Country

Despite inflation, Diwali is a time to spend and celebrate

Diwali, the Indian festival of lights, have caused Indians to loosen purse strings despite high inflation.


Retailers gearing for all important Christmas shopping season

WalMart, Sears, Macy's and other retailers are now doing their best to increase sales for the coming Christmas season.

DST costs more than saves more

Daylight Savings Time was meant to conserve energy, but it creates more losses in the US economy. WIth temperatures falling and landscapes needing less tending, these are the reminders that daylight savings time would be coming to an end by Sunday.

Apple's iPad Air received by thin crowds

A lukewarm response was the tone for the launch of the newest iPad version, the iPad Air. It had become commonplace that droves of loyalists and enthusiasts would await the launch of the latest Apple product to the market.


Latest News

Investor hype had been observed in recent initial public offerings. In a report by USA Today, investors were seen in a frenzy to invest into everything that has a ticker symbol.
Apollo and Cooper Tire decided on a tentative agreement with trial to begin on Tuesday. NDTV Profits reported that a tentative agreement with workers of United Steelworkers union and Cooper Tire & Rubber Co was reached.
New Jersey Police Chief Allen Cummings in an interview with Associated Press, said family members received text messages on suicide from Paul Ciancia, the LAX shooter.
Dan Dees, co-head for investments banking for Goldman Sachs Asia, would be assuming a global role for the bank in the next few months.
Walmart decided to offer its holiday deals early in anticipation for holiday shopping season. According to a Reuters reports, retailers in the US faced the shortest holiday in the past few years to prepare for customers' demands.
Entry of the Euro in Latvia had not made any positive effect on the country's economy. On January 1, Latvia had adopted the Euro, which would hopefully encourage lower costs for borrowing and investments.
Mark Zandi of Moody’s Analytics predicted that US nonfarm payrolls to be 100,000 and an unemployment rate to increase.
After thirty of its employees got involved in the manipulation of interest rates, Rabobank had paid a combined EUR774 million in fines.
Traders kept bets for Feds rise in rates by the year 2015. According to CME Group's Fed Watch, futures prices suggested that no earlier than April 2015 the Federal Reserve would raise the rates.
Various investors and strategists react to the decision of the Federal Reserve. On Wednesday, The Federal Reserve had extended support for the slowing economy of the US.
Real Time Analytics