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To: dybdahl who wrote (64369)	6/23/2010 5:03:30 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217798

what crisis? global PC market is set to expand 20% in 2010, thanks in large part to emerging market demand, according to a report from IDC, the market research group. Emerging market consumers snap up PCs at record pace June 17, 2010 11:02pm by Shannon Bond \| Share Like pharma groups and mobile phone companies, PC makers are counting on robust sales in emerging economies to drive growth. The global PC market is set to expand 20 per cent in 2010, thanks in large part to emerging market demand, according to a report from IDC, the market research group. China, Brazil and Russia are the countries that stand out most, IDC analyst Jay Chou told beyondbrics. “Even though there’s some talk about China slowing down a bit in the coming quarters, overall, the long term is still very good,” he said. “You have to keep in mind the population size and the relative lack of PC penetration.” Growth in developing markets clocked in at a record 37 per above last year in the first quarter. The worldwide year-on-year growth figure was 27 per cent, a result that Mr Chou said came as a surprise that “bodes well” for the year ahead. “Emerging regions are still expected to anchor much of the growth ahead, growing 26.6% in 2010 on the strength of strong portable PC sales”, IDC said. While there has been a lot of buzz about netbooks – cheap, small, lightweight laptops – full-size laptops continue to be the biggest sellers in emerging markets, Mr Chou said. Netbooks, it seems, are still more of a niche product. “Within netbooks, we continue to see good activity in Latin America, largely because a lot of governments there are spending money to get netbooks into schools,” he said. “They are growing nicely, but not as fast as mainstream notebooks. It’s a good sign that people are purchasing up the price chain, not just in mature markets but in emerging markets, too.” Tags: computers, consumers blogs.ft.com

To: dybdahl who wrote (64369)	6/23/2010 11:41:35 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217798

Danish party caught by demographics. Used the immigrants to keep in power. Push the case too far!! Far right, wrong step An unaccustomed setback for a populist party Jun 17th 2010 \| copenhagen PIA KJAERSGAARD, the doyenne of Denmark’s hard right, has not put a foot wrong in the 15 years since she founded the Danish People’s Party. After an inauspicious start as a breakaway from another rightist group, the party has bounded forward, increasing its vote in every general election and, since 2001, enjoying influence over policy by propping up a minority centre-right coalition. Ms Kjaersgaard’s recipe is simple: she panders to some Danes’ fear of foreigners by demanding a tightening of immigration policy and accommodates their financial anxieties by ensuring generous welfare handouts. Earlier this year Ms Kjaersgaard said that after a decade of supporting Denmark’s liberal-conservative governing alliance she now fancied the real deal—cabinet seats for the DPP after the next election, due to be held no later than November 2011. But her ambitions appear to have been scuttled by a ham-fisted response to fiscal reform. With a 24 billion kroner ($3.9 billion) austerity package in the air, last month the DPP proposed slashing the period during which the jobless can draw welfare, from four years to two, and insisted on a reduction in child benefit. Both measures seemed aimed at immigrants, who have suffered higher rates of unemployment and have bigger families than ethnic Danes. But the DPP misjudged the demographics. Unskilled poor whites will be the main casualties of benefit cutbacks and immigrant fertility has fallen close to Danish levels. A further setback came with immigration policy. Egged on by Ms Kjaersgaard, the government has tightened immigration rules every eight months, on average, since 2001. One disincentive involves reducing unemployment benefits to people who have not spent seven out of the previous eight years in Denmark. In 2008 almost 80% of people on this low rate were immigrants. But the residency requirement also turns out, much to the DPP’s embarrassment, to exclude veterans of Denmark’s military actions in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. The upshot of all this is a dramatic decline in the polls for both the governing parties and the DPP. On current trends the opposition Social Democrats and their allies are on track for a sweeping victory next year. Ms Kjaersgaard may find her role switched from kingmaker to has-been. Europe