When children learn to count, they start with ‘one’ and proceed in order of increasing cardinality (“one, two, three…”). But what about other words of quantity such as ‘all’, ‘some’, ‘most’, or ‘none’? No-one teaches young children explicitly what these words mean or how they are used, but an international study including academics from
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By Lukman Otunuga, Research Analyst at FXTM Uncertainty has enveloped the global markets this week with investor jitters intensifying as the lack of direction continues to send ominous warnings ahead of Friday’s Jackson Hole meeting. Stocks remain pressured with Asia and Europe trading lower as anxiety and erratic oil prices sour risk appetite. Although earlier
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* Anastasiades and Akinci to meet 6 more times in 3 weeks * President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci kicked off a new round of intensified talks following a brief summer break, agreeing to meet a further six times until September 14 (on 29/8, 31/8, 2, 6, 8 and 14/9). According
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* Oppose any privatisation of the telco * Trade unions were adamant on Tuesday in their opposition to any plans to privatise Cyta, despite the state-owned telco’s diminishing market share that would make it more difficult by the day to find strategic investors. During a meeting at the Ministry of Finance, Harris Georgiades and
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With no shortage of technological breakthroughs affecting businesses today and many more on the horizon, how can C-suites develop effective emerging technology strategies? For its new report, Tech breakthroughs megatrend, PwC evaluated more than 150 technologies globally and developed a methodology for identifying those which are most pertinent to individual companies and whole industries.
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EY has been recognised as a leader in middle market consulting in the first IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Middle Market Business Consulting Services 2016 Vendor Assessment. The IDC report named EY as one of the leading providers of consulting services to middle market firms, rating the assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services organisation as providing “high-quality
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. * Brent crude oil breaks through the $50 barrier, but investors remain cautious! By Oren Laurent President, Banc De Binary WTI crude oil is currently trading at $48.52 per barrel on the Nymex, up 0.62% or $0.30. Brent crude oil inched lower to $50.88 per barrel, down 0.02% or $0.01. However, Friday, August 19,
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. Every time the Auditor General issues a report, usually damning the inefficiencies of the government machine, the targeted department or even government Minister goes on the defensive, lambasting the watchdog’s scrutinising methods and picking on details about letters and procedures, ignoring, of course, the essence of the complaint. After all, the Auditor General’s
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The Ifo Index for the world economy fell by 4.5 index points to 86.0 in the third quarter, dipping to its lowest level in over three years at ten index points below its long-term average. These results, by the Munich-based the Ifo World Economic Survey (WES), contrast with the improvement seen last quarter. Experts’
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By Lukman Otunuga, Research Analyst, FXTM The fluctuating expectations over the Federal Reserve raising US interest rates in 2016 have left the Dollar in a sensitive state with prices violently oscillating between losses and gains. Conflicting data this month, such as the firm non-farm payrolls (NFP) and soft labour productivity have trapped the Dollar in
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