IFTF's Future Now: links for 2008-03-23

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March 23, 2008

Gap in Life Expectancy Widens for the Nation - New York Times

has figures and tables

(tags: US poverty health inequality statistics)
B-School Grads Shaken Up By Bear Collapse - Business on The Huffington Post

reports of recruiters cutting back on the number of job offers and, in some cases, lower starting salaries are beginning to surface.

(tags: US employment business finance corruption)
Accenture on Chinese consumers

Chinese products have improved vastly in quality, and Chinese consumers don't automatically think that foreign products are better. Thus, they aren't always willing to pay a premium.

(tags: China consumption)

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