Britain's backwardness may reinforce itself: if there is little demand for convergence, British consumers may get left behind in a converging world.

ECONOMIST: Battle of the boxes

As with our original foray into the converging world of mobile computer and wireless services, we will delve into what is happening today, what we see as emerging trends and, of course, our own take on what it all means to the industries involved and to the investment community.

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Fans from across the world are converging on Britain for the annual Beatles week.

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Among the world leaders converging on New York this week for a United Nations summit is Mikhail Saakashvili.

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Addicks : What we see converging in the new world is the emergence of mass and direct marketing.

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The biggest question raised by the new research is whether the world is converging demographically or diverging towards disparate futures.

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The price ratios of MSCI Emerging Market index stocks and MSCI World Equity are converging, meaning lower beta equity prices are moving in line with higher beta.

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Indeed, only this week Unilever, the second largest advertiser in the world, insinuated that its strategy now is to make its brands media properties in their own right, focusing on content and relevancy in a world where media, entertainment and brands are rapidly converging.

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In any case, by comparison with most other parts of the world, and with any other era of human history, the United States and western Europe are converging in their attitudes to danger.

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