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With no oil or natural gas reserves of its own, Japan has long depended on the Middle East for its energy needs. Ninety percent of the country's oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz, so stability in the region is crucial to Japan’s economic well-being.

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This study quantifies the macroeconomic impact of investment in broadband technology on employment and output of Germany????????s economy. Building on the ????????National Broadband Strategy????????????? announced by the German government, two sequential investment scenarios (2014 and 2020) are defined. The economic impact of broadband development over a ten year period in Germany amounts to 968,000 additional jobs and EUR 170.9 billion in incremental output.

With the American electoral season now in high gear, the question for high technology oriented voters is how to decode the candidates.

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M. Leanne Lachman, President of Lachman Associates, LLC and Executive-in-Residence for the Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate is the lead author of a new book, Global Demographics 2008: Shaping Real Estate’s Future. (Her co-author is Deborah L. Brett).

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