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— John Fitzgerald Kennedy
There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
— John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Stock da Cunha e Sérgio Monteiro vão estar em Nova Iorque para a primeira ronda de contactos. Seguem-se Londres e Boston. A ideia é realizar uma operação de venda de parte minoritária do capital, embora fora do retalho
(Teleborsa) - Torna a crescere il settore terziario statunitense seppur in misura leggermente inferiore alle aspettative. La stima flash dell'indice PMI dei servizi, elaborato da Markit, indica un...
Gujarat led the pack last year while Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand came in at second and third positions, respectively
A group of influential American lawmakers have introduced a legislation asking the Obama administration to help India join the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, saying an economically prosperous India benefits the US' strategic goals in Asia.
A group of influential American lawmakers have introduced a legislation asking the Obama administration to help India join the Apec forum, saying an economically prosperous India benefits the US' strategic goals in Asia.
Oil prices struck a muted tone on Thursday, with the US benchmark sliding further after a jump in stocks last week added to concerns of a lasting world supply glut. Crude tumbled on Wednesday after the US said reserves surged 9.36 million barrels last week to 532.5 million barrels, much ...
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is expected to surpass the US multinational firm WalMart soon as the world's largest retail platform with its total trading volume this fiscal year set to exceed $463.3 billion, an official media reported on Wednesday.
The sight of people lining up to spend money on a lottery with unimaginably low odds is, to some, a charming dash of whimsy in an otherwise robust economy.
The Greater Houston Partnership will launch a new site Thursday to aid its efforts in recruiting and attracting young professionals to the Houston area. Late last year, a task force found that Houston produces two jobs in science, technology, engineering and math, the STEM areas, for every one student who graduates ...
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Here is a math problem for the Federal Reserve: What is 3.25 minus 5?The answer, despite what you might think, isn't -1.75. It's that it doesn't matter what it is as long as it's much less than zero. Why is that? Because, as we'll get to in a minute, this ...
Republican’s claim that the US loses in global trade is oversimplistic
Asics was slapped with a lawsuit on Wednesday by its former US retail partner. Windsor Financial Group, which had operated 13 Asics stores, sued the sneaker and athletic apparel maker for breach of contract, alleging Asics “intended to and did sabotage Windsor at every turn.” In January, Windsor filed for ...
US millennials are a bunch of cereal killers. General Mills, the maker of Cheerios, reported on Wednesday that US cereal sales fell 2 percent in the most recent fiscal quarter. Overall, sales were down 8 percent in the period — the third straight quarter of lower revenue. The cold shoulder ...
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INFLATION is a simple concept, but price rises are surprisingly hard to measure. First, statisticians must work out what stuff people buy, and in what proportions (the “basket” of goods). Then they must track the prices of those goods over time. Finally they must decide how to account for new ...
HAD he lived to see it, Alfred Marshall, a 19th-century giant of economics, probably would not have celebrated International Women’s Day, which takes place on March 8th. “If you compete with us, we shan’t marry you,” he once gallantly warned the fairer sex. In his book, Principles of Economics, he ...
UPDATE: On March 21st Valeant announced that Michael Pearson, its CEO, was leaving UNTIL recently, America hadn’t had a spectacular corporate disaster since Lehman Brothers in 2008. But Valeant, a Canadian but New York-listed drug firm, now meets all of the tests: a bad business model, accounting problems, acquisitions, debt, an ...
IN A financial landscape that ranges from the dreary to the disliked, peer-to-peer lending stands out. P2P firms, also called marketplace lenders, channel loans directly from institutional investors and individuals to borrowers, for a fee. In the process, they have lowered interest rates for many and expanded access to credit. ...
Vehicle sales are running at a record pace, which means the car industry is willing to invest in new products and technology.
IT IS MORE than half a century old, but Mancur Olson’s book, “The Logic of Collective Action”, is still hugely influential. In a nutshell, the late economist argued that large groups of people will organise only if they have some particular incentive: many will simply “free-ride” on the efforts of ...