Europe’s surprising labour flexibility

Economist - Since then foreigners have come to make up 15% of Ireland’s population. The influx has helped to restrain wages even as unemployment sank to historic lows of under 4%. The new arrivals have also provided a big boost to domestic demand, as they shopped, ate and rented homes (thereby, less happily, [...]

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Taxpayer now owns nearly 60% of Royal Bank of Scotland

Guardian - Royal Bank of Scotland, Britain’s second biggest bank until the credit crunch struck last year, confirmed today that is now majority-owned by the taxpayer after a £20bn bail-out by the government. The Edinburgh-based bank announced this morning that its existing investors had shunned its £15bn cash call, leaving almost all the [...]

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Ministers should concentrate their fire on the banks

Independent - There is a danger of governments missing the bigger picture of this crisis by concentrating on this particular set of policy options. A fiscal approach to stimulate spending is all very well, but equal attention needs to be given to the effect of monetary policy. To put it simply, if the [...]

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Indijci donose poslove u Srbiju

B92 - Ambasador naglašava da ekonomska kriza neće naročito pogoditi Indiju, koja je jedna od najdinamičnijih privreda u svetu i vodeća u informatičkoj tehnologiji i koja samo na izvozu softvera godišnje zaradi oko 40 milijardi dolara.

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Hrvati grade najbrže i najjeftinije

Jutranji list - Gradnja autocesta po kilometru u Hrvatskoj jedna je od najjeftinijih u Europi, pokazuje istraživanje češkog IBR Consultinga. Istraživanje o prosječnim cjenama gradnje autocesta objavljeno je u svibnju ove godine i obuhvaća sedam zemalje Europske Unije i Hrvatsku.

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German Auto Industry Facing the Abyss

Spiegel - More than 1.5 million workers in Germany depend on the automobile industry for their jobs. But that industry is now facing one of its worst crises ever. Respected giants BMW and Mercedes are particularly exposed as sales plummet.

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Prodajni centri i interes za Simpo

B92 - Bojan Papič, generalni direktor slovenačke kompanije Lesnina u razgovoru za Ekonomist kaže da su se odlučili da nastupaju na tržištu pod imenom Aleksandro, jer je taj brend već prisutan na tržištu na području diskontne prodaje, odnosno nešto jeftinijeg nameštaja kroz manje prodajne salone, dok će Lesnina ponuditi širi dijapazon robe u višim [...]

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