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...Governments in Asia, the U.S., U.K., and E.U. face a larger challenge than the failure of financial institutions. The failure of consumer demand will trample the economy well into next year. The only solution to the problem is to given people extremely enticing reasons to spend money. Whether that is done though tax credits or access to inexpensive credit, governments have to move into the difficult role of building a system to create a series of incentives that make spending money more attractive than saving it. That is nearly impossible because it would certainly involve giving people a dollar...
...chairs - global equities, say, or convertible bonds - is almost guaranteed to bring in business and get paid for it. "I could put a monkey in that chair and get a certain level of business," he said. With 46,000 financial jobs having been lost in New York City already, demand is falling, so the risk of losing talent to rivals is declining. The bigger question that should be asked of these big earners, says the Wall Street vet, is this: What is your alpha relative to a monkey? Alpha refers to the measure by which you beat the expected return...
Enjoy the grilled salmon on your dinner plate - it may not be on the menu for long. As the demand for seafood continues to rise, fueled in part by the now global appetite for sushi, we're in danger of fishing out the oceans. Once-teeming fishing territory like the Grand Banks off the eastern coast of Canada have gone fallow, and highly coveted species like the Atlantic cod and the bluefin tuna are becoming increasingly rare. An influential study published in 2006 in the journal Science predicted that if fishing around the world continued at its present pace, fish...
Deibel said that since Boston Magazine recommended the restaurant’s butterscotch pudding in its pages, UpStairs on the Square has seen a rise in demand for the dish, which she described as “a simple, great dessert made of custard and caramelized brown sugar served with a pecan sandwich cookie...
...Adds Takako Hosomi, president of Princess House Inc., whose clients demand that their living spaces be transformed to mimic 18th-century European palaces: "It's every girl's dream to wake up on a splendid canopy bed with a kiss from a handsome prince...