Opinion is sharply divided on the potential impact of the TPP in protecting and creating jobs, supporting the environment and safeguarding pharmaceutical innovation.
Opinion is sharply divided on the potential impact of the TPP in protecting and creating jobs, supporting the environment and safeguarding pharmaceutical innovation.
The U.S. dollar accounts for 83% of total transactions and more than 90% of bank deposits in Cambodia. The central bank is now urging citizens to use the riel, the country’s local currency.
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Low oil prices, discouraging finds, pressure from environmentalists and high regulatory costs forced Shell’s decision last week to quit drilling in the Alaskan Arctic.
Recent regional elections in Catalonia, viewed as an indirect referendum on independence from Spain, produced results that won’t be cleared up until January. But the vote may have improved chances for a compromise solution.
In the new book, Superforecasting, Wharton professor Philip Tetlock and coauthor Dan Gardner look into why making predictions is so difficult — and how to become better at making them.
Emerging markets used to be seen as the “new economic locomotive.” But many of them – including Brazil and South Africa – are feeling the brunt of China’s economic slowdown and facing other serious problems as well.
Using a large sample of 1,200 firms at the time they go public, Wharton’s Luis Rios examines how companies adapt to their environments in order to survive — or ultimately fail.
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