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Economics Weekly Quiz w/e 29 November 2019
Here's this week's economics news quiz. Good luck!
Indian firm Ola looks to join the London ride-sharing market
TfL's decision not to renew Uber's licence has opened the door to other ride-sharing services - and Indian operator Ola is about to join the market.
Development: Improving economic opportunities for women in Malaysia
This World Bank clip looks at the issue of gender equality in Malaysia and looks at how Malaysia might make more of women of working age, to enhance the economy's productivity capacity boosting...
Horizontal integration: Viagogo buys rival StubHub in $4bn deal
A number of things to note for students of business economics about this mega-merger between Viagogo and StubHub.
Economics Weekly Quiz w/e 22 November 2019
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How China plans to lead the computer chip industry
Part of the BBC Rivals series, this clip looks at how China is looking to diversify its economy and engage in import substitution, by producing its own, high quality, computer chips.
Should BT Open Reach be nationalised?
The Labour Party have pledged to provide free broadband for all by nationalising the digital arm of BT - Open Reach - and in doing so, hopefully act as a supply-side measure lifting productivity.
Low unemployment and longer hours
Larry Elliott's latest article is a real tour de force, looking at the ongoing conundrum of the UK labour market.
Economics Weekly Quiz w/e 15 November 2019
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Contestable Markets: Google to offer banking current accounts
News here that suggests 'the Four' are looking to enter the banking market, with Google set to offer current accounts, and Facebook, Amazon and Apple already offering financial products, such as...
Is India approaching a US-style financial crisis?
This is an important story to keep ahead of. India's financial sector looks especially fragile at the moment with runs on banks as depositor confidence collapses and fears that financial contagion...
Why are Japan and Korea in a trade war
The economic relationship between South Korea and Japan has soured and, whilst many are focused on the fall out from the Chinese/US trade war, this trade dispute between Japan and South Korea is...
Chinese government rations pork and sets maximum prices
There's an ongoing problem in Chinese agriculture - African swine fever has decimated the country.
CrossRail delayed until 2021 as costs overrun
More supply-side problems laid bare here with the news that Crossrail is going to be both further delayed and cost nearly £700m more than the current estimate.
Economics Weekly Quiz w/e 8 November 2019
After a week's break for half term, here's this week's economics news quiz. Good luck!
Google Acquires Fitbit
This is one of those mergers that I find hard to classify - is it a form of vertical integration, with Google becoming more customer facing, or is it akin to a conglomerate merger, as Google looks...
Regulatory Capture: Fossil fuel companies spend Euro 250m on lobbying
The extent to which the fossil fuel industry is able to lobby supra-national institutions is laid bare in this articlelooking at the amount spent, both by individual firms and industry groups, in...
Economics Weekly Quiz w/e 25 October 2019
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The state of the UK economy (Oct 2019) - an 'Elevator Quiz' activity
If you have been covering macroeconomic objectives during this first half term of this academic year, you might like to use this cracking 5 question multi-choice Powerpoint quiz on the state of the...
Xiaomi dominating India's smartphone market
Theme 3 Micro meets Theme 4 macro! This is a fascinating article that looks at how Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has become the market leader in the Indian smartphone market.