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| Stamps generate more income than bonds and gold | |
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Is stamp collecting only of interest to passionate hobbyists? Far from it. Stamps are a serious and valuable addition to any investment portfolio, generating average long-term yields of up to 7 percent per year. |
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| Crime likely to spill over the border thanks to Dutch legislation | |
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An increasingly administrative approach to tackling cross-border organized crime in the Netherlands threatens to shift criminal activity to neighbouring countries, where the authorities have fewer administrative powers. These are the findings of joint research conducted by legal researchers from Tilburg and Leuven. |
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| Stock ownership US Congress influenced voting on bailout | |
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Personal investments in the stock of financial institutions by members of the House of Representatives and the Senate of the US was positively associated with these institutions receiving bailout after the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007. Stock ownership increased the probability that banks received bailout money, how much support they received and how quickly. |
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| Additional reduction in CO2 emissions needed of 50 million tonnes | |
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The recently observed reduction in air pollution implies that more solar radiation reaches the earth¿s surface. This could lead to a far more rapid increase in the earth¿s temperature in the coming decades than has previously been expected, say econometricians Jan Magnus, Bertrand Melenberg, and Chris Muris. |
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