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The Big ‘Lies’ About Our Economic Prospects
Now in Spring 2007 the world economy was doing very nicely thank you. Following three consecutive years of good growth, averaging 3.8% it was expected to fall only slightly in 2007 to 3.6%. Meanwhile the UK was doing pretty well …
Bitcoin broke $8,000 and the holder said it was less than $200,000!
The bitcoin market is crazy again.On Friday (November 17), yesterday we reported that payment app Square was launching bitcoin trading, with the stock price rising to a new high.Bitfinex’s offer was $8,040, a world record. Analysts say the world’s largest …
Get ready for the ‘Day From Hell’ as $3 trillion of companies post earnings
Analysts’ recipe for getting through the day — a quadruple espresso.Associated Press July 26, 20178:27 AM EDT Filed under Facebook Twitter Email More Share this storyGet ready for the ‘Day From Hell’ as $3 trillion of companies post earningsTumblrPinterestGoogle PlusLinkedInReddit …
HBC’s German retailer gets deep supplier credit insurance cut
Reuters July 26, 20175:24 PM EDT Filed under Comment Facebook Twitter Email More Share this storyHBC's German retailer gets deep supplier credit insurance cutTumblrPinterestGoogle PlusLinkedInReddit By Matthias Inverardi Euler Hermes has slashed its trade credit insurance for suppliers of German …
Should index providers require listed companies to have voting rights?
A demonstrator stands for a photograph with a “#evictsnapchat” sticker over his mouth while protesting outside the Snap Inc. office in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Reuters July 25, 20174:47 PM EDT Filed under Comment Facebook Twitter Email …
Libor: Why banks are set to abandon ‘the world’s most important number’
The upper floors of, from left, Citigroup Inc., No. 1 Canada Square, HSBC Holdings and Barclays Plc stand in the Canary Wharf business, financial and shopping district of London, U.K., on Tuesday, April 8, 2014.Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg Washington Post July 27, …
Mortgage rule changes may help first-time home buyers, but they could hurt alternative lenders
The key change in OSFI’s proposal is that all uninsured mortgages will be underwritten with a qualifying mortgage rate 200 basis points above the contract rate Jonathan Ratner July 26, 20173:56 PM EDT Filed under Comment Facebook Twitter Email More …
Don Jr. reminds us: Don’t email anything you don’t want to see in The New York Times
And yet, legally questionable or merely embarrassing examples bubble up again and again, from Hollywood (consider the racially insensitive jokes made by Sony executives) to Wall Street (recall those damaging emails from the Great Recession). Now Trump Organization executive vice …
Kane County not eager to give Durbin election security info
Durbin last month sent letters to 110 local election authorities. The letters seek information to help federal and state officials strengthen the cyber security of voting systems. The correspondence followed reports of Russian cyberattacks on the U.S. electoral system leading …