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Ukraine Needs Second Bailout, Currency Reserves Drop to Critical Level; Another IMF Visit; Where's the Love?

MishTalk

See Enter the Carpetbaggers: Ukraine''s New Finance Minister a US Citizen, New Economy Minister from Lithuania ). Ukraine’s central bank reported foreign-currency reserves at their lowest for almost a decade, raising pressure on the West to provide more financing to the country being squeezed by Russia. per-US$ to 15.34-per-US$.

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Japan Exports and Trade Balance vs. the Yen; Abenomics in Review

MishTalk

The Yen was in this general area, at times, in 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, and 2014. The CHART OF THE DAY shows the value of Japan’s exports is 23 percent below a March 2008 peak, even as those of South Korea, the U.S. percent, according to finance ministry data. One intent of Abenomics was to devalue the Yen to aid exports.

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Hollande Pleads for Creation of Eurozone Government; United States of Europe?

MishTalk

The euro zone's members are currently united in the informal body the Eurogroup, which comprises each country's finance minister, presided over by Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem. Its current president is Dutch finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem. The group has 19 members.

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How Companies Are Already Using AI

Harvard Business

For example, our survey, which asked managers of 13 functions, from sales and marketing to procurement and finance, to indicate whether their departments were using AI in 63 core areas, found AI was used most frequently in detecting and fending off computer security intrusions in the IT department. AI wasn’t new at Microsoft.

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Energy Price Deflation: Crude Dips 6% to 7-Year Low; Gasoline Below $1.50; Central Banks to Blame for What's About to Happen

MishTalk

The price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) light sweet crude is down 6 percent today to lows last seen late 2008 and January 2009. since May of 2004 when it closed at $37.04. By cheapening interest rates, financing of rigs became too easy. West Texas Crude Monthly There has not been a WTI monthly close lower than $38.69

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Why Are Mules Stubborn? Why Can't Blind Jackasses See?

MishTalk

The debts of non-financial firms in emerging market economies quadrupled, from $4tn (£2.6tn) in 2004 to well over $18tn in 2014, according to the IMF’s twice-yearly Global Financial Stability Report. This borrowing binge has taken business debt as a share of economic output from less than half, in 2004, to almost 75%.

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You Can Be a Great Leader and Also Have a Life

Harvard Business

That was in 2008. In 2004, Hickox was a certified public accountant in Texas and at a crossroads in her career. “The culture in the bank’s accounting and finance team has changed totally since I got here,” she said. I’m going to push more responsibility onto them, which should help them develop faster.