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Macroeconomics After the Great Recession

Opening Remarks by IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde at the Seventeenth Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference November 3, 2016 Good morning. I am delighted to welcome you to the IMF’s 17th Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference. Introduction Our annual event is by now one of the most important forums for macroeconomic researchers and policy makers …

Accenture Survey:  One in Three Cyberattacks Result in a Security Breach, Yet Most Organizations Remain Confident in Their Ability to Protect Themselves

 Survey indicates overconfidence may be putting organizations at higher risk for attacks New Delhi, Nov. 03, 2016 – A new security survey from Accenture (NYSE: ACN) finds that in the past twelve months, roughly one in three targeted attacks resulted in an actual security breach, which equates to two to three effective attacks per month …

LATEST ROUND OF AUSTERITY MEASURES IN GREECE WILL LEAD TO SEVERE RECESSION, NEW LEVY ECONOMICS INSTITUTE STUDY SAYS

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.— To continue meeting its obligations as part of last year’s Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with its European Union creditors, the Greek government has agreed to a new round of fiscal austerity measures, including sharp increases in property and income taxes as well as further reductions in pensions and other welfare-related programs. A new …

LONDON REMAINS “MOST POPULAR EUROPEAN CITY” FOR INSTITUTIONAL REAL ESTATE INVESTORS, BUT GERMAN CITIES DOMINATE LEADERBOARD

Four of the top ten European cities were German 30% of institutional investors believe that Brexit will offer more European commercial real estate investment opportunities 61% do not believe that real estate investors have enough access to a secondary property investment market BrickVest aims to provide users with access to a secondary market in the …

Storage Market Expected To Pick Up In H2 2016: IDC India

New Delhi, 20th Oct 2016: According to International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Asia/Pacific Quarterly Enterprise Storage Tracker, India external storage market witnessed a de-growth of 5.9 percent year on year (in vendor Revenue) and stood at $ 64.4 million in Q2 2016. Midrange storage segment continued with the trend of Year on Year growth while entry …

Oncology – His Majesty’s Opponents. Chawm Ganguly

Etymologically the term Oncology originates from the Greek word ὄνκος (ónkos), meaning “tumor”, “volume” or “mass”. Oncology is that branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an oncologist. While cancer is an affliction that is perhaps as old as humanity itself, the dread that is normally …