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The three-year loans offered by the ECB to banks have helped stabilise the euro zone

by Economist THE European Central Bank (ECB) tends to take the long way around. When in 2009 the Federal Reserve […]

By M Guliyev | 21 Jun 12 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Japan’s exports surge 10% in May easing slowdown fears

BBC News Japan’s exports have risen the most in 17 months easing concerns about the impact of a global slowdown […]

By M Guliyev | | Also posted in Asia | Comments (0)

Why China’s Consumers Aren’t Buying

By Sharon Kahn, Chazen Global Insights, As the world’s most populous country posted double-digit GDP growth rates through much of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

The Chinese Kleptocracy Is Like Nothing In Human History

John Hempton, Bronte Capital | China is a kleptocracy of a scale never seen before in human history. This post […]

By Aidualc | 20 Jun 12 | Also posted in Food for Thought | Comments (0)

Spain, Debt and Sovereignty

By George Friedman, Stratfor, Eurozone countries on June 9 agreed to lend Spain up to 100 billion euros ($125 billion) […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Food for Thought, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Managing Wall Street’s ‘Winner Effect’

By Drake Bennett Wall Street is not known for self-examination. Colossally bad bets and spectacular losses are more often treated […]

By Aidualc | 19 Jun 12 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America | Comments (0)

Reserve Bank of India leaves interest rates unchanged

By BBC News India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has left its key interest rate unchanged at […]

By M Guliyev | | Also posted in Asia, Regions | Comments (0)

Talks resume amid debt crisis during G20 summit

World leaders are resuming talks at the G20 summit in Mexico after a day of tense words over Europe’s debt […]

By M Guliyev | | Also posted in Asia, Latin America, North America, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Don’t Mean To Be Alarmist, But The TV Business May Be Starting To Collapse

In the first decade of the commercial Internet–the 1990s and early 2000s–there were frequent murmurings that newspapers were screwed. The […]

By Aidualc | 18 Jun 12 | Also posted in Food for Thought | Comments (0)

Retirement Age Will Rise to 80?

Robert Benmosche, the ailing CEO of AIG (NYSE: AIG), has suggested the retirement age in the United States could rise […]

By Aidualc | 17 Jun 12 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America | Comments (0)