Archive for May, 2008
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Saturday, May 31st, 2008 According to Akamai Technologies’ State of the Internet report, China has emerged as the world’s leading cyberterror superpower leading in (DDoS) attacks, hacking attacks, spamming and virus attacks.
Akamai observations during the first quarter of 2008 show traffic originating from 125 unique countries around the world. China and the United States were the two [...]
Internet Advertising is Recession Proof
Saturday, May 31st, 2008via Business Wire - According a recently released IDC’s study U.S. Internet Advertising 2008-2012 Forecast and Analysis: Defying Economic Crisis Internet advertising in the United States will continue to grow fast even if recession will lead to a contraction in ad spending overall, essentially accelerating the transfer of marketing budgets from the traditional media [...]
Oil-Related Transfers of Wealth
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008Oil-related wealth transfers have helped create growing sovereign wealth funds in many of the oil exporting nations, including countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia (see Saudi Arabia Homeland Security Market Outlook - 2009-2018), and Venezuela.
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Impact of the U.S. Ethanol Industry on the Price of Corn
Monday, May 12th, 2008Below is the testimony of Bruce A. Babcock, Director of the Center for Agriculture and Rural Development, Iowa State University, made at the hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. The subject of the hearing is how fuel subsidies impact food supply.
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Saudi Arabia Moves Agriculture Abroad
Monday, May 12th, 2008Saudi government moves agriculture abroad by investing in farming of staple commodities in Thailand, Brazil, India and other countries. This move represents a classic case of “absolute advantage” economy. At the current high energy prices it makes all sense for Saudis to get rid of heavily subsidized agriculture sector burdened by huge costs of desalinated [...]
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