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Close to 60 million kids to attend US K-12 grades. Over 20 million will attend US colleges and universities.
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The current world population is estimated to be 7 billion.
China has the highest population in the world with close to 1.3 billion people.
The second highest is India with close to 1.2 billon people.
China and India make up for over 36% of the world population or approximately 36 out of every 100 people on earth are from China and India.
The US population is close to 315 million. So for every American there are almost 8 Chinese and Indians.
US has approx. 153 million people capable of working (work force).
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There are approximately 315 million people in the US; approximately 60 million are children between the ages 0 and 15 years. Or every 2 out of 10 people living in the US are children between the ages of 0 and 15 years.
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The world GDP is close to $75 Trillion.
The US GDP is over $14 Trillion. The US is the largest economy in the world and contributes over 20% to the world economy.
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US exports close to $1 trillion a year. US imports close to $1.6 trillion a year. That would create a trade imbalace of $0.6 trillion a year!
Top four export partners are Canada, Mexico, Japan, China.
Top four import partners are Canada, China, Mexico, and Japan.
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| European Union GDP is close to $15 Trillon. China is $10 Trillion. Japan is over $4 Trillion. India is $4 Trillion. Germany is little less than $3 Trillion. Russia, United Kingdom, Brazil, and France are each about $2 Trillion. |
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The DOW down 60 points
The DOW closed down 60 points or 0.5%, the S&P500 up 1 point or 0.1%, and NASDAQ was up 30 points or 1.1%, week ending January 27th. Oil was up by $1.61 closing at $99.76 per barrel.
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Quarterly financial results better-than-expected
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This past week many companies reported their quarterly financial. Overall most company sales were better-than-expected, ignoring the recession and seeing better demand of Goods and Services. .Better-than-expected results were reported by (move your curson on the red lined words to learn more about the company) -
3M (MMM)
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Starbucks (Ticker SBUX), 
Texas Instruments (Ticker TXN), 
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What is Economy, Business, Workers, Goods, Services, Stock, DOW, S&P500, and NASDAQ in Volume 16.
Does it pay to study hard? Volume 17.
What is Currency and Foreign Currency Exchange rate? Volume 14. What is stronger or weaker currency? Volume 20. What does the dollar slide mean? Volume 32.
How does money grow in a bank? Volume 21.
What is Fed Funds rate and Discount rate? Volume 22
What does the interest rate cut mean for you? What is APR? Volume 23.
How to read stock information? Volume 25.
What is "Black Monday"...Crash of 87"? Volume 31.
Who are CEO, CFO, Shareholders, and the Board of Directors? What is SOX? Volume 33
What does "$4.95 + Tax" means? Volume 47.
What is a Recession? What is a Depression? Volume 48.
What is Mergers & Acquisition (M&A)? What is a Merger? Volume 49.
What is ADR? Volume 62.
What does buying back of shares means? Volume 63.
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What is Supply and Demand? Volume 177.
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Jan 23-27, 2012
Weekly Stock Market
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Markets Mixed!
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Index
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Change
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Last
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DOW
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Down 60
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12,660
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S&P500
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Up 1
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NASDAQ
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Up 30
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Foreign Exchange Rate
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Euro (€)
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0.02
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0.76
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Yen (¥)
Japan
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0.35
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76.68
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Pound (£)
United Kingdom
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Yuan ( )
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