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.

How to Invest in 2012? Buy a House, but Don’t Overlook the Details

An expert with the University of Alabama at Birmingham says interest rates are so low that buying a $1,000 two-month CD from the bank will only earn you 83…

Nonprofits Show Job Growth through Decade of Turmoil but Still Lose Market Share

Even during the recession from 2007 to 2009, nonprofit jobs increased by an average of 1.9 percent per year. At the same time, businesses averaged jobs losses…

Logistics innovation and network development

The dissertation, titled “Innovation and network development of logistics firms”, investigates the third party logistics phenomena from the logistics firm’s…

Outlook for an industry that touches 96 percent of all manufactured goods

Growing demand for chemicals used in agriculture, electronics, cars and airplanes will boost an industry that generates $674 billion in sales in the U.S….

Location, location, location: Economists document key role of spatial component in economic growth

The study, which examines growth in the Thai economy between 1986 and 1996, shows that a high concentration of enterprise in an area predicts high subsequent…

Hedge fund share restrictions favor managers over investors

Armed with insider knowledge, managers of share-restricted hedge funds sell off their own holdings ahead of their investors in order to avoid low returns…

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