There's a worse crisis on the way unless we get serious about tackling debt … For all of the talk of austerity, Britain is still drowning in debt, private as well as public. 'Together, families and non-financial firms' debt is still worth 208pc of GDP and is merely back to levels last seen in mid-2007, a time when leverage was already utterly unsustainable. – UK TelegraphDo...Read More
Property prices turn one in five middle aged workers into paper millionaires … One in five middle aged people in Britain is a millionaire – on paper at least, a study of official figures shows. It has previously been estimated that around one in 10 people are living in millionaire households but the new analysis shows among some groups the figures is almost three times that. … In...Read More
MPs warned: block referendum law and it will be 'hung around your necks' … Politicians who attempt to block new legislation to ensure there will be a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU will have their actions "hung around their necks", the Conservative MP behind the proposed laws warns today. – UK TelegraphDominant Social Theme: There is no need for deba...Read More
Brazil calls in army to defuse conflicts over Indian lands … President Dilma Rousseff's government said on Tuesday it would send 110 federal troops to the Brazilian farm state of Mato Grosso do Sul to try to prevent more violence between Indians claiming their ancestral territory and ranchers. The government has been struggling to defuse tensions with indigenous tribes over farmland in s...Read More
There's a worse crisis on the way unless we get serious about tackling debt … For all of the talk of austerity, Britain is still drowning in debt, private as well as public. 'Together, families and non-financial firms' debt is still worth 208pc of GDP and is merely back to levels last seen in mid-2007, a time when leverage was already utterly unsustainable. – UK TelegraphDo...Read More
Property prices turn one in five middle aged workers into paper millionaires … One in five middle aged people in Britain is a millionaire – on paper at least, a study of official figures shows. It has previously been estimated that around one in 10 people are living in millionaire households but the new analysis shows among some groups the figures is almost three times that. … In...Read More
MPs warned: block referendum law and it will be 'hung around your necks' … Politicians who attempt to block new legislation to ensure there will be a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU will have their actions "hung around their necks", the Conservative MP behind the proposed laws warns today. – UK TelegraphDominant Social Theme: There is no need for deba...Read More
Brazil calls in army to defuse conflicts over Indian lands … President Dilma Rousseff's government said on Tuesday it would send 110 federal troops to the Brazilian farm state of Mato Grosso do Sul to try to prevent more violence between Indians claiming their ancestral territory and ranchers. The government has been struggling to defuse tensions with indigenous tribes over farmland in s...Read More
Pastors! Are you overworked? Do less! It's God's Way!Are you bored in Church? Show the pastor this!Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said. And if a revelation comes to someone who is sitting down, the first speaker should stop. For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged. The spirits of prophets are subject to t...Read More
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Frank Giustra is Douglas College's 2013 Distinguished Alumnus. Frank graduated from Douglas College in 1979 and was in the music program before switching his focus to business and finance. He has since become a successful stockbroker, mining financier and founder of Lions Gate Entertainment. Currently, Giustra is president and CEO of Fiore Financial Corporation.Read More
The 2012 Dark Descent reissue of Silence of the Centuries, which includes the classic EP plus everything else that the band ever recorded. The band included future members of Sonata Arctica and Korpiklaani. 1. Silence of the Centuries 0:002. Sleepy Ocean 3:533. Remasquerade 7:584. Phantasmagoria 11:135. Vacuum of Thoughts 15:416. Remasquerade (Demo) 21:017. The Better Be Descended 24:468. In Death...Read More
The Fed and Inequality … Is the Federal Reserve a driving force behind the post-recession growth in inequality? It's a provocative idea, voiced by writers including Neil Irwin and Robert Frank. It is certainly true that inequality, in terms of both income and wealth, has widened since the recession. A study by the lauded economist Emmanuel Saez of the University of California, Berkeley,...Read More
'Tuned Out' Investors Under Spell of QE: BIS … Equity markets shrugged off weak economic data and uncertainty in recent weeks and continued to extend their "relentless" gains fueled by the prospect of further stimulus, leaving them more vulnerable to shocks, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) said on Monday. – CNBCDominant Social Theme: The BIS is very worrie...Read More
The Economist explains… How did the global poverty rate halve in 20 years? Poverty is easy to spot but hard to define. America sets its poverty line at $11,490 of income per year for a one-person household, or just over $30 a day. Any income below that amount is judged inadequate for the provision of fundamental wants. Other rich countries set their poverty lines in relative terms, so an inc...Read More
The Fed and Inequality … Is the Federal Reserve a driving force behind the post-recession growth in inequality? It's a provocative idea, voiced by writers including Neil Irwin and Robert Frank. It is certainly true that inequality, in terms of both income and wealth, has widened since the recession. A study by the lauded economist Emmanuel Saez of the University of California, Berkeley,...Read More
'Tuned Out' Investors Under Spell of QE: BIS … Equity markets shrugged off weak economic data and uncertainty in recent weeks and continued to extend their "relentless" gains fueled by the prospect of further stimulus, leaving them more vulnerable to shocks, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) said on Monday. – CNBCDominant Social Theme: The BIS is very worrie...Read More
The Economist explains… How did the global poverty rate halve in 20 years? Poverty is easy to spot but hard to define. America sets its poverty line at $11,490 of income per year for a one-person household, or just over $30 a day. Any income below that amount is judged inadequate for the provision of fundamental wants. Other rich countries set their poverty lines in relative terms, so an inc...Read More
It used to be that coal dominated energy consumption around the world, as this fossil fuel was both abundant and relatively cheap to use. But as big oil stepped in, the past few decades have seen dependence on coal cool off. In more recent years, coal has taken an even bigger hit as developed countries have attacked the fuel source for its negative environmental impact. As fracking continues to pi...Read More
Retirement at 70 will be 'new norm' … Retiring at 70 will soon be the "new norm", as the number of Britons saving enough for old age reaches an all-time low. Less than half of Britons are saving enough for their twilight years, according to Scottish Widows. – UK TelegraphDominant Social Theme: Save more. Spend less. Simple.Free-Market Analysis: Is it an idle question...Read More