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Over the past 20 years, Roland Berger has conducted more than 80,000 interviews in China with people from all walks of life, giving us unprecedented access to the way Chinese consumers see their world. We have found out about their preferences and dislikes, their hopes and fears, their aspirations and what they are happy with in the status quo.

2009 World Wealth Report finds record decline in high net worth individuals globally in 2008. It also projects Asia-Pacific will overtake North America as the region with greatest millionaire wealth by 2013.

To ensure reliable, accurate, and timely data, which are necessary to monitor the progress of education in the United States, Congress has mandated that the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) produce an annual report, The Condition of Education.

This year’s report presents 46 indicators of important developments and trends in U.S. education. These indicators focus on participation and persistence in education, student performance and other measures of achievement, the environment for learning, and resources for education.

‘And of course, the information society’s very life blood is freedom. It is freedom that enables citizens everywhere to benefit from knowledge, journalists to do their essential work, and citizens to hold government accountable. Without openness, without the right to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers, the information revolution will stall, and the information society we hope to build will be stillborn.’ - Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General

What is this report?
This report summarizes the science of climate change and the impacts of climate change on the United States, now and in the future. It is largely based on results of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), a and integrates those results with related research from around the world.

This report discusses climate-related impacts for various societal and environmental sectors and regions across the nation. It is an authoritative scientific report written in plain language, with the goal of better informing public and private decision making at all levels.

Welcome to the fourth annual BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands ranking

The year 2008/09 presented an unprecedented set of challenges for the Bank as it responded to the ongoing financial crisis and the significant economic downturn now affecting economies globally. It is difficult to overstate the extent of the issues that the Bank’s Executive has faced.

The crisis has required them to take key monetary policy decisions, design and implement innovative market facilities to improve liquidity and credit conditions, and make a substantial input into wider financial sector policy initiatives and banking reform legislation. It has been a tough year on any measure.