Stimulus program taper to start in January
While the stimulus program taper starts in January, very low interest rates are here to stay for a very long while, the US Federal...
Graphene is an attractive material for nanoscale electronics
The increasing demand for smaller and faster semiconductor technology intensifies the search for 'next-generation' materials that work well at the nanoscale as alternatives to...
Plastic banknotes to be issued, says Bank of England
Plastic banknotes will replace the current cotton paper £5 and £10 ones, the Bank of England has announced. Banknotes means paper money, which in...
Bitcoin panic selling after China restricts exchanges
Bitcoin panic selling has sunk the virtual currency’s value to less than half its recent trading price after The People’s Bank of China, the...
Tax revenues increase across OECD
Tax revenues continue to rise across the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) from the low levels reported during the height of the...
Ukraine and Russia sign gas deal
Ukraine has signed a deal with Russia that involves a major discount on gas prices as well as the purchase of billions of dollars’...
US chemical industry set for a good 2014
The US chemical industry is forecast to have a good year ahead, as the production of natural gas and shale increase and boost exports,...
US current account deficit 4-year record low
The US current account deficit for the third quarter of 2013 was $94.8 billion, a 4-year record low, according to figures published by the...
Glaxo to stop paying doctors for promoting its drugs
Glaxo (GlaxoSmithKline) announced that it is to stop paying doctors for promoting its medications.
After a bribery scandal in China in which the company was...
UK companies positive on job creation
More than half of UK companies say they expect to create new jobs, the first time since the start of the Great Recession, according...