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Richard Cobden
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/11/06/richard-cobden/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 6, 2023 Richard Cobden lette rs Richard Cobden (1804-1865) was a leading Victorian political stateman well known for his involvement in free trade debates and the anti-corn league.
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Which areas of the UK are the most vibrant (economically)?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/06/which-areas-of-the-uk-are-the-most-vibrant-economically/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 6, 2016 Find out by consulting The Vibrant Economy Index, a new resource launched recently by Grant Thornton which aims to measure and rank the economic and social well being or vibrancy of...
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New LGBT Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/22/new-lgbt-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 22, 2016 U.S. Homophile Internationalism is a new online exhibit which can be found on the Outhistory.org website . The website states “This archive and exhibit explores U.S.
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Fake news spreads faster than true
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/16/fake-news-spreads-faster-than-true/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 16, 2018 A team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) cross-checked the spread of 126,000 stories on Twitter against a database of stories fact-checked by six...
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Bloomberg: Mergers and acquisitions
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/21/bloomberg-mergers-and-acquisitions/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2013 Starboard Value LP is urging Smithfield Foods Inc. to consider alternatives to the company’s pending $4.7 billion acquisition by Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd.
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Bloomberg: currency
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/08/bloomberg-currency/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 8, 2013 Implied volatility in some major currency pairs has fallen below realized volatility. The dollar-yen 6-month realized versus implied spread was the widest in four years on Sept. 26.
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World ranking of prosperity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/17/world-ranking-of-prosperity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2014 Legatum Prosperity Index is an annual ranking of 142 countries.
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Report the Abuse
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/06/report-the-abuse/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 6, 2017 A recently launched NGO which seeks to expose crimes and supports victims of abuse within the humanitarian and development aid sector.
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FTSE 100 CEOs remuneration
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/01/10/ftse-100-ceos-remuneration/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 10, 2020 FTSE 100 CEOs only need to work until Monday 6 January 2020 in order to make the same amount of money that the typical full-time employee does in the entire year.
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Digital Incivility
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/digital-incivility/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 The Microsoft Digital Civility Index (DCI) Microsoft has been measuring online behaviour and has found a worrying increase of bad behaviour and digital incivility over the last 4 years.