http://www.leap2020.eu/ fr 2012-05-25T19:01:28+02:00 48.8351898 2.3866701 tag:www.leap2020.eu,2012:rss-4297661 Fri, 25 May 2012 18:30:00 +0200 fr Tullett Prebon If the government (and indeed its critics) are to be believed, Britain has implemented painful and severe cuts in public spending in order to tackle the fiscal deficit. However, available data shows that Britain’s much-vaunted spending “austerity” is a myth. Rather, the UK has been trying to placate (for which read “dupe”) the bond markets by combining maximum spin with minimum substance. In this Note, we blow the whistle on this mendacious strategy of ‘spin-but-no-substance’, and nail the Big Lie about spending reductions...

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]]> http://www.leap2020.eu/notes/Blowing-the-whistle-on-UK-austerity-How-Britain-is-using-spin-to-con-the-bond-markets_b4297661.html tag:www.leap2020.eu,2012:rss-4297256 Fri, 25 May 2012 17:22:00 +0200 fr Open Knowledge Foundation Blog The explosive growth in data, especially open data, in recent years has meant that the demand for data skills — for data “wranglers”2 or “scientists” — has been growing rapidly. Moreover, these skills aren’t just important for banks, supermarkets or the next silicon valley start-up, they are also going to be cruicial in reserach, in journalism, and in civil society organizations (CSOs)...

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]]> http://www.leap2020.eu/notes/Announcing-the-School-of-Data_b4297256.html tag:www.leap2020.eu,2012:rss-4297187 Fri, 25 May 2012 16:56:00 +0200 fr Religioscope Dans cet article, Dominique Avon et Youssef Aschi s'interrogent sur l'évolution de la Tunisie depuis la "révolution de jasmin", sur la place de la religion dans ce nouveau contexte et sur la nature du mouvement Ennahda...

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]]> http://www.leap2020.eu/notes/Analyse-Ennahda-2012-premiere-annee-de-l-exercice-partage-du-pouvoir-en-Tunisie_b4297187.html tag:www.leap2020.eu,2012:rss-4297173 Fri, 25 May 2012 16:55:00 +0200 fr Money Control India has made a veiled threat to ban EU airlines from its airspace if Brussels goes ahead with sanctions against Indian airlines in a dispute over carbon tax. Dozens of countries, including the US and Russia, have attacked Brussels for making all airlines flying into the EU subject to its carbon emissions trading scheme from this year...

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]]> http://www.leap2020.eu/notes/India-warns-EU-over-airline-carbon-tax_b4297173.html tag:www.leap2020.eu,2012:rss-4292853 Fri, 25 May 2012 10:50:00 +0200 fr End of the American dream ust because you were once the most powerful nation on earth does not mean that you will always be the most powerful nation on earth. Every single year, hundreds of billions of dollars leaves the United States and goes to China...

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]]> http://www.leap2020.eu/notes/45-Signs-That-China-Is-Colonizing-America_b4292853.html tag:www.leap2020.eu,2012:rss-4285235 Thu, 24 May 2012 22:15:00 +0200 fr Market Watch Don’t hit the ‘share’ button on any items on your Facebook page this week. Morgan Stanley or your broker may end up dropping a real share of the social media giant in your portfolio. And nobody wants that...

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]]> http://www.leap2020.eu/notes/Case-of-the-missing-Facebook-shares_b4285235.html tag:www.leap2020.eu,2012:rss-4282121 Thu, 24 May 2012 17:12:00 +0200 fr Market Watch Bank profits rose in the first quarter of 2012, reaching their highest quarterly levels since the second quarter of 2007, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s quarterly banking report, released Thursday...

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]]> http://www.leap2020.eu/notes/FDIC-Bank-profits-at-highest-level-since-2007_b4282121.html tag:www.leap2020.eu,2012:rss-4281546 Thu, 24 May 2012 16:24:00 +0200 fr The Telegraph The Prime Minister made clear his anger after other EU leaders tried to persuade the UK again to agree to a financial transactions tax, saying it will hit people's pensions and lose "many, many jobs"...

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]]> http://www.leap2020.eu/notes/Cameron-s-fury-as-EU-tries-to-spring-tax-on-City-at-Brussels-summit_b4281546.html tag:www.leap2020.eu,2012:rss-4281527 Thu, 24 May 2012 16:23:00 +0200 fr Der Spiegel French President François Hollande managed to set the tone at his first EU summit with his proposal for euro bonds. It was the first such meeting in years that was not dominated by Chancellor Merkel. Hollande wanted to send the message that France will be more assertive in the future...

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]]> http://www.leap2020.eu/notes/Hollande-Steals-the-Show-from-Merkel_b4281527.html tag:www.leap2020.eu,2012:rss-4281315 Thu, 24 May 2012 16:06:00 +0200 fr The Guardian Britain's economy contracted by 0.3% in the first three months of the year, faster than previously thought, increasing the pressure on George Osborne to explain how the coalition plans to drag the country out of recession...

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