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The end of the commodities supercycle. Putin the thug. Markets can fail. Crying for Argentina, yet again? Changing the way chocolate is made and lots of other remarkable stories from […]
The NSA’s Surveillance Will Devastate Commerce | News & Opinion | PCMag.com
Many foreign governments have long-since distrusted American software systems. Our companies have billions and billions of dollars in overseas sales and none of the American companies can guarantee security from […]
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What to do if you missed the stock market rally. The boss-less office. Making sense of valuation multiples. Bill Gross wrong again? How technology is destroying jobs. India’s fascination with […]
Epic Chinese credit bubble
Overall credit has jumped from $9 trillion to $23 trillion since the Lehman crisis. “They have replicated the entire US commercial banking system in five years,” she said. Chinese credit […]
GCHQ intercepted foreign politicians’ communications at G20 summits | UK news | The Guardian
Foreign politicians and officials who took part in two G20 summit meetings in London in 2009 had their computers monitored and their phone calls intercepted on the instructions of their […]
Self-defeating austerity?
Their argument is that in the current environment of near-zero interest rates, fiscal deficits are unusually cheap to finance and monetary policy is not going to move to offset much […]
The end of Japan’s lost decades?
Many observers argue that higher inflation can have only a small effect on the fiscal position of a country with sophisticated and open financial markets like Japan. Any attempt to […]
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The outstanding mistakes of all time. What your cat is up to when you’re not around. How money affects morality. How people won’t let go of the Goldman Sachs top […]
Financial regulation made simple..
Title I of Dodd-Frank empowers the Financial Stability Oversight Council to bring these kinds of “shadow banks” under prudential supervision by the Fed. Of course, that law was enacted three […]
BBC News – Pakistan violence: Gunmen storm Quetta hospital
So, first they blow up a bus with female students, then they storm the hospital to kill the survivors. Who are these people? BBC News – Pakistan violence: Gunmen storm […]