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Why rich Chinese are buying vineyards, islands in cash
November 23rd, 2015
A hundred years ago, Amadeo Modigliani painted a portrait of his wild British mistress splayed across a red velvet throw, nude, her hips arched, her kohl-rimmed eyes shut. The artist was hardly trying to play it safe – Paris ...
Egypt’s new central bank chief faces bitter pill of currency devaluation or IMF aid
November 19th, 2015
Spare a kind thought for the travails that Tarek Amer, the newly appointed governor of Egypt’s central bank, will be facing when he formally takes up his post on November 27. He could have had no illusions how disastrous ...
5 Ways The Paris Attacks Could Hit Europe’s Economy
November 16th, 2015
The consequences could be far-reaching–and not just negative. It is, of course, far too early to do anything more than speculate. But common sense says that there must be consequences for business and for the European economy from the ...
4 Harbingers Of Stock Market Doom That Foreshadowed The 2008 Crash Are Flashing Red Again
November 12th, 2015
So many of the exact same patterns that we witnessed just before the stock market crash of 2008 are playing out once again right before our eyes. Most of the time, a stock market crash doesn’t just come out ...
What Morgan Stanley will do to boost profit
November 12th, 2015
Exclusive: Morgan Stanley turns to stodgy bank accounts to boost profit Morgan Stanley, (MS.N) better known for underwriting bonds than for retail banking, plans to offer savings accounts and certificates of deposits next year to wring more profit from ...
US Presses Europe to Take Steps to Reduce Greece’s Debt: Investors need confidence
November 5th, 2015
Investors need confidence Greece’s debt is sustainable Servicing obligations are only part of the equation, U.S. says The U.S. is pressing euro-area countries to agree to an overhaul of Greece’s debt to give private-sector investors confidence that the nation’s ...
Asian stocks mixed on possible December rate hike
November 5th, 2015
Asian stocks put up a mixed performance on Thursday, after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said that December’s monetary policy meeting would be a “live possibility” for a rate hike if upcoming economic data were supportive. Yellen was testifying before the ...
Snapshots of Well-Being Across High-Income Countries
November 4th, 2015
Well-being is a multidimensional concept, for countries as well as for individuals. Thus, in the recent OECD report “How’s Life 2015: Measuring Well-Being,” the emphasis goes well beyond basic one-dimensional measures of well-being like per capita GDP and offers comparisons ...
Bitcoin blunders its way to an ASX listing
November 2nd, 2015
ASX hopeful Bitcoin Group has delayed its listing after running into trouble with the corporate watchdog over claims Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is a shareholder and “misstatements” about the company’s profitability. Bitcoin, which counts former St Kilda president and former NewSat director ...
Saudi Arabia reacts sharply to S&P downgrade of kingdom’s debt rating
November 2nd, 2015
Saudi Arabia yesterday reacted sharply to Standard & Poor’s move to downgrade the kingdom’s debt rating. The debt rating agency said it would downgrade Saudi Arabia’s long-term rating a notch, from AA- to A+ with “a negative outlook”, citing ...
