Finally, we have so far concentrated all our efforts where we knew the problem was worse - London, where at one time almost a quarter of the homeless population had an ex-forces background.

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Though it's impossible to quantify Scotland's global economic reach at the time, records of one Edinburgh stockbroker show that almost a quarter of its 1835 turnover was invested in U.S. railroad stocks alone.

FORBES: Golden age redux

Even as the planet has faced an unprecedented global economic crisis and recession, India weathered the worldwide trend and remained the second fastest growing major economy in the world after China - at a time when most countries suffered negative growth rates in at least one quarter in the last four years.

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