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I2CREDIT Nº 7

Brazil: more dependent than ever

President Lula fancied his country’s economy was ‘decoupled’ from the rest of the world’s. But when the economic crisis reached Brazil this March, it came on a tidal wave. Half a million people are now in poverty or extreme poverty(...)

Por: Renaud Lambert

Ft.com Finantial Times Search for the perfect director

The financial crisis has generated a long list of people and institutions to be blamed: from Andrew Cuomo, attorney-general of New York state, to Ben Bernanke, chairman of the US Federal Reserve; from credit rating agencies to credit card companies; from AIG, the insurance giant, to CDOs(...)

Por: Anthony Goodman

Work at Home and Make Big Money? Let the Wise Be Wary

MOST of us think we’re far too savvy to be taken in by some advertisement promoting a work-at-home opportunity that promises great income with minimal work. That’s for those rubes who also fall prey to Nigerian e-mail messages promising untold riches or who believe that a pill a day will melt fat away(...)

Por: Alina Tugend | www.nytimes.com

Google searches mirror the economy

What consumers search for, and how they do it, tends to mirror their financial health. Advertisers are taking note(...)

Por: Beth Kowitt

Using Twitter and Facebook to Find a Job

Brian Ward lost his job on a Friday afternoon. Eleven days later he had a new one. With nearly 1 in 10 people out of work and the typical job search lasting 12 weeks, how did the Cleveland-based software architect pull it off? In a phrase: online social networking(...)

Por: Barbara Kiviat | Time.com