Love of Leisure, and Europe's Reasons

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Although Europe has not equalled U.S. economic expansion and its citizens are poorer on average than Americans, Europeans enjoy more leisure and a generous welfare state with certain advantages, such as a smaller prison population, lower incidence of illiteracy and less child poverty than the United States, not to mention higher life expectancy and more years of good health in old age.

Europe, Labor force information, Health aspects, Social aspects, Analysis, International aspects, Employment, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Quality of life, Public opinion, Leisure, Americans, Welfare state, Work ethic, Europeans

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Brazil: Free Software's Biggest and Best Friend

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Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is pushing government agencies and state-run companies to switch to free open-source operating systems, but Microsoft is not willing to give up market share and is attempting to sell the government a tailored product.

Prepackaged software, Government domestic functions, Marketing procedures, Global Marketing, Patents & copyrights, Computer software industry, Software industry, Microsoft Corp., Intellectual property, MSFT, Government communications regulation, International marketing, Telecommunications policy

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Brazil's President Is Cautious Despite Signs of a Recovery

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The economic forecast for Brazil is looking good. President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva's economic policies are finally showing results.

Political activity, Presidential candidates, Industrial productivity, Productivity

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