Americans Retire Later, but Keep Sharp Longer
Workers in the U.S. retire much later than in other countries, but a glance at how 60 to 64 year olds score on memory tests reveals a starkly similar pattern: They do best in the U.S., worse in Germany, worse still in France.
Categories: Real Time Economy Tags: France, Germany, glance, memory tests, U.S.
Laugh Lines: How Fed Officials Yuk it Up
The Fed released transcripts from its 2004 meetings, which mark those moments when Fed officials break out into giggles and laughter as they?re debating the course of interest rates.
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Number of the Week: $132 Billion of Lost Synthetic Mortgage Bets
The total losses generated by synthetic mezzanine ABS CDOs was $132 billion.
Categories: Real Time Economy Tags: cdos, mezzanine
And You Want Me To Improve My Sales Skills Because?
Ask any business owner to sales professional how busy they are and you will receive usually in great detail what is happening in their corner of the world. From non-communicative potential customers (a.k.a. prospects) to demanding sales managers to all those other family and friend commitments, the average sales person does appear to have a [...]