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Business investment has plunged over the last year in the UK, according to the Office for National Statistics, as the final quarter it dropped by another 5.8 percent to finish the year down 20.8 percent from 2008. In comparison to the fourth quarter of 2008, ...
United Kingdom (Feb 25th, 10)
DreamWorks Animation enjoyed a solid fourth quarter as consumers in America and around the world flock to movie theaters to see their family films, or buy the DVD or Blu-ray versions to view at home. Profits for the fourth quarter came in at $43.6 million as a...
Business (Feb 25th, 10)
Not able to reach agreement with Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co., or rather, with the Chinese government, which refused to give its approval to the acquisition, General Motors announced it will start the process of shutting down its Hummer uni...
Business (Feb 25th, 10)
  Looking from afar at the US Jobs market situation it is unsettling to watch to say the least. With the unemployment rate to have recorded to have fallen to 9.7% it begs the question why the US has taken the brunt of the pain of the global financial cri...
Healthcare (Feb 24th, 10)
While flow of legal permanent immigrants into the United States has averaged over 1 million a year, it now could be considered a detriment to the economy. While there are a variety of reasons of why immigration can help an economy and why it is morally just...
United States (Feb 24th, 10)
News Corp. (Nasdaq:NWS) looking at adding content discovery tools to  MySpace in order to increase interest in the social networking site and make it more sticky. In the wake of the departure of former MySpace CEO Own Van Natta recently, News Corp. is in...
Business (Feb 24th, 10)
By definition, a mass layoff in the United States is those job cuts that involve 50 or more workers from the same company. Those types of events increased by 35 in January 2010 to 1,761, according to data released. This is odd in that it has been asserted by ...
Business (Feb 23rd, 10)
As Britain even sinks deeper into socialism (it that's possible), growing concern over it tax policies, especially recent rhetoric blasting one of the few remaining viable industries in the country - banking and finance, where results were bonuses for top bank...
Business (Feb 22nd, 10)
A recent survey by the National Association for Business Economics found that of the 48 economists surveyed, the majority agreed that business investment will be the primary generator of economic growth in 2010, to whatever level it may reach. While there has...
Business (Feb 22nd, 10)
Toyota (NYSE:TM) documents have been released that question the Obama administration and the Democratic Congress for not being "industry friendly" and as activist. This has been a growing concern for many people who feel the outrageous bailouts of certain aut...
Business (Feb 22nd, 10)
In a bid to expand its product lines beyond its physical stores, Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:SHLD) has been making deals to sell its products in a variety of different outlets, with the latest being a deal to sell its Craftsman Tools in in Ace Hardware stores...
Strategy and Planning (Feb 22nd, 10)
After a lot of debate and strong resistance, it looks like Greece may be the recipient of up to $33.7 billion in aid from those countries using the euro as a currency, according to German magazine Der Spiegel. The magazine reported that the money will be dist...
European Union (Feb 20th, 10)
It's odd that more outrage isn't focused on the automakers, who took billions in dollars from taxpayers to prop up their above-market wages, and continue on to this day without making needed reforms. That's also reflected in the pay package offered CEO Ed Whi...
Business (Feb 20th, 10)
The story coming out of the retail sector for the fourth quarter and 2009 is those companies, like J.C. Penney's (NYSE:JCP), who cut costs and lowered inventory, have come out very good in a difficult economic environment in the United States. Like other reta...
Consumer Staples (Feb 19th, 10)
The overall news for Wal-Mart was good for its fourth-quarter results, as the discount retailing giant increased profits by 22 percent over last years' fourth quarter. Earnings for the quarter came in at $4.6 billion, equal to $1.21 a diluted share. Last year...
Consumer Staples (Feb 19th, 10)
Unless you have been living under a rock the last couple of years, it is no surprise that the overall amounts of foreclosures have been skyrocketing. In many of the once "hot" markets of a few years ago, such as: Miami; this can be seen by the simple orange...
Real Estate (Feb 19th, 10)
JP Morgan has been quietly acquiring competitors over the last couple of years, through various mergers arranged by the government or through the investment bank itself. This has caused the overall size of the company to expand rapidly. However, the propose...
Banking (Feb 19th, 10)
The current recession has proven to be challenging for many investors and traders. As they, struggle to find those companies that can provide increasing earnings, at a time when earnings are falling for the majority of companies. In the case of Honeywell, t...
Industries (Feb 19th, 10)
While three years may not seem like a long time for the typical stock market blue chip company, in the world of computer technology and consumer electronics it can seem like almost a generation of products has changed within that time. Consider the three t...
Technology (Feb 19th, 10)
The past two years for the most part, have been fairly easy decisions for the Federal Reserve, as far as monetary policy is concerned. Where, despite the fears that inflation would derail Fed policy, it was clear that they had the foresight to see the implo...
Stocks (Feb 18th, 10)
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