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.

Wishful betting can contaminate financial markets, study shows

In the paper, “Contagion of Wishful Thinking in Markets,” researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and Cornell University demonstrate how wishful…

Markets outperform patents in promoting intellectual discovery

When it comes to intellectual curiosity and creativity, a market economy in which inventors can buy and sell shares of the key components of their discoveries…

Economist Recommends Regulation Changes to Financial Sector

A professor at UNH’s Whittemore School of Business and Economics, Goldberg presented his analysis and recommendations at the “Emerging from the Financial…

Markets still a good litmus test for the economy

While day-to-day ups and downs can be misleading, finance professor David Ikenberry says broader stock market trends are a good indicator of how the economy is…

Diverse skills, personalities aid top management teams — up to a point

Organizations that diversify the skill levels of their top leadership benefit more than those that try too hard for similar diversity in personality, according…

Strong domestic demand for 5-year KfW benchmark bond

The Euro Benchmark II/2009 matures on 25 February 2014 and pays a coupon of 3.125% p.a. Its reoffer price is 99.754 (yield 3.179%), corresponding to a yield…

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