Mit mehrmonatiger Verzögerung dürfen nun auch die Grossbanken Goldman Sachs und JP Morgan Chase ihre mittelfristigen Finanzpläne inklusive Aktienrückkäufen und Dividendenausschüttungen umsetzen.
Korruption bleibt weltweit weit verbreitet. Länder wie die Schweiz und Deutschland stehen zwar gut da. Aber die Organisation Transparency International sieht auch hier Raum für Verbesserungen.
Bob Janjuah, Co-Leiter des Cross-Asset-Allocation-Strategie bei Nomura, kritisiert das Programm der quantitativen Lockerung der US-Notenbank. Dieses verursache eine «enorme Verzerrung» der Reichtumsverteilung und der Kaufkraft der Amerikaner.
Auf Bali ist die 9. WTO-Ministerkonferenz eröffnet worden. Noch immer ist unklar, ob es bis Freitag gelingen wird, eine Einigung zum Bali-Paket zu erzielen.
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