BEST SELLERS 2009

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WHAT DO BESTSELLERS SAY ABOUT US?

NEWSWEEK did a content analysis of the top sellers of 2009.

This included books, movies, music, and television

show. The stats did not add up to 100% because a top sellers may dwell on at least 2 topics

or more.

So you get well over 100% .

PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING:

VIOLENCE 70%

MONEY 60%

SEX 45%

YOUTH 40%

VAMPIRES 10%

GOD 10%

Please make your own judgment.

WHO OWES THE MOST?

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(This list is based on an adjusted amount so that each country can be compared. It is

the amount of debt that one country owes numerous other countries and divided by

the number of people in the population.) (Thus in the first example, Greeks owe

$28,000 for every female, male, and child.

The debtors are listed by how much they owe others. The amount has been rounded.

GREEKS: $28,000

BELGIANS $27,000

AUSTRIANS $26,000

IRISH $24,000

NORWEGIANS $22,000

ITALIANS $21,000

DUTCH $20,000

FRENCH $19,000

GERMANS $16,000

FINNS $14,000

AMERICANS $11,000

$10,000 OR LESS INCLUDES DANES, SPAINARDS, SWEDES, BRITS AND HUNGARIANS

$5,000 OR LESS JAPANESE, CANADIANS, ISRAELIS, SLOVENES.

ZAKARIA/ 36-40

Essentially, Obama is searching for a way for the USA to become the

post imperial nation. The states is involved in so many wars, police actions, civil

strife and related, that it could drive our country into destruction. We can not

continue on as the policeman of the world. His next strategy appears to

be hit the Afghan Talibans and then begin to withdraw.

BUSINESS WEEK IS NOW

BLOOM'S BUSINESSWEEK

BAKER (2009) 12/ 14/ 48-51

As FACEBOOK and other social media begin to blossom business is attracted to

advertising on this new media. However, how do you measure profits? Is it by

hits? It is so hard to measure. You may get a lot of traffic and still be

losing. The rule of thumb among venture capitalists is 1 out of 10 investments will

make it big.

The social media may develope trust of consumers

and the willingness to buy but it may not show

up in hard numbers for another year. Thus a problem exists for capitalists.