This family is a large group of approximately 400 species including peach, cherry, almond, and plum. They are alternative leaved, deciduous and evergreen shrubs and trees. They can range in size from ground covers to 80 foot-tall trees. Many are grown for their fruit or as ornamentals.
What it is: An emerging market economy describes a nation's economy that is progressing toward becoming more advanced, usually by means of rapid growth and industrialization. These countries experience an expanding role both in the world economy and on the political frontier.
But the good news for the U.S., China and other emerging market nations is that the economies of the eurozone nations are no longer shrinking and that some small, incremental economic growth is likely in 2014. [ Check out 2013: The Year in Cartoons .]. 4.