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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....
...The economic calendar leans heavily towards the state of Europe’s manufacturing and services sectors (all times London): 08.00: France manufacturing, services purchasing managers’ index 08.00: European...
...Some people didn’t appreciate Alphaville’s recent comparison of Greece’s economic performance since 2007 with that of the United States during the Great Depression, which implied the Greek government missed...
...This is Peppa Pig’s chance to jump in puddles with ET....
...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....
...Likes: 12,900 20 Nicholas Ghesquière poses at the launch of the Frank Gehry-designed Foundation Louis Vuitton – and the stage of his SS15 show (@suzymenkesvogue). 31 Trick or treat: Derek Blasberg and...
...€/$ 1.12 (1.12) $/¥ 117.58 (117.81) £/$ 1.50 (1.50) €/£ 0.7448 (0.745) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.48 at 48.31 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.56 at 45.03 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at...
...Good morning New York, FT ALPHAVILLE Naming and shaming in Japan: David notes another angry reflection of how important rising wages are to Abenomics’ success and how irritated Abe et al are at those big...
...-0.35% at 14,682 Topix down -0.36% at 1,211 Hang Seng up +0.13% at 23,210 Shanghai Composite up +0.27% at 2,213 MSCI Asia ex-Japan down -0.40% at 541.53 CNX Nifty up +0.12% at 5,900 Currencies €/$ 1.35...
...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...
...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%...
...“[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...
...Prices for steel are falling, demand is poor, loans are hard to come by, and no relief is in sight. http://on.ft.com/ThtTtG Clinton brings to Beijing plea for maritime solution US Secretary of State Hillary...
.... http://on.ft.com/Nap5TF Emerging Markets MSCI Emerging Market Index up 0.00% at 967.47 Europe FTSE down -0.20% at 5,797 RTS up +0.35% at 1,439 Warsaw Wig down -0.35% at 41,025 FTSE 300 Eurotop up +0.12%...
...Index down -0.83% at 924.66 Americas DJIA down -0.38% at 12,605 S&P 500 down 0.00% at 1,341 Bovespa down -0.25% at 53,569 Asia Nikkei 225 down -0.90% at 8,772 Topix down -1.05% at 749.32 Hang Seng down...
...a Beatle/friend of Madonna, Gwyneth, Cameron et al/mother of four – she is Just Like Everyone Else, this seems to be going to extremes....
...Crude (Nymex) down -2.00 at 94.13 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,584...
...United States v Apple, Inc et al is more than a US Justice department antitrust action against publishers allegedly colluding on ebook prices....
...mod=WSJ_World_LEFTSecondNews Emerging Markets MSCI Emerging Market Index down -0.21% at 1,051 Americas DJIA up +0.57% at 12,874 S&P 500 up +0.68% at 1,352 Bovespa up +2.65% at 65,692 Asia Nikkei 225 up...
...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...
...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...
...in the wake of the biggest opposition protests of Putin’s 12-year rule, Reuters reports....
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