They have moved into the tech magazines' territory, increasing their technology coverage substantially and have launched technology supplements. (The Economist, too, plans a quarterly supplement for later this year.) The danger for the tech magazines is that they may fall victim to exactly what they so often predict: as technology becomes ubiquitous, magazines devoted solely to that field will find themselves obsolete.

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But they warn that it is far too early to recommend giving the supplement to stroke victims.

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The southern economies, such as Greece, have leant too heavily on consumer spending, have weak public finances and rely on foreign capital to supplement their low savings.

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