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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."...
...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....
...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...
...Emirates carried a record 56.1m passengers, up 8 per cent, which it said demonstrated “the consumer desire to fly on Emirates’ state-of-the-art aircraft, and via efficient routings through its Dubai hub....
...A weaker US currency makes oil cheaper for holders of other currencies....
...The euro is too young a currency to give up so soon the standard of having a single Treasury curve, as in the United States of America....
...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 government-owned airline saw revenues drop 4 per cent to Dh85bn in the year ending March 2016 as the rise of the US dollar against currencies in most of Emirates’ key markets had a Dh6bn impact on airline...
...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.”...
...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...
...(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....
...“This case was charged over 10 years ago and was tried after years of extradition proceedings — and is but one example of our resolve to pursue those who threaten the United States and our interests anywhere...
...1.08%) at 12,166 Currencies €/$ 1.07 (1.07) $/¥ 120.49 (120.57) £/$ 1.47 (1.47) €/£ 0.7255 (0.7242) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.26 at 56.83 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.01 at 50.78 100 Oz Gold...
...(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....
...Ali al-Naimi, Saudi oil minister, said: “The lack of co-operation from other producers outside Opec and the spread of misleading information and speculation led to the continuation of the drop in prices....
...(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...
...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....
...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....
...In June, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency noted that the average amount of an auto loan was greater than the value of the car during the fourth quarter of 2013, as lenders bundled the costs...
...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...
...’s 36 states....
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