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  • Bloomberg: a merger

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 28, 2013 The recently merged mining and commodity trading company Glencore Xstrata reported a $7.7billion write-down of assets previously owned by Xstrata.

  • Bloomberg: Economy forecasts for China

    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.

  • Social science video sites

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2013 TED videos from world leaders covering all aspects of social and environmental sciences RSA audio and events .  Includes NHS, technology and change. Videolectures net .

  • theHive

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2013 World Bank’s  theHive This site has been in beta for a while but is developing well. Register for free to get the most benefits.

  • Bloomberg: Tracking Emerging-Market Holdings of U.S. Debt

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 24, 2013 Portfolio outflows from emerging markets sparked a sell-off in currencies from India’s rupee to Brazil’s real.

  • Access to Middle East and Islamic resources

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 15, 2013 http://amirmideast.blogspot.co.uk/ Useful blog highlighting open access resources in this area. Journals covering all subject areas. Created by USA libraries.

  • PingER – how bad is the Internet in Africa?

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2013 The PingER (Ping End-to-end Reporting) Internet End-to-end Performance Measurement (IEPM) project monitors performance of Internet links from over 700 sites in 160 nations.

  • Bloomberg guide on corporate governance

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2013 With the 2013 annual general meeting season underway, attention is being given to corporate governance issues, with companies taking an increasingly proactive role in engaging with...

  • Bloomberg: Nike bonds

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2013 Nike Inc., the world’s largest sporting-goods company, has raised $1 billion with its first new debt sale in a decade. The company is offering 10- and 30-year securities.

  • The Economics of Chocolate

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 26, 2013 The International Cocoa organization provides free access to basic statistics on prices see the monthly market reviews.

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