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.

Sharing economy: Using is the new having

The sharing economy has arrived, but what has it brought with it? It is too early to tell what impact changing consumer patterns will have on mainstream…

PV production grows despite a crisis-driven decline in investment

Europe remained a leader in newly installed capacities accounting for 51.7% (16.8 GW) of the 30 GW installed worldwide.Abundant solar resources in combination…

Publication of Banks & Future 2013 trend survey

More than 460 banking experts took part in Fraunhofer IAO’s Banks & Future 2013 trend survey. According to the respondents, the biggest challenge stems from…

Project financing for Canadian wind farm closed

Since this week the project financing for the Viger-Denonville wind farm in the Canadian province of Québec is in place: KfW IPEX-Bank is providing a long-term…

Why does the American middle class continue to struggle financially?

In his paper, “The Myth of America's 'Culture of Consumerism': Policy May Help Drive American Household's Fraying Finances,” which Cohen will present at the…

Boomers hit hardest by 'Great Recession'

The analysis by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research looked at California data on the uninsured between 2007 and 2009 and found that of the approximately…

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