UK September car sales rose 5.6 percent to a 10-year high
New car sales in the UK in September increased by 5.6% to 425,861 vehicles, the largest September since 2004, according to figures published by...
Factory orders in Germany in August sink 5.7 percent
German factory orders sank -5.7% compared to July, says statistical agency Destatis. This is the largest decline since the peak of the global financial crisis...
90,987 pounds of ground beef recalled by Texas company
Corpus Christi-based Sam Kane Beef Processors Inc. has recalled 90,987 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with metal pieces, the Food...
Gold pushed down further on US non-farm payroll numbers
Gold fell on Friday following the release of US non-farm payrolls and unemployment figures for September, which exceeded expectations. Gold’s spot price slid below...
John Lewis boss’ French bashing fuels Francophiles and Francophobes
After John Lewis' boss, Andy Street, told an audience of entrepreneurs that France was sclerotic, hopeless, downbeat, and investors should pull their money out...
Mercuria completes purchase of JPMorgan’s commodities unit
Swiss trading house Mercuria Energy Group Limited announced on Friday that it had completed the purchase of JPMorgan Chase & Co’s physical commodities unit,...
ECB will become Europe’s bad bank, says Hans-Werner Sinn
The European Central Bank’s plan to purchase asset-backed securities and covered bonds will turn it completely into a bail-out authority and Europe’s bad bank,...
Boeing delivers 9.4% more commercial airplanes in third quarter
Aerospace and defense giant The Boeing Company announced on Friday that it delivered 186 commercial aircraft in Q3 2014, which is an increase of...
EPA has gone too far with water rule, says Senator John Hoeven
Senator John Hoeven said the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps Engineers have gone too far with their new Waters of the...
September unemployment rate down to 5.9%
In September, the private sector created 248,000 new jobs, bringing the unemployment rate down by 0.2 of a percentage point to 5.9%, according to...