World Economic outlook improves significantly
According to the CES-Ifo Index, the world economic outlook has improved considerably, from 102.3 to 105 points on the previous quarter. The Ifo current...
Global Tech IPOs – Q2 2014 is 6-year record
Q2 2014 has posted the highest volume in dollar-terms of Global Tech IPOs (initial public offerings) since 2008 – two-and-a-half times the number of...
Roche Chugai bid planned
A Roche Chugai bid is set to occur, twelve years after the Swiss pharmaceutical giant paid $1.4 billion for a 50.1% stake in the...
Olive oil price hike expected
Droughts in Spain, Greece and California point to an impending olive oil price hike. In Spain, the number 1 producer, large farms are reporting...
Coca-Cola Monster Beverage deal worth $2.15 billion
In a Coca-Cola Monster Beverage deal worth $2.15 billion, the soda giant has bought a 16.7% stake in the energy, natural soft and fruit...
Indebted Rosneft needs money
Russia's energy giant Rosneft needs money, specifically 1.5 trillion rubles ($42 billion), and is having problems getting it because sanctions imposed by the US...
Brazilian Chiquita offer rejected
With the Brazilian Chiquita offer rejected, does it mean the merger with Fyffes is going ahead? Fruit juice giant Cutrale and investment conglomerate Safra,...
Eurozone GDP flatlines in Q2
While Eurozone GDP flatlines in the second quarter, the economies of the other European Union (EU) nations surge ahead. Put simply, the EU is...
French economy stalled again in second quarter
The French economy stalled again, posting zero growth in the second quarter, according to statistical agency INSEE. The country has now registered two consecutive...
German GDP shrank 0.2 percent in second quarter
During the second quarter, German GDP shrank by 0.2% on the previous quarter, says Destatis, the Federal Statistical Office, which commented that “The German...