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Will A Deal Leave Greece in Ruins?
June 25th, 2015
Any deal Greece strikes with its creditors may be a big step in Greece’s long delayed post-crisis recovery. But the direction it takes still won’t be clear. Will the road look like Spain’s, or Italy’s? It makes a big ...
Global Index Ranks Countries Best Equipped to Thrive in the Face of Unprecedented Change
June 25th, 2015
2015 KPMG Change Readiness Index highlights the impact of inclusive growth and income inequality on the capacity for responding to change. KPMG International today released its 2015 Change Readiness Index (CRI), ranking 127 countries for their capacity to prepare ...
PM Tsipras to meet Draghi, Juncker, Lagarde ahead of Eurogroup
June 24th, 2015
As eurozone finance ministers converge in Brussels on Wednesday to further assess Greece’s economic proposals in a bid to move toward a deal, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to meet with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, European Central Bank ...
Hopes for Greece bailout deal rise sharply as Athens gives ground
June 23rd, 2015
Creditors view new Greek proposals on pensions and VAT as the most positive move yet in five months of wrangling Hopes of a deal that would spare Greece from a looming debt default and possible exit from the single ...
EU-Greece negotiations are at the finish line
June 22nd, 2015
After five months of high drama, debt negotiations between the leftist government in Greece and its official lenders – the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund, and the European Central Bank – are near the finish line. On June ...
Reasons Why It’s So Hard Being A Lawyer
June 22nd, 2015
1. We’re Your Lawyer. Not Your BFF. Sometimes, clients don’t understand the role we must play as a lawyer, which often involves telling the client he or she is totally wrong or what the client wants isn’t possible. Clients ...
Oil-Price Drop Isn’t Tonic for Sonic
June 22nd, 2015
Sonic shares have momentum, but geography and valuations provide a risk Up nearly fourfold since 2012, it seems like Sonic Corp. warrants a snazzy prefix, perhaps “super” or even “hyper.” Gaudy share-price gains among quick-serve eateries are common these days, of course, as ...
The Greek Government Debt
June 19th, 2015
Europe and the rest of the world are watching nervously these days as the Greek drama (tragedy) is entering its last phase. There has to be some type of compromise (agreement) between the Greek government and its lenders before ...
Depressed Oil Prices Push OPEC Revenue Below $1 Trillion In 2014
June 19th, 2015
The 2014 crash in oil prices caused the combined oil earnings of OPEC’s 12 members to drop 11 percent from $1.112 trillion in 2013 to $993.3 billion in 2014. It is the first time the group’s revenue has fallen ...
Nasdaq closes at record high
June 19th, 2015
Good news for anyone who bought tech stocks on March 10, 2000. You’re finally making money! The Nasdaq soared 1.3% Thursday to an intraday record of 5,143.32, topping the previous all-time high of 5,132.52 from more than 15 years ago. The ...
