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Get rid of it I cannot without getting rid of myself. These frustrations came from the RCH staff who felt they deserve even more bonuses, as well as and from non-RCH or non-medical staff who felt that they were being unfairly treated by getting lower P4P bonuses. ‘The extent of the weakness is really impressive,’ said Donald Boyd, who tracks state finances at the Rockefeller Institute… Traders who described themselves as members of ‘The Cartel’ used online chat rooms to discuss their positions in the minutes before the rates were set… ‘The current Greek government is obliged to make appropriate proposals, to implement those agreements that have been reached and thereby do their part to avoid the insolvency of the state, with strong repercussions for Greece,’ officials wrote… May 22 – Bloomberg (Jonathan Stearns, Helene Fouquet and Arne Delfs): “German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that greater efforts are needed to unlock bailout funds for Greece after late-night negotiations with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras failed to yield any sign of a breakthrough.

May 20 – Bloomberg (Jeff Black and Anchalee Worrachate): “On Monday evening, Benoit Coeure told a room of bankers and hedge-fund managers in London that the European Central Bank will front load its asset-buying program before a summer lull. But it restores a backdoor way that enabled local governments to load up on debt in recent years, providing a drag on growth at a time when Beijing is looking for ways to rekindle it. Although onshore and offshore bondholders have equal standing in China’s bankruptcy law, lawyers and investors who have experienced corporate failures in China, say bankruptcy proceedings are subject to interference from local government officials who rarely prioritize offshore bondholders. May 15 – Wall Street Journal (Lingling Wei): “China is reversing course on a major effort to tackle its hefty local government debt problem, marking a setback for a priority reform aimed at getting its financial house in order. It does this by creating individual rights, Heller holds, but those rights may take a different shape when asserted against a state than against the national government.

May 18 – Reuters (John O’Donnell): “Greece’s government should stick to earlier commitments and present reform proposals to help avoid the country becoming insolvent, Germany’s central bank warned on Monday. of regional growth rates across the country shows the slowdown has affected some areas far worse than others. of protest are an ancient tradition in China but the extremity of their action highlights one of the biggest problems facing Beijing as it tries to manage the worst economic slowdown in nearly three decades: a deepening provincial economic divide. May 21 – Wall Street Journal (Simon Nixon): “Talk to almost any banker, investor or hedge-fund manager today and one topic is likely to dominate the conversation. Among brokerage firms planning to ramp up the number of research analysts are a host of Wall Street banks: Morgan Stanley plans to hire more than 20, Barclays PLC is adding about a dozen analysts to cover as many as 100 stocks this year, Credit Suisse Group AG is hiring so it can increase coverage from 160 to 300 companies by the end of 2016, and HSBC Holdings PLC is adding up to 15 staffers…