Over the last six months, fears have been rising around the globe that current recession could be what is known as: a double dip recession. This is where the economy will begin to recover, then immediately go into another recession. A good example of this c...
Investing (Feb 18th, 10)
The past three years have been a brutal time for the world automakers, as declining consumer spending and tight credit conditions have made purchasing an automobile even more challenging. In the case of Daimler Mercedes, they had the issues of divesting the...
Consumer Discretionary (Feb 18th, 10)
In any kind of market, it is imperative to look at what the overall long term trends of the different economic indicators are: showing about economic growth. In some cases, those indicators that are looking forward can tell investors if the economy is recov...
Stocks (Feb 18th, 10)
According to a research note from JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), another $221 billion in capital may be needed in order to comply with the enormous number of regulations on the table by governments around the world.
British banks, including the Royal Ban...
Banking (Feb 18th, 10)
Under pressure for some time to divest of its stake in SABMiller (LON:SAB) by a number of analysts, Altria Group (NYSE:MO) has rejected that pressure and announced it plans on keeping its 27.3 percent stake in SABMiller for the time being.
Some of the argumen...
Business (Feb 18th, 10)
The longer the investigation into Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) goes concerning the Merrill Lynch deal, the less it looks like there was any wrongdoing on their part, and the latest discovery was the firing of their general counsel had absolutely nothing to do wi...
Business Banking (Feb 17th, 10)
Once the deal closes at the end of the next quarter, BNY Trust Co. of Canada will more than double the amount of outstanding debt it services in Canada after acquiring the corporate-trust business of CIBC Mellon.
That will bring the total to about $287.58 bil...
Canada (Feb 17th, 10)
The current economic back drop has meant that many heavy equipment makers have been facing a number of different challenges. In the case of Deere, they were hit by sharp declines in spending for heavy equipment and a lack of credit to businesses. Together, ...
Construction (Feb 17th, 10)
Over the last several years, as energy prices have been skyrocketing, many of the different talking heads have been calling for added investment in nuclear power. At the time, they often cited the stigma associated with the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl a...
Energy (Feb 17th, 10)
When the economy is making any kind of economic recovery, one of the first areas that will immediately show increasing in demand for various goods or services is: industrial production. This is where factories and mines are increasing their overall output, ...
Industries (Feb 17th, 10)
The Idea is everyone can benefit from international trade, as per Adam Smith's original ‘Wealth of Nations' principles with a country having a specialized focus on labour using its comparative advantage such as China does with its lower costs of labour, ...
United States (Feb 17th, 10)
The parent company of Airbus (the European Aeronautic, Defense and Space company), has been working on developing the first military transport plane to challenge the American C 130, the A400M. However, a number of different financial challenges have been hi...
United Kingdom (Feb 17th, 10)
With India being the second-largest investor in Britain, with Indian businesses generating about 14.4 billion pounds in annual business, the London Development Authority has come under fire for what looks like a closing of the offices in major Indian cities: D...
United Kingdom (Feb 16th, 10)
With the economic situation demanding business cut back on their expenses, one of the obvious cuts was in the way their people traveled, which has largely moved from first-class travel to coach, which has the airline industry concerned whether or not the new p...
Business Travel (Feb 16th, 10)
In the Euro zone, Germany is considered to be one of the strongest economies; that will either lead the region into or out of recessions. Recently, hopes have been rising that despite concerns about what is happening in Greece, the E.U. could be emerging fr...
Germany (Feb 16th, 10)
The past two years have been brutal for many commercial development and property owners. One area that has been hit particularly hard was the Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS), which owned large portfolios of shopping mall properties. As consumer spendi...
Real Estate (Feb 16th, 10)
Most of the headlines about the recent financial crisis have focused on the effects on the national and international economy. We have heard about recession, depression, double dips, unemployment, falls in the value of housing, banking failures etc.
For very...
Banking (Feb 15th, 10)
The current recession has brought up heated debate around the world, as to if globalization is dead. After, what appeared to be a close call, the forces of globalization have regrouped and are stronger than ever. Recent evidence of this can be seen in the a...
Airlines (Feb 15th, 10)
The past five years have been brutal for the big three, as they have been squeezed by changing market demographics, because of high oil prices. As a result, several high profile bailouts were given to GM and Chrysler, with many worried that Ford would be ne...
Transport (Feb 15th, 10)
The Business Council of Australia, an Australian lobby group, is pressuring the federal government in the country to quickly bring the budget back to surplus in order to turn its attention to increasing the productivity capacity of the country.
Similar to oth...
Australia (Feb 14th, 10)
