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Georgia State University's Economic Forecasting Center - Economics At Work

Founded in 1973, the Economic Forecasting Center is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year! We have survived for so long in the business of economic forecasting not by just being accurate, but by also being an important go-to resource for the national and local media,

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Half a superpower: China still punches below

Three years ago, China "entered the world" (ru shi), the phrase coined by Beijing to describe joining the World Trade Organisation. Chinese politicians and economists celebrated, saying it was like "winning the economic Olympics". It seemed that the long march from the socialist self-reliance of the Mao Zedong era to fully signed-up membership of the global economy was complete.

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Loyola University New Orleans: College of Business Administration

GPA 3.61. Recipient, Academic Excellence Scholarship. Experience includes consulting with entrepreneurs developing business plans, arranging for financing, assessing risk and training staff. Personal strengths include communication skills, leadership and teambuilding skills. Activities include acting as treasurer to the Loyola University MBA Association and volunteering at the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans. Special interests include management consulting,

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Tulane University: Freeman School of Business

Many of the students who were asked about how they liked Tulane University; said that they totally loved it there. Tulane provides such a culturally rich environment, which creates a unique learning model. Most young adults never get a chance to experience such an opportunity for life growth and experience as they do at Tulane. Only the most intelligent and well-balanced persons attend Tulane. There is a very rich night-life at Tulane and it takes the right balance of partying and attending to school work; which makes for a very rich and all-round thrilling learning voyage of a life-time. This not just a gloried High School. Only those that have attended Tulane and really appreciate the glory of attending this amazing institution.

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Teaching radical economics: the Center for Popular Economics and its international institutes

The various groups of protesters I who have demonsrrated at the & World Trade Organization (WTO) meetings in Seattle,

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INFORMATION

Business situation: Preliminary

PRODUCTION in the United States surged in the first quarter of 2002, while final sales slowed, according to the "preliminary" estimates of the national income and product accounts (NIPA's).

EBR: the next step: enhanced

ENHANCED BUSINESS REPORTING (EBR) WILL IMPROVE the quality of information companies provide so investors can make better decisions about a company's situation and prospects.

Information technology in the

Information Technology (IT) can be defined as a collection of individual technology components that are typically organized into computer-based information systems. Information technology has changed the way the world does business.

Consultant's registry - an

For those of who regularly check NABE's web site, this is old news, but for everyone else you need to know that NABE has an offer priced right for you. NABE is waiving the annual set-up fee for including your company in the NABE's Registry until June 2000.

The business; Adam Smith's

The Home Office really should scrap the emergency services number, 999. It's a disgrace that a government intent on introducing choice into every area of life from hospitals to schools has left the British public with no other option in a crisis but dreary, familiar, old-fashioned 999.