• In his 2008 book, A Question of Balance, Weighing the Options on Global Warming Policies, Professor Nordhaus provided the computed discounted costs and benefits for a variety of policies, assuming the IPCC central value for warming due to increased atmospheric CO2 (3 degrees C for doubling of CO2).

    FORBES: What Happens When You Rub Two Climatologists Together?

  • People in such high-profile jobs at public companies have a "responsibility to the public" to disclose their condition because they are so "central to the strategic value of the business, " Mr. Sonnenfeld said.

    WSJ: Google CEO Larry Page Diagnosed With 'Vocal Cord Paralysis'

  • Perhaps the most damning statistic is that the dollar has lost 95 percent of its value since the central bank was created.

    FORBES: End the Fed: More than Just a Bumper Sticker Slogan?

  • Were donor agencies fully to comply with this requirement and transact their aid at the official rate, around 90% of the value of their aid would be captured by the central bank, which would be purchasing the aid dollars at around a tenth of their value.

    ECONOMIST: How to prop up the government

  • The Chinese government is gradually allowing the yuan, or renmimbi, to appreciate against the dollar and Wen said the Central Bank will continue to adjust the value of the renminbi in the same, steady way.

    FORBES: Obama Tells China Leader Wen To Strengthen Yuan

  • He is now richer, the apple grower is now poorer, and the economy is worse off due to the central bank having distorted the natural allocation of value created through free interactions in the market.

    FORBES: Value Destroyers Like Bernanke Fancy Themselves Magician Economists

  • Moreover Russia's continued intransigence on Syria, says Robert Malley of the International Crisis Group, has value merely by giving the Kremlin a central part in resolving the crisis.

    ECONOMIST: Russia and America

  • Although the currency has appreciated since mid-March, renewed weakness is possible, and the effect of a collapse in the value of the rupiah (not our central forecast) would be to lower the spending power of most Indonesians.

    ECONOMIST: Indonesia's robust economy continues to grow

  • Regulators also need to bear in mind that one of the central assumptions of the fair-value regime has not worked out quite as planned.

    ECONOMIST: An accounting standard comes under the microscope

  • In Africa, it is clear from the meetings I have with political leaders, central-bank governors and businesses that they value the contribution the financial-services industry makes to a growing economy.

    ECONOMIST: Finance

  • The dominant question being pondered by the market ahead of the European Central Bank (ECB) meeting on Thursday is whether the current EUR value is too high.

    FORBES: A 'Yen' For Your Thoughts

  • Thus, the demand for existing fiat currencies would decline, accelerating their decline in value in the face of general neglect by central banks.

    FORBES: One Path To A Global Gold Standard

  • The model can determine the marginal value of hiring ten new drivers who live in central Illinois, say, based on the number of times that freight departs from the Midwest.

    FORBES: Schneider National Uses Data To Survive A Bumpy Economy

  • There are bound to be questions about the value of Vaughan's central contract as well.

    BBC: Jonathan Agnew column

  • Recognizing that it would probably face a numerically superior adversary on the plains of Central Europe, service leaders developed a doctrine called Airland Battle that stressed the value of advanced technology, especially air power, in prosecuting successful ground campaigns.

    FORBES: How The Army Missed Its Chance To Modernize

  • His thoughts that raising the capital gains tax to 20% or 28% is no big deal is the epitome of economic illiteracy, a glaring example of the ignorance of the central role that risk-taking plays in growth and that taxes play in the value of hard and financial assets.

    FORBES: Fact and Comment

  • His comments came as Russia's central bank stepped in to support the value of the rouble, which fell on Monday morning following the weekend resignation of bank chief Viktor Geraschenko.

    BBC: Russia rules out weaker rouble

  • Even though the Peso lost about 75% of its value and caused a brief bout with high inflation, the Argentine central bank did not have to monetize its debt.

    FORBES: Europe's Solution Isn't More Inflation

  • Given its location in the Central Business District, Ice House is excellent value.

    BBC: Mini guide to Hong Kong

  • The central bank now insists that 80% of the value of new letters of credit must be paid up front.

    ECONOMIST: Banking in Vietnam

  • As the value of the dollar falls, their reserves of the currency also reduce in value, as do the yields on the US Treasury bonds held by many of their central banks.

    BBC: Analysis

  • At the same time, the European Central Bank agreed to exchange Greek government bonds it bought on the secondary market for less than their face value, provided the debt-restructuring talks succeed, according to people briefed on the negotiations.

    WSJ: Asian Markets Close Higher

  • Mr Blomfield, Labour MP for Sheffield Central, said this research provided evidence of the economic value of overseas students.

    BBC: Overseas students 'worth ?120m to Sheffield'

  • Not counted in its income and expense accounts: the value of donated labor, which is a central part of this charity.

    FORBES: Charity Isn't Cheap

  • If their central goal had been a steady value for the buck, those bubbles would never have reached the sizes they did, and volatility in the financial markets would have been only a fraction of what it is today.

    FORBES: Hamilton Got It Right--Why Can't We?

  • Last week, France called for the European Central Bank (ECB) to consider setting a target for the single currency - steering it lower when the value became too high.

    BBC: Euro rises as finance ministers meet

  • In Switzerland, which like the U.K. isn't part of the euro zone, the central bank has used the euro as its external reference point in its efforts to keep the Swiss franc's value stable.

    WSJ: Banks Prep for Life After Euro

  • These devices communicate wirelessly with another device in the field, or back to a central server, to create value.

    FORBES: The Internet Of Things Isn't As New As It Seems

  • Central bankers starved the economy of necessary liquidity by increasing the intrinsic value of the yen, inflicting a crushing burden on debtors.

    FORBES: Fact and Comment

  • With a central portal for all information, Lotus Formula One can realize the value of research and innovation, better manage sponsor relationships, and get ready to win races in 2014.

    FORBES: The Business Of A Formula One Team

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