestornewsletters
``The highest intellects, like the tops of mountains, are the first to catch and to reflect the dawn.” - Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859), British Poet, historian and Whig politician If we accept the US-OECD-Asia-Emerging Market sequencing read more
Will Savings Save Us?
Turbulence Ahead | August 8th 2008 by Gerard O'Neill
The Irish are a nation of savers. Even during the boom times of credit profligacy we managed to keep saving. We have one of the highest savings ratios in Europe, if not the world. According to recent OECD analyses and forecasts the savings ratio o read more
Healthcare In Germany
A Political Glimpse from Ireland | August 4th 2008 by Crian Padayachee
NPR launched a new series on healthcare last week focusing on the healthcare systems of Germany, France, Netherlands, U.K and Switzerland. I just stumbled upon this today, so for the moment I am going to discuss Germany. A few startling facts about t read more
Jersey and Germany, another successful OECD Treaty signed!
Tax Precision, International Tax Forum | July 27th 2008 by Fernando del Canto
Germany and Jersey have signed a bilateral arrangement for the exchange of information for tax purposes. This treaty numbers 16th of the agreements signed by one of the 35 Jurisdictions committed to work with OECD countries.The 35 jurisdictions com read more
Australian Immigration - Government Backs The Rise
Australia Live, Work & Play by Synch1 | July 27th 2008 by Mira Flomin
The economic boom in Australia has warranted the Government of Australia to call for skills from outside and has resulted in mass immigration. As high as an 8.8% increase has been reported in Australian permanent immigrants. Many people favor the Aus read more
America has the second highest corporate tax rate in the world
Kevin Colby: Libertarian political news blogger | July 26th 2008 by Kevin Colby
A lower corporate tax rate is essential to keeping good jobs in the United States. Currently, America has the second highest corporate tax rate in the world, making America a less attractive place for companies to do business. The average combined read more
Presiden Sambut Tawaran OECD
Jurnal Ekonomi Ideologis | July 25th 2008 by Hidayatullah Muttaqin
Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono mengemukakan, sejumlah langkah perbaikan yang dilakukan Indonesia di bidang perekonomian memberikan kemajuan nyata seperti diakui Organisasi Kerja Sama Ekonomi dan Pembangunan atau OECD. Namun, masih banyak pekerjaan read more
Re-thinking OECD Bio-fuels.
Common Sense Agriculture, Conservation and Energy | July 16th 2008 by Panhandle Poet
The Koreans Work Longest Hours
Skor Career | July 15th 2008
The latest 2008 ranking of country working hours by Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) indicates that workers from South Korean worked the longest hours compared to any other OECD nations. An average working hours of 2,357 read more
Another convention against corruption (OECD)
The 8th Circle | July 11th 2008 by The 8th Circle
Just yesterday, I read a repost of a blog, twice removed, about a generic template for any column discussing an international meeting or convention (foreign correspondents take note -ed). Here is how it starts: An ineffectual international organisati read more
Adding Up the Cost of Ethanol
Dollars and Sense | July 8th 2008 by William Gorman
While many believe that ethanol is reducing our dependence on foreign oil, many forget the real costs involved in creating ethanol from corn. It is energy intensive.In an article in Human Events titled, "Alternative Fuels are not an Alternative," A. read more
Markets Plunge Goes On.
asxnewbie | July 5th 2008 by chris
So where did the boom of the past couple of years get to? Did Mr Bear really eat it, or was it some other mythical creature? The CDO perhaps, or the creature from the subprime swamp? Inflation is a worry, no matter the type of economy. Oil prices are read more
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Gerencia y Energia | July 3rd 2008
LA VIDA AL FILO DE LA NAVAJA … Una crisis de credibilidad Por: Nelson Hernandez En el ultimo informe de la EIA, correspondiente a “International Outlook Energy 2008” se muestra la proyección mundial de emisión de CO2 para los pr read more
Estonia lags on fight against international corruption
The 8th Circle | July 3rd 2008 by The 8th Circle
Gertrud Levit, writing for the Baltic Business News, discusses the failure of government in Tallinn to deal with international corruption. This is somewhat surprising given that Estonia regularly scores at the top of the Transparency International&# read more
Bahrain Telecommunication Heading for Major Competition
Indonesia Type Approval | June 19th 2008 by Umbul Narmadi
(MENAFN - Bahrain Tribune) Bahrain's telephone users are expected to be the main beneficiaries of a series of reforms and recommendations to the country's telecommunications market, which are set to bring greater competition, lower rates and better a read more
Counterfeit Luxury: EU Turns To Luxury Industry For Solutions
The Luxe Chronicles | June 19th 2008
In the ongoing battle to curb the lucrative trade in counterfeit luxury goods, the European Union recently announced that it plans to adopt no further legislation. Instead, it will look... read more
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KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT | June 9th 2008 by Nik Zafri
Something to ponder. There are some 'good lessons' we can learn here. The article may appear 'a bit old' but most of what the author suggested here still apply! Having reading it, it makes me wonder sometimes...are we or are we not doing the right th read more
OECD: ancora sul futuro di Internet
Stalkk.ed | June 6th 2008 by Enrico Bertini
Ancora l’OECD ed ancora un articolo sul futuro dell’economia Internet. Un Policy Brief questa volta, che illustra come in un breve lasso di tempo Internet sia diventata fondamentale per l’economia globale. Più di un miliardo di read more
Broadband - raport OECD
24per7 | June 5th 2008
OECD opublikowało raport „Wzrost broadbandu w krajach OECD”. Liczba użytkowników broadbandu osiągnęła w grudniu 2007 235 milionów (kraje OECD), co daje 20 użytkowników na 100 mieszkańców. - Dania, Holandia, Islandia, Norwegia, Szwajcar read more
Israel to join OECD in 2009
World Divided | June 4th 2008 by VadimM
Another achievement for the Israel while it’s establishing itself as one of the world’s leading economies: Finance Minister Ronnie Bar-On said Wednesday he believes Israel will complete the process of joining the Organization for Economic read more
OECD: The Future of the Internet e il Malware
Stalkk.ed | June 3rd 2008 by Enrico Bertini
L’Organizzazione per la Cooperazione e per lo Sviluppo Economico possiede un canale YouTube denominato "The Future of the Internet". Il canale è dedicato a trattare l’argomento di come Internet possa migliorare il mondo. All& read more
Environment ‘more vital than economy’
Green Times | June 3rd 2008 by infoplease
Tackling climate change is too crucial to be derailed by a temporary economic downturn, the OECD head has said.In a wide-ranging interview for BBC News, Angel Gurria said that the long-term damage that would occur if the world did nothing about green read more
Melange Outlook - Inflation Data Key Test To Technical Sell-Off
Market.Melange | May 26th 2008 by Markus Schuller
Markets finally began a correcting phase last week. The S&P500 lost 3.5%, the RTS dropped 1.8%. It is good to see the markets are beginning to act as I expect. It has taken a long time for the US to turn down. But as Chart 1 shows, over the time read more
Job Opening: OECD
Community Indicators | May 20th 2008 by Ben Warner
Research position on subjective well-being:http://erecruit1.oecd.org/psc/ERECRUIT/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBLEconomist/Policy AnalystReference:2680GradeA3Please apply before midnight, Paris time, on:25/05/2008We are an equal opportunity emplo read more
Oh, mein Gott! Internetadressen werden knapp…
mediareloaded | May 19th 2008
85 Prozent aller verfügbaren Internetadressen sollen vergeben sein, berichtet die OECD - in drei Jahren könnte es keine freien Adressen mehr geben. Die OECD hat daher am Donnerstag die Staaten und die Wirtschaft aufgerufen, mit der Version sechs de read more
Dirigiste Economics
Turbulence Ahead | May 5th 2008 by Gerard O'Neill
I'm in France this week on holiday so the posting frequency may be a bit low (especially if the sun keeps shining like it is ;-)As always there's value in seeing Ireland as others see us - or don't. The first thing that strikes me is how well the pu read more
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