preceding quarter. Annex A Singapore is an open economy with high trade to GDP ratio of 2.3 times (GDP 2011 was $326B‚ whereas total trade value in 2009 was $747.15B) and is exposed to many external factors‚ especially economic development in a main export market. Our main trading partners are: Malaysia China Euro zone USA Indonesia – 11.9% – 10.4% – 11.1% – 6.5% – 9.4% These 5 regions accounted for 50% of Singapore’s total trade‚ of which the US‚ Euro zone and China contributed 28%. Any negative
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1. US Government was stronger than any other Government and hence‚ Chinese Government stabilized its economy by pegging Yuan’s value so that exports would not be expensive. Also‚ the other reason of doing this is to flourish their economy by producing goods for US. By pegging Yuan’s value in comparison to that of US dollars‚ China faced problems like purchasing US dollars every month and also they expanded their domestic supply in the market which could destabilize China’s economy. 2. The foreign
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His studies detailed the creation of “intermPioneers of Paleontology (Discovering Fossils) The word fossil is Latin‚ it means “dug up.” (1452-1519) Although Leonardo da Vinci stated in an unpublished notebook that he had found fossilized remains of shellfish; it wasn’t until 1667‚ that Nicholas Steno made a similar more public statement. He explained that the stone tooth shaped fragments he had found were from an ancient shark and had been fossilized by horizontal deposits of sediment. (Circa
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importers had continued to come in. According to Wong‚ the demand from Japan will continue to improve. He said the average plywood prices had dropped by 10 percent to between US$560 and US$580 per cubic metre in December compared with US$600 and US$630 per cubic metre in the third quarter of 2011. The price of plywood was at an average of US$400 per cubic metre. Most Japanese importers have stopped new orders or slowed down buying due to high inventories following aggressive buying in the previous months
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evaluate ethanol as a fuel‚ the experiments are Fermentation and Calorimetry. Fermentation will find the best combination of sugar and yeast for optimum ethanol production and the Calorimetry experiments test ethanol against other alcohols and fuels to see how it matches up in terms of energy production. Fermentation shows glucose and baker’s yeast as the fastest producers of ethanol and the calorimetry proves that ethanol and other alcohols produce more heat energy than other fuels. Introduction
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF PAKISTAN Outline: •Introduction Pakistan is a resource rich country but due to incompetent politicians‚ strong generals‚ weak judiciary‚ conservative Ulemas and controlled media‚ it is facing socio-economic‚ political and religious challenges. • Problems Faced By Pakistan At The Time Of Inception From its very inception‚ Pakistan faced a large number of problems. Some of the initial difficulties were 1. Choice of Capital and Establishment of Government
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Pyrolysis of plastic wastes to fuel oil with and without catalyst Baoying Shi‚ Yufeng Wang Guangdong Dongguan Quality Supervision Testing Center Dongguan，China Chengzhi Chuai School of Material Science & Chemical Engineering Tianjin University of Science & Technology Tianjin‚ China Abstract—Two types of waste plastics were used in this study: polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP). This paper described pyrolysis of plastic waste materials with and without catalyst. The influence of the
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Alternative Fuel 1 Alternative Fuel Sources Priscilla Townsend Unit 4 Environmental Science Everest University Sherry Ogg September 4‚ 2010 Alternative Fuel 2 For many years automobile companies have been coming up with new ideas for gasoline alternatives to fuel vehicles. These alternatives have the tendency to be better on the environment and somewhat energy efficient. Of three of the many alternatives to using gasoline to power vehicles are ethanol‚ electric vehicles and solar
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Time Period 8 Study Guide 1. The economic growth following World War II was caused primarily by the efforts of the president and the federal government in response to fears about another Great Depression as 1946-1947 put America into a postwar recession. The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944‚ otherwise known as the GI Bill of Rights‚ allowed the 15 million veterans returning from the war to continue their education through government grants. The federal government also allowed veterans over $16
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Fuel Hedging A Strategy for Air Carriers to Combat Fuel Hike Index Jet Fuel – The Nemesis of Airlines In the year 2008‚ the growth of global aviation industry received a major bolt from the fear of global economic slowdown and the rise in crude oil prices. Though the global economic uncertainties impacted the business of airlines‚ but the steep surge in crude prices has changed the financial equations of the airline across the world‚ with India being no exception. In fact over the previous
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