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Consumption Per Capita Varied Between 54% and 132% of the EU Average

The FINANCIAL -- Actual Individual Consumption (AIC) is a measure of material welfare of households. Across the Member States in 2017, AIC per capita expressed in Purchasing Power Standards (PPS) varied from 54% of the European Union (EU) average in Bulgaria to 132% in Luxembourg, according to ...

Bayside Council and Sydney Airport Land Multi-Million-Dollar Partnership

The FINANCIAL -- Bayside Council and Sydney Airport have entered into a multi-million-dollar local partnership that will fund a number of community and environmentally based projects over the next 10 ...

Our Misperceptions about Crime and Violence, Sex, Climate Change, the Economy and Other Key Issues

The FINANCIAL -- Ipsos’ latest Perils of Perception study shows which key facts the online public across 37 countries get right about their society – and which they get ...

Most Traditional Energy Retail Utilities Lag Disruptor Brands in Delivering Customer Experience

The FINANCIAL -- New energy-market entrants and service providers from other industries — when it comes to delivering an engaging customer experience, according to a new study from ...

How to Accept a Compliment — Even if It’s From Yourself

The FINANCIAL -- Pumping yourself up after a big win can feel a little awkward. You want to acknowledge good work, but you don’t want to feel arrogant. It’s that tricky balance of quietly ...

Key Economic and Market Dynamics for 2019

The FINANCIAL -- Institutional investors should consider include the ‘white waters’ of the late cycle; winds of change in market participation; tectonic frictions in the global world order; and ...

Enabling Airlines to Share Turbulence Data

The FINANCIAL -- The International Air Transport Association launched its Turbulence Aware data resource to help airlines avoid turbulence when planning routes tactically in flight. Turbulence Aware ...

Nearly 30 million Sick and Premature Newborns in Dire Need of Treatment Every Year

The FINANCIAL -- Nearly 30 million babies are born too soon, too small or become sick every year and need specialized care to survive, according to a new report by a global coalition that includes ...

Is Latin America Prepared for an Aging Population?

The FINANCIAL -- Latin America, while still comparatively young, is aging fast. Our research finds that population aging is challenging the fiscal sustainability of public pension and health care ...

Around 30% of Self-Employed in EU Reported No Difficulties in Their Work

The FINANCIAL -- In 2017, in the European Union (EU), there were more than 228 million employed people, and about 33 million of them were ...

OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Already Discovers Water on Asteroid

The FINANCIAL -- Recently analyzed data from NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer mission has revealed water locked inside the clays that ...

East Asia Needs to Adapt its Development Model to Sustain its Historic Transformation

The FINANCIAL -- East Asia’s remarkably successful development model – a combination of outward-oriented growth, human capital development, and sound economic governance – needs to be adjusted ...

South African Skeleton Shows We Learnt to Walk Upright in the Trees

The FINANCIAL -- The analysis of the world’s most complete skeleton of an early human ancestor, conducted by a research collaboration involving the University of Liverpool, offers conclusive ...