IMF urges targeted subsidies in Middle East
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Medical Education in the Caribbean: Abstract and Introduction
Abstract
Purpose Caribbean-educated physicians play an important role in the United States. The purpose of this study was to investigate medical school development in the Caribbean, concentrating on performance trends of Caribbean-educated physicians over the past decade.GASTROINTESTINALDisorders: Use of Probiotics : Abstract and Introduction, Feb 17, 2011
Perturbation of bacterial microflora of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract may play an important role in the pathophysiology of some GI disorders. Probiotics have been used as a treatment modality for over a century. They may restore normal bacterial microflora and effect the functioning of the GI tract by a variety of mechanisms. Probiotics are not currently regulated and only few randomized controlled trials exist investigating their efficacy in different GI disorders.
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Management of Dyslipidemia in the Elderly Population: Abstract and Introduction
The elderly population is increasing worldwide. Despite a major decrease in deaths from coronary heart disease (CHD), this malady remains the major cause of death in elderly men and women. In this paper, we review the role of dyslipidemia as a major known risk factor in the pathogenesis of CHD, age-related changes in lipoprotein metabolism, and differences in changes in lipids that occur in men and women during aging. Next we provide an overview of the available studies and recommendations from ATP III.
Facebook Tops Google For Local Business Marketing | SmallBusinessNewz
More than half of local businesses are spending less than $2,500 a year on marketing, and 60 percent have no plans to raise their budgets in 2011, according to a new survey from MerchantCircle.
Facebook continues to be a popular way for merchants to market their business, with 70 percent using the social network for marketing, up from 50 percent one year ago. Facebook has now surpassed Google (66 percent) as the most widely used marketing method amongst local merchants, and is almost tied with Google search (40 percent) as one of their top three most effective marketing methods, with 37 percent rating Facebook as one of their most effective tools.
Facebook continues to be a popular way for merchants to market their business, with 70 percent using the social network for marketing, up from 50 percent one year ago. Facebook has now surpassed Google (66 percent) as the most widely used marketing method amongst local merchants, and is almost tied with Google search (40 percent) as one of their top three most effective marketing methods, with 37 percent rating Facebook as one of their most effective tools.
New Guidelines on Women’s Heart Risk
Feb. 15, 2011 -- Women who have been diagnosed with preeclampsia, pregnancy-induced hypertension, or diabetes during pregnancy are now considered at risk for heart attack or stroke going forward, according to newly updated guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA).
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China's Trade Surplus Goal Signals It's Time To Dance With the Dragon
China's Trade Surplus Goal Signals It's Time To Dance With the Dragon
By Kerri Shannon, Associate Editor, Money Morning
China's economic model has long been dependent on exports. Over the past several decades, the country has been the world's manufacturing floor, turning the "Made in China" stamp into a common fixture of goods sold in the United States and Europe.
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FASHION News, Shows, Modeling, Feb 17, 2011
Fashion designer rides celebrity wave
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Amid the bustle, the woman who should have been the most anxious calmly took it all in. Marblehead native and designer Sally LaPointe, 26, showed her fall/winter 2011 collection at New York Fashion Week on Friday night. But unlike her first show here ...
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SPACE News, NASA, ESA, JAXA, Planetary Society
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Spaceports: ARISSat-1 to be deployed by cosmonauts
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Taint on Isro image unfair, say scientists - Worldnews.com
Three-time space-walker Tom Jones joined the NASA astronaut corps in 1990, .... to deploy the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope into a low-Earth orbit. .... A group of astronomers from NASA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and ..... U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and ...
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Taint on Isro image unfair, say scientists - Worldnews.com
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MUSIC, Singers, Concerts News, Feb 17, 2011
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RECREATION, Leisure, Fun, Hobbies
Foot Notes student group takes tap dance to next level
Indiana Daily Student
By Lauren McConnell | IDS Started by senior Sara Kaufman when she was a sophomore, Foot Notes is the culmination of three women's hobby. Kaufman approached seniors Lillian Feldman-Hill and Kelsey Sheppard about the club. None are dance majors. ...
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Centennial and the city to revive Guild Inn
The Toronto Observer
The buildings are closed to the public and the park is used for recreational hobbies. David and Jane Wells come down to the park about once a month. They were at the park on Sunday with their children for recreational geocaching— modern-day treasure ...
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Athlete Profile: Seth Pamperin
The New Perspective
His hobbies consist of spending time with friends and reading books about athletes that overcome social boundaries. He also participated in the LGBTQ community to create awareness of gay rights. He is also part of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee ...
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The New Perspective
Chinese Chukkers
Wall Street Journal
While official data on horse ownership are hard to come by, there's ample evidence that the country's new wealthy class is beginning to show an interest in horse riding, just as they have lapped up other hobbies and pastimes of rich people elsewhere, ...
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Three Youth Set Sail Aboard Tenacious
Caribarena Antigua
3. The Skills Section develops cultural, vocational and practical skills or hobbies. 4. While the Recreation Section encourages improved performances and physical fitness. 5. The Residential Project Section for persons 16 and over (Gold award only) who ...
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Piece of Mind: The joys of Lake Cormaci
Valley Sun
In preparation for the enjoyment of his hobby, he's collecting some of the worms that are found there in abundance. All individuals in this tableau — except perhaps the worms — seem content. This idyllic scene is typical of one that unfolds every ...
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Calendar: Afroman, Sister Hazel tonight
Pensacola News Journal
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A clean, well-lighted space boosts gun sales
The Detroit News
"This is an expensive hobby, people enjoy a clean environment," said Kucyk. He sells six-month and annual memberships to people who want to practice their skills and courts non-alcoholic bachelorette parties, corporate events and church groups. ...
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Polking Around
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Model Train Track, Choosing Your First Train
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Penguin Dash 2 Review on PC | bigtownrecords.com
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Indiana Daily Student
By Lauren McConnell | IDS Started by senior Sara Kaufman when she was a sophomore, Foot Notes is the culmination of three women's hobby. Kaufman approached seniors Lillian Feldman-Hill and Kelsey Sheppard about the club. None are dance majors. ...
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Centennial and the city to revive Guild Inn
The Toronto Observer
The buildings are closed to the public and the park is used for recreational hobbies. David and Jane Wells come down to the park about once a month. They were at the park on Sunday with their children for recreational geocaching— modern-day treasure ...
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Athlete Profile: Seth Pamperin
The New Perspective
His hobbies consist of spending time with friends and reading books about athletes that overcome social boundaries. He also participated in the LGBTQ community to create awareness of gay rights. He is also part of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee ...
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The New Perspective
Chinese Chukkers
Wall Street Journal
While official data on horse ownership are hard to come by, there's ample evidence that the country's new wealthy class is beginning to show an interest in horse riding, just as they have lapped up other hobbies and pastimes of rich people elsewhere, ...
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Three Youth Set Sail Aboard Tenacious
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3. The Skills Section develops cultural, vocational and practical skills or hobbies. 4. While the Recreation Section encourages improved performances and physical fitness. 5. The Residential Project Section for persons 16 and over (Gold award only) who ...
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Caribarena Antigua
Piece of Mind: The joys of Lake Cormaci
Valley Sun
In preparation for the enjoyment of his hobby, he's collecting some of the worms that are found there in abundance. All individuals in this tableau — except perhaps the worms — seem content. This idyllic scene is typical of one that unfolds every ...
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Calendar: Afroman, Sister Hazel tonight
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A clean, well-lighted space boosts gun sales
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"This is an expensive hobby, people enjoy a clean environment," said Kucyk. He sells six-month and annual memberships to people who want to practice their skills and courts non-alcoholic bachelorette parties, corporate events and church groups. ...
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This Buggy Is Top Notch
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INDIA Cinema News, Feb 17, 2011
Penn, Cameron honoured in Berlin
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FINANCIAL News, Money, Banks, Stock, Economic and Financial Crisis
Cash: Sitting on the sidelines | Money Management
Investment guru Warren Buffet famously said about the global financial crisis ( GFC) that only when the tide goes out do you know who has been swimming naked. He meant it as a statement about taking excessive risks before a market downturn , but it can just as easily .... Part of the reason cash rates have been unseasonably high is because with overseas lending costing so much, the big four banks have been keen to draw in more term deposits at home to fund their activities. ...
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Obama Proposes Fannie & Freddie Reforms as U.S. Housing Market ...
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Enforcement Action Coming Against Loan Servicers - CNBC
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oftwominds: You Want Inflation? Here's How To Get It
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He's also accomplished a stupendous transfer of national income to the financial Elites in the banking sector by lowering interest rates to zero (ZIRP). Back in the low inflation 1960s, banks and savings and loans were required to pay ... The Fed's policies allow for only two ways to access this newly created " increase in real wealth" for the top 10%: sell the assets or borrow money from the banks. If people cash out their stock gains, then that would automatically push ...
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Ten ways to stop inflation destroying your wealth
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Deferring Recession: A Short History Of The “Age Of Bubbles”
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David Rosenberg explains (in The Financial Times) what it means for the stock market: Just as the prior bear market rally was built on a shaky foundation of unsustainable credit and house price appreciation, the current bear market rally has been built ... The bubble in Japanese government bonds will blow up too. When it does, Japanese investors will rush to low-priced equities. Count on it. Okay, so it's a little harder to do. But who said investing was going to be easy ? ...
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Warren Buffett Speaks Out About the Financial Crisis - Yahoo! News
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Fannie and Freddie let the banks off easy: Fidelity
While bankers were pushing home loans during the housing boom on ... Imagine depositing your paycheck at the local bank each week only to have the bank lose your money, ... Department and a member of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. ... FBS makes available a full range of stocks, bonds, and mutual funds to ...
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Abet Chichi2 (Chichi2): Barrons= "In Muni-Bond Ills, Danger and Hope"
Investors HUB, One of the most active financial forums in the world, Join IH .... to encourage economic growth drew some investors into a rallying stock market, ... Banks' relatively modest position in muni-bonds means that further price ... lend to businesses and homeowners, as occurred during the mortgage crisis. ...
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Lord Abbett - February 7, 2011
During the financial crisis of 2008–09, investors, understandably fearful ... while mortgage lenders have relieved other downward pressures on the market by ... High-yield bonds and other lesser credits, such as bank loans and most municipal ... Nor is it intended to predict or depict performance of any investment. ...
www.advisorperspectives.com/commentaries/abbett_20711.php
Investment guru Warren Buffet famously said about the global financial crisis ( GFC) that only when the tide goes out do you know who has been swimming naked. He meant it as a statement about taking excessive risks before a market downturn , but it can just as easily .... Part of the reason cash rates have been unseasonably high is because with overseas lending costing so much, the big four banks have been keen to draw in more term deposits at home to fund their activities. ...
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Obama Proposes Fannie & Freddie Reforms as U.S. Housing Market ...
Most Republicans believe Fannie and Freddie were key players in the financial crisis and oppose any solution that would keep them in the business of backstopping most home loans. .... any manner whatsoever as recommendations to enter into a market position either stock, option, futures contract, bonds, commodity or any other financial instrument at any time. We recommend that independent professional advice is obtained before you make any investment or trading decisions. ...
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Argyll News: Russell Bruce on the HSBC report: Scotland is doing ...
By newsroom
By their very nature banks need also to take risks. They need a balanced portfolio, like all good investors, so that the risks that pay off and the surer investments and lending can carry the failures without the shutters coming down and the ... Commenting at the time, Virgin Money chief executive Jayne Anne Gadhia said, 'The financial crisis has tarnished the reputation of many UK banks . Virgin Money will provide a better, different form of banking to its customers , ...
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Enforcement Action Coming Against Loan Servicers - CNBC
But in testimony before a House Financial Services subcommittee Wednesday, FHA Commissioner David Stevens said, "We are in discussion with 11 regulators, the attorneys general, the department of justice, in talking directly about ...
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oftwominds: You Want Inflation? Here's How To Get It
By Charles Hugh Smith
He's also accomplished a stupendous transfer of national income to the financial Elites in the banking sector by lowering interest rates to zero (ZIRP). Back in the low inflation 1960s, banks and savings and loans were required to pay ... The Fed's policies allow for only two ways to access this newly created " increase in real wealth" for the top 10%: sell the assets or borrow money from the banks. If people cash out their stock gains, then that would automatically push ...
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Bank of America Preys on Elderly Depositors; Culture of Greed ...
By admin
I'll tell you what fools buy Bank of America CDs at less than treasury rates. Little old ladies do. B of A has found that little old ladies will do just about whatever a good looking middle aged "financial advisor" tells them to do. ... 50K was in 20 year Freddy Mac bonds and 25k was in 30 year Fanny Mae bonds. I hit the roof! I told her that all three investments were a bad idea, and that she ought to move her money to 3, 5 and 7 year treasuries. ...
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Ten ways to stop inflation destroying your wealth
By The Investor
Inflation is a key reason why equities are better for long-term investments. Cash and bonds may sometimes seem likely to yield a higher income at less risk, but historical returns show equities nearly always perform better over ..... Site news: Monevator is the highest placed UK personal finance blog in the Wisebread Top 100 chart. I was recently listed as one of the top 25 personal finance Tweeters by The Times. My article on Buying Antique Furniture was picked for the ...
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Deferring Recession: A Short History Of The “Age Of Bubbles”
By The Daily Reckoning
David Rosenberg explains (in The Financial Times) what it means for the stock market: Just as the prior bear market rally was built on a shaky foundation of unsustainable credit and house price appreciation, the current bear market rally has been built ... The bubble in Japanese government bonds will blow up too. When it does, Japanese investors will rush to low-priced equities. Count on it. Okay, so it's a little harder to do. But who said investing was going to be easy ? ...
Business Insider - http://www.businessinsider.com/
Warren Buffett Speaks Out About the Financial Crisis - Yahoo! News
On Friday, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Committee released several hours of audio ... An investment operation in my view is one where you look to the asset itself to .... On structuring bank CEO pay to prevent financial crises: The best thing is to .... No banker would ever loan money in those day's for that risk. ...
news.yahoo.com/s/fool/20110214/bs_fool_fool/rx112452
Phil's Favorites: February 8, 2011
During the financial crisis, investors fretted over "toxic," ... But banks still hold plenty of the bad assets that once spooked investors: .... That is, you don 't give someone a loan (which is what a bond is) unless you're reasonably ... US and global markets in my post Ten Economic and Investment Themes for 2011 ...
ilene.typepad.com/ourfavorites/2011/02/08/index.html
Fannie and Freddie let the banks off easy: Fidelity
While bankers were pushing home loans during the housing boom on ... Imagine depositing your paycheck at the local bank each week only to have the bank lose your money, ... Department and a member of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. ... FBS makes available a full range of stocks, bonds, and mutual funds to ...
https://news.fidelity.com/.../news.jhtml?...
Abet Chichi2 (Chichi2): Barrons= "In Muni-Bond Ills, Danger and Hope"
Investors HUB, One of the most active financial forums in the world, Join IH .... to encourage economic growth drew some investors into a rallying stock market, ... Banks' relatively modest position in muni-bonds means that further price ... lend to businesses and homeowners, as occurred during the mortgage crisis. ...
investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id...
Lord Abbett - February 7, 2011
During the financial crisis of 2008–09, investors, understandably fearful ... while mortgage lenders have relieved other downward pressures on the market by ... High-yield bonds and other lesser credits, such as bank loans and most municipal ... Nor is it intended to predict or depict performance of any investment. ...
www.advisorperspectives.com/commentaries/abbett_20711.php
EUROZONE Debt Crisis News
More euro trouble brewing in Portugal, Ireland
Globe and Mail
“The euro zone debt and banking crisis could be entering a fresh phase and the markets are particularly vulnerable to disappointment given there's seemingly no consensus in the EU about what to do resolve the crisis, as well as opposition to the ...
See all stories on this topic »
Globe and Mail
FACTBOX-Possible successors to ECB chief Trichet
Reuters
... which has played a central role in responding to the euro zone debt crisis. European Union leaders must select a new ECB president "from among persons of recognized standing and professional experience in monetary and banking matters". ...
See all stories on this topic »
Euro zone agrees funding for future bailout fund
Malta Business Weekly
Euro zone officials have promised to present a “comprehensive response” to the debt crisis by the end of March. The European Commission, the European Union's executive, and some Member States have been pushing governments to give the European Financial ...
See all stories on this topic »
Germany's Economic Assertiveness Shakes Euro Zone
New York Times
Throughout last year's protracted debt crisis, Mrs. Merkel was largely on the defensive, unwilling to sanction a euro-zone bailout until the very last moment, when she could argue to Germans that action was vital to save the currency. ...
See all stories on this topic »
Hopeful Signs for EU and Euro?
Right Side News
But he now believes that Spain will eke its way out of the debt crisis that Southern PIGS find themselves in. Evans-Pritchard believes that Spain's high savings rate, high investment rate and export efficiency is going to help that country overcome the ...
See all stories on this topic »
Belgium Set To Break Iraq's Record For Government Deadlock
Wall Street Journal
So far the political crisis hasn't upset investors, who have kept Belgian borrowing costs reasonably steady. Yet the impasse comes amid the euro-zone debt crisis, which has seen other countries with a high debt burden and unstable governments suddenly ...
See all stories on this topic »
MEPs angered by 'Franco-German approach'
EurActiv
At the last EU summit on 4 February, Germany and France tabled plans to harmonise tax and labour policies in the euro zone, saying the crisis had exposed the necessity to complete monetary union with an economic union. Ireland's super-low corporate tax ...
See all stories on this topic »
China and Spain, fighting together against crisis
Dots Press
Late last year, Beijing was concerned about the ability of European states to fight against sovereign debt crisis and announced that he could invest currency reserves in the European Union. In this context, China has pledged to underwrite the issuance ...
See all stories on this topic »
Euro left to meet in Athens, right in Helsinki
AFP
Conservative heads of government will be in Helsinki on March 4 to plot their response to Europe's debt crisis, amid growing criticism that the EU is acting too slowly in the run-up to a March 11 eurozone summit and a crunch March 24-5 summit of all EU ...
See all stories on this topic »
Compounding Portugal's debt woes
Business Spectator
As its borrowing costs continue to grind higher, Portugal has reproached its fellow eurozone nations for their failure to find a solution to the region's lingering sovereign debt crisis. "Portugal is doing its job," complained the country's Treasury ...
See all stories on this topic »
Belgium Weighs New Government Proposal
Wall Street Journal
Belgium's 10-year debt is 0.89 percentage point more expensive; at the end of April 2010, the spread was about 0.48 percentage point, though the euro-zone sovereign-debt crisis also played a role. On Thursday, Belgium passed Iraq for the record of the ...
See all stories on this topic »
Van Rompuy seeks to silence euro critics
GFS News
Next month's meetings begin on 4 March with a eurozone debt crisis summit in Finland and include a eurozone summit in Brussels on 11 March. Eurogroup finance ministers will then meet in Brussels on 14 March ahead of a wider meeting of EU finance ...
See all stories on this topic »
Markets of PIIGS Nations Outperforming US in 2011
CNBC.com
(Editor's Note: My colleague Simon Hobbs shares his insights on the challenges the EU faces in finding a solution to its sovereign debt crisis, before leaders meet at the end of March. He also notes that PIIGS have outperformed the US stock market. ...
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Eurozone economy grew tepid 0.3 pct in 4th quarter
BusinessWeek
The fourth quarter growth means that the eurozone expanded by 1.7 percent in 2010, way more than many people had expected a year ago, when Europe's debt crisis exploded with concerns about Greece's ability to pay off its mountain of debts. ...
See all stories on this topic »
More euro trouble brewing in Portugal, Ireland as continent's ...
By Infowars Ireland
“The eurozone debt and banking crisis could be entering a fresh phase and the markets are particularly vulnerable to disappointment given there's seemingly no consensus in the EU about what to do resolve the crisis, as well as ...
Infowars Ireland - http://info-wars.org/
Why the Fed's in No Hurry | www.bullfax.com
By marketmaker
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- Joining the European Union's club of nations with a common currency has long been a goal of most EU countries still not using the euro. But in the wake of the eurozone's debt crisis, some outsiders are in less ...
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Goldman Bets Risk In US Debt Will Rise
By Barbara
And that is likely to put the U.S. Dollar under more pressure, much as the common currency Euro has been under fire as the Eurozone continues to deal with its debt crisis. Currently, the U.S. Dollar is trading flat against most of the ...
eToro Blog - http://www.etoro.net/
As Greek economic output collapses, no wonder Portugal does not ...
By notayesmanseconomics
The annual deficit and the national debt are compared to an economic output (GDP ) which is now 6.6% lower than a year ago. Also the shrinking economy will mean that some tax receipts will fall such as VAT and income tax and as .... This entry was posted on February 17, 2011 at 11:11 am and is filed under Euro zone Crisis, General Economics, Greek Financial Crisis, UK Inflation Prospects and Issues. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. ...
Notayesmanseconomics's Blog - http://notayesmanseconomics.wordpress.com/
Germany Needs to Contribute More to European Bailout Fund; EFSF ...
By Mike Shedlock
Germany's contribution to a future mechanism to rescue troubled euro-zone countries will need to be higher than its contribution to the current bailout fund, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Tuesday. ... Two weeks of reduced market panic, and the EU's political system is reverting to its default mode of complacency. The European Council's pledge to do whatever it takes the eurozone, and to agree a one-and-for-all crisis resolution mechanism is gradually ...
FavStocks - http://www.favstocks.com/
Europe Revolts against Merkel's Euro-Zone Plan | Feltor's Blog
By Γιάννης Φαίλτωρ
In recent weeks, she and French President Nicolas Sarkozy had unveiled a long- term plan intended to provide a permanent solution for the ongoing euro crisis. But other EU member states feel overrun by the new German-French axis, and resistance to the ... Everyone had something to criticize, the long-time members from the West and the newcomers from the East, the small and the large countries , the debt-ridden southern countries and the fiscally disciplined northerners. ...
Feltor's Blog - http://feltor.wordpress.com/
Belgium celebrates "world record" in gov't talks | The Associated ...
By The Associated Press
17, 2011, marking 249th day of political crisis in Belgium. While politicians wallow in Belgium's longest political crisis which pits the leaders of 6 million Dutch-speaking Flemings against those of 4.5 million Francophones, ... "Concerns about Belgium's large public debt-to-GDP ratio, the third largest in the region, will probably not abate," Capital Economics wrote in an assessment this week. King Albert has already tasked the caretaker government of acting Prime ...
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Is the U.S. facing a productivity crisis? | Analysis & Opinion |
By Grant Surridge
Is the U.S. facing a productivity crisis? Feb 16, 2011 12:27 EST. Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn. dominic barton | mckinsey | Newsmaker. Mercedes2.jpg Generations of Americans have clocked in to work each morning confident that their daily toils ... bernanke bonds crisis debt domiinique strauss-kahn pat garofalo michael moynihan dominic barton Dominique Strauss-Kahn dominique struass-kahn DSK DSKAsk EU euro Europe european debt crisis european soverign debt crisis euro zone ...
Newsmaker - http://blogs.reuters.com/trnewsmaker/
The Fed Minutes Are Out, And GDP Outlook Is Revised Higher
By Joe Weisenthal
Issuance of commercial mortgage-backed securities increased in the fourth quarter of 2010 but was still only a fraction of its pre-crisis level. Rates on conforming fixed-rate residential mortgages edged down a bit during the intermeeting ... Financial market strains in the euro area continued during the intermeeting period. Greek, Irish, and Portuguese sovereign debt spreads over German bunds rose in December and early January as credit rating agencies downgraded the ...
Clusterstock - http://www.businessinsider.com/clusterstock
True Economics: 16/02/2011: Heading for another round of crisis ...
By Dr. Constantin Gurdgiev
True Economics Long Run Page. My blog page dedicated to long run research on Irish economy: Long Run Economics. A new post on Euro Area Banking Survey Results for July 2009 - Part 1 posted on August 09, 2009. National Debt Clock ... Superb analysis of the denial of reality that is going on in the EU corridors of power & in Ireland (here) One of the best articles on macro dynamics and the ways to read data on 'recoveries' based on 'bottoming out' of the recession (here) ...
True Economics - http://trueeconomics.blogspot.com/
Juncker upbeat on euro, Greece | Athens News
THE EURO will survive the debt crisis and so will Greece, said the chairman of the eurozone finance ministers' council (Eurogroup), Jean-Claude Juncker, ...
www.athensnews.gr/issue/13430/37501
EU leaders to meet in Finland on debt crisis
BRUSSELS, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Finland has invited 14 European Union leaders, ... 4 to help prepare a comprehensive response to the euro zone debt crisis.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/.../006J9HU5WogKm?q...
Coming events in euro zone debt crisis
March 4 -- Fourteen EU leaders -- hosted by Finland -- meet to prepare a comprehensive response to eurozone debt crisis. -- March 11 -- Euro zone summit in ...
www.sharenet.co.za/.../56b5557cc47aac75596aef1b278b8d4e
Globe and Mail
“The euro zone debt and banking crisis could be entering a fresh phase and the markets are particularly vulnerable to disappointment given there's seemingly no consensus in the EU about what to do resolve the crisis, as well as opposition to the ...
See all stories on this topic »
Globe and Mail
FACTBOX-Possible successors to ECB chief Trichet
Reuters
... which has played a central role in responding to the euro zone debt crisis. European Union leaders must select a new ECB president "from among persons of recognized standing and professional experience in monetary and banking matters". ...
See all stories on this topic »
Euro zone agrees funding for future bailout fund
Malta Business Weekly
Euro zone officials have promised to present a “comprehensive response” to the debt crisis by the end of March. The European Commission, the European Union's executive, and some Member States have been pushing governments to give the European Financial ...
See all stories on this topic »
Germany's Economic Assertiveness Shakes Euro Zone
New York Times
Throughout last year's protracted debt crisis, Mrs. Merkel was largely on the defensive, unwilling to sanction a euro-zone bailout until the very last moment, when she could argue to Germans that action was vital to save the currency. ...
See all stories on this topic »
Hopeful Signs for EU and Euro?
Right Side News
But he now believes that Spain will eke its way out of the debt crisis that Southern PIGS find themselves in. Evans-Pritchard believes that Spain's high savings rate, high investment rate and export efficiency is going to help that country overcome the ...
See all stories on this topic »
Belgium Set To Break Iraq's Record For Government Deadlock
Wall Street Journal
So far the political crisis hasn't upset investors, who have kept Belgian borrowing costs reasonably steady. Yet the impasse comes amid the euro-zone debt crisis, which has seen other countries with a high debt burden and unstable governments suddenly ...
See all stories on this topic »
MEPs angered by 'Franco-German approach'
EurActiv
At the last EU summit on 4 February, Germany and France tabled plans to harmonise tax and labour policies in the euro zone, saying the crisis had exposed the necessity to complete monetary union with an economic union. Ireland's super-low corporate tax ...
See all stories on this topic »
China and Spain, fighting together against crisis
Dots Press
Late last year, Beijing was concerned about the ability of European states to fight against sovereign debt crisis and announced that he could invest currency reserves in the European Union. In this context, China has pledged to underwrite the issuance ...
See all stories on this topic »
Euro left to meet in Athens, right in Helsinki
AFP
Conservative heads of government will be in Helsinki on March 4 to plot their response to Europe's debt crisis, amid growing criticism that the EU is acting too slowly in the run-up to a March 11 eurozone summit and a crunch March 24-5 summit of all EU ...
See all stories on this topic »
Compounding Portugal's debt woes
Business Spectator
As its borrowing costs continue to grind higher, Portugal has reproached its fellow eurozone nations for their failure to find a solution to the region's lingering sovereign debt crisis. "Portugal is doing its job," complained the country's Treasury ...
See all stories on this topic »
Belgium Weighs New Government Proposal
Wall Street Journal
Belgium's 10-year debt is 0.89 percentage point more expensive; at the end of April 2010, the spread was about 0.48 percentage point, though the euro-zone sovereign-debt crisis also played a role. On Thursday, Belgium passed Iraq for the record of the ...
See all stories on this topic »
Van Rompuy seeks to silence euro critics
GFS News
Next month's meetings begin on 4 March with a eurozone debt crisis summit in Finland and include a eurozone summit in Brussels on 11 March. Eurogroup finance ministers will then meet in Brussels on 14 March ahead of a wider meeting of EU finance ...
See all stories on this topic »
Markets of PIIGS Nations Outperforming US in 2011
CNBC.com
(Editor's Note: My colleague Simon Hobbs shares his insights on the challenges the EU faces in finding a solution to its sovereign debt crisis, before leaders meet at the end of March. He also notes that PIIGS have outperformed the US stock market. ...
See all stories on this topic »
Eurozone economy grew tepid 0.3 pct in 4th quarter
BusinessWeek
The fourth quarter growth means that the eurozone expanded by 1.7 percent in 2010, way more than many people had expected a year ago, when Europe's debt crisis exploded with concerns about Greece's ability to pay off its mountain of debts. ...
See all stories on this topic »
More euro trouble brewing in Portugal, Ireland as continent's ...
By Infowars Ireland
“The eurozone debt and banking crisis could be entering a fresh phase and the markets are particularly vulnerable to disappointment given there's seemingly no consensus in the EU about what to do resolve the crisis, as well as ...
Infowars Ireland - http://info-wars.org/
Why the Fed's in No Hurry | www.bullfax.com
By marketmaker
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- Joining the European Union's club of nations with a common currency has long been a goal of most EU countries still not using the euro. But in the wake of the eurozone's debt crisis, some outsiders are in less ...
Bullfax.com - Market News & Analysis - http://www.bullfax.com/
Goldman Bets Risk In US Debt Will Rise
By Barbara
And that is likely to put the U.S. Dollar under more pressure, much as the common currency Euro has been under fire as the Eurozone continues to deal with its debt crisis. Currently, the U.S. Dollar is trading flat against most of the ...
eToro Blog - http://www.etoro.net/
As Greek economic output collapses, no wonder Portugal does not ...
By notayesmanseconomics
The annual deficit and the national debt are compared to an economic output (GDP ) which is now 6.6% lower than a year ago. Also the shrinking economy will mean that some tax receipts will fall such as VAT and income tax and as .... This entry was posted on February 17, 2011 at 11:11 am and is filed under Euro zone Crisis, General Economics, Greek Financial Crisis, UK Inflation Prospects and Issues. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. ...
Notayesmanseconomics's Blog - http://notayesmanseconomics.wordpress.com/
Germany Needs to Contribute More to European Bailout Fund; EFSF ...
By Mike Shedlock
Germany's contribution to a future mechanism to rescue troubled euro-zone countries will need to be higher than its contribution to the current bailout fund, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Tuesday. ... Two weeks of reduced market panic, and the EU's political system is reverting to its default mode of complacency. The European Council's pledge to do whatever it takes the eurozone, and to agree a one-and-for-all crisis resolution mechanism is gradually ...
FavStocks - http://www.favstocks.com/
Europe Revolts against Merkel's Euro-Zone Plan | Feltor's Blog
By Γιάννης Φαίλτωρ
In recent weeks, she and French President Nicolas Sarkozy had unveiled a long- term plan intended to provide a permanent solution for the ongoing euro crisis. But other EU member states feel overrun by the new German-French axis, and resistance to the ... Everyone had something to criticize, the long-time members from the West and the newcomers from the East, the small and the large countries , the debt-ridden southern countries and the fiscally disciplined northerners. ...
Feltor's Blog - http://feltor.wordpress.com/
Belgium celebrates "world record" in gov't talks | The Associated ...
By The Associated Press
17, 2011, marking 249th day of political crisis in Belgium. While politicians wallow in Belgium's longest political crisis which pits the leaders of 6 million Dutch-speaking Flemings against those of 4.5 million Francophones, ... "Concerns about Belgium's large public debt-to-GDP ratio, the third largest in the region, will probably not abate," Capital Economics wrote in an assessment this week. King Albert has already tasked the caretaker government of acting Prime ...
Examiner RSS - http://washingtonexaminer.com/feeds/all/rss.xml
Is the U.S. facing a productivity crisis? | Analysis & Opinion |
By Grant Surridge
Is the U.S. facing a productivity crisis? Feb 16, 2011 12:27 EST. Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn. dominic barton | mckinsey | Newsmaker. Mercedes2.jpg Generations of Americans have clocked in to work each morning confident that their daily toils ... bernanke bonds crisis debt domiinique strauss-kahn pat garofalo michael moynihan dominic barton Dominique Strauss-Kahn dominique struass-kahn DSK DSKAsk EU euro Europe european debt crisis european soverign debt crisis euro zone ...
Newsmaker - http://blogs.reuters.com/trnewsmaker/
The Fed Minutes Are Out, And GDP Outlook Is Revised Higher
By Joe Weisenthal
Issuance of commercial mortgage-backed securities increased in the fourth quarter of 2010 but was still only a fraction of its pre-crisis level. Rates on conforming fixed-rate residential mortgages edged down a bit during the intermeeting ... Financial market strains in the euro area continued during the intermeeting period. Greek, Irish, and Portuguese sovereign debt spreads over German bunds rose in December and early January as credit rating agencies downgraded the ...
Clusterstock - http://www.businessinsider.com/clusterstock
True Economics: 16/02/2011: Heading for another round of crisis ...
By Dr. Constantin Gurdgiev
True Economics Long Run Page. My blog page dedicated to long run research on Irish economy: Long Run Economics. A new post on Euro Area Banking Survey Results for July 2009 - Part 1 posted on August 09, 2009. National Debt Clock ... Superb analysis of the denial of reality that is going on in the EU corridors of power & in Ireland (here) One of the best articles on macro dynamics and the ways to read data on 'recoveries' based on 'bottoming out' of the recession (here) ...
True Economics - http://trueeconomics.blogspot.com/
Juncker upbeat on euro, Greece | Athens News
THE EURO will survive the debt crisis and so will Greece, said the chairman of the eurozone finance ministers' council (Eurogroup), Jean-Claude Juncker, ...
www.athensnews.gr/issue/13430/37501
EU leaders to meet in Finland on debt crisis
BRUSSELS, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Finland has invited 14 European Union leaders, ... 4 to help prepare a comprehensive response to the euro zone debt crisis.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/.../006J9HU5WogKm?q...
Coming events in euro zone debt crisis
March 4 -- Fourteen EU leaders -- hosted by Finland -- meet to prepare a comprehensive response to eurozone debt crisis. -- March 11 -- Euro zone summit in ...
www.sharenet.co.za/.../56b5557cc47aac75596aef1b278b8d4e
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