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Daily Archives: September 21, 2012

Fixing the Benchmark' – Wheatley Considers LIBOR Overhaul

Fixing the Benchmark’ – Wheatley Considers LIBOR Overhaul. Jun Anthony Garcia. Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited. September 6, 2012. Financial Regulation International (September, 2012)

  • “This paper explores whether replacing LIBOR is necessary even after regulators and policy makers have implemented the proposed changes outlined in the Wheatley Review. The paper also reviews the proposals in detail and sets out the key policy measures being explored in Wheatley’s discussion paper. Finally, this paper presents an assessment of the merits of changing the calculation methodology for LIBOR and puts forward suggestive evidence that the benefits of the proposed changes to LIBOR’s calculation methodology may not materialise.”
  • World Bank- Food Price Watch

    Food Price Watch – World Bank, August 2012 “The prices of internationally traded maize and soybeans reached all-time peaks in July, following an unprecedented summer in both the United States and Eastern Europe in terms of high temperatures and lack of rain fall. Wheat prices have also soared to levels comparable to the 2011 peaks… Continue Reading

    New GAO Reports – DHS Investment Management, Medicare Private Health Plans, Military Readiness, Driver's License Security, Auditing and Financial Management

    Homeland Security – DHS Requires More Disciplined Investment Management to Help Meet Mission Needs, GAO-12-1029T, Sep 21, 2012 Medicare Private Health Plans – Selected Current Issues, GAO-12-1045T, Sep 21, 2012 Military Readiness – Navy Needs to Assess Risks to Its Strategy to Improve Ship Readiness, GAO-12-887, Sep 21, 2012 Driver’s License Security – Federal Leadership… Continue Reading

    Google Keywords and search queries using metatags

    Google News blog: “…today we’re excited to announce a news_keywords metatag. The goal is simple: empower news writers to express their stories freely while helping Google News to properly understand and classify that content so that it’s discoverable by our wide audience of users. Similar in spirit to the plain keywords metatag, the news_keywords metatag… Continue Reading