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...The first employer-sponsored pension plan in Canada was introduced in 1874 (Gale et al., 2006). By contrast, some countries have only recently introduced private pension plans....
...This morning, it reported “strong upward momentum” in average selling prices and a 700 basis point rise in margins in the second half – reflecting a continuing improvement in sales mix and quality of sites...
...For a company like Rural that is traded on a major exchange, ―[t]urnover measured by average weekly trading of . . . 1% would justify a substantial presumption‖ of market efficiency. 5 Bromberg et al., Bromberg...
...(FT) Video of the day Martin Wolf on Grexit The Greek state is running out of cash and there may be no rescue this time. Martin Wolf talks about what happens in the case of a default....
...(Asharq Al-Awsat) Video of the day Do board quotas work? The number of women on company boards has hit the 25 per cent target in the UK....
...Angels Karlie Kloss, Doutzen Kroes, Lily Aldridge et al fly into London for the first Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on British soil (@victoriasecret)....
...(FT) Protests and deaths on anniversary of Egypt uprising At least17 people were killed yesterday in the bloodiest protests since Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was elected, as security forces fired at protesters...
...US officials have defined the advances made by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (known as Isis) – an offshoot of al-Qaeda – as a potential direct threat to US national security....
...The rollout of iPhones on the world’s largest mobile carrier by users, with over 700 million subscribers, is expected to start later this month, around the time of a Dec. 18 China Mobile conference in Guangzhou...
...(Bloomberg) Private investors have flocked to buy shares in Royal Mail, with 700,000 individual applications leaving the retail offer seven times subscribed in an echo of the privatisation frenzies of the...
...(Reuters) “A Goldman Sachs unit has bought a 50 percent stake in privately-held British motor insurer Hastings, in a deal that values the company at 700 million pounds ($1.13 billion).”...
...While the black taffeta evening gowns and sturdy looking peacoats on Karlie Kloss et al shouted winter, the models’ peachy complexions were all spring – try Bobbi Brown’s Sheer Color Cheek Tint in Sheer...
...One segment of the market (Open U, U of Phoenix, et al) specialise in delivering online courses for large audiences....
...DJIA down -0.02% at 13,245 S&P 500 up +0.04% at 1,428 Bovespa down -0.25% at 59,474 Asia Nikkei 225 up +1.74% at 9,748 Topix up +1.06% at 799.64 Hang Seng down 0.00% at 22,503 Shanghai Composite down -...
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...-0.42% at 13,036 S&P 500 down -0.12% at 1,405 Bovespa down -1.83% at 56,234 Asia Nikkei 225 down -0.65% at 8,719 Topix down -0.85% at 720.50 Hang Seng down -1.13% at 19,211 Shanghai Composite down -0.12%...
...Americas DJIA up +0.02% at 13,346 S&P 500 up +0.04% at 1,434 Bovespa down -0.38% at 58,700 Asia Nikkei 225 up +0.08% at 9,018 Topix down -0.73% at 748.20 Hang Seng up +0.68% at 21,698 Shanghai Composite...
...“[B]y being a passive investor in the $1.5bn equity investment in Cheniere led by Blackstone, alongside Government of Singapore Investment Corp, and the state of Louisiana, CIC hopes to avoid the sort of...
...Index down -1.04% at 937.53 Europe FTSE down -0.13% at 5,665 RTS down -0.99% at 1,392 Warsaw Wig up +0.34% at 41,602 FTSE 300 Eurotop up +0.20% at 1,081 Americas DJIA down -0.42% at 13,036 S&P 500 down...
...at 1,087 Americas DJIA up +0.16% at 13,118 S&P 500 up +0.23% at 1,394 Bovespa up +1.90% at 58,345 Asia Nikkei 225 up +0.88% at 8,803 Topix up +1.08% at 743.70 Hang Seng up +0.37% at 20,073 Shanghai Composite...
...€/$ 1.29 (1.29) $/¥ 80.03 (79.93) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) down -1.99 at 110.27 Light Crude (Nymex) down -2.00 at 94.13 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,584...
...+0.50% at 9,045 Topix up +0.60% at 786.35 Hang Seng down 0.00% at 20,887 Shanghai Composite down -0.58% at 2,338 MSCI Asia ex-Japan down -0.29% at 520.45 S&P CNX Nifty Index up +0.34% at 5,409 Currencies...
...his 33-year rule before leaving Yemen for the United States on Sunday, paving the way for a transfer of power after a year of unrest, Reuters reports. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/22/us-yemen-idUSTRE80L0AS20120122...
...India revises up trade gap estimate as exports struggle Indian imports continued to outpace exports in February as demand remained weak in major exports markets like the United States and Europe, nudging...
...countries and oil-rich Gulf states of hatching a plot to implement a “Libyan scenario” in Syria and bring down the regime of Bashar al-Assad, the FT reports. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/273d7bde-3d44-11e1...
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