The issue is particularly sensitive for the EU, which has been spearheading global efforts to switch to renewable energy.
We've got the whole of the global organization to switch to that setup, so you now see on the new Golf the cruise control on the face of the steering wheel.
In a more integrated global economy, companies can switch to foreign suppliers more easily.
This is a switch back to global management by product category versus regional management, which was how the investment bank was organized not long ago.
If the global downturn forces China to switch the mix of growth from exports to consumption, it would also help to make its future growth more sustainable.
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An IMF study in 2009, by Marco Terrones and Thomas Helbling, concluded that the biggest cause of the switch from a global current-account deficit to a surplus was mismeasurement of services.
The reason, according to Global Insight's Lindland: People can switch from midsized, truck-based SUVs like the Ford Explorer, Chevrolet Trailblazer, Toyota 4Runner and Nissan Pathfinder into lighter, more fuel efficient so-called crossover vehicles like the Honda Pilot, Toyota Highlander and forthcoming GMC Acadia without losing much utility.
The reason, according to Global Insight's Lindland: People can switch from midsized, truck-based SUVs like the Ford Explorer, Chevrolet Trailblazer, Toyota 4Runner and Nissan Pathfinder into lighter, more fuel efficient so-called crossover vehicles like the Honda (nyse: HMC - news - people ) Pilot, Toyota Highlander and forthcoming GMC Acadia without losing much utility.
Global investors are now being violently whipsawed by the decisions of central banks, as they switch between inflationary and deflationary policies.
The folly of this switch by a group of activists who regularly claim their efforts are justified to fight global climate change is made obvious by the revelation late last year that US carbon emissions have plummeted to 1992 levels, largely as a result of widespread switching from coal to natural gas in the power generation sector.
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Falling cocoa prices threaten to hinder global supplies of the chocolate-making ingredient, with lower returns likely to accelerate the rate at which farmers switch to more profitable commodities.
We are wasting millions, contributing more to global warming than industry, letting pensioners get cold despite free central heating systems they can't afford to switch on, and letting kids get asthma in damp cold bedrooms and overheated classrooms.
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