Lagarde negligence investigation
Will a Christine Lagarde negligence investigation allow the head of the International Monetary Fund to continue for the rest of her term, which ends...
Eurozone economic outlook improves slightly
The Conference Board reported a slight improvement in Eurozone economic outlook. Its July Leading Economic Index rose by 0.3% while its Coincident Economic Index...
Burger King Tim Hortons acquisition deal agreed
A Burger King Tim Hortons acquisition deal worth $11.4 billion has been agreed, the two companies announced. The Florida-based multinational hamburger chain’s merger with...
Service sector growth slowdown, UK
In the three months to August, service sector growth in the UK has slowed down, according to data published by the CBI Services Sector...
Chinese economic outlook improved in July
Chinese economic outlook improved significantly in July, says The Conference Board, as the country’s Leading Economic Index and Coincident Economic Index increased by 1.3%...
Amazon bought Twitch for $970 million
In a move that beat off Google’s YouTube and Yahoo, Amazon bought Twitch, the video-gaming streaming company, for $970 million in cash. YouTube was...
Boeing BOC Aviation 8.8 billion dollar deal agreed
A Boeing BOC Aviation deal worth $8.8 billion for 82 aircraft has been agreed, the Boeing Company announced. The Singapore-based airplane-leasing arm of Bank...
What is Capacity Utilization?
Capacity utilization is a term used to describe how a company or country uses its installed productive capacity.
It analyzes the rate of output that...
Very few Californians have earthquake insurance
Just 12% of Californians have earthquake insurance compared to 30% in 1996, two years after the country’s most costly seismic shock (Northridge, California), says...
UK manufacturing wages increasing, says EEF
UK manufacturing wages are increasing faster than virtually all other sectors of the economy, says a new survey published by EEF, the UK’s engineering...