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The Corner has a team of on-the-ground reporters in capital cities ranging from New York to Beijing. Their stories are edited by the teams at the Spanish magazine Consejeros (for members of companies’ boards of directors) and at the stock market news site Consenso Del Mercado (market consensus). They have worked in economics and communication for over 25 years.
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World economy 17th November 2011

All change! or your company will vanish before 2020

LONDON | Most company leaders forecast that business structures will inevitably change. A 63 per cent predict a shift to decentralised mechanisms with a far-reaching devolution of business decision-making authority. The majority assume that customers will generate almost as many new ideas for the improvement of business processes as employees. And by 2020, customers will generate the most new product or service ideas. Business leaders are expecting wrenching change to…

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Markets 16th November 2011

“Risk premiums of 12 euro countries beat Spain’s in May 2010”

By Julia Pastor, in Madrid | The European debt crisis is not just the result of the rescued euro zone member countries, neither a problem worsened by the two southern-Europe biggest economies, namely Spain and Italy. According to a report appeared on Wednesday in El País “the risk premium of 12 countries out of the the 17 states adhered to the single currency has reached not only a record high,…

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World economy 16th November 2011

Where there’s innovation, there’s hope

LONDON | Just how does innovation relate to the economy, and what does it mean that US and European firms hold all positions at the Top 10 list? The 100 leading innovative firms added more than 400,000 new jobs in 2010 over 2009, three percent more than the prior year and greater than the percentage increase in growth experienced by the S&P 500 for the same period, a comparison of market…

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Markets 15th November 2011

JP Morgan: “Most times, the S&P 500 rallies at the end of the year”

Do The Corner’s readers feel in need of some optimistic note? Here you are, thanks to JP Morgan: although up until next Friday the volatility in the S&P 500 may increase due to the fact that on that day $385bn in options reach maturity, JP Morgan has published an analysis of the effect known as end of year. Smile. It looks at the historical performance, since 1920, of the market…

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Markets 15th November 2011

JP Morgan: "Most times, the S&P 500 rallies at the end of the year"

Do The Corner’s readers feel in need of some optimistic note? Here you are, thanks to JP Morgan: although up until next Friday the volatility in the S&P 500 may increase due to the fact that on that day $385bn in options reach maturity, JP Morgan has published an analysis of the effect known as end of year. Smile. It looks at the historical performance, since 1920, of the market…

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Markets 15th November 2011

A commissioner to oversee the budgets of the EU members? Germany says yes

The economic papers in Spain published on Tuesday the seven Dutch proposals to create an EU commissioner to oversee and intervene in the euro zone budget. This official would have the right to expel members who refuse to meet budget requirements. “It is certainly an interesting idea that Germany supports,” said Chancellor Angela Merkel a few weeks ago. On Monday, in the federal congress of the CDU, the Chancellor again…

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Markets 15th November 2011

Barclays: “Italy’s net financing needs for 2012 are really short, about €35bn”

Berlusconi’s resignation and Mario Monti’s designation have had an unenthusiastic impact on the European stocks, Barclays notes. “A positive welcome at the beginning has been followed by a general fall of all indexes, including Milan which had increased about 25 early yesterday in the morning. The political change did not help the 5-year bond auction either, because the Italian Treasure issued €3bn at 6.29%, the highest rate since 1997. After…