It is almost three years since the Arab uprisings began with Tunisia leading the way.
Creating more jobs was a big demand of the protesters who forced out President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
But revolution has not helped that happen - about a third of people under the age of 30 are still unemployed and young women in particular are suffering.
Simon Atkinson reports from the capital, Tunis.
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The American crypto-anarchist Cody Wilson shot to fame when he produced the world's first 3D printed gun and made the plans available online for free.
So what is he planning to do next? He tells BBC Click about some of his latest projects and explains why he decided to make the gun.
Watch more clips on the Click website. If you are in the UK you can watch the whole programme on BBC iPlayer.
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NEW YORK, Sept 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has warned against the use of controversial documents that have been at the center of disputes in the $300 trillion derivatives market in recent weeks, after some fund managers accused big banks of trying to use the proposed agreements to maintain their market control.
The derivatives market is nearing a deadline next week that will kick-start a trading regime in which the majority of the market is expected to gradually shift to new electronic trading platforms which are meant to help promote price transparency and draw in new market entrants.
The CFTC, the main U.S. derivatives regulator, has been rushing through approvals for companies planning to offer trading platforms, called swap execution facilities (SEFs), that will go live Wednesday, as part of an overhaul of Wall Street after the financial crisis.
But the process has been marred by disputes over some terms regarding trading.
Some of the trading platforms have asked investors to sign documents that specify what happens to trades in the event they are not accepted into clearinghouses, known as "breakage agreements," said four people familiar with the situation. Other platforms have been pressured by banks to require the documents, but have refused, the people said.
Fund managers balked at signing the agreements, saying they were unnecessary and were meant to benefit the largest banks that already dominate trading. The fund managers said they would struggle to finalize paperwork with trading partners beyond the largest banks that already offer the most liquidity.
"If there (are) 1,000 participants that come into this market, you need 1,000 participants to have arrangements with 1,000 participants, which would mean a million agreements," which would benefit the incumbent banks, CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler told reporters at a conference in Washington on Friday.
Some banks have also tried to require that the documents be enforced on order-book platforms, where trades are meant to be anonymous, said one person familiar with the requests.
The CFTC, in a letter sent on Thursday to trading platforms, clearing organizations, and banks that act as clearing agents for the trades, said that the use of the documents would go against rules that require SEFs to allow investors impartial access to trading.
A rejection of a trade by a clearinghouse is also rare because banks and trading platforms use credit checks before trades to ensure that they will be accepted to clearing, and because trades are accepted by clearinghouses within seconds, the CFTC said in the letter.
Clearinghouses stand between trading partners and guarantee trades. By removing the credit risks associated with trade counterparties, central clearing is the first step to opening the market to new competition. Open trading platforms that hook into clearing will now enable any investor to trade with any other, and to bypass the banks as intermediaries.
The dispute was the latest in a series of arguments between market participants as the CFTC implements rules mandated by the 2010 Dodd-Frank legislation to reduce the risks of the markets. Though rare, it's not the first time that the CFTC has intervened on a documentation issue.
The regulator last year banned the use of triparty documentation for clearing that was being pushed by banks through the International Swaps and Derivatives Association and futures trade group the Futures Industry Association, after critics alleged that the documents would have a coercive effect of restricting investors to trading only with the largest banks.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — After seven decades the state is preparing to replace the GED test
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Contributions from family and friends can make saving for college easier for a parent who has lost a spouse.Jackie Livaudais knows what it's like to want to provide for a child's future when one's own is uncertain. She was pregnant with her third son when her husband, an Army ranger, was killed in Iraq.
Applying for assistance as a veteran's widow was difficult because her husband, Nino Livaudais, was killed early in the Iraq War. "At the time, a lot of programs were out of date," she says, using her experience with Utah's Division of Motor Vehicles as an example. "The DMV didn't know what to do with us or how to handle our paperwork."
While government programs have improved those processes, the challenge of making complicated decisions after a partner's death hasn't changed. As a volunteer, Livaudais helps other military spouses and their children get through those first months.
When it comes to saving for a child's future, her advice for anyone who has lost a spouse is to start a tax-advantaged college savings plan known as a 529 plan. But she suggests not contributing a lot of money before making other major life decisions, such as where to live.
Parents who have lost a spouse – as a result of military service or otherwise – should take the following steps to manage college savings.
[Take these steps before opening a 529 plan.]
1. Hold off on big 529 plan decisions: Surviving spouses may not be comfortable over the long term with investment choices made in the immediate aftermath of their partner's death. "Any time someone's dealing with loss, way too many people are trying to take advantage," says Tim Heaslet, a chaplain and chairman of the nonprofit Children of Fallen Soldiers.
It takes time to get comfortable with making financial decisions on one's own, especially if the couple made decisions as a team. "I never handled major financial decisions by myself," Livaudais says.
She says to start with "small, reasonable contributions to 529 plans and increase when grief isn't so heavy."
[Get tips on evaluating 529 plan performance.]
2. Encourage family and friends to open accounts for the child: Family, friends or coworkers could set up a plan for minors who have lost a parent, but the living parent or a family member needs to be named as the account's owner, says Paul Paeglis, executive director of the Ohio Tuition Trust Authority. This is so the family controls the plan's funds.
Contributions can be made by anyone. For the plan managed by the Ohio Tuition Trust Authority, individuals may write checks with the beneficiary's name on the check memo line, he says. "This is no different than third-party giving like families do for a child's birthday or holidays."
It's easy to contribute to a child's account by giving money to the parent, directly to a 529 plan or through a gift-giving program like Ugift or GradSave.
[Learn how to ask for contributions to a child's 529 plan.]
3. Start a memorial page for contributions: While GradSave offers all parents the option of setting up a website to crowd fund their child's education, families can also set up memorial pages. The funds raised can be sent to a 529 plan of the family's choice.
GradSave also recently started a special landing page featuring children who have lost a parent in the U.S. armed forces, where individuals who'd like to help a military family may do so. Landing pages are being planned for surviving children of police officers and emergency workers.
Livaudais' family has set up a memorial page. Her children are now 15, 12 and nine years old and each aspires to attend college.
Destre, 15, wants to be an artist or a musician. Carson, 12, wants to be a surgeon. Grant wants to be an Army ranger like his dad.
"A lot of businesses and kind Americans want to reach out and help kids," Livaudais says. Some reach out through donations and others through thoughtful messages and videos. She says those gestures show her children how much their father's sacrifice is appreciated.
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