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Generation Y surprisingly upbeat about the future

Generation Y is one of the hardest hit generations in the recession.   Surprisingly, the generation is optimistic.  According to a recent survey by Experience, 50% of US Gen Y respondents believe that their job prospects are optimistic.  Experience’s Survey also shows that 25% believe that the media are presenting an excessively negative job outlook. Only a third believe that their career development will suffer due to lack of opportunity. Surprisingly, only about 30% of Gen Y feels they should work longer hours and take on more projects for job security.

What industries are Gen Y young people interested in?

China’s Desire to Ditch the Dollar as World Currency

China’s central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan has written a rare essay about his desire for a world currency, other than the dollar, to be be administered by the IMF.  His rationale is that the world is no longer “unipolar,” implying that the US no longer a single superpower.

What will transportation look like in 2088?

Honda is attempting to answer this question and has been promoting documentaries on similar issues of the future throughout the web.  The video is a documentary of ideas and dreams about the future.

杜拜房地產市場觸底了嗎?

上圖是迪拜亞特蘭提斯酒店,這是迪拜房地產泡沫最近破滅的一個很好的例子。但杜拜的房地產崩盤結束了嗎?

Online Gaming Industry Growing as Casinos Struggle

Market Intelligence Journal: Shifts in Gaming Market

In a study, ComScore found that Online Gaming grew rapidly in 2008 because of a slow economy. Online gaming is positioned as a substitute to expensive trips to Bric-and-Mortar casinos in Las Vegas, Reno and Atlantic City, and can benefit from ad revenue as well. Our own research shows that the Brick-and-Mortar Gaming Industry is struggling in the economic downturn.

Online Gaming Market Size

2008 growth rate: 27% year on year

2008 Market size: 86 million visitors

2007 Market size: 67 million visitors

Apple’s Mac Stealing PC Market Share

According to a new 學習, Apple Mac computers registered a 8.2% marketshare in October 2008. The research firm conducted a survey of 40,000 websites and tracked the web browsers used.

With growth in its iPhone products, iPods and new Mac products, Apple now offers a robust product portfolio to which its customers are responding.

One of Microsoft’s main challenges has been to convince the public to upgrade from XP to Windows Vista.

海灣合作委員會沒有復甦的跡象

強勁的經濟復甦還看不到盡頭 在海灣合作委員會。本文闡述了杜拜和卡達如何在全球經濟衰退中遭受重創。阿曼是唯一出現正收益的股市。儘管中東/海灣合作委員會地區經濟下滑,但前景似乎比已開發市場更充滿活力,股市上漲。