Home builder confidence plummets in February, US
Home builder confidence plunged ten points to 46 in February, the lowest level in nine months, signaling growing pessimism among builders regarding sales trends,...
Japanese loans boosted
Japanese loans have been boosted, with the Bank of Japan expanding two lending programs in an attempt to encourage GDP (gross domestic product) expansion,...
Workplace romance is very common
Workplace romance is much more common than people think.
Thirty-eight percent of employees responded in a CareerBuilder survey that they had dated a co-worker, and...
Japanese GDP growth for Q4 2013 disappoints
Japanese GDP growth for the last quarter of 2013 was just 1% (annualized), driven by lower exports, and weaker capital spending and private consumption.
Experts...
World economic forecast 2014 affected by emerging market uncertainty
The world economic forecast for 2014 sees an American economy gathering pace, better-than-expected Eurozone growth.
However there is uncertainty regarding China and the emerging economies,...
What is the Cloud? What is cloud computing?
The Cloud or cloud computing are terms that have become more common over the last few years.
Basically, they refer to storing data and/or IT...
Business cloud related spending to triple from 2011 to 2017
Business cloud related spending, i.e. companies moving their IT services, infrastructure and applications to a cloud-based architecture, will have tripled by the end of...
Independent Scotland with no pound or EU membership?
Would an independent Scotland lose its currency union with the pound sterling and stay locked out of the European Union?
The UK’s Chancellor of...
US methane emissions underestimated
US methane emissions as well as those from the natural gas industry have been underestimated, including the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) figures, researchers from...
Chinese bank lending dramatic rise
Chinese bank lending in January was the highest in four years, suggesting that the economy may not be cooling, as many experts claim.
In January,...