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...His three priorities are as follows: boosting performance and excess returns; improving both external and internal communications; and improving talent development....
...They didn’t come up with a sound federal plan of action and sabotaged attempts by state and municipal authorities to halt the epidemic....
...Most are at least partially state-owned, but others, including the Hungarian subsidiary of Robert Bosch LLC, are not....
...IDC evaluates prices for 2.7m financial securities every day, including 46,000 corporate debt issues, 1.1m US municipal bonds and 45,000 high-yield bonds....
...This is a stimulating collection of essays that look at his career as a Birmingham municipal reformer as well as his roles on the national and imperial stage....
...Jones Day advised the city of Detroit in the largest-ever municipal bankruptcy filing....
...Rhodes is President & CEO, Global Advisors, LLC and author of “Banker to the World: Leadership Lessons from the Front Lines of Global Finance....
...Chinese filmgoers seem to love a good action flick – having contributed strongly to the international box office receipts for both Men In Black III and The Avengers, which also features Iron Man....
...Those constraints, especially high capital requirements associated with Basel III, have discouraged bank lending particularly to smaller and more risky companies....
...Capital constraints on US banks, particularly Bank of America and Citigroup, related to Basel III banking rules mean that US banks may not be able to “fully fill the void”, Moody’s said....
...In fact it took five months to report it to the public – how many directors’ communications were compromised in the meantime, and to whom?...
...The acquisition of the New York-based Rafferty Capital Markets will give Tradeweb a foothold in the trading of Treasuries, agency debts, mortgages, repos, and corporate and municipal bonds between big dealers...
...To put it crudely, they’re more like corporate bonds than what many people think of as municipal bonds — both in terms of default rates and what they’re backed with....
...From the FT: Steve Jobs on stage to unveil iPad 2Android users hit by malware attacksSina banks on microblogs in China Inside Tech: The Social Network III – Clash of the Tech Titans...
...Moreover, there has been much talk in the US about the possibility of a surge in municipal bankruptcies, as states and cities struggle with budget gaps and pension deficits....
...For the commute home, - Ireland: not a Basel III problem. - Build America Bonds will probably get another year....
...We discovered today (Nov 7) an inscription of Rameses III, proving he was travelling to Taima in the north of Saudi Arabia....
...Almost every English monarch since George III. Useful for: Impressing overseas clients with Britain’s historical magnificence....
...the right thing, and up go the geeks, nerds and dorks, with their lamentable dress sense, lackadaisical approach to personal hygiene and alarming obsession with continuity errors in Star Wars: Episode III...
...Plans by Verizon Communications and SBC Communications, the two largest US telecommunications companies, to offer video services in direct competition with cable TV operators have been dealt a serious setback...
...He has forged alliances with some of the state's most difficult interest groups, including the mighty education lobby and municipal authorities, and with leaders of the Democrat party that dominates both...
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