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Linda Yueh

@lindayueh

1 year

The Great Crashes: Lessons from Global Meltdowns and How to Prevent Them @GreatBookSeries is out on 18th May 2023:

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Linda Yueh

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UK must remain in full lockdown until June to avoid worst effects of #covid19UK , gov leading epidemiology adviser said. Sr gov figures more optimistic, suggesting restrictions could be eased sooner than June: peak of crisis expected in week of April 12.

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UK & EU are nearing the brink of no-deal after Macron blocked an extension to Brexit & preparations began for Oct 30 emergency summit. Times: source warned a delay to Brexit beyond Thursday was “not a given” unless there was new political movement in UK

Growing risk of no-deal in six days after Macron blocks Brexit extension

France is ready to send Britain crashing out of the European Union unless Labour and the Commons agree to a general election or ratify Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal.Britain and the EU are nearing the...

www.thetimes.com

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Dem candidate Bernie Sanders breaks fundraising record held by Obama: more than 2.3 million donors, each giving <$25

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Singapore's TraceTogether app uses bluetooth to record distance between users & duration of encounters. People consent to give info which is encrypted & deleted after 21 days. Health ministry contacts users in case of probable contact with infected person

How Singapore waged war on coronavirus

Timely preparation, aggressive testing, tracing of carriers and luck helped limit impact

www.ft.com

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Professor Ferguson said: “We’re going to have to keep these measures [full lockdown] in place, in my view, for a significant period of time probably until end of May, maybe even early June. May is optimistic.” When lifted, enforce some forms of social distancing for months more.

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Cabinet sources said two criteria would have to be met before Johnson could lift the lockdown: the number of new cases must be stable or falling; and the critical care capacity of NHS hospitals must not be exceeded.

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UK manufacturers such as Vauxhall, Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Jaguar Land Rover, will 3D-print parts for ventilators to treat coronavirus patients. More than 60 companies responded to govt's call for help to produce 20,000 ventilators in as little as 2 weeks.

UK manufacturers to regear factories to build ventilators for NHS

Vauxhall and Airbus to 3D-print parts in ‘wartime’ drive to make 20,000 ventilators in weeks

www.theguardian.com

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60% of Chinese equities belong to the Chinese government, just 30% to private Chinese owners & 10% to foreigners

Capital accumulation, private property, and inequality in China, 1978-2015

Between 1978 and 2015, China moved being from a poor, underdeveloped country to the world’s leading emerging economy. But relatively little is known about how the distribution of income and wealth...

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Switzerland to reject 2014 referendum outcome that would limit EU immigration, in order to preserve EU market access

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Pfizer and Moderna vaccines produce immunity for years, study suggests | The latest findings add to growing evidence suggesting that many people may not need a booster dose as long as the virus & variants do not evolve much beyond their current forms

Pfizer and Moderna vaccines produce immunity for years, study suggests

Findings suggest patients who have received either vaccine may not need a booster dose

www.independent.co.uk

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Biographies, history & the ideas that can help address our biggest economic challenges are found in my book: The @greateconomists : How Their Ideas Can Help Us Today (The Times's Best Business Books of 2018; Newsweek's Best Fiction & Non-Fiction of 2018)

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Guardian reports that EU sources say that the UK will not be saved from crashing out of the EU via an extension of the article 50 negotiations unless there is a major realignment in UK politics, most likely through a second referendum or general election

Article 50 extension would need major shift in UK politics, say EU officials

Only second referendum or election would boost case for extension, EU sources say

www.theguardian.com

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Arizona became the third US state, following Texas and Florida, to reverse its economic reopening, closing bars, gyms and cinemas via @FT

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I've posted this before but it's a good one: What Brits say versus what they mean. Take care when using 'quite good' http://t.co/mFg4AEueJo

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The UK has ordered 8 different vaccines via @FT

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IMF abandons public debt concerns and calls on governments to invest The fund says there has rarely been a better time to increase public investment Particularly on digital infrastructure and green technology:

Fiscal Monitor, October 2020 - Policies for the Recovery

Chapter 1 of the October 2020 Fiscal Monitor discusses fiscal policies during and after the pandemic that save lives and livelihoods and revive growth and job creation. Chapter 2 of the October 2020...

www.imf.org

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One theory is COVID-19 damages the autonomic nervous system, eg digestion, sweating, sleep, heart rate blood pressure. “the body is still damaged even when virus is long gone..it's too soon to know whether..will clear up eventually or whether..will continue as a chronic disease”

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Some COVID-19 patients aren't getting better. Major medical centers are trying to figure out how to help.

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Tesla only plans to hire 6,500 people to produce $100bn in output; its highly-automated operation needs just 1.3 jobs to generate $1m output

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Join me: I hypothetically run for office(!) to find out why it costs so much #Linda4Congress

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This will immediately halt the movement of goods through the so-called UK landbridge from Ireland to continental markets. It is also likely to disrupt freight coming in the opposite direction: UK will still allow trucks to enter from France, many drivers will not want to travel

Irish Times Business

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Irish flow of freight to and from Europe to be hit by French ban via @IrishTimesBiz

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Trump's "Winter White House": Mar-a-Lago, resort owned by Trump Organization, doubled its initiation fee to $200,000

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#marr Osborne: May is "dead woman walking"-could be out in the middle of this week; dismisses Boris who's in "permanent leadership campaign"

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Despite the commonly used term global value chains, value chain activity has always had strong regional characteristics, with a high share of value chain activity evolving around North American, European and Asian hubs (citing @BaldwinRE & Lopez-Gonzalez)

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My new book on how to help solve our biggest economic problems: #GreatEconomists (UK) (US)

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Trump to drop preferential trade status allowing for tariff-free goods access for India and Turkey after India failed to assure US of ‘equitable and reasonable’ market access & Turkey wasn’t sufficiently economically developed

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“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge” - Stephen Hawking #ripStephenHawking

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Times: Labour & SNP moved towards pact that would seek to oust PM; high alert for Labour to table a vote of no confidence in PM when MPs return next month McDonnell, shadow chancellor, said Labour would not block a 2nd referendum on Scottish independence

John McDonnell deepens Labour rift over Scottish independence vote

Labour’s splits over Scottish independence burst into the open again yesterday as John McDonnell reaffirmed his pledge to sanction a second referendum in the face of an intensifying backlash from his...

www.thetimes.com

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WaPo sources: President Trump is preparing to impose a package of $60 billion in annual #tariffs against China by Friday, following through on a long-time threat that he says will punish China for IPR infringements, US jobs, etc

Trump prepared to hit China with $60 billion in annual tariffs

The tariff package, which Trump plans to unveil by Friday, was confirmed by four senior administration officials.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Bottom 90% owns 3/4 of all debt in US & just 9% of stocks - the top 1% owns majority of skyrocketing financial assets http://t.co/JbPJTCC0bO

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Over last 5 decades, middle-wage jobs diminished in the US as wage inequality increased. Research finds no evidence that either computerisation or automation (often cited as a source of both trends) produced employment polarisation or more wage inequality.

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Finland plans to scrap all existing welfare benefits & instead hand out 800 euros per month—to everyone #basicincome

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In past half century, UK has changed prime minister 24 times, half of those without a general election via @BBCNews

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Delegates after Nevada’s Democratic caucus: Bernie Sanders 34 Pete Buttigieg 23 Joe Biden 8 Elizabeth Warren 8 Amy Klobuchar 7 Michael Bloomberg 0 Tom Steyer 0

The race for presidential delegates is well underway. Track them here.

Vox will be tracking the delegates throughout the primary season.

www.vox.com

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#marr To elaborate: PM May said she rejected President Trump's suggestion to sue the EU instead of negotiate with them; she added that he advised once you start negotiating, then do not walk away or else you're "stuck". So "no deal" should not be an option in #Brexit

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#marr PM May says President Trump told her to "sue" the EU but also to not walk away from #Brexit negotiations so not a 'no deal' outcome.

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Before 1950, >1/3rd of all territorial disputes were decided by war; after 1950 diplomacy prevailed in ~90% of cases

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Extreme poverty fell from 37% in 1990 to 14% in 2011, est 9.6% now (<10% for 1st time); 700 million poor around world http://t.co/8tGyVqjOpT

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The COVID-19 crisis has struck the economic ‘machine’ in several places at the same time by @BaldwinRE

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Sovereign defaults since 1800: predominantly Latin America- as much as 10, 8 for Argentina so once every 26 years avg http://t.co/PHAY96icer

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Times: Jonathan Van-Tam, deputy chief medical officer, told MPs last week that stage three trials of the vaccine from Oxford University/AstraZeneca mean a mass rollout is on the horizon as early as December.

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European Commission to bring forward plans to move to a system of “qualified majority voting” for tax policies at May summit. Currently, tax changes require unanimity so 28 nations each has a veto; could affect UK during Brexit transition if veto removed

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Too big to fail: European banks' assets relative to home country GDP, eg UBS, Santander, HSBC, Credit Agr over 100% http://t.co/1UH7feVZDA

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Automation & US jobs: In 1980, it took 25 jobs to generate $1m in manufacturing output; now just 6.5 jobs @MarkMuro1

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Tests on French health workers with mild forms of coronavirus show that 98% of them developed antibodies powerful enough to neutralise the virus a month later.

French tests show mild infection protects strongly against coronavirus

Study will help ease concerns those with mild forms of disease do not develop robust immunity

www.ft.com

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NHS app will go live as a vaccine passport for international travel from Monday, but only for those who have had both doses. People who do not use smartphones can phone 119 for a paper letter confirming their vaccine status.

Vaccine passport for holidays will be on NHS app next week

The NHS app will go live as a vaccine passport for international travel from Monday, but only for those who have had both doses.People who do not use smartphone

www.thetimes.com

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#coronavirus Share of people who were infected in different settings

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#Fed deflation in one pic http://t.co/AvpOc9bNQM via @VolSlinger

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While 87% of employees in the UK said that they were productive when they worked remotely, this was at odds with the 80% of managers who said it was “challenging” to believe that they really were productive, dubbed “productivity paranoia”.

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Piketty’s research: In Britain, “high education voters now strongly support Labour, while high-income voters strongly support Conservative.” The same pattern is found in France, US.

Here are 3 facts you need to know about inequality and populism

After his bestselling book on inequality, French economist Thomas Piketty takes on populism and politics. Read the highlights here.

www.weforum.org

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EU to tell Switzerland it will lose access to single market if it imposes controls on free movement of EU citizens

EU tells Swiss no single market access if no free movement of citizens

Swiss-EU talks reveal determination of EU to make no concessions to UK over Brexit terms

www.theguardian.com

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"Not a natural gift. You have to learn to write well" RT @Ogilvy How to Write-a memo from #DavidOgilvy http://t.co/3pj7a8KFzv via @FBonaglia

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#Brexit by @RoubiniGlobal who say markets appear to have priced lower their risk-adjusted long-term growth for UK

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World's largest employers: 1 U.S. DoD 2 China PLA 3 Walmart 4 McDonalds 5 UK NHS 8 India railroad 10 Foxconn http://t.co/vYIZgeN4Me via @wef

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Top 50 central banks have cut interest rates 672 times since Sept 2008; nearly 3/4 of developed gov bonds yields <1%

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Mario Draghi, ex-head of ECB Much higher public debt levels will become permanent feature of our economies & will be accompanied by private debt cancellation. Proper role of the state to deploy its balance sheet to protect against..national emergencies.

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#Rio2016 Medals, including per capita & size of the economy via @business

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Open in UK: -Takeaways & food deliveries -Supermarkets/other food shops -health shops -pharmacies -petrol stations -bicycle shops -home/hardware shops -laundrettes/dry cleaners -garages, car rentals -pet shops -corner shops/newsagents -post offices -banks

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Honda's supply chain: Within the customs union, 5-24 hours to purchase a part from rest of EU Outside the customs union, 2-9 days due to new import declarations, then 2 sets of customs clearance/border checks at EU & UK ports #Brexit #cars #supplychain

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There is as much financial wealth held by rich Russians abroad – in the UK, Switzerland, Cyprus, and similar offshore centres – as is held by the entire Russian population in Russia itself

From Soviets to oligarchs: Inequality and property in Russia, 1905-2016

Russia has undergone a dramatic economic and political transformation since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1990-1991, yet the consequences on the distribution of income and wealth are not very well...

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Norway’s $900 billion wealth fund which owns 1.3% of global stocks says politics in 2 countries constitute global financial #risk : China, US

Bloomberg

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For the world's biggest wealth fund, only 2 countries drive global risks

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UK ministers are targeting June 22 to reopen England’s pubs and restaurants via @FT

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India plans to introduce a law to ban private cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and put in place a framework for an official digital currency to be issued by the central bank

India proposes law to ban cryptocurrencies, create official digital currency

India plans to introduce a law to ban private cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and put in place a framework for an official digital currency to be issued by the central bank, according to a legisla...

www.reuters.com

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A lifetime's work studying #inequality @UniofOxford Tony #Atkinson 's 15 policy recommendations to reduce inequality

Chris Giles

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Very sad to hear of the death of Tony Atkinson, one of Britain's best economists

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Most of us who test positive are isolating. 1 in 6 of us are still working from home, with no plans to change. Lots still wear masks; others are just being generally careful. Sage estimates this is reducing transmission by up to 45%.

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Matched head-to-head against Cruz, Rubio & Kasich, #Trump trails by 17 points, 13 points & 17 points, respectively

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Moldova joined half a dozen nations to block the UK re-entry to WTO Government Procurement Agreement (smooths the bidding process on public contracts). Why the hold-up? Moldova’s economic counselor to the WTO & her team were denied entry to UK last year

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I’m delighted that the paperback edition of my @greateconomists book is out today:

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Before WWII, Latin America’s average income was about 40% of the US, on a par with Southern Europe, more than double Southeast Asia Today, Latin American average income has fallen to below 30% of US average. S Europe’s has grown to more than 50%, SE Asia has risen to roughly 45%

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For the past five years, #LatAm 's economic growth averaged 0.66% — well below the global average. From 2000 to 2016 the region grew 2.8% compared with 4.8% for 56 other emerging economies excluding China

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Sweden nurses worked 6 hours per day:more productive, 20% happier, 64% more activities with patients vs normal hours

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Researchers shut down an artificial intelligence system developed at Facebook when it had created its own language

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whatever technology becomes dominant, batteries powering tomorrow’s electric vehicles will require vast amounts of mining and processing.

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Times: May’s chief Brexit negotiator has told ministers there's no chance of striking a bespoke trade deal with EU; must choose between Norway-style deal in which UK remains in single market but has to accept EU rules or a free-trade agreement

Theresa May piles pressure on Brexiteer ministers

Theresa May’s chief Brexit negotiator has told ministers that they have no chance of striking a bespoke trade deal with the European Union.Oliver Robbins briefed secretaries of state before their...

www.thetimes.com

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Danish benefits are worth more than 80% of previous earnings after 6 months out of work vs 60% across the rich world & less than 50% in UK. Denmark’s unemployment rate is lower than the rich-world average and its working-age employment rate is higher.

The case for Danish welfare

Can a welfare state be both generous and efficient?

www.economist.com

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Hierarchy of arguments http://t.co/rJwcSQIJ1v via @MaxCRoser @paulg

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“If you have a problem and you can't find a solution, you meet again tomorrow and you keep talking until you find a solution. You can disagree with behavior or a particular position, but you do not resort to calling an opponent worthless.” #KofiAnnan

António Guterres

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Kofi Annan was a guiding force for good. I join the world in mourning his loss. In these turbulent and trying times, his legacy as a global champion for peace will remain a true inspiration for us all.

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World's largest investors in renewable energy: China, US, Japan, UK via @wef http://t.co/5sa2JcuvVC

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My new book on the lives of @greateconomists & solving our big challenges: Great Economists: How Their Ideas Can Help Us Today UK: What Would the Great Economists Do? How 12 Brilliant Minds Would Solve Today's Biggest Problems US:

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New research from Stanford shows that #productivity per hour declines sharply when the workweek exceeds 50 hours, and productivity drops off so much after 55 hours that you don't get anything out of working more.

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People don't leave jobs, they leave managers.

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#Tata UK would become 1st member of G7 to have no steel industry;once produced 40% of global output in #VictorianEra

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Mastercard will increase fees more than fivefold when a British shopper uses a debit or credit card to buy from an EU-based company Mastercard told merchants that the EU-mandated cap no longer applies to some transactions post-Brexit

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Top 10 Most Annoying Buzzwords 1. Circle back 2. Work hard, play hard 3. Boots on the ground 4. Let's table this 5. Synergy 6. Put a pin in it 7. Get ducks in a row 8. Low-hanging fruit 9. Reinvent the wheel 10. Throw it up and see what sticks

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Stop 👏 using 👏 these 👏 terms.

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“ @Telegraph : Is this the most powerful woman in China? http://t.co/afn5shdgz0 http://t.co/kIeSsI9Cs3” Watch #TalkingBusiness 20:30 @BBCNews

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#Mandela100

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UK banks hard hit, share prices down some 30% for Barclays, Lloyds, RBS after #Brexit via @business

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Switzerland approved the text of a trade agreement with the UK aiming to maintain existing economic and trade relations with the country after #Brexit - essentially replicates the existing trade arrangement - and applies regardless of what happens with the withdrawal agreement

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Switzerland and the UK have struck a bilateral trade agreement to support existing commercial and economic relations between the two countries post-Brexit. This will apply regardless of the eventual Brexit scenario. #mindthegap #SwissUKrelations

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#CommonwealthDay #wreathlaying as Chair of @RoyalCWSociety

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People going to pubs, bars, restaurants will have to provide their names & contact details under plans being drawn up by ministers. Gov exp to announce easing of restrictions from July 4, expected to include opening of hairdressers, hotels, leisure sector.

Pub-goers could have to register for a pint

People going to pubs, bars and restaurants will have to provide their names and contact details before being allowed in, under plans being drawn up by ministers.The health secretary Matt Hancock...

www.thetimes.com

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1975–19 period: research estimates that the fraction of multinational profits (made outside of the headquarter country) shifted to tax havens increased from less than 2% in the 1970s to 37% in 2019, resulting in a tax loss of roughly €250 billion.

New global estimates on profits in tax havens suggest the tax loss continues to rise

The world has been trying to curb profit shifting to tax havens for a decade, but consistent time series evaluating the impact of these reforms have been largely absent. This column uses a new time...

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PM is tomorrow expected to sign off plans to quarantine all international travellers. Hotel quarantine will take up to 2 weeks to implement & cost those entering the UK more than £1,000 for 10-night stay. The policy has the support of most of the cabinet.

Covid quarantine hotels ‘will take three weeks to be ready’

Hotel quarantine for international travellers will take up to three weeks to implement and cost those entering the UK more than £1,000.Boris Johnson is tomorrow expected to sign off plans to quaran...

www.thetimes.com

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Linda Yueh

@lindayueh

8 years

S&P: $2.08T lost on global markets on #Brexit was biggest daily loss ever, trumping 2008 Lehman & 1987 Black Monday

Post-Brexit global equity loss of over $2 trillion worst ever - S&P

The $2.08 trillion wiped off global equity markets on Friday after Britain voted to leave the European Union was the biggest daily loss ever, trumping the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy during the 2008...

www.reuters.com

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Linda Yueh

@lindayueh

6 years

Number of publicly traded firms in the US has declined in nearly every year since 1997, when there were 7,500, to roughly 3,600 now. At the same time, the number of initial public offerings (IPOs) has fallen from more than 300 to just over 100 per year

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Linda Yueh

@lindayueh

8 years

Talks over #TTIP #trade agreement could be about to fail after France threatened to block deal over agriculture, etc

TTIP is probably about to collapse

'At this stage [of the talks] France says 'No',' Hollande told a group of politicians, potentially bringing about the end of the deal

www.independent.co.uk

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Linda Yueh

@lindayueh

9 years

Migrants account for 25% of US science/engineering, 26% of US-based Nobel Laureates & ~12% of entire US labor force

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Linda Yueh

@lindayueh

6 years

Most annoying office jargon of 2018 1. Touch base 2. No-brainer 3. Punch a puppy 4. Game changer 5. Pick it up and run with it 6. Mission statement 7. We're on a journey 8. If you don't like it get off the bus 9. Run this up the flagpole 10. Lipstick on a pig

City A.M.

@CityAM

6 years

The most irritating office jargon of 2018, ranked by UK workers

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Linda Yueh

@lindayueh

9 years

Clever RT @InterestingLit : How to write good... http://t.co/gYA88RWg5A

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Linda Yueh

@lindayueh

8 years

#Sweden trials 6 hour working day: after a year, were found to be 20% happier, more energy at work & took less leave

Sweden switched to a six hour work day. Here's why Britain should too

Nurses who worked six-hour days were found to be 20 per cent happier and had more energy

www.independent.co.uk

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Linda Yueh

@lindayueh

5 years

For Wall Street Banks in London; One big Brexit beneficiary is Dublin, where Bank of America, Citigroup and Barclays are expanding their ranks. “Dublin is our headquarters for our European bank now, full stop,” said vice chairwoman of Bank of America

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Linda Yueh

@lindayueh

4 years

Germany will issue coronavirus antibody certificates to allow quarantined to re-enter society Researchers to test thousands for immunity as Germany plans exit strategy for pandemic lock down.

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Linda Yueh

@lindayueh

4 years

Great Influenza Pandemic arose in 3 main waves, the first in spring 1918, the second and most deadly from September 1918 to January 1919, and the third from February 1919 through the remainder of the year (with some countries having a fourth wave in 1920).

Coronavirus meets the Great Influenza Pandemic

What is a plausible worst-case scenario for outcomes under COVID-19? This column draws lessons from the 1918-1920 Great Influenza Pandemic. Data for 43 countries imply flu-related deaths back then of...

cepr.org

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