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The Growing Mountain |
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| Microsoft made headlines recently when the company surprised analysts and investors by announcing the most generous one-time corporate dividend in history. By paying out $3 per common share, or $32 billion to its shareholders, the company passed along more than half of the $60 billion in cash it had accumulated. |
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The Emerging Tri-Pol |
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| Consider the big picture, as we��쫣e laid it out in previous issues of Trends:
瑗� The population of the developed world is rapidly aging.
瑗� The United States is the only advanced nation where the workforce is forecasted to grow over the next 50 years.
瑗� The populations of the EU and Japan are actually expected to shrink over that time period.
瑗� Even China is rapidly aging and the size of its workforce will peak around 2025.
瑗� At the same time, Latin America, India, the Middle East, and Africa all have young, rapidly growing populations of under-utilized workers and under-served consumers. |
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What"s Old Is N |
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| There"s no question that American consumers thirst for new products ?as the booming sales of camera phones and plasma TVs attest. But marketers are also noticing a growing demand for products from the past. This trend is affecting everything from cars to candy. |
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"Helicopter Parents" |
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| It might not surprise you to hear that the average parent spends $2,200 per child each year on food, housing, education, and spending money. But, it might startle you to learn that the ��쐁hildren��� being supported are aged 18 to 34. |
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�씤瑜섏쓽 �궣�쓣 諛붽씀�뒗 諛곗뼇�꽭�룷 |
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| ��쒗빀�꽦�깮臾쇳븰��앹쓣 �솢�슜�빐 留뚮뱺 �깉濡쒖슫 醫낆�� �긽�떦�엳 留ㅻ젰�쟻�씠吏�留�, �븵�쑝濡� 10�뀈 �뮘 �꽦�옣�븯寃� �맆 諛붿씠�삤湲곗닠�쓽 寃곌낵�뒗 �듅�젙 �뾽臾대�� �닔�뻾�븯�뒗 湲곗〈 �꽭�룷�쓽 蹂��삎�뿉�꽌 蹂닿쾶 �맆 寃껋씠�떎. �쓽猷�, �떇�뭹媛�怨�, �뿉�꼫吏��뒗 蹂��솕瑜� 寃り쾶 �맆 紐뉖챺 �궛�뾽 遺꾩빞�뿉 遺덇낵�븯�떎. �씠 �쁽�긽�씠 �쓽誘명븯�뒗 諛붾�� �궡�렣蹂댁옄.<br> |
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