Outlook 2006: Real Estate - 2006-01-23
The challenge after the whiplash of the dot-com stock market crash, investors went in droves to real estate. Recently, though, there has been talk of a dot-com-style bubble about to pop in real estate. Healthy job growth and population growth mean nationwide demand probably won't slow drastically despite worries that certain markets could see a significant price drop.
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China's Economy Grew 9.8% Last Year, Overtaking France - 2006-01-23
China most likely overtook France as the world's fifth-largest economy in 2005 as a record trade surplus and active investment drove the fourth straight year of over 9 percent growth. The government is stepping up attempts to bolster consumer spending in a nation where per capita incomes are still a 16th of France's.
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