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...If the Reagan‑Thatcher revolution was about crushing union power, the pendulum seems to be shifting in favour of labour. Unions are changing too....
...Marina became the first person from her community ever elected to the federal senate and built support for sustainable development in the Amazon region....
...Its $440bn credit arm makes more business loans than some midsize banks, making it not so much an investment outfit as an alternative financial system....
...Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell, World Trade Organization head Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey are among the top drawer list of speakers....
...“We were looking for . . . who has big leverage,” says Katie Anderson, who directs food and forestry programmes at its EDF+Business arm....
...For many of her clients, Cohn will therefore go to smaller local banks, those that specialise in savings and loans, or credit unions (not-for-profit organisations owned by those who use their services)....
...series hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas....
...“We have seen a V-shaped recovery in equity markets, but we are far from that in the real economy,” she said, as US stocks closed out their best quarter since 1998....
...The quickest path to make sure that banks keep credit lines open, runs through the Federal Reserve....
...This month the Stoxx Europe 600 Banks index and the Dow Jones Bank Index of US lenders have each lost more than 40 per cent, while the cost of insuring bank debt through credit default swaps has soared....
...Relative forward P/E of software v semis, commercial & professional services v capital goods and C&P v transportation Bank of England stuck on hold — On Thursday there was consensus among UK policymakers...
...Tomorrow markets will be scrutinising the Federal Reserve meeting minutes for January. Investors anticipate discussion about when the balance sheet contraction halts....
...Joseph Simons, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, has pledged “vigorous” antitrust enforcement, including hearings later this year on competition and consumer protection....
...Liikanen remains a probable alternative and would also be a good leader for the ECB for many of the same reasons as V. de Galhau....
...A halt to new credit is bad but the flight of pre-existing debt is worse. It also helps isolate public finances from private instability....
...Deutsche Bank shares rallied despite a credit rating cut from S&P Global Ratings, which blamed a bigger and riskier restructuring at the German lender than it previously expected....
...Monetary union does not need fiscal and political union. It needs debt restructuring. The book provides a sophisticated “liquidationist” alternative to the dominant rhetoric. Why Are We Waiting?...
...Joachim Pfeiffer, economics spokesman for the ruling Christian Democratic Union in the German parliament, said Germany was leading its neighbours in the eurozone out of recession thanks to its consistent...
...(Wall Street Journal) Markets: Stocks and commodities rallied as the recent market fretting over reduced Federal Reserve stimulus and a credit crunch in China continued to fade....
...One bank named at the top here (the case was filed in the US District Court, Central District of California) is the then-named Western Corporate Federal Credit Union, which was taken over by regulators in...
...The loan programmes that do exist for overseas students are guaranteed by business schools themselves, although funded by banks or credit unions....
...Lionel Barber Editor of the Financial Times Scott Anderson’s Lawrence in Arabia (Atlantic) is a gripping narrative featuring TE Lawrence, the adventurer, archaeologist, Arabist and spy whose exploits in...
...- Elon Musk v John Broder continues. - Scott Adams on robots. - Further, further further reading....
...It makes for depressing reading, not least because the Federal Reserve and the federal government, which rescued the economy, have been turned into the villains of the story....
...Title V of the Budget Control Act details reductions to federal student loan grants, subsidised loans for graduate students, and financial incentives to pay loans early. 4. Stimulus supporters....
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