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.

Inflation and Dollar Depreciation

Recently, two major economic changes have taken place. First, the value of the dollar has fallen appreciably. From early March to June 1, the dollar index fell…

Franchise Index Falls 11.6 Percent as Financial Markets Spiral

“By March 9, 2009, financial markets, as proxied by the S&P 500 Index, had dropped a shocking 25.1 percent from the beginning of the year, wiping out almost 15…

Supply Chain Managers to Examine Recession's Impact on Global Business

Recession-related pressures on supply chain management will be the topic of the first industry conference sponsored by the Boeing Center for Technology,…

Study Shows Bank Risk-Assessment Tool Not Responding Adequately to Market Fluctuations

The study finds that the tests used by regulators do not detect when VaRs inaccurately account for significant swings in the market, which is significant…

Quality Management improves health of employees

“The commitment of the management is the most important value when it comes to achieving sustainable health among employees,” says Ingela Bäckström. “The…

How a company is born

With the help of unique electronic diaries, business studies researcher Jaqueline Bergendahl, Lund University in Sweden, has gleaned new knowledge of how the…

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