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• Article 50 news

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/27/article-50-news/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 27, 2017 Read the recent judgement on the UK exit from the Supreme Court and the reaction from legal challenger Gina Miller via Channel 4 news.

• French Presidential elections

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/24/new-fact-check-sites-for-french-presidential-elections/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 24, 2017 Newspapers pay a key role in forming the opinion of the French electorate according to the recent Baromètre des médias, l’intérêt des Français pour...

• Trends in Armed Conflict 1946-2014

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/27/trends-i-armed-conflict-1946-2014/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 27, 2017 Trends in Armed Conflict, 1946–2014   Free access to this factsheet of data recently published by the  Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).

• Brexit debates in the House of Lords

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/10/brexit-debates-in-the-house-of-lords/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 10, 2017 Second defeat for Brexit in the House of Lords this week: Read the transcript in Lords Hansard  – part one Read the transcript in Lords Hansard – part two Read the transcript in...

• How China Became a Global Information Power

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/17/how-china-became-a-global-information-power/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 17, 2017 Beyond the Great Firewall: How China Became a Global Information Power Read the latest online report from Center for International Media Assistance to find out how.

• Who Governs Europe?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/31/who-governs-europe/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 31, 2017 A database from the University of Nottingham which offers insight into the political history of Europe and the government of 48 nations from (1848-2015).

• Chinese investment in Latin America

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/04/11/chinese-investment-in-latin-america/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 11, 2017 Free access to this detailed database from Inter-American Dialogue’s  China and Latin America program  and Boston University’s  Global Economic Governance Initiative...

• Bloomberg: Credit Default Swaps

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/26/bloomberg-credit-default-swaps/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2013 Since the European Union ban on naked sovereign CDS in November, the volume of sovereign CDS trades has plummeted while the volume on financials CDS has increased, according to DTCC data.

• Bloomberg guide on corporate governance

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/26/bloomberg-guide-on-corpoarte-governance/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2013 With the 2013 annual general meeting season underway, attention is being given to corporate governance issues, with companies taking an increasingly proactive role in engaging with...

• Bloomberg: Nike bonds

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/29/bloomberg-nike-bonds/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2013 Nike Inc., the world’s largest sporting-goods company, has raised $1 billion with its first new debt sale in a decade. The company is offering 10- and 30-year securities.