https://the-looser-it-s-me.net Superblogging Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST en https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-george-soros-what-if-the-world-isn-t-worth-saving- https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-george-soros-what-if-the-world-isn-t-worth-saving- Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:18:08 EDT andreiclifton https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-george-soros-what-if-the-world-isn-t-worth-saving-
So with that in mind, what about Wall Street itself? Does the financial system pass the test? That’s the basic idea behind our series Economy 4.0: how to make the global economy, including the financial system, work better for more people. Our special correspondent David Brancaccio has been in Bretton Woods, N.H., the past couple of days for a series of meetings and conversations about exactly that topic.

DAVID BRANCACCIO: The setting of our conversation was a round table in the grand hotel where debate in 1944 led to the Bretton Woods Agreement, which defined the financial system coming out of World War II. Eighty-year-old George Soros, investor and philanthropist, was part of a new conference he helped sponsor in recent days on what was advertised as “new economic thinking.” ]]> https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-fsa-guidelines-will-signal-end-of-staff-retention-bonuses https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-fsa-guidelines-will-signal-end-of-staff-retention-bonuses Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:18:08 EDT andreiclifton https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-fsa-guidelines-will-signal-end-of-staff-retention-bonuses
Jon Terry, remuneration partner for PwC, explained that the FSA has effectively “introduced the world’s toughest pay rules to the UK financial services industry” and warned that firms must take steps to comply before the June 30th deadline.



He added that while some measures will be welcomed by workers, but bonus restrictions are likely to be less popular. ]]> https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-royal-wedding-likely-to-be-a-drag-on-british-economy https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-royal-wedding-likely-to-be-a-drag-on-british-economy Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:18:08 EDT andreiclifton https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-royal-wedding-likely-to-be-a-drag-on-british-economy
April 27, 2011|By Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times
Roslynd Hadley is enough of a royalist that she’s happily hosting a garden party Friday to celebrate the much-anticipated marriage of Prince William to his college sweetheart, Kate Middleton.

But Hadley is also enough of a businesswoman to know that, though the wedding may buoy people’s spirits, it’s no boon to her company. Since the British government declared Friday a national holiday in honor of the event, cancellations of bookings for the day have cost her busing firm about $22,000 in lost business.


]]> https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-osama-s-killing-poses-short-term-risk-for-economy-analysts https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-osama-s-killing-poses-short-term-risk-for-economy-analysts Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:18:08 EDT andreiclifton https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-osama-s-killing-poses-short-term-risk-for-economy-analysts Former adviser ministry of finance, Dr Salman Shah, said that the incident has given Pakistan a chance to attract investment and put the economy back on the track provided the government adopts the right foreign policy.

“We must go on a diplomatic offensive to thwart the widespread propaganda and assert the role played by Pakistan in war against terror,” he said. Shah urged the need of a nationalist government with a one-point agenda to save Pakistan from becoming isolated.

The US ground forces killed Laden in Abbottabad on Monday, four months before the 10th anniversary of 9/11 attacks.
]]> https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-diary-imf-world-bank-spring-meetings-in-washington https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-diary-imf-world-bank-spring-meetings-in-washington Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:18:08 EDT andreiclifton https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-diary-imf-world-bank-spring-meetings-in-washington
Following is a schedule of the top events. All times listed are in Washington local time/GMT.

All times EDT/GMT Wednesday, April 13


0900/1300 – Press Briefing on the Global Financial Stability Report by Jose Vinals, financial counsellor and director of the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department.

1000/1400 – IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn speaks before Brookings Institution “The Global Jobs Crisis: Sustaining the Recovery through Employment and Equitable Growth” event
]]> https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-imf-says-financial-conditions-remain-fragile https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-imf-says-financial-conditions-remain-fragile Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:18:08 EDT andreiclifton https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-imf-says-financial-conditions-remain-fragile
The IMF report emphasizes the need to keep interest rates low in advanced economies like the UK in order to strengthen their recovery.

International Monetary Fund added that oil prices and inflation in emerging economies pose new risks to global recovery but are not yet strong enough to derail it.

Soaring costs for basic staples stoked the social and economic tensions that have roiled the Arab world. Street protests have toppled dictatorships in Egypt and Tunisia, and left leaders in Yemen and Libya fighting to cling to power.

The Fund said inflation pressures were likely to build in developing countries as people pushed for higher wages in the face of pricier food and fuel. ]]> https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-webinar-boilers-and-fuel-regulations-sweeping-impacts-on-industry https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-webinar-boilers-and-fuel-regulations-sweeping-impacts-on-industry Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:18:08 EDT andreiclifton https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-webinar-boilers-and-fuel-regulations-sweeping-impacts-on-industry
At this webcast, presented by the Seminar Group, you will gain an understanding of EPA’s new Boiler MACT and Boiler GACT Regulations. In addition, learn about the New Definition of Solid Waste as it relates to Fuel and Ingredients in Manufacturing Processes, and how these new Regulations Impact You.



Join them for these topics:

EPA’s Rulemaking Background
New Definition of “Solid Waste” Fuel
Area Source Boiler Rule (GACT)
Major Source Boiler and Process Heater Rule (MACT)
Incinerator Rule
How does this all fit together? What can we expect going forward?
]]> https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-fraud-investigation-possible-into-takeover-of-world-s-oldest-league-club https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-fraud-investigation-possible-into-takeover-of-world-s-oldest-league-club Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:18:08 EDT andreiclifton https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-fraud-investigation-possible-into-takeover-of-world-s-oldest-league-club
The move comes after fresh claims made in a BBC Panorama documentary broadcast Monday, in which Eriksson said he was duped into signing for the lower league club.

The Financial Services Authority has passed over to the SFO an investigation into allegations that Russell King was behind the scam. The SFO investigates the country’s most serious corruption cases.

“We are interested in it and will be making a decision on what to do when we have assessed all the information,” the SFO was quoted by the Financial Times.

King, who once served two years in jail for insurance fraud, was accused in last night’s programme of being behind the Byzantine fraud.
]]> https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-shaken-japan-latches-onto-earthquake-warning-app https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-shaken-japan-latches-onto-earthquake-warning-app Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:18:08 EDT andreiclifton https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-shaken-japan-latches-onto-earthquake-warning-app
(Reuters Life!) – In what has become a too-familiar experience in Tokyo, a crowded subway train screeches to a sudden halt. From around the car, mobile phones start to ring.

The sound is an emergency earthquake warning from an iPhone app that lets subscribers know when the quake will come, where the epicenter will be located and how strong the shaking will be. Often, seconds after the phone rings, the shaking starts.



Following the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which have left nearly 28,000 dead and missing, Japan has been hit by hundreds of aftershocks of varying strengths.

The app called Yure Kuru, or shaking coming, was developed by RC Solution Co, a Tokyo-based firm that specializes in providing disaster-related information services, such as relaying warnings or letting people confirm the safety of friends and family.
]]> https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-lead-s-korea-china-japan-agree-on-earlier-conclusion-of-joint-study-on-fta https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-lead-s-korea-china-japan-agree-on-earlier-conclusion-of-joint-study-on-fta Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:18:08 EDT andreiclifton https://the-looser-it-s-me.net/story/fisher-capital-management-world-news-lead-s-korea-china-japan-agree-on-earlier-conclusion-of-joint-study-on-fta The agreement calls for the three countries to get the study, launched last year with industrial, government and academic figures of the participating nations, done before the summit the nations’ leaders will hold next year in China. A South Korean official said, “The three countries had originally planned to finish the study shortly before next year’s summit. But they reached an agreement to move up the conclusion of the study to a date way earlier than the summit.” ]]>