A short burst of red light in the morning has been shown to improve declining eyesight, researchers report, potentially providing a simple, safe, and easy-to-use treatment for keeping our eyes sharper as we head into old age.
In tests on 20 participants exposed to three minutes of 670 nanometer deep red light in the morning between 8 am and 9 am eyesight improved by 17 percent and lasted (at a lower level) a week on average. In some of the volunteers, the improvement was as much as 20 percent.
This link between long wavelength red light and improving vision matches up with what scientists have seen in previous studies on animals, and the study follows on from a similar one carried out last year – but in this case, the red light was limited to a single, daily exposure that required less red light energy than previously.
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The Netherlands Railroads: After a frustrating period for rairoad travelers, the NS railroad management announced improved service schedules
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1/8/17
USA: Economists On Trump's 100 Day Action Plan - Not Even Funny Any More - Tim Worstall
Donald Trump has told us of his Contract With America and the subsequent 100 day action plan. Some parts of that are about economics and the economy so it's useful to go and ask economists about the effects of that part of the plan. To which one senior and well respected economist has responded as above - not even funny any more. Agreed, that was Austan Goolsbee who was the Chair of the Council of Economic
Advisers for Obama for a while so we wouldn't describe him as wholly non-political perhaps. But the level of support among a wider group of economists was tepid at very best. Lukewarm would be a much too encouraging word.
Read more: Economists On Trump's 100 Day Action Plan - Not Even Funny Any More
Advisers for Obama for a while so we wouldn't describe him as wholly non-political perhaps. But the level of support among a wider group of economists was tepid at very best. Lukewarm would be a much too encouraging word.
Read more: Economists On Trump's 100 Day Action Plan - Not Even Funny Any More
8/9/16
Turkey- Russia Relationship: What’s behind Turkey’s rapprochement with Russia?
With its tense relations with US and the EU, and the bad economic situation following Russian sanctions, Ankara had to mend its relationship with Moscow, says Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak from Tel Aviv University.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in St. Petersburg and pledged to restore relations following months of tension after Turkey downed a Russian jet.
As Erdogan wrapped up his one-day visit, the two leaders were effusive in their praise for each other, promising to lift the sanctions imposed after Turkey shot down a Russian plane over Syria in November last year, and to reanimate joint energy projects.
Putin did not attempt to gloss over the disagreements over the Syria crisis, where Turkey has insisted that President Bashar Assad, whom Russia supports, must be deposed. But the two leaders agreed to stage a separate meeting to hammer out a new Syria policy.
“Our views on resolving the Syrian situation have often been at odds,” said Putin. “But I believe that finding a common approach is possible, at least because we both want the crisis to end. We will use this as the basis for finding common solutions.”
Note EU-Digest: Whatever one might think about Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayip Erdogan's personal political style, the recent meeting in St.Petersburg between the two showed once again that Putin and Ergogan are strong and also pragmatic leaders. Each unique statesmen in their own right. If only the EU would be able to understand that it also needs to be more pragmatic when it concerns its overall foreign relations objectives, specially in its relationship with oither European countries, like Russia and Turkey, instead of always blindly following the US in all their disastrous diplomatic endeavours and military adventures.
Read more; What’s behind Turkey’s rapprochement with Russia? — RT Op-Edge
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in St. Petersburg and pledged to restore relations following months of tension after Turkey downed a Russian jet.
As Erdogan wrapped up his one-day visit, the two leaders were effusive in their praise for each other, promising to lift the sanctions imposed after Turkey shot down a Russian plane over Syria in November last year, and to reanimate joint energy projects.
Putin did not attempt to gloss over the disagreements over the Syria crisis, where Turkey has insisted that President Bashar Assad, whom Russia supports, must be deposed. But the two leaders agreed to stage a separate meeting to hammer out a new Syria policy.
“Our views on resolving the Syrian situation have often been at odds,” said Putin. “But I believe that finding a common approach is possible, at least because we both want the crisis to end. We will use this as the basis for finding common solutions.”
Note EU-Digest: Whatever one might think about Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayip Erdogan's personal political style, the recent meeting in St.Petersburg between the two showed once again that Putin and Ergogan are strong and also pragmatic leaders. Each unique statesmen in their own right. If only the EU would be able to understand that it also needs to be more pragmatic when it concerns its overall foreign relations objectives, specially in its relationship with oither European countries, like Russia and Turkey, instead of always blindly following the US in all their disastrous diplomatic endeavours and military adventures.
Read more; What’s behind Turkey’s rapprochement with Russia? — RT Op-Edge
11/26/15
Spanish Economy: Summer tourism helps Spain’s economy grow more than other eurozone countries
Summer tourism helped Spain’s economy grow faster than most others in the eurozone in the third quarter.
Figures from Spain’s National Statistics Office (INE) showed that output expanded by 0.8 percent between July and September, as household spending recovered from the doldrums.
The effects of the recession still hit many Spaniards hard – a major challenge for the centre-right government ahead of next month’s elections.
“I keep saying that we’re coming out of the recession. We’ve seen two and a half years of positive growth. But we still haven’t reached, in terms of income, the levels we had before the crisis. We’ll get there, if we maintain this pace of growth, at the end of next year,” said Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos.
Falling unemployment has helped boost spending – but more than 20 percent are still out of work.
Labour reforms are credited with having stemmed job losses – but critics say they’ve failed to tackle employers’ abuses of short-term contracts. Economists also say the gap between Spain’s highest earners and its poorest is on the rise.
Tourism accounts for around 11 percent of Spain’s output. A record year for foreign visitors brought a rise in the number of jobs in hotels, restaurants and other parts of the service sector.
Read more: Summer tourism helps Spain’s economy grow more than other eurozone countries | euronews, economy
Figures from Spain’s National Statistics Office (INE) showed that output expanded by 0.8 percent between July and September, as household spending recovered from the doldrums.
The effects of the recession still hit many Spaniards hard – a major challenge for the centre-right government ahead of next month’s elections.
“I keep saying that we’re coming out of the recession. We’ve seen two and a half years of positive growth. But we still haven’t reached, in terms of income, the levels we had before the crisis. We’ll get there, if we maintain this pace of growth, at the end of next year,” said Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos.
Falling unemployment has helped boost spending – but more than 20 percent are still out of work.
Labour reforms are credited with having stemmed job losses – but critics say they’ve failed to tackle employers’ abuses of short-term contracts. Economists also say the gap between Spain’s highest earners and its poorest is on the rise.
Tourism accounts for around 11 percent of Spain’s output. A record year for foreign visitors brought a rise in the number of jobs in hotels, restaurants and other parts of the service sector.
Read more: Summer tourism helps Spain’s economy grow more than other eurozone countries | euronews, economy
10/12/14
Spain raises growth forecasts even as euro zone falters
Spain on Friday raised its
forecast for economic growth this year and next, in contrast
with countries like Italy and France that are lowering their
outlook.
Spain has emerged from a deep recession marked by a banking crisis, soaring unemployment and a prolonged property market slump as one of the best-performing economies in the euro zone this year, thanks in part to rising exports.
However, the Spanish government tempered expectations for a year-end upturn, as a recovery in domestic demand was offset by a slowdown elsewhere in the euro zone. Inflation has been stubbornly low through the region, France's economy flat-lined in the second quarter and Germany's contracted in the period.
Read more: UPDATE 2-Spain raises growth forecasts even as euro zone falters | Reuters
Spain has emerged from a deep recession marked by a banking crisis, soaring unemployment and a prolonged property market slump as one of the best-performing economies in the euro zone this year, thanks in part to rising exports.
However, the Spanish government tempered expectations for a year-end upturn, as a recovery in domestic demand was offset by a slowdown elsewhere in the euro zone. Inflation has been stubbornly low through the region, France's economy flat-lined in the second quarter and Germany's contracted in the period.
Read more: UPDATE 2-Spain raises growth forecasts even as euro zone falters | Reuters
9/8/14
Italy: Outlook Italian insurance market improves
Fitch Ratings has revised Italy's Outlook to Stable
from Negative. At the same time the agency has affirmed Italy's Long-term
foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at 'BBB+'. The issue
ratings on Italy's senior unsecured foreign and local currency bonds were also
affirmed at 'BBB+'.
The Country Ceiling has been affirmed at 'AA+' and the Short-term foreign currency IDR at 'F2'.
Fitch has also revised its outlook on the Italian insurance market from negative to stable following stronger-than-expected first-half results from Italian insurers.
The change also reflects Fitch's expectation that Italian insurers' profit and capital adequacy will be resilient despite the country dipping back into recession.
GGGD will peak at 135% of GDP in 2014, marginally higher than Fitch's previous forecast (133% of GDP), due to weaker nominal GDP growth. Fitch expects GGGD to decline slowly and remain above 130% of GDP until 2017, compared with the 'BBB' median of 40%. The high debt leaves very limited fiscal space to respond to any adverse shock.
The new government of Matteo Renzi announced a structural reform agenda with an ambitious timetable and confirmed in the 2014 Stability Programme the previous governments' commitment to the eurozone fiscal framework, in particular, keeping deficit below 3% of GDP in 2014 and maintaining the medium-term fiscal consolidation path.
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The Country Ceiling has been affirmed at 'AA+' and the Short-term foreign currency IDR at 'F2'.
Fitch has also revised its outlook on the Italian insurance market from negative to stable following stronger-than-expected first-half results from Italian insurers.
The change also reflects Fitch's expectation that Italian insurers' profit and capital adequacy will be resilient despite the country dipping back into recession.
GGGD will peak at 135% of GDP in 2014, marginally higher than Fitch's previous forecast (133% of GDP), due to weaker nominal GDP growth. Fitch expects GGGD to decline slowly and remain above 130% of GDP until 2017, compared with the 'BBB' median of 40%. The high debt leaves very limited fiscal space to respond to any adverse shock.
The new government of Matteo Renzi announced a structural reform agenda with an ambitious timetable and confirmed in the 2014 Stability Programme the previous governments' commitment to the eurozone fiscal framework, in particular, keeping deficit below 3% of GDP in 2014 and maintaining the medium-term fiscal consolidation path.
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5/9/14
EU Economy Improves in 2013, Bulgaria Lags Behind
The overall improvement of the economic situation in the EU in the last year has not had a positive effect on Bulgaria's economy, according to an expert.
Although the European Union has began to shake off the crisis effects, Bulgaria has not recorded economic growth, economist Georgi Ganev told private TV station bTV.
It is alarming that the labor market in Bulgaria has not recorded any drop in unemployment rates and there have not been more job openings, Ganev commented. Still, the fact that savings deposits of Bulgarian households reached BGN 40.3 B in the end of Q1 2014 is good news, he claimed.
"Of course, these are not only household savings, the statistics include business deposits, as well. In recent years, households have increased their savings as a reaction to the crisis. This is good because these funds are a source of long-term growth," Ganev added.
According to him, it is a normal trend that the number of people having deposits for over BGN 1M is increasing. The reason is the purely nominal growth of Bulgarian economy, Ganev said.
Although the European Union has began to shake off the crisis effects, Bulgaria has not recorded economic growth, economist Georgi Ganev told private TV station bTV.
It is alarming that the labor market in Bulgaria has not recorded any drop in unemployment rates and there have not been more job openings, Ganev commented. Still, the fact that savings deposits of Bulgarian households reached BGN 40.3 B in the end of Q1 2014 is good news, he claimed.
"Of course, these are not only household savings, the statistics include business deposits, as well. In recent years, households have increased their savings as a reaction to the crisis. This is good because these funds are a source of long-term growth," Ganev added.
According to him, it is a normal trend that the number of people having deposits for over BGN 1M is increasing. The reason is the purely nominal growth of Bulgarian economy, Ganev said.
Read more: EU Economy Improves in 2013, Bulgaria Lags Behind - Expert - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency
2/15/14
Eurozone recovery still slow, but Germany and France doing better than expected
Europe's overall economy may be weak, but eurozone growth continues.
Indeed it was slightly stronger-than-expected in the bloc’s two biggest economies – Germany and France – in the final three months of last year.
Analysts said the growth was mainly driven by exports and investment.
German GDP expanded 0.4 percent from the previous quarter, France’s by 0.3 percent and Italy’s by 0.1 percent
The figures, from Eurostat, the EU’s statistics office, show 0.3 percent growth region-wide compared to the previous quarter.
Upwardly revised third quarter numbers meant France managed to avoid slipping back into recession and had growth of 0.3 percent for the whole of last year.
French company and public investment rose and household spending recovered. But the finance minister said faster growth was needed to create more jobs with unemployment at nearly 11 percent.
Italy, which is once again in political turmoil, dragged itself back to growth for the first time since mid-2011.
But the final quarter’s 0.1 percent expansion was not enough to keep GDP from contracting by 1.9 percent over the whole of 2013.
One positive sign is that – significantly – for the first time in almost three years, all of the six largest eurozone economies did manage quarterly expansions.
Read more: Eurozone recovery still slow, but Germany and France doing better than expected | euronews, economy
Indeed it was slightly stronger-than-expected in the bloc’s two biggest economies – Germany and France – in the final three months of last year.
Analysts said the growth was mainly driven by exports and investment.
German GDP expanded 0.4 percent from the previous quarter, France’s by 0.3 percent and Italy’s by 0.1 percent
The figures, from Eurostat, the EU’s statistics office, show 0.3 percent growth region-wide compared to the previous quarter.
Upwardly revised third quarter numbers meant France managed to avoid slipping back into recession and had growth of 0.3 percent for the whole of last year.
French company and public investment rose and household spending recovered. But the finance minister said faster growth was needed to create more jobs with unemployment at nearly 11 percent.
Italy, which is once again in political turmoil, dragged itself back to growth for the first time since mid-2011.
But the final quarter’s 0.1 percent expansion was not enough to keep GDP from contracting by 1.9 percent over the whole of 2013.
One positive sign is that – significantly – for the first time in almost three years, all of the six largest eurozone economies did manage quarterly expansions.
Read more: Eurozone recovery still slow, but Germany and France doing better than expected | euronews, economy
10/20/13
EU - Germany, Spain, Italy and Portugal Increase Competitiveness in Latest Economic Indicators - by Michael Klimes
Some of Europe's largest economies have seen a decrease in their labour costs during the second quarter, according to figures released by the European Central Bank.
The harmonised competitiveness indicators, which look at the price and cost competitiveness of eurozone countries, revealed that Italy, Spain and Portugal have made progress in becoming more competitive.
In the second quarter of 2013 Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Slovakia saw their labour costs decrease and competitiveness increase from the first quarter of 2013.
Spain saw a real improvement in its score in the first quarter, which previously stood at 2.6% but improved to -0.4% in the second quarter.
Meanwhile Italy's score shifted from 1.9% in the first quarter to -1.2% in the second, and France saw a percentage improvement from 1.4% to -0.5%.
Slovakia also became stronger with a significant move from 1.6% to -1.4% in the second quarter across the two quarters
8/1/13
Europe's Economy On The Mend: Europe's factories grow, China's stabilize - by Andy Bruce
Europe's factories delivered more signs last month the region is gradually leaving recession behind, according to business surveys that also eased immediate fears over the health of China's economy.
Thursday's purchasing managers indexes (PMIs), surveying thousands of manufacturers worldwide, showed output in British factories surged in July, and industrial activity in the euro zone rose for the first time in two years.
A report on the United States due later is expected to show a modest rate of growth in factories after the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday the world's biggest economy was recovering but would still need support.
Read more: Europe's factories grow, China's stabilize | Reuters
Thursday's purchasing managers indexes (PMIs), surveying thousands of manufacturers worldwide, showed output in British factories surged in July, and industrial activity in the euro zone rose for the first time in two years.
A report on the United States due later is expected to show a modest rate of growth in factories after the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday the world's biggest economy was recovering but would still need support.
Read more: Europe's factories grow, China's stabilize | Reuters
7/31/13
Eurozone unemployment falls for first time in more than 2 years.
Unemployment fell in the euro zone for the first time in over two years, according to data released Wednesday.
The figures from June show that 24,000 fewer Europeans were considered unemployed as compared to May, despite unemployment remaining at record highs.
The jobless rate in the 17-member euro zone remained high at 12.1 percent, and a decrease in spending by shoppers in France Germany, and Spain is expected to mar the promising new data.
Domestic demand across Europe remained weak due to the downturn and the austerity measures implemented by many nations.
In the 27-member European Union, the unemployment rate was 10.9 percent, down from 11 percent in May.
Read more: Euro zone unemployment falls for first time in more than 2 years. But it's still awful there | GlobalPost
The figures from June show that 24,000 fewer Europeans were considered unemployed as compared to May, despite unemployment remaining at record highs.
The jobless rate in the 17-member euro zone remained high at 12.1 percent, and a decrease in spending by shoppers in France Germany, and Spain is expected to mar the promising new data.
Domestic demand across Europe remained weak due to the downturn and the austerity measures implemented by many nations.
In the 27-member European Union, the unemployment rate was 10.9 percent, down from 11 percent in May.
Read more: Euro zone unemployment falls for first time in more than 2 years. But it's still awful there | GlobalPost
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