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Self-storage industry in Hong Kong
Extra storage space is considered a luxury in Hong Kong, with the high property prices in this densely populated country.
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China Pulse - September 2015
China’s economy showed moderate but steady growth with a year-on-year GDP increase of 7.0 percent at comparable prices.
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Why Is It Such a Challenge to Treat PAH?
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) is a life-threatening, degenerative disease that severely compromises the function of both the pulmonary (lung) and cardiovascular (heart) systems. Despite current treatment options in PAH offering improvements in symptom control and quality of life factors, there continue to be significant challenges that compromise the effective management of this progressive and debilitating condition.
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Beyond the Price Tag
When behavioural economics helps understanding the impact of psychological costs in purchase decisions.
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India: Consumed by a Health Wave
India lags behind the world when it comes to the tag of being a ‘healthy’ nation, with healthcare accounting for only 0.9 per cent of national GDP as against 12 per cent by G7 countries. Health as a topic has never been centre-stage in the larger discussions on the country’s progress and growth.
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The Economic Pulse of the World - April 2015
After losing ground in each of the past two waves, the national economic assessment is on the rise once again with four in 10 (41%) global citizen consumers rating the state of their national economy as “good”, up two points since last sounding. While the local economy assessment (31%) remains idle this month, respondents look into the future with a cautious optimism, with one in 4 (25%) saying the economy in the local area will be stronger in the next six months, up one point since last sounding.
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The Economic Pulse of the World - January 2015
Starting the new year on a positive note, all three economic indicators are on the upward trend erasing the losses of the previous wave.
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The Economic Pulse of the World - December 2014
Overriding the positive trend noted in the previous Economic Pulse report, the last month of 2014 closed on the negative note with all three economic assessment indicators down since last month and down two points since October 2014..
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Global leather garment manufacturing industry
The general increase in raw material price resulted in the increase in production cost of leather garment, which pushed up the average price of leather jacket per piece (at manufacturer level) in China.
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Nature VS. Nurture - Can You Change Your Innovation’s Destiny?
The great innovation debate - “Nature vs. Nurture” is a debate typically held among psychologists, where one side argues that genetic predisposition (nature) plays a greater role in human personality development and the other side argues that the environment (nurture) has more influence.