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Health in China: “Human Placenta”?

Health in China: “Human Placenta”?, a photo by china@designative on Flickr

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Consumer Behavior in Brazil & China: US to increase the number of tourist visas

The United States should increase the capacity to process visas for Brazil and China by 40% over the next 12 months, ordered President Barack Obama recently, as part of a stimulus package for tourism for their country, announced in Disney World in Florida […]

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Watch Morgan Spurlock’s “The greatest TED Talk ever sold” talk at TED

Morgan Spurlock makes documentary film and TV that is personal, political — and, above all, deeply empathetic […]

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Chinese People and Their Mobile Phones: E-commerce is going mobile

Chinese retailers are paying close attention to the mobile commerce sector in the country’s large cities, and experts said the development of mobile commerce will depend on the Internet environment in China […]

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Consumer Behavior in Brazil: Growth of the Brazilian economy creates 19 millionaires a day, says ‘Forbes’

A report published online by the prestigious journal of the American economy “Forbes” says the Brazilian economy is creating 19 millionaires per day since 2007, thanks to the growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and consumption rates, it said […]

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Chinese People and Their Mobile Phones: Smartphones making rapid headway in cities

About 35 percent of urban Chinese use smartphones, the third-highest level in the world, a survey has found […]

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Consumer Behavior in Brazil: Outlook of Smartphone Usage

A study analysis made by WMcCann and Grupo.Mobi. Research by Ipsos MediaCT to investigate how consumers relate to the brands, products and services using their mobile devices. And to provide a better understanding about this fast changing market […]

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Chinese People and Their Mobile Phones: mobile phone users exceed 940 million

China’s mobile phone operators had 81.08 million new subscribers in the first eight months of 2011, bringing their total number of users to a record high of 940.09 million, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said recently […]

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Information Technology in Brazil: bill that creates tax incentives for the production of tablets is enacted into law

Tax incentives for the production of tablets in Brazil were enacted into law recently, according to publication of the provisional measure that stimulates the manufacture of the devices in the country free of PIS and Cofins in the Diário Oficial da União. Devices that have “a central processing unit with input and output data through a touch screen area exceeding 140 square centimeters with no keyboard” will benefit from the new law. […]

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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: Stores offer afterlife for luxury goods

Second-hand luxury goods stores are becoming popular in China as suppliers of new products increase prices and demand for high-end items continues to rise […]