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.

KfW funding activities defy volatile markets

In a strongly shifting market environment in the first half of2012 KfW held its own in its funding activities. As of 30 June 2012 already about EUR 50.4…

Unique on STN – Numeric Property Search Feature in the Derwent World Patents Index®

FIZ Karlsruhe has developed an innovative search function that adds significant value to Thomson Reuters’s renowned patent database Derwent World Patents…

Controlling for the weather: Hedging increases firm value, new study shows

Hedging refers to insuring against extreme fluctuations in the prices or quantities of commodities/securities.In “Risk Management and Firm Value: Evidence from…

Mutual fund portfolio risk increased when managers favor home-state stocks

Inexperienced mutual-fund managers and those working for funds with limited resources tend to invest too heavily in companies from their home states without…

UNU-IHDP and UNEP launch sustainability index that looks beyond GDP

The world's fixation on economic growth ignores a rapid and largely irreversible depletion of natural resources that will seriously harm future generations,…

The King of Retail: New Study Shows Symbiotic Relationship Between Major Retailers and Suppliers

A new study by supply-chain researchers at the University of Arkansas shows that the relationship between major retailers such as Walmart and Target and their…

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