September 19, 2014
Lesson of the Day: The Political Class Always Wins
Originally posted here: Lesson of the Day: The Political Class Always Wins
Hard hitting global and local news
Hard hitting global and local news
Originally posted here: Lesson of the Day: The Political Class Always Wins
Today the Financial Times reports ECB’s Lending Spree Short of Expectations . The European Central Bank’s first offer of cheap four-year loans has fallen short of expectations, dealing a blow to president Mario Draghi’s hope of sustaining the eurozone’s ailing economy by expanding the central bank’s balance sheet. Banks borrowed €82.6bn through the first of the ECB’s Targeted Longer-Term Refinancing Operations, or TLTROs, one of policy makers’ big ideas to revive the currency area’s recovery.
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
Like toothless howling dogs, Eurozone Leaders Warn on Fiscal Rules , shortly after the French budget announcement.
Please consider Gazprom, Lukoil Hit in New Round of Sanctions . The US dramatically expanded its sanctions against Russia on Friday by adding Gazprom, Europe’s leading energy provider, to the list of targeted companies, as it sought to ratchet up pressure on Moscow to step back from the war in Ukraine.
Let’s wrap up the independence tactics with a look at Cameron’s Impassioned Plea to Voters . On a hastily arranged campaigning visit to Edinburgh, Mr Cameron confronted the prospect of a Yes vote and said that such a verdict “would have to be respected by the rest of the United Kingdomâ€.
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