Basel Committee: Principles for sound stress testing (Thaipr.net)

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has issued the consultative paper Principles for sound stress testing practices and supervision. The paper presents sound principles for the governance, desi

Basel Committee eyes stress testing at banks (Investment Executive)

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision issued a consultation paper that sets out principles for beefed up stress testing practices at banks. The paper presents sound principles for the governance, design and implementation of stress testing programs at banks.

UPDATE: BIS Produces Guidelines On Banks' Stress-Testing (Nasdaq)

(Adds details, background.) LONDON -(Dow Jones)- The Bank for International Settlements said Tuesday that it has produced new guidelines outlining how banks must stress test their assumptions of market risk.

Weight Worries Outrank Economic Woes for Many People Blog Survey Shows Weight Worries Cause Most Stress (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Thirty-one percent of those responding to a survey on the blog A Weight Lifted ranked weight concerns as the greatest source of stress in their lives, even more than economic concerns, family/relationship issues, work/school and health concerns. To end weight worries, Green Mountain at Fox Run, a pioneering non-diet women's healthy weight retreat, recommends people stop trying to lose weight ...

How to Have a Stress Free Life Instead of Holiday Blues (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Relaxation expert, Cecil McIntosh, is providing you a solution to a "stress free life" rather than suffer from holiday blues. A stress contest has been created to provide you answers to cope with the current economic turmoil. http://emptyyourcup.com/contest.php