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...For example, in a 2010 opinion (Chevron Corp v Steven Donziger, et al) handed down from the US district court in Manhattan, the judge wrote that the “evidence at trial established that Donziger, a New York...
...Now: imagine you are the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America. For "cobalt-rich ore," substitute "dollars," or "dollar-denominated assets," or perhaps just "Treasuries."...
...We should also note this guy, who’s doing his thing: A reminder that Donald Trump, who despite everything remains The Actual President of the United States, tweeted on April 2 that a deal to end the oil...
...US....
...Mian et al also found that the states to deregulate first weren’t more volatile than the rest of America back in the 1960s or 1970s, nor can their findings be explained by the big drop in the oil price in...
...United States of Japan, by Peter Tieryas, Angry Robot, RRP£8.99/$14.99 Sometimes you just feel the need for a story about giant robots, virtual reality and sumo wrestlers....
...There’s plenty more in the BIS note too, of course, including the fact that while “dollar credit to non-banks outside the United States represents about 17 per cent of non-US GDP” (or $9.8tn) while “non-US...
...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....
...Prices: Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +146.63 (+0.75%) at 19,787 Topix up +9.33 (+0.59%) at 1,588 Hang Seng up +742.40 (+2.94%) at 26,018 US markets S&P 500 down -4.29 (-0.21%) at 2,076 DJIA down -5.43 (...
...(FT) Markets Data 05:22 GMT Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -81.38 (-0.46%) at 17,430 Topix down -1.21 (-0.09%) at 1,402 Hang Seng down -32.34 (-0.13%) at 24,818 US markets S&P 500 down -11.33 (-0.55%) at...
...GREED US Banker, (June 2, 2000): What’s starting out as the equivalent of an Internet gift certificate could end up as a full-fledged online currency....
...The latest case, Google v Joffe et al, involves a class action suit stemming from the company’s illicit collection of snippets of information from WiFi networks in homes that its StreetView cars were passing...
...Facebook et al may not need the intellectual capital, but they sure needed their cash....
...BHP owns 60% and Anglo 40% of the operations. Macquarie analyst Jeff Largey values Anglo’s share of the manganese portfolio at $530 million, which implies a full value of $1.33 billion.”...
...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....
...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 prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, asked parliament to declare a state of emergency after Sunni militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, (Isis), which operates in Iraq and neighbouring...
...Good morning New York, FT ALPHAVILLE Naming and shaming in Japan: David notes another angry reflection of how important rising wages are to Abenomics’ success and how irritated Abe et al are at those big...
...(Reuters, Al Jazeera — breaking at pixel) “Fidelity Investments, the nation’s largest money market mutual fund manager, has sold all of its short-term U.S. government debt — the latest sign that investors...
...Emerging Market Index down -0.33% at 999 Europe FTSE down +0.20% at 6,583 RTS up +0.20% at 1,443 Warsaw Wig down -0.15% at 49,359 FTSE 300 Eurotop up +0.54% at 1,259 Americas DJIA up +0.23% at 15,530...
...(Financial Times) Barclays faces $10bn damages claim from Saudi businessman: Mohammed bin Issa al Jaber, chairman of MBI International and founder of the Jadawel property group, has demanded that White...
...(Financial Times) OVERNIGHT MARKETS: MIXED Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -85.67 (-0.63%) at 13,530 Topix down -7.82 (-0.69%) at 1,133 Hang Seng up +363.16 (+1.67%) at 22,171 US markets S&P 500 down -6.06...
...paying NML et al, and without the stay in place....
...Abe et al are keen on ending deflation — but they are going to hinder that push with a fiscal tightening. No tension there, then....
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