The world economy is not a frozen thing, it changes over time.

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Indeed, the three-year decline of stock markets around the world has effectively frozen the consolidation trend, according to James Angel, a professor at Georgetown University in Washington, D.

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The lessons of a sleepy Dutch spirits market were inapplicable in, say, the cut-throat world of frozen yogurt.

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With human cloning technology just around the corner and enough frozen sperm in the world to already populate many generations, perhaps we should perform a cost-benefit analysis.

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The top of the world remains a dangerous place, he says, recalling the story of an Inuit woman who had frozen to death during a recent winter snowstorm.

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