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Audit records of Chinese firms to be made accessible to US regulators
Economics Industry News.NetBEIJING - Chinese regulators Friday announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding with their US counterparts giving American authorities increased access to documents from Chinese audit firms. The signing of the MOU between China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) is a significant ...
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Investments being sought by Croatia for oil exploration in Adriatic Sea
Economics Industry News.NetZAGREB/LONDON - Croatia, soon to become the 28th member of the European Union,- is looking to undiscovered oil and gas fields in the Adriatic Sea to revive its ailing economy, according to the country's president. Ivo Josipovic told CNN that Croatia is searching for partners in the energy sector to help reveal oil and gas "green fields" in the waters that separate the Balkan nations and ...
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IMF warns UK against continuing austerity programme
Economics Industry News.NetLONDON - In a critique of the United Kingdom's austerity programme, the International Monetary Fund Wednesday urged the Europe's third largest economy to rebalance the policy to make the transition to a high-investment and more export-oriented economy. "The UK could boost growth by bringing forward measures already included in its fiscal plan, such as spending on infrastructure and job ...
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China planning to give private businesses larger role in economy
Economics Industry News.NetChina is planning to give a larger role to private businesses and market forces in its economy. The move comes in a major policy shift intended to improve living conditions for the middle class and to make China a stronger competitor on the global stage. According to the New York Times, in a speech to party cadres, Chinese Prime Minister, Li Keqiang, said the central government would reduce the ...
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China plans to reduce states role in the economy
Times of IndiaThe country’s new prime minister, Li Keqiang, said this month that the central government would reduce the state’s role in economic matters.
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UCITS damaged by recession but outlook remains positive
European PensionsCross-border UCITS in Europe suffered in 2008 due to the financial crisis, with EUR 20.8bn of total net outflows sourced in Europe. The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) published the results of its second survey on cross-border UCITS’s success in Europe, Asia and other parts of the world, questioning 22 fund groups with combined assets of EUR 472bn invested in ...
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Swiss economy still suffering
European PensionsThe prospects for the Swiss economy have changed marginally in the latest Financial Market Test Switzerland, conducted by Credit Suisse in cooperation with the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW). The Credit Suisse ZEW indicator of economic expectations crawled up by a mere 0.6 points to the -57.1 mark, and 65.3 per cent of financial market experts forecast further deterioration of ...
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Recession looms for Swiss economy
European PensionsThe Swiss economy is set to slide into recession in 2009, predict experts at Credit Suisse. Switzerland’s real economy finally felt the full force of the financial crisis in late 2008. Previous to this, the country had held up considerably better than that of other industrialised nations, but economists fear that Switzerland’s gross domestic product (GDP) could decline by 0.6 ...
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Swiss economy will neither boom nor bust
European PensionsThe Swiss economy is expected to neither boom nor go bust in 2009, according to economists at Credit Suisse. Thus far, the Swiss economy has proven to be robust, and although the current economic climate has had a negative impact on perception, it has had little reflection in the economic data. Economists say that the Swiss economy, despite seeing economic growth below its potential, will ...
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Kids Count report Americas children are advancing despite the economy
Christian Science MonitorThe widely-watched Kids Count annual survey on the state of America's children shows gains in health and education despite the poor economy. But advocates say raised poverty rates merit more attention from ...
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Improved outlook for Gabon economy
afrol NewsGDP growth in Gabon 2003 to 2013 (blue line) is dependent on non-oil sector growth (red) as oil revenues (green) decline. This pessimistic 2009 forecast has now been adjusted upwards.
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Improving economy alters political landscape
Denver PostFILE - In this May 15, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The economy is clearly, if slowly, recovering on Obama s watch and robbing Republicans of a central argument against Democrats. But the alleged misbehavior by the Internal Revenue ...
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Circular economy investment up
People's DailyWorkers lay solar panels on a roof at Nanjing South Railway Station. China is giving attention to reducing energy consumption in industrial production. Dong Jinlin / for China DailyThe Chinese government will double its investment in the circular economy this year to 2 billion yuan ($300 million) to support the national policies of energy conservation and emission reduction, a senior official ...
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Chinas economy on track for gradual slowdown in H2 as govt reiterates policy stance
People's DailyChina's economy is expected to head toward a gradual slowdown in the second half of this year, as the central government has stated that it will retain its current mix of tightened economic policies.Top officials from the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee agreed at a Friday meeting that the country will stick to its proactive fiscal policies in the second half of this year, with ...
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Femininity as a subject position a Lacanian approach
Medworm.comThe objective of this study is to distinguish between two ways of thinking about femininity by psychoanalysis. The first, understood from the point of view of the libidinal economy of a man, and the second as a definite way of a subject to constitute itself as a sexed being. In order to develop this idea of femininity as a subject position we tried to establish connections among some of the key ...
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