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Japan Is Hot Again |
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| Since the year began, the Nikkei stock index has posted a gain of nearly 9 percent. That’s the best performance of all of the major stock indices of the G-7 nations, according to economist John Park of Kudlow & Company. |
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It"s the Values |
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| In recent years, Americans have been battered by Bill Clinton’s sex scandal, the terrorist attacks of September 11, and the corporate excesses of Enron, Disney, and WorldCom. |
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Gamers of the World |
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| A new book numbers the new generation that follows the older Xers and the Baby Boomers at 90 million. They represent what we’ve called the Millennial generation, plus a large proportion of the younger Xers. |
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Robots that Feel Our |
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| According to the International Federation of Robots, industrial robots are now a $6 billion a year market, and another $12 billion is spent annually on software and support systems for them.1 |
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China Is Going on a |
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| Earlier this summer, the China National Offshore Oil Corporation, known as CNOOC, made a cash offer of $18.5 billion to buy Unocal. It was a friendly offer, and since 70 percent of Unocal’s reserves are near Asian markets where CNOOC operates, it seemed to make sense to the company, which is owned by the Chinese government. |
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