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Update: Slides from a great 2014 lecture on the g-conjecture by Lou Billera in the conference celebrating Richard Stanley's 70th birthday.
This post complements Eran Nevo's first post on the -conjecture
1) Euler's theorem
Euler's famous formula for the numbers of vertices, edges and faces of a polytope in space is the starting point of many mathematical stories. (Descartes came close to this formula a century earlier.) The formula for -dimensional polytopes is
The first complete proof (in high dimensions) was provided by Poincare using algebraic topology. Earlier geometric proofs were based on "shellability" of polytopes which was only proved a century later. But there are elementary geometric proofs that avoid shellability.
2) The Dehn-Sommerville relations
Consider a 3-dimensional simplicial polytope, –namely, a polytope all of whose faces are triangles. We have Euler's relation In addition, we can look at the links of faces of various dimension and apply Euler's theorem to them.
Let me review what stars and links are: The star of a vertex is simply the collection of all faces containing it. And the star of a face is the set of all faces containing . (This definition of stars applies to a very general notion of complexes.) Now, for simplicial polytopes, or for general simplicial complexes, we can define the link of a vertex as the simplicial complex obtained by removing from all faces in the star of . The link of an edge or a higher dimensional face is defined in a similar way.
Now, lets see: The link of every vertex of a simplicial 3-polytope can be regarded as the faces of a simplicial 2-polytope (a polygon). When we apply Euler's relation and sum over all vertices we obtain the relation: . (The same relation is obtained by summing Euler's relation over all links of edges.)
The Dehn-Sommerville relations extend this observation to higher dimensions. It turns out that for triangulations of -dimensional spheres there are [] linear relations among the face numbers.
It turns out also that certain linear combinations of face numbers are more appropriate to describe the combinatorics of the face numbers than the face numbers themselves. This leads to the -vector described in Eran's post.
As explained in Eran's post, the -numbers of simplicial -polytopes are defined in terms of the face numbers by:
and so on. Lets see also the highest -numbers
The Dehn-Sommerville relations read simply . (Note that is Euler's relation.)
The Dehn-Sommerville relations apply to much more general class of complexes. This was studied in a paper by Victor Klee. The Dehn-Somerville relations for simplicial -polytopes extend to triangulations of -dimensional spheres, and even to -dimensional "homology spheres". And we can take the term "homology sphere" in the most relaxed sense: we can just require that the entire complex and all links of faces have the same rational homology groups as spheres of the same dimension. In fact, we can go beyond spheres: Odd-dimensional triangulations of closed manifolds are O.K. too. (The ultimate generality described by Klee for the Dehn-Sommerville relations– (without altering the relations themselves which would allow even greater generality –) is for "Eulerian simplicial complexes", i.e., simplicial complexes of dimension so that all the links of faces satisfy the Euler relation.)
Vic Klee
3) The Lower Bound Conjecture
Simplicial 3-polytopes satisfy
The lower bound conjecture asserts that simplicial 4-dimensional polytopes satisfy
and simplicial 5-polytopes satisfy
and so on: Simplicial -polytopes satisfy
This conjecture was made by Grunbaum (I think) and was open until proved in 1970 by David Barnette.
In terms of the -numbers the lower bound theorem amounts to the inequality .
Branko Grunbaum
David Barnette
4) The Upper Bound Conjecture
1970 was a good year. A few months after Barnette proved the lower bound conjecture, Peter McMullen proved the upper bound conjecture. Motzkin's upper bound conjecture asserts that among all -polytopes with vertices, the cyclic polytope has the maximum number of facets. This conjecture can easily be reduced to the case of simplicial polytopes. One of the important ingredients in McMullen's proof was the introduction of the -vectors and noting that the upper bound theorem has a simple description in terms of the -numbers.
For every simplicial -polytope .
5) McMullen-Walkup Generalized Lower Bound Theorem
The next step was a natural but far-reaching extension of the lower bound inequality. Recall that the lower bound inequality asserts that . The fact that simply asserts that every -polytope has at least vertices. We also know that .
McMullem and Walkup's "generalized lower bound conjecture" asserts that for every simplicial -polytope,
, where [].
McMullen and Walkup also formulated an important conjecture about the cases of equality.
Update, March 2012: Satoshi Murai and Eran Nevo have just proved the 1971 generalized lower bound conjecture of McMullen and Walkup, in their paper On the generalized lower bound conjecture for polytopes and spheres .
6) Macaulay's theorem and the Kruskal-Katona theorem
The -conjecture relied on one more piece of machinery. This is Macaulay's 1927 theorem which gives a complete description of -vectors of multicomplexes. Such vectors are called M-vectors. Macaulay's theorem is closely related to the Kruskal-Katona theorem that we already discussed which gives a complete description of -vectors of simplicial complexes. (We will come back to Kruskal-Katona's theorem and to the precise numerical description of Macaulay's theorem some other time.)
7) The g-Conjecture
In 1971 McMullen proposed the g-conjecture. He made the conjecture only for simplicial polytopes and also asked if it can be extended to general triangulations of spheres.
Here is the conjecture (also for spheres) again:
The following conditions are equivalent
1) () is the -vector of a simplicial -polytope
2) () is the -vector of a triangulation of a -dimensional sphere.
3) The following conditions are satisfied:
a) , for every .
b) Write for . Then the vector is an M-vector.
Part b) of 3) consists of the generalized lower bound inequalities of McMullen and Walkup and additional non-linear inequalities from Macaulay's theorem. Eran's second post will revisit Macaulay's theorem.


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Stradivarius violin back in safe hands, appears to be in good condition
Two men remain in custody; Charges expected to be filed Friday
A massive local, national and international investigation for a violin worth millions of dollars ended Wednesday night right back where it started -- in Milwaukee.
"The Milwaukee Police Department is pleased and very proud to announce the safe recovery of the Lipiniski Stradivarius violin stolen Jan. 27," Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn said.
"There are good days, and there are bad days, today is a good day," Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said.
VIDEO: Milwaukee police find Stradivarius violin stashed in suitcase
Milwaukee police swarmed a Bay View home late Wednesday night after finally getting the location of the stolen violin from the accused robber, whom they identified as 41-year-old Salah Jones.
Officers found it in a suitcase in the attic.
Police told WISN 12 News the man who lives there let his friend stash a suitcase in his attic and had no idea what was in it until a team of detectives arrived.
"The folks that stole it knew it was highly valuable. They knew they didn't want to do anything to injure its value. They didn't have a violin case, but they had a suitcase, and they treated it gingerly," Flynn said.
It's a huge relief for investigators, not to mention the owner of the $5 million treasure.
"The symphony folks have eyeballed it. They haven't brought in experts to look at it. The FBI art crime team member handled it literally with kid gloves, so it certainly looks good to us, but obviously, we'll wait for Frank Almond to hit a few notes on before we know for sure," Flynn said.
Police believe Jones masterminded the violin heist. He's a convicted art thief, who made headlines in 1999 after stealing a sculpture from a gallery in the Pfister Hotel.
Flynn said Jones has not told detectives the plan he executed with the help of two others.
VIDEO: Two men arrested in stolen violin case expected to be charged Friday
Police said a 36-year-old barber named "Universal Knowledge Allah" bought the Taser used to stun Almond. A 32-year-old Milwaukee mother of five drove the getaway van. Allah once worked at the barbershop of the man who agreed to store the suitcase.
Prosecutors said after offering Jones reduced charges, Wednesday night he finally told them the violin was stashed in the Bay View home.
Criminal charges are expected to be filed Friday against Jones and Allah, who remain in custody. Prosecutors said they released the woman without charges for her help in cracking the case.
Police said they have no plans to ask for charges against the resident of the home where the violin was found.
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's director almost immediately sent photos of the discovered violin to Almond, who was performing in Florida.
"He's thrilled that the violin is back. Pictures can say a thousand words, and none of his words were, 'Oh no, look at this scratch, it's broken,' or anything. It looks the way it's supposed to look. The bridge is still intact, the sound post is still up, and all the strings are there, so we have pretty strong confidence that the violin is fine," MSO Director Mark Niehaus said.
Thursday afternoon, WISN 12 News reporter Nick Bohr spoke with a Chicago-based authenticator who is in Milwaukee right now to examine the Stradivarius. That's the final step in making sure the violin wasn't damaged.
Almond will return to the stage Monday night. He will be performing at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts in Brookfield.
VIDEO: MSO concertmaster to return to stage Monday; Violin still in question
The concert was supposed to be Almond with the 300-year-old Stratavarius violin. WISN 12 News was told the concert will go on with or without the violin.
"Ironically enough, this was a program that was constructed around the history of this Lapinski Stradivarius violin," Wilson Center Executive Director Jonathan Winkle said.
There will be extra security on hand Monday night.
"We have extra law enforcement people that will be on site from the Brookfield Police Department and the Waukesha County Sheriff's Office," Winkle said.
The concert is open to the public but patrons will need tickets.


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It just occurred to me recently that 7.9 gallon brew buckets from a wine making supply and an air lock would be an easy way to ferment sauerkraut. What is your method please?
alot of fartin and fluffin goes on
Danno you said 3Tb, what does that mean?
I have always wanted to make saurkraut. My grandmother made it and it was good stuff. I have several old crocks I collect western stoneware crocks. I tried to make Kraut in one years ago and it was a disaster. Any recipes or suggestions
Juniper Berries? I'm not sure I like Juniper berries. :idunno:


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Today I am going to share my four current favourite lip liner and eyeliner pencils. Remember I hauled last month, those pencils I am going to review.
|My Current Favourites Lip liner & Eye liners
MAC Dazzle Colour Kajal:
The ADS Lip and Eye Pencil:
This brand is known by many of us, cheap and best, this pencils gives that much pigmentation which a 200 rs worth lip liner and eye pencils can't give.
The Glitter kings two Eyeshadow come eyeliner pencils:
I am not aware of this brand, they may be some local brands. But the results are equal to high end brands lols. I bought one brown and a black glittery eye pencils. The light brown eye pencil is giving a good neutral pearl finish look to the eyes and the black glitter pencil gives a glamorous look to the eyes with white silver glitters in the black background.
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Help To Save The World: Go Online
from the easy-when-you-know-how dept
Too often we read that the Internet is making us stupid or fat, or destroying the "fabric of society." Indeed, judging by the all the digital jeremiads it's a wonder that anybody dares to use it at all, since it's clearly irredeemably bad in every way. So it's refreshing to come across an upbeat piece from Lauren Weinstein with the inspiring title "How the Internet Can Save the World." His basic point is this:
When people have the easy and inexpensive means to communicate directly, especially in informal settings and about the everyday aspects of life, they usually discover that they have much more in common than they perhaps expected. This seems true whether we're using written communications, or audio and video links like Skype or Google+ Hangouts -- working our way ever closer toward a full "virtual presence" that makes our common humanity impossible to ignore.
In other words, far from always isolating us, or bringing out the worst, the Internet also has the power to unite us and bring out the best. That's another reason why we need to worry when governments or interest groups try to control the Internet, and dictate what we can and cannot say and do on it: it's not just an assault on our freedoms, it's also an obstacle to greater understanding between people and nations.
Weinstein concludes:
I spend much of my time considering the ways in which the wonders of the Internet could be wrecked, or blocked, or subverted. But it's also important that we consider the vast potential the Net holds for improving the world in the most relevant and important of ways.
It's a post that makes you glad you use the Internet, not guilty, as the pundits of pessimism would have us feel. Read the whole thing -- and then to go back to what you were doing before: helping to save the world by communicating with others online.
Not just in terms of science and research, though those are great. Not just in regard to commerce and the global economy, though these are crucial.
But also in terms of the basic fact of fundamental human communications, of being able to as freely and openly as possible discuss with other mere mortals around the planet the nature of our lives, hopes and dreams, our loves, and yes, our fears as well.
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There's nothing quite like watching a second-grader expertly analyze and explain his application of the scientific method as it relates to the capturing of stuffed monsters to make you question what you've been doing with your life. This kid is could be a real-life Chris Knight.
Seven-year-old Audri not only designed and built this expansive Rube Goldberg machine, he systematically tested the mechanism to improve its success rate. Quite righteous. [YouTube via BoingBoing]


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last week i posted a discussion about the worst article i've ever read about Atheism. i take that back. this is my new worst article ever. mainly because it is based on a COMPLETELY 100% FALSE PREMISE!
in it, the author exhalts "What I am not OK with, however, are the mean-spirited caricatures produced by people who have virtually no real experience with religious people, beyond reading about them in headlines. I don't recognize these religious people."
we have virtually no experience with people like our mothers, fathers, siblings, coworkers, friends, aunts, uncles, teachers, former priests/rabiis/ministers, not to mention the political candidates, youtubers, religious debaters, mormons and witnesses knocking on our doors, and street preachers?
jeez, when will i ever happen upon one of these religious people i hear so much about? is there some kind of Believer Zoo i can visit?
additionally, the author seems to forget (or perhaps he doesn't know) that most Atheists were brought up in a religion, spent years or decades participating, and finally rejected their faith. why would we want to return? has there been some new information that we've missed out on? any religious breakthroughs that i have been kept in the dark about? how this author missed this incredibly obvious fact is beyond me.
finally, the author offers this thin olive branch: "Although I believe in God, I am actually fine sharing the world with people who do not and I have friends who fit in that category." oh, how kind of you sir. i feel blessed to be tolerated by your benevolence.
maybe i should take the author's advice and "go to church and do some research". i'll have my post-it-note and pen handy.
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ugh, i can't believe that i used the wrong form of "their". the line should read "is there some kind of Believer Zoo i can visit?" sorry bout that.
Ummm, Matt? You CAN edit your post, guy!
i have before, but for some reason there was no "you can edit your post for another 15 minutes" button. not sure why.
ok, found it under "options" and edited it. thanks Loren.
damn, i knew i should have copyrighted that. :)
Believer zoo would go well with "Jesus cannon" as a description for Michelle Duggar's birth canal.
ok, i got you now.
The author is an arrogant, disingenuous man who publishes tripe in the name of religion. You are right - many atheists have been raised in churches, and preachers continuously spout hate and drivel. Families pressure family members to be religious. The guy is writing dishonest garbage.
By the way, many the comments on the editorial are spot-on, calling the author on his dishonesty and that he is part of the problem
But, but, but, their church is about peace and love and fuzzy kittens.
In this society, most people grow up in a religion, some of us did not have any bad experiences, I did not. I was even allowed to stop going to church when I decided I did not want to anymore as a teenager. In addition, I also studied history for four years in university, which inevitably leads to learning more about religion than most of the people who actively practice. Plus I worked in a theology library for a year and half.
Its still a bunch of BS. Yes, some religious groups treat church like some kind of community group. I know my 70 year old mother does. But peel below the surface, it still requires some kind of belief. Really could never get my head around any religion even a mild form of Buddhism, even though you could easily follow the eight-fold path and never have to believe in a higher power. My main criticism about religion is that I found that all of them have a problem with reality, like there is something tainted about the real world. Which personally I think is awesome :)
Especially fuzzy kittens.
Tell it to the people of Northern Ireland BEFORE "The Troubles" were (relatively) settled!
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How do I submit my meter readings?
Key Operators should record the meter readings for each copier on the last business day of each quarter (August, November, February, and May). Meter readings must be submitted to the CCP Office by the 5th of the following month online. The copier contact person in department contact will be notified by CCP Coordinator when readings are due.
To submit your meter reading, type your CCP Number and meter reading in the Subject field. If you have multiple copiers, list each CCP number and meter reading in the body of the email. For color copiers, provide the CCP number and a separate meter reading for black and white and color copies. Please do not attach any documents to your email.
Key Operators should retain an historical record of copier meter readings for each copier in their department.
When are meter readings due?
Meter readings are due by the 5th of the following months: September, December, March, and June.
If the campus is closed on the 5th, meter readings are due on the 1st business day thereafter.
Why do I need to submit a meter reading each month?
We need this information to:
- Verify invoices submitted by service providers.
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How long does it take to get supplies once I submit my supply order form?
To order copier supplies, use the Copier Supply Order form (pdf) and fax to 4-1534. We stock supplies for all Konica Bizhub and Kyocera Copystar copiers.
Generally, supplies are delivered within one business day. In the event of an emergency, you can call us at 4-1566 and make arrangements to pickup your supplies at Clark Hall 500.
When I get a new or used copier, why is it always a Konica or Royal brand?
The university purchases Konica Bizhub and Kyocera Copystar copiers from a multi-year contract.
This contract is based on:
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Why do I need to call the CCP to request a service call, and then call the CCP again when the Service Tech arrives?
We track response times of our copier service providers to insure they meet our contract guidelines for level of service.
Our contracts state that service must be provided within 4 hours at least 80% of the time.
Also, we monitor all service calls so your service requests can be opened and closed as applicable.
I keep getting a horizontal black line on my copies. What causes this problem?
Lines are usually the result of a blemish on the scanning strip. These blemishes can be a smudge, ink spot or dried correction fluid such as Wite-Out™. When the copier scans the document, the scanner picks up the blemish, thinks the blemish is on the paper, and so makes a horizontal line on your copies.
You can usually solve this problem by cleaning the scanning strip with glass cleaner or water. To find the blemish on the scanning strip, match up the line on your paper copy with the scanning strip. For example:
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I need to move my copier to a new location. What should I do?
Please call the Campus Copier Program Office at 4-1561 to discuss your move. Never move your copier without first contacting the Campus Copier Program.
If a copier is moved without our permission, any resulting damage will not be covered under maintenance agreements. Additional expenses will be incurred to fix any copier moved without permission.
The price to move a copier from one campus location to another is generally between $100 and $150.


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After a sharp increase in sales on credit terms in 2016 (55.8%), the total value of B2B sales on credit in Sweden decreased again this year (47.8%).
Sweden is largely focused on exports. After facing deflation in 2015, (which made exports more expensive) the Swedish economy grew 3.5% in 2016. The forecasts for 2017 show a slowdown in GDP growth and a 1% increase in business failures. These expectations may be triggering Swedish respondents' decreased use of credit terms in B2B sales.
Sales on credit terms
After a sharp increase in sales on credit terms in 2016, the total value of B2B sales on credit in Sweden decreased again this year. However, compared to Western Europe (domestic: 42.6%; foreign: 35.1%), Sweden maintains a credit-friendly approach.
- On average, 52.1% of the sales to domestic B2B customers were transacted on credit. This is significantly higher than the 43.5% of sales made on credit to foreign B2B customers and shows a tendency similar to that shown by most respondents in Western Europe.
- In 2017 Swedish respondents sold less on credit than one year ago (domestic: 60%; foreign: 51%). This eight percentage point drop in the percentage of domestic credit sales was the second most significant in Western Europe after that registered in Denmark (12 percentage points).
- The 2017 average percentages of sales made on credit terms are similar to those of 2015, a year in which Sweden was facing deflation.
Overdue B2B invoices (%)
Similar to what was observed in 2016, respondents in Sweden reported some of the lowest rates of overdue B2B invoices in Western Europe.
- Respondents in Sweden (domestic: 81%; foreign: 71.4%) seem to have experienced late payments of B2B invoices less often than their peers in Western Europe (domestic: 91.4%; foreign: 84.2%).
- Moreover, late payment of invoices in Sweden was reported to occur less frequently in 2017 than in 2016 (domestic: 87.2%; foreign: 75.6%).
- Overdue B2B invoices occurred more often with the foreign customers of our Swedish respondents (30.2%) than with their domestic customers (23.1%); Western Europe showed the opposite trend (domestic: 41.9%; foreign: 39.4%).
- In 2017, the Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) figure posted by Swedish respondents averages 30 days and is four days shorter than in 2016. The DSO average in Sweden is the second shortest in Western Europe after that in Germany (25 days) and is notably shorter than the regional average (44 days).
- Almost 80% of respondents in Sweden do not expect a change in their companies' annual DSO over the coming 12 months. A low percentage of respondents (11.1%) expects a slight increase.
Payment duration (average days)
The average payment terms extended by respondents in Sweden remained relatively unchanged in 2017. They are also some of the shortest in the region.
- In 2017, domestic B2B customers were given, on average, 27 days from the invoice date to settle their invoices. This is one day longer than the average domestic payment term in 2016 and one day shorter than the average payment terms given to foreign B2B customers.
- Despite the minor increase on the domestic market, the average payment terms in Sweden remain notably under the average payment terms extended in Western Europe (domestic: 33 days; foreign: 31 days).
- Respondents in Sweden reported changes in the average payment delays of their domestic and foreign B2B customers. Domestic B2B customers delayed payments, on average, 10 days (2016: nine days). In contrast, foreign B2B customers delayed their payments 13 days, on average (2016: 14 days).
- Among the Western European countries surveyed, respondents in Sweden have the shortest invoice to cash turnaround time (around 40 days to convert B2B receivables into cash). This is one day longer than one year ago.
Key payment delays
40% of respondents in Sweden cited buyers' use of outstanding invoices as a form of financing as the primary reason for payment delays by their domestic and foreign B2B customers.
- The percentage of Swedish respondents stating the above-mentioned key payment delay factor is almost twice the average of Western Europe overall (domestic: 28.2%; foreign: 23.9%).
- Other frequently cited reasons for payment delays by domestic B2B customers were: insufficient availability of funds (37.2%) and the complexity of the payment procedure (20%).
- In respect to payment delays by foreign B2B customers, liquidity constraints, the complexity of the payment procedure and inefficiencies of the banking system were each cited by 26% of Swedish respondents.
- Asked about potentially negative consequences of late payment, Sweden had the highest percentage of respondents (66.4%) who said that past due invoices did not have a significant impact on their businesses.
- Of those respondents who mentioned consequences, 10.9% said that they needed to take specific measures to correct cash flow and 10.3% said that they had to postpone their own payments to suppliers.
Protection of business profitability
Among the Western European countries surveyed, Sweden had the highest percentage of respondents (57.3%) who said that they will continue with their current mix of credit management tools even in the face of developments such as Brexit, the slowdown in Asia and US protectionism.
- 12% of respondents stated their intention to increase protection against the above-mentioned developments. This is lower than the average posted in Western Europe overall (18%).
- Swedish respondents are likely to increase checks on their buyers' creditworthiness (16.8%), their monitoring of buyers' credit risk (14.9%) and bad debt reserves (11.1%). Only 8.4% said they would increase their use of credit insurance and 8.5% their use of collections agencies.
- The most likely actions that Swedish respondents would take to protect their businesses from the impacts of Brexit, the slowdown in Asia and US protectionism include increasing checks on their buyers' creditworthiness (Brexit: 16.3%, the slowdown in Asia: 13.1%, US protectionism: 21%) and monitoring their buyers' credit risk (Brexit: 14.7%, the slowdown in Asia: 13.4%, US protectionism: 16.5%).
Uncollectable receivables
Fewer B2B receivables were written off as uncollectable this year (0.7%) than in 2016 (1%).
- The total average value of B2B receivables written off as uncollectable in Sweden (0.3%) is half of that registered in Western Europe overall (0.6%).
- Similarly to what was observed in previous surveys, uncollectable receivables consisted primarily of domestic write-offs (domestic: 0.6%; foreign: 0.1%).
- This year, the largest proportion of uncollectable receivables originated from the consumer durables, business services and construction sectors.
- B2B receivables were written off as uncollectable mainly because the customer went bankrupt (60%) and because of failed collection attempts (23.3%).
Payment practices by industry
Most respondents in Sweden (68%) do not expect changes in the payment behaviour of their domestic and foreign B2B customers over the coming 12 months.
- B2B customers of respondents in the agriculture (39 days), business services (33 days) and construction materials sectors (28 days) enjoyed longer payment terms than the country average (28 days).
- On the other hand, B2B customers in the food (18 days) and financial services industries (23 days) were asked to fulfil their payment obligations faster.
- Swedish respondents said that B2B customers in the services (87 days), business services (85 days) and consumer durables (79 days) sectors generated the longest payment delays.
- The main reasons for payment delays in the above-mentioned sectors are the same as those mentioned in Sweden overall: liquidity constraints (reported in the services sector by 42% of respondents; business services sector: 39% and consumer durables sector: 38%) and buyers' use of outstanding invoices as a form of financing (services: 38%, consumer durables: 33%, business services: 33%).
- Asked about behaviour changes of their B2B customers over the coming 12 months, only 11% of respondents in Sweden believe that there might be a slight worsening.


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Anyone can read the election results. But who were the biggest winners in Tuesday's California elections?
10. California TV stations. They made millions from the record spending on political ads. What will they do now to keep the money rolling in? Well, Gov.-elect Jerry Brown has been talking about a special election.
9. Slow starters. Jerry Brown was criticized for waiting until late summer to start his campaign in earnest. Meg Whitman started campaigning in early 2009 – obscenely early. The head start didn't help. One hopes that the next gubernatorial race will be, at the very least, shorter.
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8. Democrats. They appear to have swept the statewide races, including the attorney general's contest in which the GOP nominee was the popular district attorney of Los Angeles.
7. Investors betting against California debt. With their choices on the initiatives, California voters made the budget crisis much worse, both by blowing more than $1 billion in new holes in the budget and by making it harder to reach agreement in the future. If you're trading against California's debt, this was a good week for you.
6. The Internet. Polls showed that voters are relying more on the Internet for news – and less on TV. TV is still number one, but this may be the last election when that's so.
5. Non-Voters. Californians who are eligible to vote but chose not to again won an overwhelming victory (it appears that more than 60 percent of the 23.5 million eligible didn't vote) over voters. And non-voters can tell their neighbors and friends that they didn't vote for initiatives that made the budget crisis worse.
4. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The governor won initiative battles to protect his legacy. Prop 20, which expands the redistricting reform he championed, won, and Prop 27, an attempt to reverse Schwarzenegger's reform, lost. And Prop 23, an attack on Schwarzenegger's landmark climate change legislation, also went down. But the outgoing governor isn't through defending his legacy; he'll have a water bond and a budget reform on the ballot in 2012.
3. Frugality as a value. Meg Whitman spent record amounts of money on her campaign. Jerry Brown did things relatively on the cheap. And look who won.
2. The media. The campaigns, particularly those of Republicans, attacked the media for their coverage and their polls. But the media's polls were right, and GOP predictions were wrong. Whitman, whose campaign suggested it didn't need the media, discovered that reporters matter. And then there was Carly Fiorina on election night calling media organizations dumb for saying her race was over before she was willing to concede. She lost badly. Who looks dumb now?
1. Old farts. California is a young state, but its electorate is old (estimated average age of a voter is a tick under 60) and its elected officials are older. Brown, 72, and Barbara Boxer, who turns 70 next week, won the big races. Treasurer Bill Lockyer, 69, appears to have been the biggest vote-getter on the ballot. And older voters stopped younger voters from legalizing marijuana. Their secret? The old folks showed up in far greater numbers than the kids.
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For a California elected official, being in favor of free trade should be an easy call. Like being for the oil industry in Saudi Arabia or for windmills for Dutch.
Our state's economy is profoundly oriented to exports. Which is why it was a bit surprising to see the California Assembly vote this week 43-24 on a resolution to oppose a U.S. free trade agreement with the country of Colombia.
What explains the vote? Legislative Democrats, particularly those close to labor, are angry about violence against union activists and members in Colombia. Unions, with support from human rights groups, blame the conservative government for not doing more to restrain paramilitaries believed to be carrying out the violence.
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It's a legitimate concern and a serious issue. But: Colombia's government is an ally of the United States. President Obama, who had expressed his own concerns about the agreement while he was in the Senate, is now pushing for approval of the trade agreement (which was negotiated by his predecessor). Some reports suggest the Colombian government has been working to provide more protection for labor; other reports differ.
In a complicated case, it's not clear what value there is in having the California legislature oppose the president on a matter related to free trade and foreign policy. And it's a vote that comes with some risk for a state that depends so heavily on trade. California's elected officials should be careful to send the unambiguous message that this state welcomes free trade.