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Economics

Can we rely on LIBOR?

Society has lost its trust in the financial sector. Should we overhaul LIBOR? IN A RECENT article by Bloomberg Businessweek, assistant managing editor Brian Bremmer reports that investigators in America, Canada, Japan, the UK, and the EU are trying to determine whether a handful of brokers and traders have manipulated LIBOR. At this stage, it is […]

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Six Secrets to Success

Arnold Schwarzenegger provides his 6 secrets to success LISTEN UP.

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Economics

Abbott and Costello explain unemployment

The unemployment rate tends to understate how many people are actually out of work A PREVIOUS POST looked at the reasons why the reported unemployment rate in the USA tends to understate the “real” unemployment rate. To understand why this happens, here are a few equations which show how the formula for the unemployment rate […]