Investors prefer women drivers
Research of late has shown that when women are on boards, companies perform better both financially and in stock markets. And this has been even more pronounced since the financial crisis.
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Floating Towards Japan’s Economy on a Sea of Bad Debt
Hold onto your hats. Grab your wallet. All over the world, central planners are getting together.
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Spain at the Euro Crossroads: Bailout, Bonds and Banks
It's been a rather confusing day for the Spanish government, it seems. Just as the Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, started holding out the begging bowl and asked the rest of Europe to help recapitalise its banks, Spain's economic minister Luis de Guindos came out, only a couple of hours later, saying that Spain was not seeking a bailout at all. "I have absolutely not discussed any intervention in Spain's banks today," de Guindos told reporters in Brussels. Despite his attempt at calming down the markets, speculation over how damaged the Spanish economy and its ailing bank sector is has rippled through the rest of the eurozone.
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Moody’s Downgrades Seven German and Three Austrian Banks
Credit rating agency Moody's has downgraded seven German banks and their subsidiaries including the Commerzbank AG, Germany 's second-largest bank. Moody's also cut the rating of three Austrian banks citing European debt crisis as the reason. The rate cut was the outcome of the review initiated on 15 February and was part of its latest review of 114 European banks
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Australia GDP Growth and EU Economic Stimulus Hopes Lift Asian Markets
Australia has reported a GDP growth of 1.3 percent in the first three months of the year from the previous three months, beating analysts' expectations of 0.5 percent for the same period. The Australia n economy grew at a rate of 4.3 percent compared to the same period in 2011.
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Service Sector Growth Teases Out Mixed Sentiment
In spite of a stagnant U.S. job market, the services sector offers more promise than manufacturing, at least for now
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Merkel Seen Easing Stance Against Aid For Struggling Banks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel appears to have altered dramatically her long-held opposition to euro zone nations sharing responsibility for the debts of the monetary union's most troubled banks. Specifically, Merkel hinted Monday that she would be amenable to supporting a "bad bank" bailout structure, in which the most toxic part of bank balance sheets would be pooled, bought by the European Central Bank (ECB) or some other international institution, and wound down over a 25-year horizon. The hint of a change in Merkel's position is key because Germany , the euro zone's No
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Euro Zone To Fall Into Recession In 2Q, But Will ECB Ride To Rescue?
The euro zone avoided recession with zero growth in the first quarter, but it seems to have run out of luck. Recent data out of the single currency bloc has led economists to conclude with confidence that a recession is imminent and the European Central Bank may not act Wednesday.
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Euro Crisis Forcing Central Bankers Outside Euro Zone Into Uncomfortable Stances
Except for a few notable exceptions in the fringe financial blogosphere, no one has ever said the job of a central banker is a simple one. Inscrutable, unelected and independent of higher oversight, these technocrats hold positions atop tremendously powerful government institutions. As such, the national masters of the coin are generally also masters at adopting whatever professional hat is necessary to deal with the situation in front of them. Sometimes they're econ professors, investment bankers, speculators, policy wonks, government PR managers or national punchlines
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World Bank Cuts China’s Growth Rate In 2012 To 8.2 Percent On Declining Exports And Domestic Property Market
China 's growth rate will decrease in 2012, according to the forecast by World Bank following the deterioration in the domestic property market and decrease in export demand globally.
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