09-11-2014, 12:57 AM
Two minutes spent pretending to be a starfish could be the answer to your corporate jitters. Sure, it sounds outlandish, but laboratory studies suggest that adopting a so-called power pose could make the difference between success or failure in the workplace.
BBC - Capital - Cure for public-speaking jitters: Stand like a starfish
Making monetary policy has always been a complicated craft. Whenever there was an effort to reduce the art of central banking to a simple formula, be it an exchange rate target under the gold standard or an inflation target more recently, other problems – such as threats to financial stability – have had an awkward tendency to intrude.
The rules of central banking are made to be broken - FT.com
There has been a squeeze on pay in the rich world for several years now. Between 2010 and 2013 real (inflation-adjusted) wages were flat across the OECD, according to its annual “Employment Outlook”
Wage stagnation: The big freeze | The Economist
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Draghi has once again demonstrated a boldness that surprised the market. Recall his track record. He reversed Trichet's rate hikes almost immediately upon taking office. He nearly single-handedly ended the existential crisis facing euro by aligning the ECB with the preservation of the monetary union. He brandished what former US Treasury Secretary Paulson may have called a "big bazooka" (Outright Market Transactions), whose use has not been triggered, and may never be used. He created a facility that lent cheap funds to member banks for three years, which helped drive down bond yields, and created the conditions that allowed financial institutions to return to the market.
Mario Draghi's Boldness - Business Insider
Five loaves, two fish and a goblet of red wine could be on the menu for Americans if a new diet takes off. Don Colbert, a Florida doctor, believes asking yourself "What would Jesus eat?" is the best way to stay fit, slim and trim.
BBC NEWS | Health | Americans look to Jesus for diet
The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is urging France to speed up structural reforms to bolster economic growth and warning against using weak inflation as an excuse to relax public deficit reduction efforts.
IMF's Lagarde urges France to speed up structural reforms: report - Yahoo Finance