Europe -
What the weakening of the major countries (France, UK) will change
The world
is reconfiguring itself, Europe as well. And to us the first feature seems to
be the significant weakening of two of the three of Europe’s structuring powers
these last 20 years: England and France, knowing that the third, Germany, is in
turn is seeing its influence on Europe weakened by the reduction of that of the
other two. Both countries only exist by virtue of the influence which they have
on Europe. But England has tripped over the carpet of its own Euroscepticism
and the government finds itself overwhelmed on its right by the UKIP which is
invading its own corridors of power and public opinion, pushing the country
towards an EU exit...
Watch what
markets don't do as world politics turns nasty
Like so
much in the investment world of late, it's what financial markets are not doing
right now that is most intriguing...
The
Boomerang Effect: US-EU Sanctions on Russia Hit German Economy Hard
The United
States and Europe last week announced the imposition of stronger sanctions
against Russia in response to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. German industry
may be among the losers...
Deutsche
Bank has serious reporting problems: regulators
An
examination by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found that Deutsche Bank
AG’s giant U.S. operations suffer from a litany of serious problems, including
shoddy financial reporting, inadequate auditing and oversight and weak
technology systems, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street
Journal...
Crash en
Ukraine : un échec général
La destruction du vol MH17 illustre l'échec militaire des
séparatistes, l'échec national de l'Ukraine, la ruine de la stratégie russe et
l'absence totale de la diplomatie occidentale...
China -
Getting a Healthy Interest in Medical Tourism
Among the
many departing China for education, sightseeing and even outright emigration, a
stream to go abroad is also building with the lure of overseas healthcare...
China - 5
more universities set up human rights centers
Five
universities opened educational and training centers devoted to human rights on
Tuesday as part of a national campaign...
Africa:
Will the Brics Bank Be a Game Changer for Africa?
The BRICS
Bank, on the other hand, is an enormous opportunity to change this dynamic. All
over sub-Saharan Africa we are seeing the rise of a new breed of intellectuals
and urban elites...
Saudi
Arabian stock market to open to foreign investors
Saudi
Arabia's stock market will open up to foreign investors for the first time, the
country has announced. The move, which should happen in the first half of 2015,
sparked a 3% rise in the Tadawul index on Tuesday...
1989-2014:
D’un mur à l’autre
Cette
année, nous célébrons le 25° anniversaire de la chute du Mur de Berlin. Mais
nous avons une bien triste manière de célébrer l’un des rares événements
positifs dont l’Histoire nous a gratifiés : nous sommes en train de reconstruire
ce Mur...
Trouble in
store: the grave future of British public and private debt
A future of
rising interest rates and deepening debts beckon, with the UK unable, or
unwilling, to countenance a solution...
Russia Not
‘Directly’ Responsible for Shooting Down MH17
Senior U.S.
intelligence officials have a verdict on Russia's involvement in the MH17
tragedy, and it's a relatively good one for Russia. According to their
investigations, there's no direct evidence linking Ukraine's much larger,
aggressive neighbor to the missile attack that downed the Kuala Lumpur–bound
Malaysia Airlines passenger plane...
India
throws WTO free-trade agreement in doubt
India could
yet scuttle a landmark trade deal struck in Bali, Indonesia, last year, despite
widespread lobbying by other countries for it to support the plan at a meeting
of the G-20 Trade Ministers forum in Sydney on Saturday...
Detroit's
Water War: a tap shut-off that could impact 300,000 people
The public
water system, a prized resource worth billions and sitting on the Great Lakes,
is now the latest target – and the water shut-offs are a way to make the
balance-sheet more attractive in the lead up to its privatization...
Ce n'est
pas seulement le Mistral qui est visé par l'Amérique, mais le Rafale
Un refus
français de livrer les Mistral à la Russie obscurcirait brutalement l'avenir de
la technologie et du savoir-faire aéronautique et électronique français et compromettrait
notre indépendance technologique et militaire. Ceci notamment dans la
perspective des négociations de la France avec l'Inde au sujet du Rafale...
In a
Subprime Bubble for Used Cars, Borrowers Pay Sky-High Rates
Rodney
Durham stopped working in 1991, declared bankruptcy and lives on Social
Security. Nonetheless, Wells Fargo lent him $15,197 to buy a used Mitsubishi
sedan...
New York Times
Sur la toile, «Juifs et Arabes refusent d’être ennemis» 2
Au 16e jour de l’offensive israélienne qui a fait 650 morts
du côté palestinien et 31 côté israélien, un couple a choisi de dénoncer
l’absurdité et la violence du conflit...
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