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BRICs, Emerging Market Consumer Insights

BRICs, Emerging Market Consumer Insights

by Global Sherpa | Mar 29, 2011 | Aid & Development, Brazil, Business, China, Data, Globalization, India, Russia

The BRIC economies of China, India, Brazil and Russia are promising engines of global economic growth and development.  Recent data on BRIC countries’ consumer spending habits reveal interesting insights about consumer behavior and priorities in each emerging market....
China’s Development Plans Lead World, BRICs

China’s Development Plans Lead World, BRICs

by Global Sherpa | Jan 10, 2011 | Aid & Development, China, Cities & Countries, Countries

China passed Japan to become the world’s second largest economy in 2010 and seems set to overtake the U.S. shortly in historical terms.  A vision for the future and diligent planning are two aspects of China’s rapid economic development that don’t always get the...
Top 10 Oddly True World News Stories of 2010

Top 10 Oddly True World News Stories of 2010

by Global Sherpa | Dec 25, 2010 | Cities & Countries, India, Japan, Oddly True, Russia, Sports, World Cup

Enjoy learning more about Global Sherpa’s picks of the top 10 oddly true world news stories of 2010. Favorite topics include Paul the Psychic Octopus of World Cup Fame, iPad-wielding sumo wrestlers, treacherous Indian coconut trees, and neighborly Russian spies,...
Top 10 World News Headlines and Stories of 2010

Top 10 World News Headlines and Stories of 2010

by Global Sherpa | Dec 21, 2010 | China, Cities & Countries, Countries, Environment, Foreign Policy, Globalization, Politics & Economics

A host of remarkable events and development milestones highlighted the year 2010 – China passed Japan to become the world’s second largest economy, France decided to work more, the UNDP published its 20th Human Development Report, Russia came under intense public...
Russian Spies, Oh My!

Russian Spies, Oh My!

by Global Sherpa | Oct 1, 2010 | Cities & Countries, Countries, Foreign Policy, Oddly True, Russia

If you want to know if your neighbor is a Russian spy, just check the flowerbeds.  (GS is still cleaning out its backlog of entertaining oddly true news from the summer before we were on the map.) Did you get the eerie feeling that you just might be under the prying...

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