2009 could fool the pessimists (The Japan Times)
LONDON ? Deep gloom is predicted for 2009, with talk of deflation, shrinking economies and rising unemployment. Economists point to the huge drop in Japanese output, zero growth in Europe, dwindling world trade, collapsing financial institutions and the threat of worse to come. Before everyone catches the gloom bug, here are a few counter-predictions that things in 2009 may not turn out so ...
16:08 (BST), 05/01/2009 Xbox 360 Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS LONDON...
LONDON - 5th January 2009: Xbox® today revealed sales data showing Christmas 2008 was the biggest sales period ever in the brand?s six-year European history, with sales of Xbox 360? almost double those of Christmas 2007[1].
'We will double investment in science' (Business Standard India)
Our civilisation was built on the foundations of a knowledge-based society. But for centuries such knowledge remained the preserve of a few. Democratic India has widened the base of this knowledge pyramid and raised its apex. The challenge before us is to ensure that both processes continue.
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