Data Underline Some Banks′ Dependency on ECB
By: The Wall Street Journal | Thursday, July 22, 2010
Regulators Mull Early Release of Stress-Test Results. As the European Union prepares to prove to the world how solid its banks are, new data from around the euro area show that its weaker members' dependence on the European Central Bank has never been higher.
Bank Stress Tests: Too soon to write them off
By: The Economist | Monday, July 19, 2010
When America did public stress tests on its banks in 2009 they helped end the panic on Wall Street. The Federal Reserve opened banks’ books, imposed a consistent view about how bad losses might be and forced banks that lacked capital to raise more, with the taxpayer acting as a backstop investor.
Unlocking the elusive potential of Social Networks
By: McKinsey Quarterly | Friday, July 16, 2010
There is much hype about social networks and their potential impact on marketing, so many companies are diligently establishing presences on Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms. Yet the true value of social networks remains unclear, and few consumer companies have unlocked this potential.
Why markets need Governments
By: EBR | Monday, July 12, 2010
The recent economic meltdown was at root not a failure of character or competence, but a failure of ideas. Behind the cupidity of bankers, the weakness of regulators and the myopia of macro-policy stood a set of dominant ideas about the proper relationship between the state and the market.
International Tourism: Recovery Confirmed, but Growth Remains Uneven
By: EBR | Monday, July 5, 2010
International tourist arrivals grew by 7% in the first four months of 2010 according to the latest issue of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. This growth confirms the recovery trend beginning in the last quarter of 2009 and comes despite the challenging conditions of recent months.
EBS CEO Survey results: Putting Europe Back On Track
By: EBR | Thursday, July 1, 2010
It became clear from the results, presented at the beginning of the European Business Summit (EBS), that Europe's CEOs are confident, realistic, and broadly in agreement on the directions that they need in order to achieve recovery.
Where Europe and America differ on global banking regulation
By: Europe′s World | Tuesday, June 22, 2010
It's tempting to base ideas for global financial regulation on 'bashing big banks', says Avinash Persaud, who chaired the UN’s 'Stiglitz Commission' on financial reform. But he warns that the greater problem is that of diverging American and European views on a safer rulebook.
Systemic Failure: Lessons from the World of Trade for the World of Finance
By: The Globalist | Saturday, June 19, 2010
The great Crisis of 2008-09 may well be to finance what the Great Depression was to trade — namely, an inflection point that changes our view of the interplay of capitalism, globalization and sound regulation.
Nine World Cup teams play in Made-in-Taiwan uniforms
By: EBR | Friday, June 18, 2010
At the FIFA World Cup tournament in South Africa, Taiwan will be appearing not among the 32 contending teams but as a maker of team uniforms. Nine of the competing teams will be donning uniforms made of recycled materials 100-percent made-in-Taiwan (MIT)
2010 Report on Public Finances
By: EC Press Room | Thursday, June 17, 2010
Events in Spring 2010 have exposed the urgency of addressing the fiscal challenge in the euro area and the EU. Sovereign risk premia increased to unprecedented levels in Member States with perceived high budgetary and macro-financial risks.
10 principles, 5 years, 1 challenge: to achieve a European Digital Strategy that truly works for consumers
By: EBR | Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Major technological developments have significantly changed the way consumers live, shop, communicate, access employment offers, education, healthcare services, knowledge and information.
Cybersecurity - a key component in the new Digital Era
By: EBR | Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Safer internet and effective measures against cybercrime is a multinational issue that needs to be addressed through various channels involving multiple partners, from business, government and civil society, working actively together.
The Digital Agenda for Europe
By: EBR | Tuesday, June 15, 2010
The European Commission has just published its Digital Agenda, a key component of its EU 2020 Strategy. This highly political road map for the information society sector looks at delivering a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
What we need is a digital internal market!
By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, June 15, 2010
European Commission Vice-President and Commissioner Neelie Kroes introduced the Digital Agenda for Europe, the first of the seven flagship initiatives under the Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
Europe Bought Time and Not Much Else
By: EBR | Monday, June 14, 2010
Stock markets reacted euphorically to the massive rescue package announced to prop up crashing European economies. Passions cooled slightly as the market rally halted, but still, it seemed, all was as it should be.
Hedge Funds: The EP call for less speculation
By: Athanase Papandropoulos | Monday, June 7, 2010
On Monday, May 31st, members of the European Parliament voted for new ways to deal with managers and hedge funds located outside the EU, a proportionality system to regulate less risky funds more lightly, and rules on remuneration policies of short selling.
G20 officials see no deal on bank levy
By: Reuters | Thursday, June 3, 2010
The Group of 20 has pledged a string of reforms to financial regulation in a bid to avert a rerun of the worst financial crisis since the 1930s that forced governments to use trillions of dollars of taxpayer cash to shore up banks.
Luxury sector will outperform in 2010
By: EBR | Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Watches and spirits are set for a solid rebound this year, with LVMH, Swatch and Richemont top of the list of luxury stocks with the biggest upside, Paris-based luxury fund SG Gestion said.
To Save the Euro, Cut Red Tape
By: EBR | Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Bailouts and fiscal coordination are all well and good. But to get the growth needed to bring deficits under control, the euro zone needs to reduce its more stifling regulations, says Robert Zoellick. He's right.
Markets fret, but chance of big bank crash slim
By: Reuters | Saturday, May 29, 2010
This week's market jitters that banks were heading back to the darkest days of 2008 look overdone because lenders have vastly improved their assets and central banks stand ready with abundant funding.
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