Monday, December 19, 2011

Pimco's look ahead to 2012: Europe still top threat

PIMCO's Bill Gross coined the term "new normal" in 2009 to describe the economic landscape for years to come.  What follows is a look ahead to 2012: 

Pimco market strategist: Europe still top threat
But a few years later, the European debt crisis, slow-moving economic growth at home and the turbulent stock market have turned Pimco's "new normal" into conventional wisdom. So what's their view of the year ahead? Much like this year, ...

First-time college students must get meningitis vaccine 10 days before spring ...
Corpus Christi Caller Times
"It will become part of the new normal." The requirement applies to all first-time college students. A student who attended a college or university — public or private — before Jan. 1, 2012, and is enrolling in the same school or a new school after ...

Oklahoma maternity home expands teen support
Catholic News Agency
“The goal of this new service is to help the family and the teenage girl who is experiencing an unplanned pregnancy as they work to create a 'new normal' in their lives,” said Monica Palmer, associate director for Clinical Services. ...

A new family Christmas: Two Wausau-area families grow by adopting Ethiopian ...
Wausau Daily Herald
This is the new normal and there is no going back to the old normal." The Winowiskis aren't the only family adjusting to that particular brand of new normal. While they were in the midst of adopting Hawi and Misikir, Barb and Mark Klinner of Wausau ...

The long haul in Washington gridlock
Financial Times
It is worth exploring both prospects in turn: the likelihood that US politics has entered a “new normal” of prolonged gridlock; and the reinforcing effect Washington's continued dysfunction would have on the economy's “new normal”. ...
Financial Times

Reunited families face change together
Contra Costa Times
Blankenship, now the commander of the US Army Recruiting Battalion in Encino, said it took awhile to adjust to the new normal in his household. During the transition, he had to learn not to jerk his head every time he heard a car backfiring, ...

Oil leases, but no permits
Bayoubuzz
“We are hoping that this lease sale is another step toward the new normal and a step toward a level of consistency in the drilling process and production of oil.” “We are hoping to quickly return to normalcy now,” he said. ...

The Stock Market Bleed Continues
The Market Oracle
We are in a huge range or around 150 handles, and traders need to accept this as the new normaluntil you get a solid move away from this area, although I think it's a great range and throwing up chances regularly, we can usually find 3-4 ideas a week ...

To Our Readers: Tops in 2011 - Arab Spring (yes), economy (yes), royal wedding ...
Journal and Courier
One panel member described the US economy as morphing into "the new normal." That new normal, as defined by the group, is driven by: • The perception that among the middle class, there is still a resistance to spend money. Perhaps it's the aftershock ...

The consumer trends that will shape our world
Marketing magazine Australia
JWT Intelligence describes the uneasy and frugal mindset as the 'new normal', predicting it will continue for many years. This altered state prompts Huntley to predict that spending will continue to flow towards online and private label goods in ...

Economists warn of growth falling below 7%
Livemint
“Continued fiscal slippage and the retail foreign direct investment reform imbroglio suggest that RBI will receive little support as it wrestles with the economy's 'new normal' of 7% growth-7% inflation,” BNP Paribas said, adding that it is unclear ...

Infosys management gets nervous but analysts remain bullish (INFY, WIT)
NASDAQ
Over the last two years, the stock has usually traded in the $55 to $60 range, so it could easily return to form unless we are back in a "new normal" mode. However, even INFY management has taken a much more cautious outlook on the company's prospects. ...

For Marine's widow, Iraq war will never be truly over
Los Angeles Times
A smiling picture of Ray Mendoza in Iraq is displayed beside a bookcase, prominent but not dominating. "For the first couple of years, I had to establish our 'new normal,'" Karen Mendoza said. Karen Mendoza , widow of Marine Maj . Ray Mendoza.
Los Angeles Times

Remembering Email
TechCrunch
These more efficient, actionable gestures are the new normal. Our kids already understand that email is fading. They model the world on Facebook, tracking invites in their message stream or as event invites. At a glance they see who's coming, ...
TechCrunch

My Take: Being poor on Christmas
CNN (blog)
As we struggle with the new normal, we pray (yes, selfishly) that during this Advent, as we wait for Jesus' light to shine upon the world, that a sliver of that miraculous light will shine on our little family. Like a child anticipating the rapturous ...

Stakes are high as Palm Springs area golf communities struggle to stay relevant
The Desert Sun
“We're entering a new normal; we're in a recasting era,” said Pete Halter, chairman of The Halter Companies, an Atlanta firm that advises developers. “We can't think that this will be over soon. Things have changed for good.” • Fewer people play golf, ...

The fight back against fate
Trinidad & Tobago Express
What looks to me like extremism is really "the new normal," a Jahajee blog moderator assured me last week. Well, we agree that it is normal, but it's certainly not new. What may be a characteristic of today's social media "content" has long been around ...

4 Open Houses In Greenwich Week Before The Holidays
Patch.com
Clearly, the gridlock in Congress and the problems in Europe and the resulting fall in the stock market led to a major drop in sales. We recovered in November and were almost back to the new normal. The market place is busy, but clearly many people are ...

Coming home for the holidays
Walton Tribune
“I am just looking forward to being away from a clinical setting where we can establish our 'new normal' lives together. This injury has already taken so much from us, but I refuse to let it take any more. I am bound and determined to get our lives ...

Returning to Philly
phillyBurbs.com (blog)
I haven't even set my watch back to East Coast time, in part because I don't know how and partly because I don't want to accept that my experience is over, that I have to adjust to a new normal. I know I'm strong because I've lived in another country, ...

For Marine's Widow, the War in Iraq Will Never Be Over
Fox News
"For the first couple of years, I had to establish our 'new normal,'" Karen Mendoza said. Unlike some widows, she has never doubted the necessity of the US decision to invade Iraq, depose Saddam Hussein and then fight the Sunni insurgency. ...
Fox News

Game Over, America: RMB Eclipses $ by 2021
By Emmanuel
With its "new normal" annual rate of growth between 1-2%, it surely isn't keeping up the pace to maintain a decent lead, compelling certain USA#1 cheerleaders to shift the goalposts of the seemingly inevitable American eclipse. The American ...
International Political Economy Zone

wsis-finance.org − The muse In addition to Dependability In The ...
By Mark Hole
It can be yet a new normal reaction with the concerned types to item towards the Biblical doctrines and by most indicates, to have it performed like a fable. The Holy book is actually as a result placed in the situation wherever it has so that you ...
wsis-finance.org

Charity Profile: Food Bank of Western Massachusetts | massneeds.org
By MassNeeds.org
The emergency food system has become part of the “new normal” pattern for meeting their everyday food needs. Some pantries are running out of food to serve households seeking ongoing food assistance. A number of agencies have been ...
massneeds.org

Harvard doctor's startup trains hospitals to rehab cancer survivors ...
By Oral Cancer Foundation News Team - A
“People are told this is your new normal, accept this,” Silver says, “when in fact that may not be theirnew normal if they had appropriate rehabilitation services.” Institutions pay $10000 to $44000 for certification. (Individuals, such as solo ...
Oral Cancer News

- The "New Normal" of Leadership
In their work, Bob Mosher and Dr. Conrad Gottfredson portray Solis' assertion as a leadership paradigm that they call "the New Normal." In this New Normal, ...
www.trainingindustry.com/.../the-new-normal-of-leadership.as...

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