Global
banks face a $5.8 trillion rollover by 2012 "Banks
around the world must refinance more than $US5 trillion ($5.8 trillion)
of debt in the coming three years, a massive rollover that poses threats
to financial stability and growth ..." smh.com.au (site accessed
Jun 2010)
See also: Big
banks face financial doomsday in 2012 "
... A confluence of factors are coming to a head: First, the credit
ratings of large Wall St banks like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley
... are all under siege due to aspects of the financial reform bill,
which was passed by the Senate last week. Second, that bill will restrict
their lucrative derivatives and trading businesses, which is sure
to put a crimp on their earnings. Finally, the vast amounts of government-backed
cheap capital that these banks raised in the financial markets in
2009, will all have to be refinanced in 2012 at interest rates that
could be as much as five times higher than those they got last year
..." dailyfinance.com (site accessed May 2010)
New
Financial world 2012 and the End of Days Prophecy "
... I would like to point out that I did not look at the timing of
the USD system crash by asking if it would correlate with 2012. No,
rather I worked for years on my USD expectations and when it would
come into severe trouble in the bond markets, and that time came to
be right at 2012! Then I started really looking into this prophecy
stuff for our readers. I am almost an expert at Biblical Prophecy,
so I had one big part of the prophecy puzzle already in my head ...
" marketoracle.co.uk (site accessed Jun 2010)
Why
the euro will reach parity with the dollar by 2012 "
... Since the euro peaked 1.5893 to the dollar on July 7, 2008, it
has plunged a massive 36%. I believe it will reach parity with the
dollar before long. With budget cuts and tax raises looming over the
next three years, it’s a near certainty that the E.U. will be
forced to keep interest rates low. This means that U.S. interest rates
should catch up with European rates ..." internationalliving.com
(site accessed May 2010)
Summit
on nuke-free mid East in 2012? "
... In the closing days of the month-long NPT Review Conference at
the UN, which ends Friday, a final draft document under consideration
calls for a conference of Middle East states in 2012 to jump-start
negotiations for a region free of weapons of mass destruction. In
reference to Israel, the draft “calls on all states in the Middle
East that have not yet done so to accede to the treaty as non-nuclear
weapon states so as to achieve its universality at an early date.”
jpost.com (site accessed May 2010)
7
shelters to save you if 2012 calls doom "Self-protection
is something that we all take seriously. Nostradamus’s 2012
predictions and similar prophesies by the Mayan calendar are making
people believe that the world is about to end just a couple of years
from now. While there are some who blatantly reject these predictions,
there are some who’re too seriously about them and as an answer
have designed several vaults or shelters that will save life on earth.
Here is a list of seven such shelters that can save life post-apocalypse
.." ecofriend.org (site accessed Apr 2010)
36
predictions for the world: 2010-12 "
... here's what I see coming in 2010 - 2012. This is based on "educated
guesses" about where current trends may lead us. This is not
some sort of psychic prediction exercise; it's based entirely on observation
and forward thinking ..." naturalnews.com (site accessed
Feb 2010)
Is
the world going to end in 2012? - Poll Cast
your vote! quibblo.com (site accessed Jan 2010)
Gold
could more than quadruple by 2012 "Robert
McEwen, chairman of U.S. Gold Corp. says gold prices will more than
quadruple to $5,000 by 2012 ...He says investors will reallocate capital
to real money as the dollar loses its viability and money printing
causes money to move into gold." pragcap.com (site accessed
Jan 2010)
See
also: Stock Doom and Gold Boom through 2012 "
... the economy is going to serve up a big ol' heaping plate of white-hot
doom at least through 2012. The good news is you can protect your
portfolio and even profit handsomely. I'll give you my picks. First,
let's look at five forces that I think will kill any real rally in
the S&P 500 ..." sean brodrick, marketwatch.com (site
accessed Mar 2009)
See also: Gold
to gain through 2012 "Gold
may average higher for each of the next three years and climb to a
record driven by increased demand and a declining dollar as governments
ramp up spending to battle the global recession, according to Morgan
Stanley ..." bloomberg.com (site accessed Jan 2009)
Banks
face $7 trillion debt maturities by end 2012 "
As much as $7 trillion of debt piled up by banks falls due by the
end of 2012, which could force them to refinance their borrowings
at higher cost, the Wall Street Journal said, citing a Moody's Investors
Service report ..." reuters.com (site accessed Nov 09)
Morgan
Stanley ups oil forecast to $105 in 2012 "Morgan
Stanley has raised its forecast of U.S. crude oil price to $105 a
barrel in 2012 from $95 due to tightening spare capacity, the U.S.
bank said in a research note seen on Monday ... "We believe that
prices will need to move higher to ration demand as the world struggles
to find enough supply," it said, adding that the research was
based on the bank's proprietary database of more than 460 fields expected
to come online through 2015 ..." forbes.com (site accessed
Sep 2009)
See
also: Gas and oil prices to double by 2012 "
... Jeff Rubin, chief economist at CIBC World Markets says oil production
will barely grow over the next five years, edging up barely more than
1-million barrels a day over the next three years, and only half a
million barrels a day between 2010 and 2012. The increases will fall
far short of demand, forcing the price of crude oil to surge to US$150
a barrel by 2010, and over US$200 a barrel by 2012 ..." financialpost.com
(site accessed Apr 2008)
See
also: The oil crisis of 2012? "
... Putting current world oil production at about 82 million barrels
a day and placing world capacity at about 18 million barrels more,
he wondered when demand would exceed this point. West mentioned two
dates—five years from now, and 2020—but treated this scenario
as inevitable, despairing over “the geopolitical ramifications.”
Indeed, while describing global warming as a serious problem, West
argued that the impending supply-demand crisis is more urgent: “The
fact of the matter is, there’s a high probability that there’s
going to be a production crunch . . . before Bangladesh gets flooded.”
..." nationalinterest.org (site accessed Oct 2007)
See
also: The future of oil prices Chart
showing oil prices from January 2007 - December 2012. The author,
Hal Finney, states: "The obvious message of this chart in terms
of future oil prices is that they are expected to be relatively stable.
The whole next six years stay within the range of $60-$70 per barrel.
This is unlikely to be consistent with a significant oil shortage
in that time frame. The markets seem to be telling us that Peak Oil
is not a near-term concern." This posting has provoked a long
discussion from other correspondents. Overcomingbias.com (site
accessed Jan 2007)
See also: Demand
for oil could exceed supply by 2012 "
... Demand for oil is continuing to
grow, and threatens to burn up excess oil capacity by 2012, according
to a new report released today by the International Energy Agency.
Excess capacity in OPEC is forecast to drop by 2 million gallons per
day by 2009, and to virtually zero out by 2012..." thedailygreen.com
See
also: Nearly
$25billion in deepwater expenditures by 2012 ...
" The
deepwater oil and gas industry is set for continued growth through
to 2012, with over 30 percent growth forecast for the 2008-2012 period
when compared with the previous five years ... Africa is expected
to be the leading deepwater development area over the 2008-2012 period,
accounting for nearly 40 percent of the global deepwater spend"
energycurrent.com (site accessed Oct 2007)
Europe
could face Iranian missiles by 2012 "
... Iran could produce ballistic missiles capable of reaching most
of Europe within four years if it carried out a crash development
effort, Israel's former top missile defense official said yesterday
... "If they push it -- put all the budget, put all the engineers
-- three or four years" is how long Iran would need to increase
the range of its current ballistic missile to nearly 2,500 miles,
placing London within reach, Uzi Rubin said. "Will they do it?
I'm not sure." globalsecuritynewswire.org (site accessed
Aug 2009)
The
next meltdown will come in 2012 "
... "Without easy credit creation a true bubble cannot occur.
That is why so many bubbles have their origins in the sins of omission
and commission of central banks." So the next bubble (and meltdown)
is virtually certain, thanks to Washington's $23.7 trillion explosion
in debt. Revolution coming with next meltdown. Americans are not going
to put up with the "Wall Street Conspiracy" ripping off
investors and taxpayers much longer. Wall Street got rich sticking
us with mountains of debt for generations to come. Expect a major
house-cleaning, a second American Revolution. We predicted the "Great
Depression 2" around 2012. foxbusiness.com (site accessed
Aug 2009)
China's
Yuan No. 3 global currency by 2012 "The
Chinese yuan could overtake the Japanese yen to become the third most
important international currency used in trade by 2012. Or so HSBC
economist Qu Hongbin thinks. That’s a far sooner than most people
expect ..." businessweek.com (site accessed July 2009)
Personal
finance: 2012 and economic trends "We
are entering a period of enormous transition — financially,
politically, spiritually. Everyday, we see evidence that old-school
business and government are collapsing. And we see signs of a new
era. According to many experts, this new era begins in the year 2012
.... As we enter this new era, we each have a choice as to how to
live. Your current financial portfolio may be in shambles, but you
will have new ways to build wealth in years to come ... " Helen
Kaiao Chang, sdnn.com (site accessed June 2009)
Aston
Martin to enter F1 in 2012 "Aston
Martin is to enter F1 from 2012 as a fully-fledged manufacturer entrant,
according to a report in Autocar magazine. The company will put its
name on a new F1 team to be launched by Prodrive. The new F1 team
announced will run as Prodrive in 2010, before being rebranding as
Aston Martin in 2012 ..." grandprix.com (site accessed May
2009)
Chrysler
forecasts profit in 2012 "
... Chrysler revealed it lost nearly $17 billion last year but predicted
it can return to profitability by 2012 if it can exit bankruptcy quickly
and form an alliance with Fiat ..." online.wsj.com (site
accessed May 2009)
Obama
in 2012, after he fails to deal with Iran "
...What went wrong? Where did Obama go astray? In retrospect, the
answer is clear and simple. In the summer of 2009, the president had
to make the most courageous decision of his life: to prevent Iran
from acquiring nuclear weapons. ... only such a decision could have
saved his legacy and advanced the noble values he believed in. Only
that decision could have led to a comprehensive peace in the Middle
East. If Obama had decided three years ago to impose a political-economic
siege on Tehran, he would have changed the course of history. The
Roosevelt of the 21st century would have prevented regional chaos,
a worldwide nuclear arms race and an American decline. haaretz.com
(site accessed May 2009)
Population
Reduction 2012 - The Illuminati Agenda Exposed
"Videos exposing plans of the Illuminati elite to discard
90% of the world population by 2012 using wars or other means to enforce
the New Secular World Order." pakalert.wordpress.com (site
accessed April 2009)
Islamic
finance assets seen at $1.6 trillion by 2012 "
... Assets of the global Islamic finance industry are estimated to
grow to around $1.6 trillion by 2012 ... Islamic finance is a nascent
and diverse industry, in which many products well-established in conventional
banking are still being developed. ... It is based on sharia, or Islamic
law, which is open to interpretation and caters to investors who want
to avoid paying or earning interest, viewed as usury under Islamic
law ..." reuters.com (site accessed April 2009)
Global
cement market to reach 3.77 billion tonnes by 2012 "
... Recent years have seen the cement industry grow dynamically with
most of the actions taking place in emerging economies. Despite the
ongoing financial crisis the global economy is facing, the need for
housing and continued government investments in infrastructure development
by emerging economies is offsetting downturn in mature markets. Though,
at present, demand is growing, but at a decelerated pace, the phase
is momentary. Long-term projections indicate healthy demand growths,
as world economy stabilizes and construction activity picks up across
global markets into the next decade ..." prweb.com (site
accessed Apr 2009)
Crystal
ball 2012: The history of stranger chats "It
all started in March-April 2009, when the first stranger chat, omegle,
gained enough users to become an internet fad ...Nowadays, all big
dating sites have stranger chats, but true to their roots they are
a bit different ... They use exactly the same algorithm to calculate
compatability, and the users tell the server how much they are ready
to wait. If they are ready to wait 10 minutes, they can expect pretty
likeminded company..." constructionyard.blogspot.com (site
accessed April 2009)
Banks
- The Great Unwinding 2009-12 "
... Banks as we know them will cease to exist in the coming years
to 2012. While we will still see banks on the corner and on the web,
see debit and credit cards in our wallets, the organisations behind
those facades will not be the same as before. These organisations
will be engaged in a desperate shift to deleverage – to reduce
debt ..." thebankwatch.com (site accessed Feb 2009)
Disney
in 2012 "
... The biggest changes have actually been taking place inside the
parks, as technological advances generate more efficient load times
and customized experiences. For instance, your kid's favorite character
actually comes looking for you, instead of the other way around. Interactive
in-line diversions on moving walkways make queuing more enjoyable.
Only disoriented foreigners wait in line for the counter-service eateries,
given the ease of ordering food and snacks through Disney's wireless
devices ..." fool.com (site accessed Jan 2009)
Google
in 2012 "
... As dark as things got early in 2009, the dot-com rock star was
simply planting the seeds of online advertising that it would harvest
in the future. No one receives a daily paper anymore. They download
it, often with matching Google ads. No one adheres to the same television
programming schedule. The on-demand beauty of digital delivery provides
flexibility there. Google rocks in 2012, even if it seems stuck between
a rock and a hard place in 2009. See you later." fool.com
(site accessed Jan 2009)
Breaking
News from 2012: Stocks recover from financial crisis "Fund
managers have predicted that the recovery from the financial crisis
will be the fastest in recent history, according to a survey by investment
consultant Watson Wyatt, arguing that it will take three years for
equity markets to climb back to historical return levels ..."
blogs.wsj.com (site accessed Jan 2009)
Ten
Economic Predictions for 2009 (with a reference to 2012) "
... Those with metaphysical inclinations may also be interested to
know that the 3-5 year time horizon forecasts that we reach a bottom
somewhere around the year 2012 ... No matter your beliefs, we are
in for a period of significant change that will require reflection,
adjustment and adaptation to a very different world that awaits."
Jason Hamlin, seekingalpha.com (site accessed Dec 2008)
Tesco
to become world no. 2 retailer by 2012 Britain's
Tesco will overtake France's Carrefour within the next five years
to become the world's second-biggest retailer by turnover behind U.S.
group Wal-Mart ... Grocery
market researchers IGD forecast Tesco would achieve compound annual
growth of 11 percent between 2007 and 2012, led by expansion in China,
the United States and India, and boosting its annual turnover to $157.1
billion by the end of the period. reuters.com
(site accessed Dec 2008)
12
thoughts on the economy in 2012 "As
we near the end of the week when IDE editors offer you predictions
– and actionable ideas – on the next four years, here
are a handful of my thoughts on the world of 2012… assuming,
that is, the Mayan thing with 2012 doesn’t come true…
something about 12-21-12 ... In 2012, for some reason, the US is a
much happier place. Except for the mushroom cloud of hate that continues
to rise from the Appalachian Belt, the shouting has stopped. We finally
learned that most people do not invite the bad things that happed
to them. Today, as a culture, we save more and consume less. We no
longer let mass-media prophets and self-serving politicians pit us
against one another… we refuse to allow them to infect us in
the way they made our parents bitter and scared ..." contrarianprofits.com
(site accessed Nov 2008)
Global
Market for Disposable Baby Diapers to Reach $26.6 Billion by 2012 "
... The market for disposable baby diapers is saturated and mature
in developed regions .... This flat to stagnant trend will be offset
by demand from growing geographies such as Asia-Pacific and Latin
America. Although China's annual births total a staggering 20 million,
the market for diapers is still in its infancy ..." prweb.com
(site accessed October 2008)
Back
from the future: Gold in January 2012 "
... Jan. 21, 2012 (AP) For the fifteenth straight day, the price of
gold rose on record-setting volume, reaching a milestone few believed
possible just a few short years ago. Roaring inflation and a fading
U.S. dollar, combined with the continuing stress and uncertainty of
World War III, pushed gold past the psychological barrier of $5,000
(to gold bugs, the “Big Nickel”), to close at $5,108 per
ounce. Gold is now up an astonishing 66% since December 31, matching
its percentage ascent of January 1980 ..." Jeff Clark, financialsense.com
(site accessed Oct 2008)
Top
10 Hot Careers in 2012: Space Tourism to Genetic Counselling "In
our information-rich society there is an ever increasing demand for
workers in the fields of computers, health care, science and space
technology—much of it driven by the demands of the retiring
baby boomers. If you like to plan ahead, here is sampling of some
of the jobs that will be hot in the next several years and beyond
..." Rebecca Sato, dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog (site accessed
Aug 08)
See also: Where
will the jobs be in 2012? "The
help wanted ads of 2012 will have a scant resemblance to today’s
classifieds. Job titles more common in sci-fi novels such as space
tour guide and molecular engineer will soon become common place ...
It’s no longer warm and fuzzy. Lifelong learning will be a forced
march. If you stop learning, you will become unemployed and unemployable
very quickly ..." msnbc.msn.com (site accessed Aug 2007)
World
Bank sees food prices high until 2012 "World
Bank President Robert Zoellick said ... he expected food prices to
remain above 2004 levels until at least 2012 and energy prices would
also remain high and volatile. He repeated that with food and fuel
prices in a "danger zone" there was a need for $10 billion
to provide food and cash handouts for the world's poorest ..."
reuters.com (site accessed July 2008)
World
population to hit 7 billion in 2012 "The
world's population will reach 7 billion in 2012, even as the global
community struggles to satisfy its appetite for natural resources,
according to a new government projection. There are 6.7 billion people
in the world today. ... The world's population surpassed 6 billion
in 1999, meaning it will take only 13 years to add a billion people.
By comparison, the number of people didn't reach 1 billion until 1800,
said Carl Haub, a demographer at the Population Reference Bureau.
It didn't reach 2 billion until 130 years later ..." ap.google.com
(site accessed June 2008)
World
gambling revenue to top $155B in 2012 "Global
gambling revenue is estimated to pass $155 billion in 2012 after growing
at an annually compounded rate of 6.5 percent per year, according
to a PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP report released Wednesday. Gambling
revenue is expected to rise from nearly $114 billion in 2007 because
of new casinos and upgrades to existing ones around the world ..."
businessweek.com (site accessed June 2008)
New
2012 deadline set to rid world of chemical weapons "A
body set up to rid the world of chemical weapons agreed on Saturday
a new global deadline of 2012, after admitting that Albania is the
only country to have completely destroyed its stock ... The United
States, Russia, India and Libya, with some of the largest stockpiles,
previously had individual deadlines, some of them earlier than 2012,
but have signed up to the revised founding treaty ... The treaty has
to-date been ratified by 183 countries representing 98 percent of
the world's population. Twelve states have yet to sign or ratify,
including five in the Middle East -- Israel, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon
and Iraq ..." afp.google.com (site accessed April 2008)
Online
sales to reach £44.5 billion by 2012 "
... By 2012, online sales are predicted to make up 14 per cent of
retail expenditure, equating to £44.5bn. Verdict
director of consulting Neil Saunders says: “Internet retailing
seems to be laughing in the face of the economic slowdown. While more
muted consumer sentiment may have a slight downward impact on online
growth rates, the Internet seems much better placed than physical
locations to weather the storm.” precisionmarketing.co.uk
(site accessed Apr 2008)
See
also: Online
sales to hit $1 trillion by 2012 "Last
year, Leadpile predicted online sales would hit $1 Trillion by 2012
— which at this point appears to be extremely unlikely given
current and past trends. The
company says 'Super Kids in Digital Space' are going to dramatically
change the landscape of the entire United States culture, including
the way we use the Internet and Computers. Leadpile believes that
this new, young, super Internet and wireless consumer, will drive
wireless technology, online sales, and our entire culture to levels
very few people have even dreamed possible, resulting in a dramatic
shift in our lives, and change the way we buy and consume goods and
services forever.'" ecommerce-guide.com (site accessed Apr
2006)
By
2012, women will outnumber men online by more than 8 million
" ... American
women are the largest economy on earth. Put those two stats together
with the possibilities of the Internet - your PC and my PC is just
as powerful as anybody else’s - and you’ve got a revolution
to be reckoned with ..." ebrandmarketing.com (site accessed
Apr 2008)
Emirates
set to be world's largest long-haul airline by 2012 "
Emirates airlines is set to become the largest long-haul airline in
the world, when the 16.7 million passengers it carried in 2006 grows
to 33 million by 2012, according to company officials. And the airline
achieved a new high last week when it flew to its 100th destination,
touching down in Cape Town, South Africa ... business24-7.ae (site
access Apr 2008)
Wealth
held by rich investors with assets of over $1million set to grow by
50% by 2012 "Wealth held by rich
investors with assets over $1 million is set to grow 50 percent in
the next five years to $75 trillion, according to a report ...The
study by management consultancy Oliver Wyman found that the annual
growth rate of wealth held by high net worth individuals is expected
to slow to nine percent in the next five years as tougher market environment
bites. Global wealth held by rich clients grew by an annual 12 percent
over the past five years to 2007 to $50 trillion thanks to a bull
run in stock markets ...reuters.com (site accessed Mar 2008)
2012:
21 million of the working poor have insurance "Opportunity
International, one of the world’s largest microfinance organizations,
today announced it has received a $24.2 million grant from the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation. The funding will help Opportunity
International’s subsidiary, the Micro Insurance Agency, greatly
expand its insurance products to the poor in Africa, Asia and Latin
America and will enable the world’s first stand-alone microinsurance
agency to enter 11 new countries and provide life, health and crop
insurance to 21 million poor people by 2012 ..." opportunity.org
(site accessed Feb 2008)
A
letter from a Norwegian politician "I
am a Norwegian politician. I would like to say that difficult things
will happen from the year 2008 till the year 2012. The Norwegian government
is building more and more underground bases and bunkers. When asked,
they simply say that it is for the protection of the people of Norway.
When I enquire when they are due to be finished, they reply “before
2011”. Israel is also doing the same and many other countries
too ... " Article goes on to say that Planet X is coming and
only the elite will be saved. projectcamelot.org (site accessed
Jan 2008)
Mobile
music revenues to approach $18 billion by 2012 "Mobile
subscriptions which offer unlimited music downloads on a rental basis
are expected to surge in popularity and will provide the majority
of mobile revenues derived from original recordings, according to
a recent report from Juniper Research. According to the report, the
market for subscription-based music rental services will reach $3.3
billion by 2012, eclipsing the market for paid-for original recordings
... industry.tekrati.com (site accessed Jan 2008)
Tesco
set for £30bn global expansion by 2012 "Tesco's
turnover will increase by £30bn to almost £74bn within
five years, and store numbers will double, as rapid overseas expansion
fuels growth, according to new research by international food and
grocery expert IGD. IGD’s
Trading With Tesco report predicts that the retailer will be boosted
by store openings in the United States and Asia over the next five
years ..." talkingretail.com (site accessed Jan 2008)
Online
dating in 2012 "
... In the future, dating sites will pay singles for the priviledge
of displaying their profile. The idea of paying to belong to a specific
site will seem quaint. Sites bidding for profiles will be the norm
..." onlinedatingpost.com (site accessed Oct 2007)
Black
Sea oil pipeline by 2012 "Five
southern European countries and the Commission signed a declaration
on 3 April 2007 to build a pipeline to bring oil from the Black Sea
to central European markets by 2012, in a move aimed at reducing the
EU's energy dependence. The agreement to link the Black Sea port of
Constanta (Romania) and the oil hub of Trieste (Italy) was signed
in Zagreb by ministers from Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia and Romania
and Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs. The
pipeline is expected to be completed in 2012 and has an estimated
cost of up to €2.6 billion, according to financial experts ..."
EurActiv.com (site accessed Apr 2007)
Cashless
society by 2012 "
... Paying
for goods with notes and coins could be consigned to history within
five years, according to the chief executive of Visa Europe. Peter
Ayliffe said that, by 2012, using credit and debit cards should
be cheaper and more convenient than cash. Some
retailers could soon start surcharging customers if they choose to
buy products with cash, because of the greater cost of processing
these payments, he warned. ... " The Independent (site accessed
Mar 2007)
SMS
revenue to reach $67 bn by 2012 "
... A report by Portio Research, entitled Mobile Messaging Futures
2007-2012, found that SMS generated $47.5bn worldwide in 2006, and
is predicted to reach $52.5bn in 2007. A projected 3.7 trillion messages
being sent annually by 2012 will push this revenue to $67bn ..."
itweek (site accessed Feb 2007)
See also: Asia's
text messaging mania "
... Portio analyst John White stated there will be estimated 1.4 billion
additional mobile phone users in Asia by 2012, and SMS revenue in
the region will mushroom from $16 billion in 2006, up to $22.7 billion
in 2012. John White added that regional SMS traffic within the same
period will spike sharply from 967.7 billion in 2006 to a staggering
2,071 billion messages by 2012...." chinaeconomicsreview.com
(site accessed Mar 2007)
Online
revenue to increase tenfold by 2012 "Online
television, film and video revenue from legitimate portals is set
to increase almost tenfold to $6.3 billion by 2012 ... The popularity
of such sites as YouTube, MySpace, GoogleVideo and Apple's iTunes
Video is set to see spending grow as viewers ditch linear television
in favor of interactive entertainment, according to a report from
business information group Informa Telecoms and Media ..." HollywoodReporter.com
(site accessed Jan 2007)
Cities
in 2012 Chart showing number of buildings
over 500 feet in 2012 in Dubai, Tel Aviv, Miami, London, Las Vegas
and Busan (from Wired Magazine). Gridskipper.com (site accessed
November 2006).
Exodus
of female IT workers by 2012 "Nearly
half of the female IT workforce will deplete over the next five years,
as growing numbers independently exploit business opportunities, cutting-edge
research and creative ideas.... The exodus will increase the risk
of “project, business and professional failure” for organisations
which fail to intake enough women - and their unique skills - into
their ranks." ContractorUK.com (site accessed November 2006)
Anti-diabetic
drug sales expected to grow dramatically by 2012 "Overall,
anti-diabetic drugs sales are expected to grow dramatically over the
next five years to over US$22 billion in 2012 as the addressable patient
population continues to increase and new, oral, injectable and pulmonary
premium priced products enter the market to address high unmet clinical
needs." Genetic Engineering News (site accessed Aug 2006)
The
United Nations Literacy Decade (2003-2012) aims to extend
the use of literacy to those who do not currently have access to it.
Over 861 million adults are in that position, and over 113 million
children are not in school and therefore not gaining access to literacy
either. The Decade will focus on the needs of adults with the goal
that people everywhere should be able to use literacy to communicate
within their own community, in the wider society and beyond. Literacy
efforts have so far failed to reach the poorest and most marginalised
groups of people – the Decade will particularly address such
populations, under the banner of Literacy for all: voice for all,
learning for all. Unesco.org (site
accessed Feb 2006)
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