GDP of a country gives some idea about how well it is doing in terms of production. In the last two centuries, Western economies overwhelmed others by far. In the 1950s, US and Europe combined made up 60% of world economy. That’s not counting Canada, Mexico and Australia. If we look at the fractional share [...]
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World economy is shifting away from the West- a graphic story
Posted in Business, India, Investigation, Mosque, Politics, Science, west, tagged brazil, BRIC, China, Economy, islam vs west, Russia on April 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
High prices of oil are partly due to low production
Posted in Mosque, News, tagged crude, oil, petrol on April 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
There are three factors driving crude prices higher. 1. NATO led War against Libya means a major supplier is unable to supply any oil. 2. Nuclear crisis in Japan makes people nervous about future of nuclear energy- especially in earthquake prone regions. But that’s not all. 3. Production of oil in the US are low. [...]
How to read bengali newspapers on Ubuntu
Posted in software, tagged Anandabazar patrika, Bengali font on April 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
How to see bengali fonts in Anandabazar patrika, Aajkaal, Bartaman on an Ubuntu system.
Oil prices going higher now may be bad in the long term
Posted in Business, tagged crude, oil on April 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Oil is now selling at $126 a barrel (at London Brent.) If it keeps going too high, leaving moving average (average price of a barrel for the past few days) too far behind, then people will expect price to fall, sooner or later. Sale will slow down, market will be oversupplied- leading to a precipitous [...]
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