Kurt Osterberg

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    Mercantilism reconsidered

    This question constitutes a Rorschach test for policymakers and economists. On one side are free market enthusiasts and neo-classical economists, who believe in a stark separation between state and bu...
    On August 25, 2009 / By
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    ETFs and emerging markets

    Emerging markets and exchange traded funds (ETFs) have one thing in common: both are destined to hold increasing importance for investors for many years to come. Emerging markets offer some of the str...
    On August 25, 2009 / By
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    Red squared

    Russia’s budget deficit could reach 7.5 percent of GDP in 2010, stretched by state aid for banks, but economic growth should return after this year’s recession, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said...
    On August 25, 2009 / By
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    Don’t leave home without it

    Credit card delinquency figures bring to mind the rock classic “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet.” Since last July’s record report – delinquencies jumped to 6.6 percent of all card debt in the fir...
    On August 25, 2009 / By
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    The birth of a paradigm?

    Even before the birth of the moniker, corporate social responsibility and sustainability have loitered around the foreground of investment analysis. ESG is becoming increasingly prevalent as not only ...
    On June 17, 2009 / By
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    Barclays to generate £7.3bn

    Sure, it’s possible to imagine better news – say £7.3bn in cash from a straight sale instead of a mix of cash and a 20% stake in the enlarged US find manager. But this deal would address the UK b...
    On June 9, 2009 / By
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    Assessing the US Treasury’s bail out plan

    It had to happen. In the face of catastrophic losses, massive unemployment and an economy that is still scratching its head as to how the whole crisis unfolded, the US government has stepped into the ...
    On April 21, 2009 / By
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    UK government seeks to prevent cost claims

    As part of the UK government’s latest plan to curb taxpayer-funded legal spending, companies and directors cleared of criminal charges in the UK could be barred from recovering their defence costs ...
    On April 21, 2009 / By
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    Rumble in the jungle

    Moses Singo is an African exception. A black farmer with green fingers, he has probably had to overcome more obstacles than faced by most entrepreneurs anywhere else in the world to get his family bus...
    On February 20, 2009 / By
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    Investigating fraud at Satyam

    Oh the irony. “Satyam” means “truth” in Sanskrit,?a fitting name then for the fourth largest company in India’s booming information technology sector –?a company that named the World Bank ...
    On February 19, 2009 / By