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Alberta Fund Got Chinese Approach on Potash Corp. Bid (Update1) ... “Investments by the Chinese government is a taboo to other countries whether it is Australia, US or Canada as it would bring in political risks.” De Bever ... 09/03/2010
BOJ May Forego Further Stimulus Until Forecast Review (Update1) ... The risk of continued appreciation in the yen and more ... “Political pressure on the bank to act will keep growing ... t be ruled out” as downside risks to growth ... 09/03/2010
Roubini Says Dollar, Franc May Beat Gold in Recession (Update1) ... risk of a global financial meltdown, and that tail risk has been ... and said that the US in particular risks stuttering if ... “There are big political storm clouds ... 09/03/2010
Leu Weakens to 1 1/2 Month Low After Romania Ousts Ministers ... Political Price’ Boc’s government “is paying a political price in ... commitment to austerity plans, then the IMF package will be at risk.” Brown Brothers ... 09/03/2010
Employment Probably Cooled as US Slowdown Shook Confidence ... underscore the risk a retrenchment in hiring presents for American households ... heading into November elections that will determine which political party leads ... 09/03/2010
Canada’s ‘Naive’ Budget Officer Says He Won’t Seek New ... ... place in what he called a “rock-’em, sock-’em” political environment where ... s penchant for publishing controversial reports raises a risk “that flashy ... 09/03/2010
BHP Pledge on Potash Jobs Would Get Deal Approved, Lawyers Say ... 30 to identify the “risks and opportunities” to the province from a Potash ... prudent to avoid doing anything that would create a political backlash against ... 09/03/2010
Hays dims beacon of hope to redundant pen pushers ...characteristic. That, and borrowing short and lending long. It is a polite fiction that governments, barring nationalisation, have much power to control institutions that are slipperier than greased piglets. Beautifully gamed DSG International... By Jonathan Guthrie... 09/03/2010
Banks are cutting use of bonuses to recruit ...per cent of the firms have implemented the FSB’s full guidelines in technical areas such as adjusting for liquidity risk and the impact of the timing of deferred earnings. Bank pay continues to be a political flashpoint on both sides of the Atlantic as the industry’s recovery outpaces that of the broader economy. In spite... By Megan Murphy, Investment Banking Correspondent ... 09/03/2010
Deal paves way for pan-EU financial watchdogs ...markets throughout the EU and calibrates the level of systemic risk their businesses pose. The reform package, spurred by the financial...internal market commissioner, hailed the result as the “political consensus on the creation of a European financial supervisory...said The overhaul involves the creation of a European Systemic Risk Council to assess threats to regional financial stability... By Nikki Tait in Brussels ... 09/03/2010
Block on Thailand chemical plants is removed ...issued. The decision revealed a new and unexpected regulatory risk for investors. An interim court decision in January allowed...investment climate already made treacherous by Thailand’s political upheavals and the global slowdown in demand. But a recent...External Trade Organisation showed that, in terms of legal risk, Japanese business still regarded Thailand as less unpredictable... By Tim Johnston in Bangkok ... 09/03/2010
EDF’s French Nuclear Spending Plans Face Scrutiny (Update1) ... Proglio has described the proposed power law as “expropriation” and warned against the “pillage” of the utility by setting the price too low. ... 07/02/2010
Brazil Signals End of 2010 Interest Rate Increases (Update1) ... Inflationary risks continue to abate and the current rate “at this moment” is ... World Rates There is a political risk premium on bonds maturing after 2010 ... 09/02/2010
Brazil Maintains Rate at 10.75% After Inflation Slows (Update2) ... Still, it said, “The process of reduction of risks in the inflationary scenario since ... There is a political risk premium on bonds maturing after 2010, due to ... 09/02/2010
Bernanke Meets Buffett in New Role Conceived to Protect Markets ... Augmenting the Federal Reserve’s authority risks burdening it ... anointing the Fed as the systemic risk regulator will ... had the aura of a political campaign tour ... 09/02/2010
Malaysia Refrains From Raising Rate as Rebound Cools (Update1) ... bank this year to reduce what officials say is the risk of financial ... 25 and signaled further increases after the economy overcame political unrest to grow ... 09/02/2010
Unions Spurn Democrats Seen as Turncoats on Health, Organizing ... based on the issues they care about,” Karen Ackerman, political director of ... determined to keep Congress under Democratic control, they risk undermining that ... 09/02/2010
MSCI Forces Israel Sale Harvard Campaign Failed to Bring About ... a year ago, reflects diminished concern by investors over geopolitical risks when buying ... of the asset managers said they sold the shares for political reasons. ... 09/02/2010
Pakistan: A precarious position ...The government is exaggerating the risk of regime instability and the spread of...Maria Kuusisto of the Eurasia Group, a political risk consultancy. She says the floods will...military were to use popular anger to gain political advantage. “Neither one of these... By James Lamont and Farhan Bokhari . ... 07/02/2010
A winner who squandered Labour’s spoils ...as he engaged in one of the most controversial and unpopular wars in British history, all the time confronting the daily risk of a terrorist assault on British soil. Mr Blair is a man of extraordinary courage and one feels that courage and humanity...Mr Blair saw too late the damage Mr Brown was doing to his own agenda and, by the time he did realise, he lacked the political authority to remove him from the Treasury against his will. Mr Brown was the deeper thinker, and there is little evidence... By Anthony Seldon . ... 07/02/2010
Division of power ...the White House. Moreover, it will have been rewarded for mere opposition, since at present it has no actual policies. The risk of bitter gridlock on Capitol Hill is far greater than after 1994.Many voters may think: fine – gridlock would be better... . ... 07/02/2010
Israeli settlement timebomb threatens talks ...and the Palestinian Authority will be only too aware that a political timebomb could wreck their negotiations in less than a month...freeze – as the Palestinians have demanded – he will risk the survival of his coalition government and infuriate the...the settlement freeze,” says Yossi Alpher, an Israeli political analyst and former government adviser. “The problem is... By Tobias Buck in Jerusalem . ... 07/02/2010
Brussels set to give way on OTC derivatives ...the same time Brussels proposes a “top down” approach according to which ESMA, together with the European Systemic Risk Board, will determine which contracts should potentially be subject to the clearing obligation. The draft said: “Both...Reynolds, partner at Shearman & Sterling, the law firm, said the emphasis on the role of ESMA meant there was “a heavy political slant to the proposals”. He singled out the proposals on CCPs. While Brussels stipulates that ESMA will have “a central... By Jeremy Grant in London and Nikki Tait in Brussels . ... 07/02/2010
The best way to diversify ...the level of non-oil taxation on their own because they risk triggering the departure of private sector workers to neighbouring...their workers because of ample oil receipts. There is also a political aspect. “No taxation without representation”, a slogan of the American Revolution, illustrates the political context. In the Gulf, citizens have tended to view the... By Tristan Cooper . ... 07/02/2010
