The Swiss Central Bank Is Running the Printing Presses & Having Some Very Peculiar Effects On Eurozone Bond Markets

Switzerland's effort to stop its currency strengthening has led its central bank to buy eurozone bonds equivalent to half the total deficit in the region's "safer" countries. James Mackintosh, the FT's investment editor, reported on September 25 2012 that central banks are driving bond yields. http://video.ft.com/v/1860718215001/Alpine-imbalances (4m 33sec)

Toward a World Yuan?

September 24 2012 The FT reports "As China continues to internationalize its currency, a small but growing number of multinationals are now using renminbi in cross-border trade." Denise Law of FT China Confidential reports: http://video.ft.com/v/1857627598001/Trading-in-RMB-grows (4m 13sec)

did Doubke-Entry Accounting create the Abstraction that ids Capitalism

A Foundation of Capitalism http://www.economist.com/multimedia?bclid=1213687645001&bctid=1836310697001 Jane Gleeson-White wrote a new book on double-entry accounting. In this interview with the Economist she tells about how double-entry accounting originated in the Italian Renaissance, helped father Capitalism, and was the fruit of the synergies of the scientific and cultural developments of the time.

IMF Chief: World Economy in a 'Dangerous' Phase

WSJ Global Economics Editor David Wessel dissects the sentiment of the world's central bankers following last week's economic meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Their feelings are not optimistic. Photo: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images

U.K. Advertises for New Bank of England Governor

For the first time, the U.K. Treasury is placing an ad to find a new governor for the Bank of England. As bank expands its role, the job could prove hard to fill. Dow Jone's Paul Hannon reports on the hunt for a super human.

Glencore Raises Offer for Xstrata

(9/10/2012) Geoffrey Rogow and Dana Cimilluca discuss Glencore's last-ditch effort to save its merger with Xstrata, and Steven Russolillo looks at the markets' reaction to the August unemployment figures.

Peter Sands, Standard Chartered Speaks to the FT About New York's Money Laundering Charges

Aug 8 2012 New York state’s financial watchdog has accused Standard Chartered of hiding $250bn of transactions linked to Iran. Peter Sands, the bank's chief executive, tells the FT’s banking editor Patrick Jenkins that he rejects the portrayal of the facts set out by the regulator. But he does accept there has been damage to the bank’s reputation. (6m 6sec)
http://video.ft.com/v/1777018274001/Sands-StanChart-s-reputation-damaged

Will Airbus Ever Figure Out How to Produce the A380 Profitabley?

Despite six years of effort to build Airbus A380 superjumbo jetliners more efficiently, the European plane maker must still cut the cost and time needed to produce its two-deck airliners. WSJ's aerospace correspondent Dan Michaels reports:

What's next for ETFs?

The ETF industry has seen phenomenal growth, but there are obstacles ahead says Fleming Meeks, Barron's Executive Editor, and Beverly Goodman, Mutual Funds Editor: 7/14/2012