London is the fifth most expensive city in the world
London is the world’s fifth most expensive city to live in, after Zurich, Geneva, New York City, and Oslo, according to a recent report...
Universal health coverage makes perfect economic sense
Are there economic benefits of universal health coverage? A recent study published in The Lancet, led by Lawrence H. Summers, President Emeritus at Harvard...
US investors remain confident in domestic capital markets, less so in overseas markets
US retail investors are confident in domestic capital markets, but are becoming more wary of markets overseas, according to the latest Center for Audit...
Airline industry should be integrating financial processes
Airlines face complex challenges related to financial management.
The industry is prone to revenue leakage, complex income streams, as well as tax reporting and compliance...
Automotive semiconductor market forecast to grow 5.7% in 2015 and 3.7% in 2016
The global automotive semiconductor market grew to approximately $28 billion in 2014, a 7.3% increase from 2013.
According to the "Global and Chinese Automotive Semiconductor...
Lithium-ion battery market forecast to grow 6.6% by 2019
Between 2014-2019 the global Lithium-ion battery market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.6%.
According to "Global Small Li-ion Battery...
Increasing investor interest in cloud computing and mobile tech
According to Deloitte’s "2015 Global Venture Capital Confidence Survey”, there is positive sentiment among investors in new and emerging technologies such as the Internet...
Deutsche Bank cutting workforce by 25 percent
Deutsche Bank plans to cut its workforce by 25 percent, according to financial sources.
The investment bank will be laying off 23,000 employees primarily in...
NS&I cutting ISA rate for over 400,000 savers
National Savings & Investments (NS&I) announced that it will be cutting the rate on its tax-free ISA account from 1.5% to 1.25% in November.
As...
Growing vulnerabilities in major emerging economies
Financial investors are becoming more concerned about the growing vulnerabilities in major emerging economies, particularly China, as they reassess the global growth outlook, according...