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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....
...European markets Eurofirst 300 down -46.35 (-3.65%) at 1,223 FTSE100 down -156.49 (-2.55%) at 5,982 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 3,985 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 9,269 Currencies €/$ 1.11 (1.10...
...(0.00%) at 5,071 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +29.31 (+2.08%) at 1,441 FTSE100 up +129.76 (+2.16%) at 6,148 CAC 40 up +99.31 (+2.15%) at 4,724 Dax up +220.53 (+2.11%) at 10,690 Currencies €/$ 1.09...
...borrowers owe remarkably little of their dollar debt to banks or investors that reside in the United States.”...
...(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....
...(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 depressing effect on real interest rates in the United States and other markets integrated with the US will depend on the scale of these capital inflows....
...will test investor hopes for a pick-up in the U.S. and global economies… Bulls are hoping to see evidence of an economic rebound in the United States in this week’s busy calendar of data that includes the...
...(FastFT) “Japan’s machinery orders jumped to 819.3 billion yen ($8.4 billion) in August, the highest since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 and a sign of a strengthening economic revival.”...
...Abe et al are keen on ending deflation — but they are going to hinder that push with a fiscal tightening. No tension there, then....
...Although contrast GMO et al: That’s rather more convoluted. In fact, it’s a recipe for a sovereign bankruptcy regime in US courts....
...China offered on Tuesday to talk with the United States about cyber security amid an escalating war of words between the two sides on computer hacking, but suspicion is as deep in Beijing as it is in Washington...
...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...
...Indeed, as the currencies of Russia, Brazil, China et al. appreciate these nations will enjoy ever greater industrialisation in their food-supply chains, developments which will help farming fundamentals...
...“[B]y being a passive investor in the $1.5bn equity investment in Cheniere led by Blackstone, alongside Government of Singapore Investment Corp, and the state of Louisiana, CIC hopes to avoid the sort of...
...up +0.13% at 2,158 MSCI Asia ex-Japan up +0.28% at 423.76 S&P CNX Nifty Index up +1.03% at 5,337 Currencies €/$ 1.24 (1.24) $/¥ 78.24 (78.21) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.87 at 110.42 Light Crude...
...maritime solution US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Chinese President Hu Jintao today on a mission aimed partly at prevailing on China and Southeast Asian nations to use diplomacy instead of...
...OVERNIGHT MARKETS: Mixed Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +87.51 (+1.00%) at 8,840 Topix up +4.31 (+0.58%) at 751.65 Hang Seng down -182.33 (-0.93%) at 19,337 US markets S&P 500 down -2.29 (-0.17%) at 1,356...
...Currencies €/$ 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...
...of national unity and scorned Gulf nations for walking out of a peace mission in protest at the behaviour of president Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the FT reports. http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/20250018-4683...
...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...
...Mass anti-Assad protest in Homs as monitors visit Tens of thousands of Syrians have taken to the streets in the flashpoint city of Homs to rally against President Bashar al-Assad and plead for newly-arrived...
...uprising against the regime of Bashar al-Assad, the FT reports....
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