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Rio de Janeiro is a city of Carnaval and discovery. For centuries, visitors have traveled from all over the world to see its beauty and sample its unique character and spirit.

AMD: The Social Media War Room
Business case: Monitoring the Buzz at CES 2009

Technology provider AMD has always been engaged to some degree with their users, collaborating with them to “ignite the next generation of computing and graphics solutions.”

Their technology-savvy community has been present and participating in forums and developer and enthusiast communities, and AMD has been there for over a decade, contributing to the larger conversation.

China’s rapid economic growth since 1979 has transformed it into a major economic power.

Over the past few years, many analysts have contended that China could soon overtake the United States to become the world’s largest economy, based on estimates of China’s economy on a “purchasing power parity” (PPP) basis, which attempts to factor in price differences across countries when estimating the size of a foreign economy in U.S. dollars. However, in December 2007, the World Bank issued a study that lowered its previous 2005 PPP estimate of the size of China’s economy by 40%.

Key Facts about Swine Influenza (Swine Flu)

What is Swine Influenza?
Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza virus that regularly causes outbreaks of influenza in pigs. Swine flu viruses cause high levels of illness and low death rates in pigs.

Swine influenza viruses may circulate among swine throughout the year, but most outbreaks occur during the late fall and winter months similar to outbreaks in humans. The classical swine flu virus (an influenza type A H1N1 virus) was first isolated from a pig in 1930.

President Obama's health care plan will make health insurance affordable and accessible to all:

• Provides affordable, accessible health care for all Americans, builds on the existing healthcare system, and uses existing providers, doctors and plans to implement the plan.
• Lower health care costs by $2,500 for a typical family by investing in health information technology, prevention and care coordination.

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Energy Secretary Steven Chu said he would consider a carbon tariff imposed on countries that do not reduce carbon emissions. "If other countries don't impose a cost on carbon, then we will be at a disadvantage," Chu said.

The American Stock Exchange has a long and colorful history. Originally known as “curbstone brokers,” the ancestors of today’s Amex market professionals traded out in the street in all kinds of weather – in the rain and snow, and in the dog days of summer.

What Is a Stress Test?
At its simplest, a stress test is a way of revaluing a portfolio using a different set of assumptions. The results of a stress test show the sensitivity of the portfolio to a particular shock.

Stress tests can be useful because for most asset markets, the history of returns does not provide sufficient information about the behavior of markets under extreme events. Stress tests complement traditional models with estimates of how the value of a portfolio changes in response to exceptional but plausible changes in the underlying risk factors.