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.

Trade-Off Budgeting is a Good Money-Saving Technique

Deena Katz, associate professor of personal financial planning, has a philosophy she calls trade-off budgeting. Trade-off budgeting is meant to encourage…

Suppliers’ Dilemma: Top-down Versus Bottom-up; New Study Examines the Value of Point-of-Sale Data in Forecasting

A new study by a University of Arkansas logistics researcher confirms that relying on retail point-of-sale data can increase the accuracy of predictions and…

Gas versus groceries

A University of Alberta researcher says grocery retailers need to take heed that a jump at the pumps will be a blow to their bottom line. Alberta School of…

EU tariffs obstacle to trade with the rest of the world

Increased imports often mean cheaper products for EU consumers and greater opportunities for producers in other countries to export their products, but also…

The underemployed – increasing and overlooked

While unemployment has been a frequent topic of discussion during the recession, underemployment and its effects have not, even though the number of…

Open University MBA: Job skills and salary prospects grow thanks to practical knowledge transfer

However, in the first place, for most students the salary increase is not the most essential aspect. They want to increase their knowledge for global…

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