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WTO GATS and strategies of regional hubs Part 1

…take advantage of “states which are less developed,” Premji said. Infosys is building an archipelago of back offices – in Mexico, the Czech Republic, Thailand and China, as well as…

David Rosenberg is a Smart Bear

…investors as to which statistic it was that altered their perceptions to such a degree, the vast majority said it was the drop in the January unemployment rate to 4.7%…

Family Values

…Notably absent [from the FMLA] is any finding concerning the existence, much less the prevalence, in public employment of personal sick leave practices that amounted to intentional gender discrimination in…

Divergent Opinions on the Economy, Part II

A few weeks ago I noted that perceptions of how the economy is doing seem to vary widely depending on one’s political affiliation. Some new survey results by Gallup may…

…-47 among Democrats, its lowest level since November 1993, but +43 among Republicans, matching its highest point since November 2000. That strikes me as a huge difference in perceptions. Basically…

…monetary policy. Fed watchers have become ever more vigilant in their attempts to deduce Fed policy via public speeches held by Fed worthies. The last in line of speeches by…

…economic aspects raised by the ex President. Conventional wisdom has it that voters vote their pocketbooks – i.e. that perceptions of economic well-being determine how the electorate votes. This view…

…reason than simple frustration. As time passes, our memories tend to impart some generosity — we recall the good more than the bad, exacerbating the gap between our perceptions of…

…report finds that: Whatever gains might occur in terms of perceptions of the fairness of trade come at a cost of lower output for the economy… The [modification of 2000]…

…the same or getting worse in the next six months. This finding is intriguing as it shows the divorce between perceptions and realities that are occuring. The American economy is…