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Economics

What Greek Banks Hide

At first glance, the four largest banks in Greece are doing better than ever. In November, they received a third aid package for several years. The allocated € 14.4 billion ($ 15.9 billion) helped to increase the capital adequacy ratio to 18%, which is higher than the European average of 13%....

Apple's Staff Will Resign If FBI Wins

Employees of Apple Inc. may refuse to perform their duties and are even ready to resign, if they are forced to crack the iPhone, which belonged to a terrorist from San Bernardino. Apple employees are already discussing what they will to do, if they are obliged to assist law enforcement authorities....

Number of Hedge Funds Is Falling at a Record Pace

According to a new study, in 2015 were closed more hedge funds than at any other time since the financial crisis. With regard to liquidation of hedge funds, last year was the worst since 2009. 979 funds have been closed in 2015; to compare, there were 864 of them in 2014, according to Hedge Fund...

ICO Issues The First & The Largest ‘Social Bonds’ In Spain Market

ICO has come up with the largest ‘Social Bond’ in Spanish market which addresses the issues of unemployment, underperformance, and wealth distribution. Towards the end of January 2015, ICO “issued its debut EUR 1bn December 2017” which is a three years’ “Special Bond”. The said bond supports ICO’s...

The Growing Iceberg of Pension Funds

Unfunded pension obligations of 20 OECD countries reached $ 78 trillion. For comparison, total debt of the same governments is almost 2 times less ($ 44 trillion). Ever since the financial crisis of 2007-2008, a huge public debt was one of the major causes of concern. Yet, nobody thought about...

A Fresh Bid On Buyout Boosts Starwood Hotel’s Shares

Starwood sees a rise of “$76 per share in cash” in “pre-market trade”. Following the announcement of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, wherein it revealed a receipt of “an unsolicited buyout bid” which came from an association of companies at “$76 per share in cash”, the Starwood group saw...

China Hopes That EU Will Grant Its ‘Market Economy Status’

According to the commitments made by the EU, China should receive a “market economic status” by the end of the year. However, at present, the said issue has become a debatable subject. China urged the European Union to abide by the rules and regulations of the World Trade Organization and in turn...

ECB Cuts Down Interest Rates While Boosting QE

Slow growth in global economy coupled with the low inflation rates made ECB bring down the margins on its interest rates. On the 10th of March 2016, the European Central Bank took a decisive step to attend to the “low inflation and the global economic slowdown” that has been prolonging so far....

‘Bidding War’ May Be At The Corner

As LSE “target price” gets a boost following its merger with Deutsche Boerse, the CS predict a possible “bidding war”. The previous Credit Suisse’s London Stock Exchange figures that rested at “2,900p” jumped up to “3,350p” reflecting the accumulating “value of cost synergies” to the shareholders...

The Rich Buy Luxury Yachts Even as Global Wealth Declines

The spending by rich had increased by 40% in 2015 compared to a year earlier even as the year was marked as one with an overall decline in global wealth for the first time since the financial collapse in 2008.   But the rich have proved that as wealth falls, spending rises.  ...
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