http://www.economist.com/node/14447276 LVMH in the recession The substance of style The world’s biggest luxury-goods group is benefiting from a flight to quality‚ but the recession is also prompting questions about the company’s breadth and balance Sep 17th 2009 | Paris | from the print edition * * Bloomberg “THERE are four main elements to our business model—product‚ distribution‚ communication and price‚” explains an executive at LVMH‚ the world’s largest luxury-goods group. “Our
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There are several factors which are affecting the price of new and used vehicles since the current recession began. Because people have been forced to hang on to their cars longer it has driven up the price of used cars because the pool of used cars has gotten smaller. New car sales have were down as well further pushing up the price of used vehicles since fewer people bought new cars during the recession. Fewer new car purchases equals less used cars. The production of new cars has also been cut
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The world’s largest economy sank into a recession in March‚ ending 10 years of growth that was the longest expansion on record in the United States‚ a group of economists that dates U.S. business cycles said Monday. The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)‚ composed of academic economists from Harvard‚ Stanford and other universities‚ joined a chorus of economists and investors who were saying that a recession had already begun. The group posted its decision on its Web site. The NBER
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How AIG was affected by U.S. recession: AIG is an insurance corporation that is multinational. They have headquarters in New York City‚ London‚ Paris‚ and Hong Kong. In the year 2000‚ the company held the title for the 29th largest company in the world. Things took a turn for the worse in this company when‚ in 2008‚ they suffered from a liquidity crisis and its credit ratings were downgraded below “AA” level. AIG had to take out a number of down loans and had to sell a number of its subsidiaries
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The recent economic recession faced by not only the United States‚ but also major countries across the globe‚ has made it tough for businesses to keep operating at a profitable level and forced many to downsize their personnel or to even go bankrupt. In fact‚ this tough economic period has caused consumers‚ whether they are manufacturers buying raw material or an average person buying food at the grocery store‚ to be a lot more conservative with regards to their needs and spending. Consequently the
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Over the past few years our country and the rest of the world has experienced an economic crisis. For the United States‚ it’s been one of the worst economic recessions since the Great Depression during the 1930’s. The recession was caused by many downfalls but the majority was caused by the collapse of the housing market. In the years before the crisis‚ the behavior of lenders changed dramatically. Lenders offered more and more loans to higher-risk borrowers‚ including undocumented immigrants
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Economic Recession of 2007 William Mwangi Class title and section Professor’s name Due date of Assignment: 26th August 2011. William Mwangi Economic crisis Class Professor’s name 24th August‚ 2011. Economic Recession of 2007: What caused it and what were the after effects? Can we predict another major recession? Thesis Statement: Although the recession that dates back in 2007 is still long and deep and surely has shown some recovery‚ the potential that it will completely
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Effect of euro crisis on India EURO CRISIS: The European debt crisis is the shorthand term for Europe’s struggle to pay the debts it has built up in recent decades. Five of the region’s countries – Greece‚ Portugal‚ Ireland‚ Italy‚ and Spain – have‚ to varying degrees‚ failed to generate enough economic growth to make their ability to pay back bondholders the guarantee it was intended to be. Although these five were seen as being the countries in immediate danger of a possible default‚ the crisis
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1990-91 Recession The 1990-91 recession‚ although milder than previous downturns‚ significantly affected the United States’ workforce. The 8 month long downturn‚ beginning in July of 1990 and ending in March of 1991‚ marked the end of our country’s longest peacetime expansion on record and had the lowest growth rate since the Great Depression (Gardner 3). Although the National Bureau of Economic Research concluded that the early 1990s recession lasted just eight months‚ conditions
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from one of the longest and deepest recessions since the end of WWII. The definition of a recession is‚ a general slowdown in economic activity‚ a downturn in the business cycle‚ and a reduction in the amount of goods and services produced and sold. This is precisely what happened to the U.S economy from 2007-2009. For the years leading up to recession‚ a then booming housing market lead some to believe a recession was inmate. Since the start of the recession‚ the United States has tried to regain
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