Business and Finance
This area provides up-to-date and interesting developments from the world of business, economics and finance.
A wealth of information is available on topics ranging from stock markets, consumer climate, labor market policies, bond markets, foreign trade and interest rate trends to stock exchange news and economic forecasts.
Auto After Market Sales Continue to Thrive Despite Detroit’s Big Losses
Last week, General Motors reported a stunning second-quarter loss of $15.5 billion while Ford reported a loss of $8.7 billion. These losses have resulted in…
Depressed Housing Market Demands Change in Lead Generation Techniques
In his article, “Lead Generation: What Really Works?,” published in the Keller Center Research Report this month, Pullig reported that strength of market and…
Four worlds is too much
Writing in the inaugural issue of the International Journal of Private Law, UK researchers suggest that the twenty-first century may be scarred by the…
KfW defies challenging market
In the first half of 2008 KfW successfully defied the very volatile international capital markets with its funding strategy. This was stated by Dr. Frank…
One in every four boxes or bags of langoustines is labelled incorrectly
The results show that 24.4% of the labels display the wrong species name, and that information is incomplete in 39% of cases. The researchers have patented a…
Profitable investments in Mexican peso or Turkish lira
De Zwart conducted five different empirical studies into financial markets. In one of the studies, he investigated the best position for an investor to take…