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Securitas Resources offers links to industry related websites and publications. The reference material is updated daily, and covers the credit, political, and financial markets.
BP May Sell Venezuela Oil Stakes to Russian Venture (Update1) ... Venezuela took over the project on May 1, 2007 along with other privately operated oil ventures as part of a nationalization drive by President Hugo Chavez. ... 07/29/2010
China Money-Market Rate Declines to a 13-Week Low; Yuan Steady ... needs to remain alert to inflation risks, the central ... is slowing slightly but externally, the political pressure remains ... ‘Tangible Risk’ Manufacturing data ... 07/29/2010
Obama Defends School Agenda Against Civil Rights,Union Critics ... and Duncan are proposing changes designed to garner bipartisan support, political divisions are ... is working in the near-term, but there are risks,” Henig said ... 07/29/2010
Freshman Lawmaker Who Ran Tully’s Japan Urges Tax Cut (Update1) ... That’s very big risk.” The 41-year-old lawmaker said in an interview ... Yasunori Sone, a political science professor at Keio University in Tokyo, said Matsuda ... 07/29/2010
Turkish Stocks at Record High Lure Templeton’s Mobius (Update1) ... “Some sort of event in the eurozone periphery is the biggest risk factor for the ...“Markets are rewarding low debt and political credibility.” To contact ... 07/29/2010
How National Trust gets a helping hand ...National Trust, a big charity best known for preserving stately homes. Mess with the formulas of any of these and you risk stirring up a genteel hornet’s nest. But that is the course the National Trust is pursuing as it restructures with the aim...people completely believe in where we are going.” The trust is a model of a volunteer-driven organisation, because, as political and social commentator Matthew Taylor says, it offers “roles that give people an immediate sense of their own value... By Jonathan Guthrie ... 07/29/2010
Tax cuts battle dubbed election ‘rehearsal’ ...preventing a rise in the income tax rate for the highest earners from 35 per cent to 39.6 per cent. “It’s not a political thing, it’s an economic thing with me. If you raise rates on labour . . . and capital you will slow growth and we can...Medicare, a government programme. Most of the budget savings would simply come from shifting more and more cost and risk . . . on to seniors without substantially altering the course of overall health costs.” The budget director described... By James Politi and Edward Luce in Washington ... 07/29/2010
WikiLeaks Secret Records Dump Stays in Legal Clear: Ann Woolner ... the news organizations say they scrubbed the material to rid it of that risk. ... and it will change the opinion of people in positions of political and diplomatic ... 07/28/2010
Party faithful, your sovereign wealth fund needs you ...must be good at keeping secrets”. CIC is also looking for asset allocation researchers, financial analysts, credit risk analysts and hedge fund analysts as well as a deputy director for its Disciplinary Committee and Staff Supervisory Bureau to manage... By Jamil Anderlini in Beijing ... 07/28/2010
The era of global oil giants is over ...industry must face up to renewed public and political hostility. There will be greater...profits through US companies, given the risk that a single accident could put such...push for local diversity is not simple political correctness, but a consequence of...head office in London or The Hague. Political considerations are now encouraging a rethink... By Nick Butler ... 07/28/2010
West has much to learn from east’s policy toolkit ...fully the benefits of macro-prudential measures and instead are opting for second-best regulatory solutions that satisfy political clamour but are not effective. During the boom under UK finance minister Nigel Lawson in the late 1980s, I advocated domestic...cyclical, adding fuel to the fire. In the west, there is a perception that if global imbalances persist this increases the risk of the next crisis. This adds to pressure to over-regulate the financial sector. But two wrongs do not make a right... By Gerard Lyons ... 07/28/2010
