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Endogenous And Retirement And Portfolio Choice
This article studies the interaction between the portfolio and the retirement decision. It solves explicitly a standard life cycle model with consumption and leisure. It finds that human capital can be valued as a portfolio of European put options on stock. It propose that there is a natural definition of...
Tags: Real estate, Investment, University of California at Los Angeles, agent, stock, salary, human capital
White papers 2002-10-17
Is Evidence-Based Medicine Evidence Based?
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, of the 2.4 million U.S. deaths in 2000, 400,000 were associated with unhealthy diet and lack of physical activity. These are deaths related to the particular way in which civilization has "progressed" upon this planet: high-fat, high-carbohydrate fast foods devoid...
Tags: Project HOPE, food, analysis
White papers 2005-04-01
UBS Drawing Up House Builders Plan
LONDON (Reuters UK) - A group of Britain's biggest institutional investors are working on plans drawn up by bankers at UBS to provide direct funding to shore up the housebuilding sector, the Sunday Telegraph reported. The report said bankers at UBS UBSN had drawn up ...
Tags: HBOS Plc., Report, Investor, Banker, UBS AG, Financial Accounting, Finance, Oukbs
News items 2008-06-15
UBS Drawing Up House Builders Placing Plan: Report
LONDON (Reuters) - A group of Britain's biggest institutional investors are working on plans drawn up by bankers at UBS to provide direct funding to shore up the housebuilding sector, the Sunday Telegraph reported. The report said bankers at UBS UBSN had drawn...
Tags: Financial accounting, HBOS Plc., UBS AG, banker, investor, Britain, shareholder, London, Thomson Reuters Corp., board
News items 2008-06-15
Resolution Plans Bank Consolidation
By Steve Slater and Elena Moya LONDON (Reuters UK) - Restructuring specialist Resolution plans to consolidate some of Britain's smaller banks and has been invited by investors in Bradford & Bingley BB to consider using it to spearhead the plan, Resolution said on Monday. B&B...
Tags: Bank, Consolidation, Texas Pacific Group, Investor, Resolution, B&B, COWDERY, Financial Accounting
News items 2008-06-23
Resolution Scraps Bradford & Bingley Plan
By Steve Slater LONDON (Reuters UK) - Entrepreneur Clive Cowdery scrapped his plan to inject 400 million pounds into Bradford & Bingley BB on Friday, saying the lender's refusal to open its books made a deal impossible. B&B's shares tumbled 21 percent to close at 63.25...
Tags: Shareholder, Lender, Board, B&B, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, HBOS Plc., Prudential Insurance Company of America
News items 2008-06-27
Taylor Wimpey Plans to Raise Up to 500 Million Pounds
LONDON (Reuters UK) - Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey TW, hit by a downturn in the housing market, plans to raise 400-500 million pounds from institutional investors, newspapers reported on Sunday. The Sunday Times said the package was being coordinated by UBS UBSN and JP Morgan Cazenove...
Tags: Pound, Investor, Financial Accounting, Finance, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Oukbs, Taylorwimpey
News items 2008-06-29
UK Bank B&B Ups Rights Issue Size After TPG Quits
By Steve Slater LONDON (Reuters) - Bradford & Bingley BB plans to increase its rights issue to 400 million pounds ($794 million) after U.S. private equity firm TPG Capital pulled out of a plan to buy a stake, sending its shares lower. TPG...
Tags: Financial services, Financial accounting, Investment, Texas Pacific Group, HBOS Plc., private equity company, trader, private equity, bank, London, shareholder, U.K., housing market, investor, equity, analyst, Thomson Reuters Corp., U.S., agreement, performance
News items 2008-07-04
B&B Ups Rights Issue Size
By Steve Slater LONDON (Reuters UK) - Bradford & Bingley on Friday increased its rights issue to 400 million pounds after U.S. investor TPG Capital pulled out of buying a stake as concern deepened about the bank's business plan. Private equity firm TPG withdrew after ratings...
Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Asset, Bank, Shareholder, Texas Pacific Group, B&B, Cowdery, Mortgages
News items 2008-07-04
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