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Davos Elite Eat $40 Hot Dogs While “Struggling For Answers”, Cowering in “Silent Fear”

2017-01-17

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2017-01-17

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For those unfamiliar with what goes on at the annual January boondoggle at the World Economic Forum in Davos, here is the simple breakdown. Officially, heads of state, captains of industry, prominent academics, philanthropists and a retinue of journalists, celebrities and hangers-on will descend Tuesday on the picturesque alpine village of Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum.

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Davos: In Defense Of Populism

2017-01-17

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2017-01-17

DAVOS MAN: “A soulless man, technocratic, nationless and cultureless, severed from reality. The modern economics that undergirded Davos capitalism is equally soulless, a managerial capitalism that reduces economics to mathematics and separates it from human action and human creativity.” – From the post: “For the Sake of Capitalism, Pepper Spray Davos”

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What Vice Costs – The World’s Cheapest (& Most Expensive) Countries For Drugs, Booze, & Cigarettes

2017-01-17

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2017-01-17

Forbidden Cost of Vice?
Indulging in a weekly habit of drugs, booze and cigarettes can cost you as little as $41.40 in Laos and a whopping $1,441.50 in Japan, according to the Bloomberg Vice Index.

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Swiss franc less overvalued according to latest Big Mac index

2017-01-16

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2017-01-16

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On 12 January 2017, the Economist came out with its latest Big Mac index. Also known as the burger benchmark, the index compares the price of a Big Mac around the world. This catchy, if highly incomplete means of comparing the relative purchasing power of different currencies, uses the United States and the US$ as its base. Countries where Big Macs cost less than in the United States (in US$ terms) have weak currencies, and those where they are...

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We Are All Low-Skilled Workers Now

2017-01-13

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Subscribe to Patrick Watson’s free weekly column, Connecting the Dots, at Mauldin Economics: http://bit.ly/2jIKatg

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Holiday homes going out of fashion

2017-01-13

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For a year now, laws have been in force preventing new holiday homes from being built in most tourist areas. After the rules were tightened, it was thought prices would rise as supply fell. But this has not been the case.(SRF/swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role …

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Contrarian Market Predictions for 2017 from Jared Dillian

2017-01-12

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Subscribe to Jared Dillian’s free weekly column, The 10th Man, at Mauldin Economics: http://bit.ly/2jh2yL0

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Dirk Müller, “Mr. Dax” und Börsen-Expert

2017-01-12

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Für Dirk Müller, alias «Mr. Dax», werden die Aktienmärkte 2017 dank US-Impulsen erst steigen, dann bergab gehen – dies ebenfalls wegen der USA. Und «Schwarze Schwäne» könnten Anlegern ebenfalls um die Ohren fliegen.

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Swiss technology in smartphones

2017-01-11

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It’s a decade since the iPhone was launched and at least four Swiss companies have reason to celebrate the success that changed the mobile phone landscape. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events. …

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Ulrich Tilgner, Nahost-Experte

2017-01-11

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Europa wird in 100 Jahren wegen der hohen Zuwanderung ganz anders aussehen, sagt der langjährige Kriegsreporter und Nahost-Experte Ulrich Tilgner im cash-Video-Interview. Abschottung werde nicht funktionieren.

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What income products do Investec Structured Products currently offer?

2017-01-10

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Colin Brockman, a BDM at Investec Structured Products discusses our current product offerings in this short video interview.

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Can Structured Products be used as a viable alternative to annuities?

2017-01-10

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Colin Brockman, a BDM at Investec Structured Products discusses whether Structured Products can be used as a viable alternative to annuities in retirement?

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What is Investec’s current credit rating?

2017-01-10

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Colin Brockman, a BDM at Investec Structured Products talks about Investec’s improved credit rating.

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Basic Income Arrives: Finland To Hand Out Guaranteed Income Of €560 To Lucky Citizens

2017-01-08

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2017-01-08

income inequality
Just over a year ago, we reported that in what was set to be a pilot experiment in "universal basic income", Finland would become the first nation to hand out "helicopter money" in the form of cash directly to a select group of citizens.

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2016 saw fewer passengers on Switzerland’s highest railway

2017-01-07

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2017-01-07

Tunneleingang
The train, which takes sightseers to the Jungfraujoch in the Bernese Alpes, carried 916,500 passengers in 2016, significantly fewer than the year before. In 2015, a record 1,007,000 made the journey.

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Börsen-Talk vom 23. Dezember 2016

2017-01-06

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cash-Guru Alfred Herbert ist überzeugt, dass sich die im 2016 abgestraften Defensivaktien bald erholen werden. Er sagt im cash-Börsen-Talk, auf welche Branche er nächstes Jahr setzt und bei welchem Preis er Silber kauft.

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Fritz Zurbrügg: Vizepräsident des Nationalbank-Direktoriums

2017-01-06

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Steigende Hypothekarzinsen wirken aus Sicht von SNB-Vizedirektor Fritz Zurbrügg Verzerrungen am Immobilienmarkt entgegen. Dazu brauche es aber weiterhin disziplinierte Hypothekarbanken, fordert der Währungshüter.

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Who cares if cuckoo clocks are not a Swiss invention?

2017-01-05

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Contrary to popular belief, cuckoo clocks did not originate in Switzerland. They were first made in Germans, who continue to dominate the market for high quality wooden clocks. (Julie Hunt, swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss …

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SMI set to end 2016 in negative territory

2016-12-31

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2016-12-31

In the last week of the year, the Swiss Market Index deepened its loss for the year as banks continued lower on low trading volumes. The SMI is set to end 2016 with an annual loss of 6.8% as banking and pharmaceutical giants pulled the index down in a year of turbulent trading. A volatile 2016 started with a brutal equity sell off as investors dumped global stocks on fears of an accelerating economic slowdown in China. The Brexit vote in June...

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Miners, including Swiss-based Glencore, unearth a profit bonanza with rally set to last into 2017

2016-12-30

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2016-12-30

Coal-mining
Miners had been digging in one of Australia’s oldest collieries for almost a century until operations wound down a year ago, the victim of plunging global commodity prices.

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