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R-shief: tracking Arab public opinion
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/15/r-shief-tracking-arab-public-opinion/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 15, 2013 The new website is currently under development. It aggregates data from social media – Facebook, Twitter etc. to track public opinion from the Arab world.
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Bloomberg: Studying Equity Volume Patterns for Clues on Price Direction
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/22/bloomberg-studying-equity-volume-patterns-for-clues-on-price-direction/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 22, 2013 Global equity markets rallied this month after a contraction in June. Trading volume can indicate whether these price movements will hold.
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Trade monitoring database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/17/trade-monitoring-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2013 The trade monitoring database This new official WTO resource provides detailed information on trade measures implemented by WTO members and observers since October 2008.
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Bloomberg: Skew analysis
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/12/bloomberg-skew-analysis/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 12, 2013 Smithfield Foods Inc. stock jumped more than 28 percent on May 29 following a $34-a-share cash offer from Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd.
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Female FTSE report 2013
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/19/female-ftse-report-2013/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 19, 2013 Acces the latest annual review of the number of women board members at the UK’s leading FTSE companies. From the Cranfield University website.
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Humanitarian crises app
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/26/humanitarian-crises-app/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2013 New United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Humanitarian Kiosk iOS app A new application for geting the latest news direct from the UN about...
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Happiness
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/15/happiness/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 15, 2014 Free access to this book from the OECD which provides data on global wellbeing since 1820. Factors covered include political representation, health and gender equality.
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The EU’s most digitally advanced nations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/09/the-eus-most-digitally-advanced-nations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 9, 2015 Denmark is the most digitally advanced nation According to the new Digital Society and Economy Index from the European Commission which measures progress in EU nations.
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Press freedom
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/15/press-freedom-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 15, 2015 To mark World Press Freedom day, UNESCO adopted the Riga Declaration . This affirms the importance of free journalism for sustainable development.
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Thousands of women are criminalised needlessly
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/07/03/thousands-of-women-are-criminalised-needlessly/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 3, 2015 According to the latest Report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Women in the Penal System large numbers of women are being sent to prison for short term sentences which are...