George Osborne, the Chancellor, has announced that the UK will be looking to issue 100 year gilts or government bonds. The stated reason is that this is to take advantage of currently low borrowing costs. But this doesn?t actually make sense. But the total cost of a perpetual should be the same as a five ...

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 18:23

? This week the Sixth World Water Forum is being held in Marseille, France. On Monday France?s Prime Minister Francois Fillon called for a new economic model that takes environmental constraints into better account. Below are excerpts from his speech: What emerges here through your thinking and your action through the water theme is a ...

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Idle has been building their first social game, Idle Worship, for two years now. It comes out today. Let's put that into perspective: Zynga built Farmville in five weeks. Idle Worship is the most ambitious game ever to hit Facebook. For the developers, it's an attempt to define the medium, a sort of holy war ...

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We believe GE is well positioned for continued success in this segment given the robust outlook for emerging markets and its global network of suppliers that is unrivaled by its peers.

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How many dead horses will it take for HBO to put "Luck," the David Milch series starring Dustin Hoffman, out of its misery?

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So long as people perceive bonds as low-risk, investors will continue to flock in their direction. ??According to BCA Research, mutual fund flows reflect that retail investors still prefer lower yielding corporate and government bonds over equities. ??In fact, BCA states that "recent data suggest that outflows from equity mutual funds have amounted to US$27 ...

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A Florida-based company says it has created high-quality, colorless, lab-created diamonds. Diamond industry representatives are debating whether this is a "game changer" in how colorless diamonds are sourced and priced. Gemesis Diamond Company is selling their diamonds on its Internet site directly to consumers and through retailers. It has been producing lab-created fancy colored diamonds ...

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Prospective bank buyers are outweighing sellers, signaling that after a big lull in U.S. bank M&A last year, the market may revive in 2012. In an update to its list of potential bank buyers and sellers, bank research firm KBW now counts 53 potential bank acquirers, far outweighing the 22 potential sellers that it?s identified ...

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Greg Smith has let us all know why he?s leaving Goldman Sachs in an for the Times. Other commentary on this from Forbes can be found here, here, here,here and here. There?s one more point I?d like to add from the economic and public policy viewpoint. In my view, it?s also the most important point ...

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 18:21

Women have advantages when it comes to starting and growing businesses, six feminine strengths they can leverage for success, according to ??The SmartGirls Way: Strengths, Success, and Significance???A Path For Women Entrepreneurs, a book by Jean Brittingham and Tracey Ann Collins. By diving deeper into the feminine attributes that lead to success and showing how ...

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 18:19