http://www.leap2020.eu/ 2012-02-08T22:34:40+01:00 Webzine Maker 48.8351898 2.3866701 2012-02-08T20:26:00+01:00 http://www.leap2020.eu/notes/Paris-et-Moscou-veulent-transformer-le-Caucase-russe-en-paradis-touristique_b3798267.html 2012-02-08T20:24:00+01:00 Le Monde "Faites du ski, pas la guerre." C'est en substance le pari que fait Moscou, avec la coopération de Paris, pour normaliser la situation dans le Caucase russe, région extrêmement pauvre affectée depuis plus de cinq ans par une guerre civile...

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]]> 2012-02-08T18:29:00+01:00 http://www.leap2020.eu/notes/Two-EU-bodies-spending-money-like-no-tomorrow_b3796393.html 2012-02-08T18:28:00+01:00 EUObserver In these times of austerity when the EU Council, European Commission and the European Parliament are making efforts to cut costs, there are two EU bodies operating under the radar whose budgets have been increasing in an unchallenged way: the Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the Committee of the Regions (CoR)...

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]]> 2012-02-08T18:19:00+01:00 http://www.leap2020.eu/notes/Dette-la-Cour-des-comptes-appelle-a-des-economies-radicales-a-effet-immediat_b3796287.html 2012-02-08T18:18:00+01:00 Les Echos Selon Didier Migaud, premier président de la Cour, la plus grande partie de l'effort de redressement reste à faire. Le rapport annuel pointe le décrochage sans précédent de la France par rapport à l'Allemagne sur la dette...

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]]> 2012-02-08T18:18:00+01:00 http://www.leap2020.eu/notes/RBS-Shake-Up-Has-Cost-60-5-Billion-So-Far_b3796285.html 2012-02-08T18:17:00+01:00 CNBC Stephen Hester has revealed that the dramatic restructuring of Royal Bank of Scotland has cost 38 billion pounds ($60.5 billion) in a rallying memo to staff days after the embattled chief executive waived a 1 million pounds bonus...

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]]> 2012-02-08T18:14:00+01:00 http://www.leap2020.eu/notes/Gadhafi-regime-missiles-missing_b3796262.html 2012-02-08T18:14:00+01:00 USA Today Inspectors searching for shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles amassed by Moammar Gadhafi and prized by terrorists can't account for potentially thousands of them...

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]]> 2012-02-08T18:06:00+01:00 http://www.leap2020.eu/notes/Traite-europeen-comment-Hollande-veut-renegocier_b3796192.html 2012-02-08T18:05:00+01:00 Le Monde François Hollande est formel. S'il est élu président de la République, le 6 mai, le candidat socialiste demandera une " renégociation " du traité sur la discipline budgétaire paraphé au sommet de Bruxelles le 30 janvier. Le calendrier n'est pas, pour lui, un problème. " Ce traité sera signé le 1er mars, mais je ne suis pas sûr que, au mois de mai, plus d'un ou deux pays l'auront ratifié. Ce traité, signé mais non ratifié, nous pourrons donc le renégocier ", assure le candidat socialiste, interrogé par Le Monde mercredi 8 février...

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]]> 2012-02-08T18:04:00+01:00 http://www.leap2020.eu/notes/Jim-Messina-Visits-Wall-Street_b3796184.html 2012-02-08T18:04:00+01:00 The Nation On Monday, Obama campaign manager Jim Messina announced that Priorities USA, a Super PAC staffed by former White House officials, would receive full fundraising support from the official re-election effort. On Tuesday, he visited Wall Street:...

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]]> 2012-02-08T18:03:00+01:00 http://www.leap2020.eu/notes/QE3-remains-on-the-table-Fed-s-Williams-says_b3796181.html 2012-02-08T18:03:00+01:00 Market Watch The Federal Reserve may need to launch another round of asset purchases with printed money, commonly known as quantitative easing, if the economy loses momentum or if inflation remains well below 2%, said John Williams, the president of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank, on Wednesday. Williams said buying more mortgage-backed securities "would likely be the best way to provide a boost to the economy." Williams is a voting member of the Federal Reserve's interest-rate-setting body this year...

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]]> 2012-02-08T17:56:00+01:00 http://www.leap2020.eu/notes/New-York-Housing-Market-Could-Still-Collapse-Analyst_b3796133.html 2012-02-08T17:55:00+01:00 CNBC There's been a lot of talk recently about home prices reaching a bottom. Most notably, Bill McBride at Calculated Risk — perhaps the most respected housing market analysts in the blogosphere — says housing starts already bottomed and housing prices are likely to bottom in March...

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]]> 2012-02-08T17:44:00+01:00 http://www.leap2020.eu/notes/Current-account-surplus-plunges-43-in-2011_b3795998.html 2012-02-08T17:44:00+01:00 Asahi Japan’s current-account surplus in 2011 plunged 43.9 percent to fall below 10 trillion yen ($130 billion) for the first time in 15 years due to its first trade deficit in 48 years, Finance Ministry figures showed Feb. 8...

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