September 22, 2014
Spain Mandates Public Companies "Stop the Bleeding" No More Layoffs
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Hard hitting global and local news
Hard hitting global and local news
Excerpt from: Spain Mandates Public Companies "Stop the Bleeding" No More Layoffs
In a foolish as well as never-ending attempt to prevent price deflation and revive growth, the ECB Urges Berlin to Cut Taxes and Spend . Berlin has hit back at calls from a top European Central Bank official urging Germany to spend more to help the eurozone escape from its economic malaise.
Here is another case in point: French Farmers Torch Tax Office in Brittany Protest . French vegetable farmers protesting against falling living standards have set fire to tax and insurance offices in town of Morlaix, in Brittany. The farmers used tractors and trailers to dump artichokes, cauliflowers and manure in the streets and also smashed windows, police said
A Fiscal Times, Yahoo Finance article by by John Grgurich claims that Instead of QE, Fed Could Have Given $56,000 to Every Household in America . Grgurich formulated his article after reading "an intriguing piece just published in Foreign Affairs, Brown University political economist Mark Blyth and London-based hedge fund manager Eric Lonergan argue the Fed could have done better by pursuing a far different type of grand policy experiment. " The "intriguing piece" is Print Less but Transfer More , Why Central Banks Should Give Money Directly to the People .
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Sure enough, Valls wins confidence vote and vows to press on with France reform . France’s prime minister on Tuesday vowed to continue his reformist drive as he won a crucial confidence vote to strengthen his hand in efforts to restart the country’s faltering economy. Manuel Valls said restoring competitiveness was “indispensable†for reigniting growth yet he stopped short of touching the 35-hour working week or other closely held symbols of his Socialist party’s left.
Counting Sheep: French Government Faces Second No Confidence Vote in Six Months Second No Confidence Vote in Six Months In spite of the fact the Socialist party holds a majority of just 1 in the 577-seat lower house, French prime minister Manual Valls hopes to stabilize things with a Second No Confidence Vote in Six Months . Mr Valls could see a narrowing of his majority compared with the vote when he was first appointed prime minister at the end of March after a big socialist loss in local elections. Then he won by a margin of 306 votes to 239 against, with 26 abstentions.“Valls is politically and economically archaic
Please consider Almost Half of Wealthy Chinese Want to Leave . Nearly half of wealthy Chinese are planning to move to another country within the next five years, according to a new Barclays survey