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nt problem, the reality is that our healthcare system is broken. US healthcare expenditures is 17.4% of the GDP while, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, France, Italy and Denmark healthcare expenditures are around 11% of GDP and less. Silver suggests that reining in entitlements is the Rubicon that

y the Federation of Hong Kong Industries showed that about 10% of Hong Kong companies located in China's Pearl River Delta are considering a move to Southeast Asia due to rising costs, while 13% are considering moving to inland provinces. HSBC economist Trinh Nguyen estimates that Chinese manufacturing wages r

measures are the latest and most far-reaching of various say- on-pay policies now in place or under consideration in many European nations. Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands all have some form of voting on binding pay. This Swiss measures require lawmakers to pass a law giving shareholders th

the NATO Treaty of 1949 (Canada and Northern and Western Europe), the Anzus Treaty of 1951 (Australia and New Zealand) and the Seato Treaty of 1954 (Southeast Asia). Seato ended in 1977, but the other treaties remain in force, as do collective-defense agreements with Japan, South Korea and the Philippines. Mea

sees lower op profit, lower education margins, restructuring on track, reit FY (trading -3.6%) • Statoil Q3 revs ahead, pretax in line, EPS light, Norway weak, maintains outlook (trading +0.49%) • Next O3 sales ahead, EPS boosted by buy back, trading volatile, raises FY pretax forecast (trading +5.6%

onths after O1 sales and hiring product chief from Zara (closed +4.9%) • Honda O2 profit misses estimates on slowing motorcycle sales and demand in Southeast Asia Leading European Sectors: Autos/Parts +1.70%, Oil & Gas +1.64%, Basic Res +1.10% Lagging European Sectors: Real Estate -0.10%, Media -0.02%, Chemic

nies. These actions are sometimes state-led; at other times China’s state-run media will encourage “consumer-led” boycotts (as in the cases of Japan, Norway, and South Korea, among others).* Chinese corporations abroad are all well aware of Chinese official policy and understand the value of acting in sup

ast the South China Sea) into a Chinese lake. Moreover, Japanese firms currently are outpacing Chinese firms in terms of infrastructure investment in Southeast Asia. NOTES 1 Justin McCurry, “China Lays Claim to Okinawa as Territory Dispute with Japan Escalates,” Guardian (UK), May 15, 2013, https://www.theguard