UK Real wages set to rise
After a decade of weak earnings growth, low productivity and years of high inflation, Ben Broadbent, an external…
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Shell profit warning after disappointing Q4 2013
Anglo-Dutch Oil Giant, Royal Dutch Shell, the world’s second-biggest publicly traded oil company, shocked market…
Intel zero revenue growth expected in 2014
As sales of personal computers continue to slump, so does the outlook for the world’s largest computer chip maker…
2014 breakout year for the United States
The Economic Advisory Committee of the American Bankers Association says that 2014 will be a breakout year for the…
Are narcissists good leaders?
Do narcissists make more effective leaders, or do they generally have poorer organizational outcomes?…
Bank of America profits surge by $2.668 billion in 2013
Bank of America Corp appears to have shaken off the impact of the Great Recession as its profit for the fourth…
America still eight million jobs short
Six years after the financial crisis of 2008 and America is still eight million jobs short compared to…
Biofuels – just yields versus the big picture
As far as biofuels are concerned, corn is the leader in the category of biomass yield, but concentrating just on…
Call centers need to have customer patience
Call centers can sometimes try our patience, especially when we are in a hurry, anxious for an answer to a problem,…
Airbus delivered a record 626 airplanes in 2013
Airbus had a record 2013 delivering 626 aircraft, the company announced today. New airplanes were delivered to 93…
Tesco had disappointing Christmas sales
Tesco, Britain’s largest retailer and the third largest worldwide, had disappointing Christmas sales, reflecting a…
Madoff ties cost JPMorgan $2.6 billion
JPMorgan is to pay $2.6 billion to settle civil and criminal allegations that the bank failed to halt Bernard…
US trade deficit four year low, November 2013
The US trade deficit hit a four year low of $34.3 billion in November, 2013, as exports rose to a record $194.9…
Eurozone inflation fell to 0.8% in December
The Eurozone’s inflation rate dropped to 0.8% in December, 2013, from 0.9% the month before, according to Eurostat,…
US economy 2014 expectations, Harris Poll
Expectations for the US economy 2014 among the American adults are slightly more negative this year than one year…
Zynga accepts Bitcoin payments
Bitcoin recovered its value to over $1,100 on the Mt. Gox exchange after social online games company Zynga Inc.…