Fred Goodwin should plainly never have been given a knighthood in the first place, but where were all the politicians who now sanctimoniously call for his head on a plate at the time when all the mischief was going on? Cheering him on from the sidelines, that's where. The populism of this execution is so [...]
The raging debate over Mario Draghi’s credit rescue has refused to die down. A disturbingly large number of credit experts warn that the ECB life-line is not the "game-changer" that the markets seem to think, cannot in itself can save Euroland, and may prove counter-productive – perhaps soon. This is not what I suggested in [...]
Adding his corporate taxes and charitable giving brings the Republican candidate’s total tax rate to 50%
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Pension discount rates have plummeted over the past few months and plan sponsors should prepare for a potential upward spike in balance sheet liabilities for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. Using the Citigroup Pension Discount Curve (CPDC) as a proxy, pension accounting discount rates could decrease by 100 basis points (or more). This [...]