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...year.) It is also one of the hemisphere's most corrupt, which Colorado critics blame on so many years of one-party rule - 35 of those under the brutal and venal Stroessner until his 1989 overthrow. Paraguay's government has been civilian since 1993; but a recent survey found that more than a third of voters regard public corruption as the country's most pressing problem. One result: about a fifth of the population has emigrated to countries like Spain and Argentina...
...UNTAPPED OIL 4.3 billion Estimated amount of oil, in barrels, in North Dakota and Montana that could be retrieved using current technology, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey. The amount is 25 times bigger than the 1995 estimate 7.6 billion Amount of oil, in barrels, that the U.S. uses each year...
...tumble its markets have already taken, China seems almost certain to join the losers bracket. Slowing global economic growth will likely be an overall drag on profits through the end of the year at least, and the Olympics effect, if any, will be too small to matter. Our survey found that the host nations that appeared to benefit were smaller countries like South Korea where Olympics spending seemed to have a meaningful impact on overall economic activity. But China is the world's fourth largest economy. According to a 2007 report by Nomura Securities, China's Olympics outlays and tourism...
...comfort those burned by China shares, but our survey showed that markets in seven out of the eight countries posted gains during the year after the Olympics. (The big loser was Germany, where stocks fell 26%, while South Korea gained less than 1%). "Hopefully at some point this year, there will be an upswing in the [China] markets," said Paul Cavey, a China analyst with Macquarie Research. "What's needed is only a turn in sentiment." But that's dependent upon factors such as an easing of China's inflation rate, not on China's success in track and field...
...RESERVES 4.3 billion Estimated number of barrels of oil in North Dakota and Montana that could be retrieved using current technology, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey. The amount is 25 times as big as the USGS's original estimate...