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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.”...
...(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$108.10 in mid-morning trading....
...US officials have defined the advances made by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (known as Isis) – an offshoot of al-Qaeda – as a potential direct threat to US national security....
...Good morning New York, FT ALPHAVILLE Naming and shaming in Japan: David notes another angry reflection of how important rising wages are to Abenomics’ success and how irritated Abe et al are at those big...
...will test investor hopes for a pick-up in the U.S. and global economies… Bulls are hoping to see evidence of an economic rebound in the United States in this week’s busy calendar of data that includes the...
...markets Eurofirst 300 down -9.82 (-0.79%) at 1,231 FTSE100 down -71.45 (-1.11%) at 6,366 CAC 40 down -32.05 (-0.77%) at 4,134 Dax down -35.69 (-0.42%) at 8,556 Currencies €/$ 1.36 (1.36) $/¥ 97.32 (96.86...
...(FastFT) “Japan’s machinery orders jumped to 819.3 billion yen ($8.4 billion) in August, the highest since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 and a sign of a strengthening economic revival.”...
...Dax up +15.21 (+0.19%) at 8,196 Currencies €/$ 1.32 (1.32) $/¥ 99.69 (99.69) £/$ 1.56 (1.56) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.19 at 115.10 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.18 at 107.41 100 Oz Gold (Comex...
...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....
...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%...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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....
...will seek United Nations Security Council endorsement for a plan to peacefully end the rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and pave the way for a democratically elected government within six months,...
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