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|  | Boom and Bust in China 
Thursday, 27 March 2008
Residents of state-owned housing are finding that real estate privatization and development are not in their favor (2:41 min.) |
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|  | Misfortune for the Whole Country
Friday, 25 January 2008
The rioting in Kenya over recent elections is having a dramatic effect on tourism: visitors are not coming to see the wildlife or spend money (3:09 min.) |
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|  | Pipeline Versus Tankers
Sunday, 14 October 2007
The latest proposal to build an oil pipeline to bypass Turkey’s Bosporus Strait is up against economic reality: oil tankers are cheaper (2:55 min.) |
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Monday, 10 September 2007
The Kurdish region of Iraq is booming, but with the prosperity is inflation and an influx of job-seeking workers, putting the locals in an economic squeeze (2:00 min.) |
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|  | Commerce and Politics, All in One
Saturday, 25 August 2007
Military might and unique civilian aircraft were on display this week near Moscow at what was once a secret airbase. Deals were done (3:32 min.) |
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|  | Gaza in a Meltdown
Thursday, 9 August 2007
The Gaza Strip is isolated from the world. Closed factories, high unemployment, lack of food are making life extremely difficult (2:45 min.) |
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|  | Salaries and Community
Monday, 6 August 2007
The Degania Kibbutz, founded in 1910 on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, has voted to radically change their long-held socialist economic model (4:02 min.) |
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|  | The Large Benefits of Micro-Loans
Tuesday, 31 July 2007
Entrepreneurs in Luanda, Angola are demonstrating how a tiny amount of money to start or grow a business can help improve the lives of dozens of people (3:20 min.) |
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|  | Savior or Villain?
Thursday, 26 July 2007
Coal is seen both as a bountiful replacement for imported oil and as an environmentally destructive energy resource. You decide who’s right (4:45 min.) |
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|  | The Dreamliner 787
Saturday, 7 July 2007
The Boeing Company will unveil the new airplane tomorrow – airlines worldwide hope all goes well – they’ve already ordered more than 500 of them (4:17 min.) |
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|  | Airplane Marketplace is ‘Wheels Up’
Thursday, 21 June 2007
The annual Paris Air Show – 2,000 exhibitors and 200,000 attendees this week – is big business for the aviation industry (1:40 min.) |
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|  | It Began 60 Years Ago
Monday, 4 June 2007
Many feel that the Marshall Plan saved Europe from economic ruin after the Second World War – and set the foundation for the European Union (3:12 min.) |
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|  | Little in the Land of Plenty
Wednesday, 30 May 2007
Nigeria is Africa's biggest producer of oil, yet residents often find themselves without gasoline – or buying on the black market (3:33 min.) |
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|  | Reform or Die
Monday, 30 April 2007
Flint, Michigan was a one-industry city – automobiles. Most jobs have disappeared and the city is diversifying to survive (3:28 min.) |
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|  | How Do I Love Thee?
Thursday, 15 February 2007
Flowers have become an essential part of Valentine’s Day. Few recipients know how far and how fast those blooms had to travel (3:30 min.) |
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|  | Coffee, Tea or Globalization?
Thursday, 8 February 2007
A Starbucks coffee shop in the Forbidden City, within the heart of Beijing, is serving up controversy – some say it is trampling traditional culture (2:30 min.) |
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|  | …And Look Under the Hood!
Sunday, 28 January 2007
The gleaming concept cars at a U.S. auto show have a ‘Wow’ appeal, but manufacturers are stressing the hybrid and alternative fuel engines (3:01 min.) |
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|  | Tigers on the Prowl 
Friday, 29 December, 2006
The call them the "Anatolian Tigers,” manufacturing companies from Turkey's Anatolia region. And they're becoming an economic powerhouse (3:18 min) |
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