They note that remittances from migrants in western Europe have risen fast (although they are probably not responsible for more than a small share of the growth in the east).

ECONOMIST: Migration

They are a fast-growing group, although a relatively large proportion of them are below voting age and even those eligible to vote are less assiduous about it than Anglos are.

ECONOMIST: Immigration politics

Other chroniclers of the dot.com boom - Red Herring, Business 2.0 and Fast Company - are clinging on, although they have been hit by the decline in advertising revenue as well.

BBC: Industry Standard goes bust

Although not a mortality hazard and easily treated, one wonders how fast they can form in space.

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The result is that, although output per worker rises only slowly or not at all, wages go up as fast as they do in the rest of the economy.

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