Payal Tandon
A 4 min read As part of an economic development plan. Country Y has made a great effort over the last twenty years to increase the number of new drugs and medical devices produced by its companiesāeven though there have been...
Read MoreA 3 min read To protect certain fledgling industries, the government of country Z banned imports of the types of products those industries were starting to make. As a direct result, the cost of those products to the buyers,...
Read MoreA 4 min read In Brindon County, virtually all of the fastenersāsuch as nuts, bolts, and screwsāused by workshops and manufacturing firms have for several years been supplied by the Brindon Bolt Barn, a specialist wholesaler. In...
Read MoreA 3 min read From 1973 to 1976, total United States consumption of cigarettes increased 3.4 percent, and total sales of chewing tobacco rose 18.0 percent. During the same period, total United States population increased 5.0...
Read MoreA 6 min read (This passage is excerpted from material published in 1997) Whereas United States economic productivity grew at an annual rate of 3 percent from 1945 to 1965, it has grown at an annual rate of only about 1 percent...
Read MoreA 4 min read Certain genetically modified strains of maize produce a powerful natural insecticide. The insecticide occurs throughout the plant, including its pollen. Maize pollen is dispersed by the wind and frequently blows...
Read MoreA 4 min read Between 1980 and 2000 the sea otter population of the Aleutian Islands declined precipitously. There were no signs of disease or malnutrition, so there was probably an increase in the number of otters being eaten by...
Read MoreA 4 min read According to a recent large-scale survey of people who had purchased new home exercise equipment during the past five years, ten percent of motorized treadmills purchased during that period had required repairs more...
Read MoreA 4 min read When storing Renaissance oil paintings, museums conform to standards that call for careful control of the surrounding temperature and humidity, with variations confined within narrow margins. Maintaining this...
Read MoreA 4 min read The general availability of high-quality electronic scanners and color printers for computers has made the counterfeiting of checks much easier. In order to deter such counterfeiting, several banks plan to issue to...
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