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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 dollar index, which measures the currency against a basket of peers, was flat in Asia trading. Oil prices were lower after the impact of Hurricane Irma was downgraded....
...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...
...The business has written over £400m in bulk annuities this month. Close Brothers has announced a 4 per cent rise in full-year operating profits to £228.5m....
...(Bloomberg) In the news Baltimore riots The US state of Maryland declared a state of emergency and deployed national guard troops as rioters clashed with police in the city of Baltimore....
...(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...
...Dax up +45.34 (+0.49%) at 9,302 Currencies €/$ 1.36 (1.36) $/¥ 102.39 (102.25) £/$ 1.64 (1.64) €/£ 0.83 (0.8309) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.38 at 109.19 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.13 at...
...will test investor hopes for a pick-up in the U.S. and global economies… Bulls are hoping to see evidence of an economic rebound in the United States in this week’s busy calendar of data that includes the...
...at 2,041 MSCI Asia ex-Japan down -1.01% at 481.66 S&P CNX Nifty Index down -0.34% at 5,256 Currencies €/$ 1.25 (1.26) $/¥ 78.43 (78.38) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.08 at 114.10 Light Crude (...
...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...
...“[B]y being a passive investor in the $1.5bn equity investment in Cheniere led by Blackstone, alongside Government of Singapore Investment Corp, and the state of Louisiana, CIC hopes to avoid the sort of...
...Index down -1.04% at 937.53 Europe FTSE down -0.13% at 5,665 RTS down -0.99% at 1,392 Warsaw Wig up +0.34% at 41,602 FTSE 300 Eurotop up +0.20% at 1,081 Americas DJIA down -0.42% at 13,036 S&P 500 down...
...Crude (Nymex) down -2.00 at 94.13 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,584...
...+0.50% at 9,045 Topix up +0.60% at 786.35 Hang Seng down 0.00% at 20,887 Shanghai Composite down -0.58% at 2,338 MSCI Asia ex-Japan down -0.29% at 520.45 S&P CNX Nifty Index up +0.34% at 5,409 Currencies...
...uprising against the regime of Bashar al-Assad, the FT reports....
...However, the trend was clear with housing prices falling in 34 of the cities in October, twice as many as in September, the FT reports....
...€/$ 1.34 (1.33) $/¥ 76.88 (77.10) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.40 at 102.36 Light Crude (Nymex) down -1.19 at 78.01 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +36.00 at 1,656...
...Emerging Markets MSCI Emerging Market Index down -0.76% at 1,177 Americas DJIA up 0.00% at 12,808 S&P 500 down -0.34% at 1,357 Bovespa down -1.75% at 64,318 Asia Nikkei 225 up +1.57% at 10,004 Topix up...
...DJIA up 0.00% at 12,808 S&P 500 down -0.34% at 1,357 Bovespa down -1.75% at 64,318 Asia Nikkei 225 up +1.57% at 10,004 Topix up +1.61% at 865.55 Hang Seng down -1.35% at 23,315 Shanghai Composite down...
...US ‘protectionist’ tone triggers disquiet in India A delegation of Indian IT companies will visit the United States next week to raise their concerns over what they fear are protectionist measures that could...
...Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States By Andrew Coe Oxford University Press, £15.99 The story of America’s love-hate relationship with Chinese food, from the first American...
...The market’s afternoon plummet came in spite of the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank’s move to double the size of their currency swap line. Smaller banks were among the biggest victims....
...RBS et al are willing to pay €39 per share, but they want the sale of LaSalle to Bank of America called off. - In further ‘toys out of prams’ news, JPMorgan Chase is threatening to move thousands of employees...
...Now the euro is seen as damaged goods after the political failures in the European Union in recent days, the mantle of anti-dollar currency has moved to bullion....
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