For
LEAP/E2020, the fact that these two giants of the region are attacking the
problem clearly indicates that a solution is nigh, and by the end of 2014 at
the latest North Korea will no longer be making waves. And the solution will
have been fully orchestrated
by the BRICS, which will be quite a novelty... We
indicated that Russian and China are hardly picky about political regimes: to
cause the least turmoil possible, they will thus be tempted to keep Kim Jong-un
at the head of the country. In conserving thus a totalitarian regime grown
inoffensive, tourists the world over will have the chance to discover
Totalitarianland much as one can visit Disneyland...
The Bank of
England's surprise announcement that it would stop one method of housing market
stimulus is one of the first tentative steps towards tightening monetary
policy...
The
European Union's failure to conclude a landmark agreement with Ukraine this
week raises questions about a policy designed to surround the bloc with a
"ring of friends" that has done little so far to stabilize its
neighborhood.
A sliding
yen usually supports exports by making Japanese products cheaper abroad and
boosts the value of overseas revenues in yen terms, but it also increases import
prices. Japan depends on imports for more than 90 percent of its energy
needs...
Selon
l'Autorité bancaire européenne (EBA), les banquiers les plus riches d'Europe
sont très majoritairement concentrés dans la City de Londres. En 2012, 2
714 banquiers ont gagné plus d'un million d'euros en Grande-Bretagne contre 212
en Allemagne, 177 en France, 109 en Italie et 100 en Espagne...
Le Monde
Le Monde
Ahead of
next week's WTO meet in Bali, commerce minister Anand Sharma on Friday asserted
that India will secure and protect its right to food security and strive for a
permanent immunity from any kind of farm subsidy breach...
Germany has
now stepped into the UK-triggered fray over introducing new restrictions on
migration within the EU. The European Commission is enraged, and even
conservative EU parliamentarians warn of pandering to populists...
The three
Asian countries talked about the trilateral FTA's modality such as how to make
a draft of liberalization for goods at the third round of negotiation, which
was held in Tokyo for four days through Friday, according to the Ministry of
Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE)...
Tensions
have risen further over China's declaration of an air defence zone in disputed
regions of the East China Sea after it sent fighter jets and an early warning
aircraft to patrol the area...
Agreement
to allow pumping of oil and gas through Turkey to world markets likely to anger
Baghdad, reports suggest...
Après des
semaines de mobilisation, des dizaines de milliers d'opposants ont investi
depuis dimanche le coeur de la capitale thaïlandaise pour réclamer la chute du
gouvernement progressiste de Yingluck Shinawatra. On les appelle les
"chemises jaunes" : ces partisans de la monarchie, soutenus par les
militaires, luttent pour le retour au pouvoir de l'utra-royaliste et
conservateur Parti démocrate...
Scottish
leader Alex Salmond has played down Spain's claim that an independent Scotland
would be kicked out of the EU. The Scottish Nationalist government unveiled its
plans for independence in the 670-page blueprint "Scotland's Future"
earlier this week...
The
Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) may price its crude oil futures contract in
yuan and use medium sour crude as its benchmark, its chairman said on Thursday,
adding that the bourse is speeding up preparatory work to secure regulatory
approvals...
Government
is likely to resume paying Iran in Euros after a historic accord between
western super powers and the Persian Gulf state made it easier to import crude
oil from one of its biggest suppliers...
Deux mois après les législatives, l'Union
Chrétienne-Démocrate de la chancelière allemande Angela Merkel et le parti
social-démocrate sont parvenus à un accord en vue de gouverner ensemble...
U.S.
borrowers are increasingly missing payments on home equity lines of credit they
took out during the housing bubble, a trend that could deal another blow to the
country's biggest banks...
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