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Media Use in the Middle East
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/26/media-use-in-the-middle-east/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 26, 2013 …from Northwestern University in Qatar http://menamediasurvey.northwestern.edu/ Major 8 nation survey on media use.
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Bloomberg: news and market moves
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/16/bloomberg-news-and-market-moves/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 16, 2013 Carl Icahn (@Carl_C_Icahn) used Twitter to announce he had amassed a “large” position in Apple yesterday (14th Aug).
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Bloomberg: Prudential’s dividends
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/21/bloomberg-prudentials-dividends/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2013 Prudential PLC, the U.K.’s second biggest insurer by market share, reported rising Asia sales and an 18 percent increase in first-half Asia operating earnings.
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Bloomberg: Economy forecasts for China
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/18/bloomberg-economy-forecasts-for-bloomberg/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2013 The Chinese economy is slowing to a forecast rate of 7.5 percent for 2013 as the government seeks to curb excessive lending and reduce reliance on exports.
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Internet Censorship
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/07/internet-censorship/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2013 Blocked on Weibo Site maintained by Jason Ng Google Policy Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab and author of Blocked on Weibo , discusses his work...
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Africa Open Data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/23/africa-open-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2013 Africa open data Useful initiative of the Open Africa Platform which is part of the Ujuzi Initiative and created and funded by the Africa Media Initiative (AMI), the World Bank...
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Civil partnership data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/23/civil-partnership-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2013 Latest civil partnership data released by Office for National Statistics. Includes unions and dissolutions. Also includes some articles on impact from 2005-2010.
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Bloomberg: Economic surprises
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/28/bloomberg-economic-surprises/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 28, 2013 The September U.S. non-farm payrolls report released on Oct. 22 surprised economists with only 148,000 jobs created, versus the consensus forecast of 180,000.
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Bloomberg: Sino-British trade
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/01/bloomberg-sino-british-trade/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 1, 2013 U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced a series of agreements on trade and investment during a recent visit to China.
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International day to eliminate violence against women
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/29/international-day-to-eliminate-violence-against-women/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 29, 2013 International day to eliminate violence against women was on 25th November. The official UN website has broadcasts messages as well as links to United Nations resolutions and reports.