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Obama's State of the Union challenges Congress on inequality
AFP, Published on 29/01/2014
» President Barack Obama vowed to reverse a tide of economic inequality threatening the American dream, seeking to outflank Republicans and revive a second term blighted by self-inflicted wounds and partisan warfare.
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Japan's massive pension fund books 2.32% return
AFP, Published on 07/07/2012
» Japan's $1.42 trillion public pension fund, the largest national retirement scheme in the world, said Friday it posted an annual return of 2.32 percent on the back of stronger equity markets.
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Singapore children pay up for parents
dpa, Published on 29/04/2014
» SINGAPORE - When 28-year-old graphic designer Teoh Leng Sim gets her pay cheque every month, 30% of it goes to her mother.
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Japan pension scandal shakes trust in system
AFP, Published on 01/04/2012
» Trucking company president Masazumi Ando said he was furious when he saw the head of an investment firm that lost $1.3 billion in pension money bow in apology at a parliamentary hearing last week.
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China's looming worker shortage threatens economy
AFP, Published on 30/01/2013
» China's demographic timebomb is ticking much louder with the first fall in its labour pool for decades, analysts say, highlighting the risk that the country grows old before it grows rich.
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ECB stands firm after shock German ruling on bond buying
AFP, Published on 06/05/2020
» KARLSRUHE (GERMANY) - The European Central Bank on Tuesday stood firm after Germany's top court questioned its massive bond-buying stimulus scheme, vowing to do "everything necessary" to fulfil its mandate of ensuring price stability.
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Fraudster Madoff is dying, wants out of prison: lawyer
AFP, Published on 06/02/2020
» WASHINGTON - Bernie Madoff, jailed in the United States for perpetrating the world's largest fraud, is terminally ill and wants to leave prison to die, his attorney said Wednesday.
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No easy retirement in South Korea
AFP, Published on 26/10/2014
» SEOUL - Out of work and out of pocket, South Korean retirees are struggling to force their way back into an unwelcoming job market in an effort to supplement meagre or non-existent pensions.
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