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Global Cash Surplus |
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| As we��셶e forecasted previously in Trends, the prices of higher-end homes, which cost $1 million and up, have softened in recent months. But overall, U.S. housing prices have continued to rise, climbing 14.5 percent in the year ending June 30, 2005. That��셲 the fastest annual pace in 25 years. |
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�쟾湲� �뾾�뒗 �깋諛⑹떆�뒪�뀥 |
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| �삤�뒛�궇, �쟾 �꽭怨� �쟾�젰 鍮꾩슜��� �쟾泥댁쟻�쑝濡� �뿰媛� �빟 2議�5泥쒖뼲 �떖�윭�씠硫�, 洹몄쨷 15�띁�꽱�듃媛� �깋諛� �떆�뒪�뀥�뿉 �궗�슜�릺�뒗 寃껋쑝濡� 異붿젙�맂�떎. �쟾臾멸���뱾��� �깋諛⑹뿉 �벐�씠�뒗 �쟾湲� �닔�슂媛� 2050�뀈源뚯�� �쁽�옱蹂대떎 �빟 10諛곌퉴吏� 湲됰벑�븷 寃껋쑝濡� �삁痢≫븯怨� �엳�떎. �깋諛� 洹� �옄泥대쭔�쑝濡쒕룄 �쟾�젰 �냼鍮꾧�� �뿰媛� 4議� �떖�윭�뿉 �씠瑜� 寃껋씠��� �쓽誘몄씠�떎. �떎�뻾�엳, �깉濡쒖슫 �쁺紐낆쟻 湲곗닠�씠 洹� 鍮꾩슜�쓣 20�띁�꽱�듃�뿉�꽌 理쒕�� 40�띁�꽱�듃源뚯�� �궙異곗쨪 寃껋쑝濡� 蹂댁씤�떎. �뼱�뼡 湲곗닠�뱾�씪源�? �씠 湲곗닠�씠 寃쎌젣��� 湲곗뾽, �냼鍮꾩옄�뿉寃� 誘몄튌 �쁺�뼢��� 臾댁뾿�씪源�? |
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Convergence Scramble |
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| Despite all the hype of ��쐌edia convergence��� since the late 1990s, until recently the reality has fallen short. Convergence was supposed to bring all of the digital technologies together. Because of this vision, billions of dollars were lost on bad business decisions. |
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The Patent Epidemic |
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| Back in 2001, something strange happened in the world of patent law. Microsoft, which had been fighting a lawsuit by Priceline, suddenly gave up. The suit, filed in late 1999, claimed that Priceline had patented its ��쐍ame your own price��� auction strategy, and that no one else could use it without a license from the company. Microsoft had been using a similar strategy on its Expedia travel site and had been arguing in U.S. District Court in Connecticut that the auction method was too obvious to be patented. |
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U.S. Household Debt |
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| According to many experts, the economy is at risk of collapsing under the enormous weight of consumer debt. This theory holds that homeowners owe so much money on their mortgages that it��셲 just a matter of time until they have to cut back on their spending, default on their payments, or both. |
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