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Car ownership: On the road

Where car ownership is highestLUXEMBOURG'S roads are jammed with 647 cars for every 1,000 people, the highest ownership rate in the world. The tiny country is rich, which probably accounts for its motor-mania. Car ownership is also high in wealthy countries with remote rural populations, such as Iceland and New Zealand. Surprisingly, America, home of the... (314 天前)

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American millionaires: Rich man, poorer man

How the financial crisis has affected the richEVEN the rich suffer in a financial crisis. Over a third of American millionaire households said they lost at least 30% of their net worth since September, according to a new report by Spectrem Group, a financial consultancy. Property, mutual funds, shares and annuities took the biggest knocks. Unsurprisingly... (314 天前)

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US stockmarket returns: Booms and busts

In 2008 America's stockmarkets suffered their second-worst year since 1825INVESTORS are told that the value of their shares may go down as well as up. Rarely, however, do they plummet as far as they did in 2008. The total return of the S&P 500 index fell by nearly 40% last year, the second-worst performance by America's stockmarket since 1825, according ... (314 天前)

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Health care: Doctor in the house

Countries with the most, and fewest, doctorsUNSURPRISINGLY access to health care is closely tied to wealth. African countries have the fewest doctors per head of population, with Malawi the worst off. Beyond Africa, Bhutan is particularly short of doctors. Turkmenistan and Cuba have the most doctors to go around, more even than rich countries. Other form... (314 天前)

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Coffee production: Caffeine kings

Which countries produce most coffee?THERE is indeed an awful lot of coffee in Brazil. And there is quite a bit in Vietnam and Colombia too. But while these three countries produce the most coffee their wares are drunk mainly in places where it would not grow quite so well. Americans drink the most of the invigorating beverage though Brazil gets through q... (314 天前)

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Mobile phones: Buzzing demand

Demand for mobile phones will grow in 2009FROM the world's poorest countries to the very richest, the demand for mobile phones will not be derailed by tougher economic times. Globally, subscriptions will swell by 8%, bringing the total to some 4 billion worldwide. In the developed world growth will be spurred by the need to upgrade to ever more powerful,... (314 天前)

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European Union elections: Europe's weary voters

Fewer Europeans will go to the polls in 2009THE European Union is in little danger of being mistaken for a vibrant democracy. A reputation for deals forged in backrooms and the failure to ratify the Lisbon Treaty, which would have conferred greater powers on the EU parliament, are all likely to dissuade too many of the half a billion EU citizens from tur... (314 天前)

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