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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 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.”...
...(+0.12%) at 6,719 CAC 40 up +0.61 (+0.01%) at 4,840 Dax up +31.28 (+0.28%) at 11,075 Currencies €/$ 1.13 (1.12) $/¥ 123.54 (123.38) £/$ 1.56 (1.56) €/£ 0.7195 (0.7186) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE...
...(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....
...The Hong Kong-listed shares in the bank fell as much as 2.8 per cent to HK$108.10 in mid-morning trading....
...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....
...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...
...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 ($8.4 billion) in August, the highest since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 and a sign of a strengthening economic revival.”...
...Abe et al are keen on ending deflation — but they are going to hinder that push with a fiscal tightening. No tension there, then....
...Although contrast GMO et al: That’s rather more convoluted. In fact, it’s a recipe for a sovereign bankruptcy regime in US courts....
...up +0.27% at 5,719 Currencies €/$ 1.29 (1.29) $/¥ 78.12 (77.95) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.13 at 112.06 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.12 at 92.36 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,781...
...“Asian shares ambled higher on Friday and were on course for a weekly gain of more than 2 percent, their best in two months, after manufacturing surveys from China and the United States raised hopes that...
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...-0.42% at 13,036 S&P 500 down -0.12% at 1,405 Bovespa down -1.83% at 56,234 Asia Nikkei 225 down -0.65% at 8,719 Topix down -0.85% at 720.50 Hang Seng down -1.13% at 19,211 Shanghai Composite down -0.12%...
...(Bloomberg) OVERNIGHT MARKETS: UP Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +21.23 (+0.24%) at 8,818 Topix up +1.02 (+0.14%) at 733.37 Hang Seng up +78.09 (+0.38%) at 20,840 US markets S&P 500 up +3.82 (+0.27%) at...
...DJIA down -0.81% at 13,001 S&P 500 down -0.78% at 1,399 Bovespa unchanged 0.00% at 57,256 Asia Nikkei 225 down -1.60% at 8,840 Topix down -1.63% at 731.64 Hang Seng down -0.36% at 19,483 Shanghai Composite...
...Prices for steel are falling, demand is poor, loans are hard to come by, and no relief is in sight. http://on.ft.com/ThtTtG Clinton brings to Beijing plea for maritime solution US Secretary of State Hillary...
...OVERNIGHT MARKETS: Mixed Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +87.51 (+1.00%) at 8,840 Topix up +4.31 (+0.58%) at 751.65 Hang Seng down -182.33 (-0.93%) at 19,337 US markets S&P 500 down -2.29 (-0.17%) at 1,356...
...at 1,087 Americas DJIA up +0.16% at 13,118 S&P 500 up +0.23% at 1,394 Bovespa up +1.90% at 58,345 Asia Nikkei 225 up +0.88% at 8,803 Topix up +1.08% at 743.70 Hang Seng up +0.37% at 20,073 Shanghai Composite...
...DJIA up +0.54% at 13,486 S&P 500 up +0.96% at 1,447 Bovespa unchanged 0.00% at 60,240 Asia Nikkei 225 down -0.89% at 8,870 Topix down -1.10% at 737.42 Hang Seng up +0.38% at 20,840 Shanghai Composite up...
...at 2,086 MSCI Asia ex-Japan up +0.25% at 440.82 S&P CNX Nifty Index up +0.27% at 5,719 Currencies €/$ 1.29 (1.29) $/¥ 78.19 (77.95) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.19 at 112.00 Light Crude (Nymex...
...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...
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