The cost of extra safety investment may slow Arctic drilling for a while, especially as we are in a glut of cheap shale gas.
"I see this as an investment in our future safety, an investment in being better prepared for an event like this in the future, " she said.
The Federal Reserve has slashed interest rates, pumped liquidity into markets and spun a new safety net for investment banks.
"There are many international agreements that Nicaragua has signed with other countries to protect the safety of foreign investment, " he says.
When an agreement has been negotiated in a lawless environment there is no guarantee as to the future safety of that investment.
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When she inquired about the safety of the investment, she was told that insurance was provided through Lloyds of London and the CD was safe.
The big emerging market bond funds skyrocketed because investors returned to the relative safety of government investment grade debt issued by countries that they trust, like Brazil.
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The implementation of key structural reforms is critical to strengthening growth and creating jobs, and promoting global rebalancing, such as policies that affect social safety nets and investment patterns.
The Fed has slashed interest rates, promised more cuts if the economy stays weak and perhaps most important sharply reduced the odds of financial-market catastrophe by extending its safety net to investment banks.
Meanwhile, an agreement announced between European retailers and workers' advocates this week, may lead to investment in safety enhancements.
Together with train operators, Railtrack has agreed that the focus for the immediate future must be "safety, maintenance and investment".
Stuckler and his team are now exploring those country-by-country variances, and whether a country's investment in social safety-net programs is related to how closely the suicide rate mirrors the unemployment rate.
More recently, safety, and economic and investment issues created by vertical separation, have caused huge problems on Britain's rail network and there is increasing disenchantment with the industry structure in place.
"Passenger rail service, especially services at higher and high speeds, will require new safety rules, constant public capital investment and operating subsidies, and balance with freight rail service and the rest of the national transportation system -- and currently only some of these elements are in place, " according to a GAO report.
Those mutual funds would be regulated for safety and soundness, as would the investment firms managing them.
One major test came one year ago, when a deadly high-speed rail collision outside the eastern city of Wenzhou prompted questions online and even in the state media over whether China's preoccupation with growth had led to investment at the expense of safety.
What opportunities does the creation of a Public Safety nationwide interoperable network have to offer the investment community?
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But by now, even the most ignorant people realize that speaking more than one language is not only a real life necessity but also a large investment in your economic future and a safety net if your country goes awry.
The investing class has instead pulled its collective head back into its weathered shell and mentally retreated back to the (relative) safety of looking at their own homes as a preferred investment class.
Moreover, no workers were left to rely on the government safety net guarantee backing up the accounts due to poor investment performance leaving them with less than the old Social Security system promised.
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Analysts said this week's disruption and safety concerns would hurt Mr Mallya's efforts to win the investment needed to save the airline from collapse.
For decades, policy wonks on the Republican fringes had talked about turning Social Security, the government safety-net program for retirees, into a system of private investment accounts.
Investors will want to be overweight below-market beta allocation, meaning investors will continue to move out of risk assets and into high end investment grade, defensive sectors like utilities and overall net long safety versus risk assets.
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There is no social security safety net to protect people thrown out of work, which contributes to the passion for investment by Hong Kong residents.
The massive investment and rapid construction have long raised public doubts on the new lines' safety and commercial viability, and last Saturday's accident has only bolstered critics' arguments.
As in Chile, workers would choose investments by picking a fund managed by a major private investment firm from a list officially approved and regulated by the federal government for safety and soundness.
We have allowed a steady decline in investment in the science-based Stockpile Stewardship Program that promised to assure the safety, effectiveness and reliability of our nuclear weapons in the absence of below-ground tests.
What most of us look for in a home a sense of security, safety and comfort can be found without making such a major and complicated financial investment, one that, as the housing crisis has proved, can too easily end in calamity.
Investment shifted to such aspects as improving system automation, digitalized grid construction, and reliability and safety.
The investment tradeoff for investing in bonds with these super low interest rates is liquidity and the perceived safety that investors want as global economic woes have continued since the financial crisis.
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