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Does 2010's 4th. Quarter Results Signal Good Times?

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Gross domestic product (GDP)—a broad measure of all goods and services produced—grew at a 3.2% Final sales—a measure that gives a feeling for underlying demand in the economy by subtracting the change in business inventories from GDP—notched its biggest increase since 1984, growing 7.1% percentage points to GDP.

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What Greece Has to Do Now: Fix Its Economy

Harvard Business Review

As for its official debt to the EU, the ECB, and the IMF, it consisted largely of payments that were made to pass through to EU financial institutions, between 2010 and 2012, so that the Eurozone banks and insurance companies would not be imperiled. So, clemency on loan terms might make procedural sense. This looks unlikely.

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The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable

Harvard Business Review

Umair Haque Blogs Umair Haque On: Global business , Competition , Economy The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable 4:33 PM Monday November 29, 2010 | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print Once upon a time, there was a country where bankers disappeared.

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What China’s 13th Five-Year Plan Means for Business

Harvard Business Review

Shift the emphasis from investment and exports to domestic consumption: Among the three components of the GDP equation, China used to follow a Soviet style investment-driven policy and take full use of its low labor cost to become the “world’s factory.” Companies need to act now.

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Energy Policy Is Fundamental to U.S. Competitiveness

Harvard Business Review

In 2010, the oil and gas industry spent approximately $135 billion in intangible drilling costs (IDCs), which are current cash operating costs of drilling that tax law allows companies to expense in the year incurred. It serves nobody's purpose for our political leadership to vilify oil producers.