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A bleak future ahead

If the title above seems ominous to you then beware because the recent study done by Institute of Fiscal studies revealed that approximately three million British children will be living in poverty by 2013. Thanks to the economic crunch and euro-zone crisis the average household incomes are undergoing a fast decline.

Two years of serious downfall in the incomes of middle-income British families have forced about 600,000 families in the category of poor. After the seventies it is the biggest decline in the standard of living of Britain.

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Tech Brands Londoners Use

Interestingly, observations of the most popular products on the London tech market seem to differ significantly - some suggest certain trends, other point out particular products and brands. Nonetheless, it is interesting seeing what out fine city consumes the most in terms of technology and what the innovations in the technology industry have brought to the people in the city. From mobile technologies to laptops, Londoners seem to be keen on certain brands and not quite positive as a general on others.

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Hamburg Gaming Industry

In the times of crisis, there is an industry branch that scores well and keeps developing. Gaming industry in Europe is more or less controlled by German game producers and Hamburg is the place where it is all happening. Being one of the most well developed cities in the country, Hamburg shows a great development rates in banking, production, services and other sectors. Most of all, however, it shows an immense progress in the gaming industry where the city is More

Apple to bid for Hulu

Hulu has been one of the most progressive video websites ever to be released on a platform. The company, estimated to be worthy of 2 billion dollars, is currently being player on an auction. Its ownership is desired by leaders in the video industry such as Walt Disney and NBC’s online video streaming. Apple, however, is about to also participate in the bid and Bloomberg specialists indicate the company might be the main pretender for the ownership of Hulu.

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New Troubles for The Greek

After the first installment of billions of Euros in the country, Greek could not effectively manage to fight back the severe banking and financial recession that has embraced the country almost a year back. The efforts of the Greek continued to be fruitless as the trade of the country is reducing, the economic environment is becoming worse than before the first crisis and the deficit and international debt are rising to levels that threaten to disturb the social order and More

Youview project

What has been a dilemma for the people worldwide has now been reformed. People have always been wondering - against or for the technological advance of media and social networking. However, they now have the answer and recent research by BBC shows that people are more than happy to engage in activities online and they actually prefer to use the web when they cannot watch their favourite media shows, broadcasts or any other product put on the media, including news, More

Rise in British Economic Growth

The British economic growth has been said to be improving reaching its highest in 3 months measurements. However, little is felt by the nation and the unemployment and investment rates remain a troubling factor of the current state of the economy.

However, a growing trend is the movement towards socially responsible business conduct which might indicate that the upcoming future of the British economy might be a bit brighter that we can suggest currently. The concept of socially responsible investing More

Coalition Forces Against Libya

What has been a major topic of discussion among the UN members was finally imposed. The military forces of France, the UK, Denmark and the US have targeted Libya and the regime of Qaddafi as yesterday, even though it was promised that no military operation would be conducted against the people of Libya, government forces continued attacks on Libyan rebels. Thousands have been injured and some hundred more people have been killed. A plane from the opposition was shot today More

The Giant Mask

Apple produces the best technologies that one can get on the market and this is a fact. We need no paternity testing to prove that they invented the best touch screen technologies and inputted them into the market as soon as they incorporated them. However, what is the cost of Apple’s production?
Supplies for Apple’s phones and tablets are produced by Asian companies. One of these companies is Wintek, Taiwan-based electronic company that produces touch-panel maker technology for the Californian More

Brazilian Growth

In the shade of China and Southern Asia, another force is rising, directly supported by the U.S. government. Brazil is developing more rapidly that even the most optimistic reports from the Economist have suggested. The Brazilian stocks are increasing in value and investment strategies in the region are strongly advertised in the States.
Brazil is a self storage of cheap labor. It offers large production capacity and its natural resources are enough to satisfy the demand of production. Power plants More