This week BNET is featuring a list of underrated business books. The recommendations are noteworthy for their diversity -- we've got everything from the eye-opening and incredibly sad "Nickel and Dimed in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich, to the fast and fun insights of Malcolm Gladwell's "The Tipping Point." If you're...
Energy prices continue to soar, the stock market's seen better days and the housing market leaves much to be desired. Is it really wise to get excited over a 3.4 percent growth in the GDP from the first to second quarter? Maybe not. Bloomberg.com attributes the growth...
OPEC and the European Union announced on Feb. 15 plans to hold twice-yearly meetings to talk about how to maintain a stable oil price acceptable to producing and consuming countries, Bloomberg.com reported. OPEC and the European Union announced on Feb. 15 plans to hold...
Despite soaring ticket prices that are keeping many would-be fliers firmly on the ground this vacation season, Baltimore/ Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport set an all-time record for May passenger traffic, officials said Wednesday. For May 2008, the airport reported a 1.8 percent...
NEW YORK, June 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest Bloomberg Eurozone Retail Purchasing Managers' Index ("PMIR"), based on a mid-month survey of economic conditions in the euro area retail sector, fell from 53.1 in May to 44.0 in June. The PMI provides data one month ahead of...
SAN DIEGO -- Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC:GSPI) president, Joseph P. LaStella, will be announcing the selection of talented, experienced executives to Green Star's financial, engineering and marketing teams. Joseph LaStella, president of Green Star Products, stated, "I have taken this company through good and...
NEW YORK, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- In BLOOMBERG TELEVISIONR exclusive today, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told Bloomberg's Cecilia Tornaghi that the country will triple its oil reserves from exploration of a new offshore area, and will use the future revenue on health care...
Q: I have around $1.2 million, mostly in equities. My house is paid for. There will be around $300,000 in company profit sharing when I retire, and that has been my ace in the hole for the conservative portion of my investments. If I were to retire soon,...
Appointment of former Wall Street Journal Editor and Reporter Enhances Global Corporate Beat Reporting in 135 Bureaus NEW YORK, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Laurie Hays, a veteran news executive who helped manage award-winning reporting teams at the Wall Street Journal during the past decade,...
NEW YORK, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- 78 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964 will be the first generation to rely on 401k plans for all or part of their retirement income. Yet, as retirement looms for these Baby Boomers, the average 401k balance for those...
Enterprise solution delivers stock quotes, financial news, personalized market monitor and more. NEW YORK, June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Responding to increased demands of financial professionals for on-the-go access to critical market news, data and other resources, Microsoft Corp. today announced at the Securities Industry...
SAN DIEGO -- Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC:GSPI) announced today that research institutes, universities and commercial companies from five continents have agreed to join Green Star's global algae testing program. Mr. Joseph LaStella, president of GSPI, stated, "This is the first time that the global...
SAN DIEGO -- On May 22, 2008, Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC:GSPI) announced that a major breakthrough has been achieved which substantially increases the algae growth rate of certain strains of microalgae. It further stated that the Montana micronutrient booster formula MMB could increase the...
BALTIMORE -- GSE Systems, Inc. GSE (Amex:GVP), a leading global provider of real-time simulation and training solutions to the power, process, manufacturing and Government sectors, announced the appointment of Jane Bryant Quinn to the GSE Board of Directors. Jane is one of the nation's leading experts on personal...
Increasing consolidation in the raw materials industry has turned attention to Clariant as a possible acquisition target. Analysts say the Swiss chemicals company represents good value for money, trading at 15% below its book value. Clariant has recorded losses over...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the 21st century; India is often portrayed as a software powerhouse, a key part of the engine that keeps our wired world running. Yet this essential cog in the global information economy does not collect data on...
NEW YORK, March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Bloomberg LP has launched a custom desktop application allowing web users to access live radio, exclusive financial news stories and one of the deepest databases of stock information on the free internet. Unlike narrowly focused widget offerings which allow users just...
To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Jennifer Scott of American Chemistry Council, +1-703-741-5813, Jennifer_Scott@americanchemistry.com Congress Must Reverse Damaging Trend, Add Domestic Energy Supplyto Legislative Agenda ARLINGTON, Va., March 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This week U.S.natural gas prices neared $10 per MMBtu -- more than quadruple the1999 price of $2.38 -- as oil...
NEW YORK -- Clayton Dubilier & Rice, Inc. and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. may be bidding for U.S. Foodservice, or USF, the second-largest U.S. broadline distributor, according to Bloomberg.com. USF, which is owned by Royal Ahold, is valued at $6 billion...
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