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- Planning for upturn hurts Autonomy
- The cost of preparing for an economic upturn, including a product launch, hurt gross margins at Autonomy in the third quarter, pushing shares in the software company down 8 per cent yesterday.Cambridge-based Autonomy, whose software is used by businesses and governments to search for and analyse unstructured information such...
- External links 2009-10-20
- Greener industries adding power to economy
- Businesses selling low-carbon goods and services now generate more revenue than the aerospace and defence sectors combined, making the sector one of the new linchpins of the global economy, according to research by HSBC.Listed companies in the climate change sector - including renewable-power generators, nuclear, energy management, water and...
- External links 2009-09-17
- RTL says ads 'will not pay all the bills' as profits plunge
- Economic recovery in Europe will not guarantee a return to growth for companies dependent on television advertising, the chief executive of the continent's largest broadcaster said on Wednesday."In the future, advertising will not pay all the bills," said Gerhard Zeiler.Mr Zeiler said it was impossible to see more than...
- External links 2009-08-26
- Coal prices surge on Chinese demand
- Coal prices have jumped to their highest level in a year helped by a drop in Chinese domestic production which is forcing the country to import.The shift has particularly benefited the price of coking coal, used for steelmaking and which is much scarcer than thermal coal, which fires power...
- External links 2009-08-23
- Bullion demand at 5½-year low
- Demand for gold sank to a 5½-year low in the second quarter of 2009 with jewellery buying weakened by global economic recession."The global economic downturn has had a major impact on the purchasing power of gold consumers, as have high local prices and dollar volatility," said Aram Shishmanian, chief...
- External links 2009-08-19
- Tomkins airs car hopes
- Shares in Tomkins moved ahead as the car parts maker forecast a small recovery in global carmaking volumes.Jim Nicol, chief executive, said interim revenue, which fell from $2.9bn (£1.7bn) to $2bn, had been adversely affected by downturns in the automotive and construction sectors, with trading in North America particularly...
- External links 2009-08-13
- The price is not always right and markets can be wrong
- Irecently had the pleasure of reading Justin Fox's new book The Myth of the Rational Market . It offers an engaging history of the research that has come to be called the "efficient market hypothesis". It is similar in style to the classic by the late Peter Bernstein, Against...
- External links 2009-08-04
- Johnson & Johnson to slash workforce
- Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday announced that it would slash 6 to 7 per cent of its 117,000 global employees by 2011 as it cuts costs to weather the global downturn and increase spending on new products.The move comes as the company sees a sluggish recovery from the global...
- News items 2009-11-03
- WPP puts its faith in 'LUV' recovery
- WPP is counting on tough "LUV" to lead it out of the recession, the advertising group said on Friday, as it revealed declines in revenue only slightly worse than its French rival Publicis but ahead of the other global ad agencies.Shares in WPP rose 4.3 per cent or 23...
- External links 2009-10-30
- Jordan's business-friendly approach pays dividends
- Yahoo's recent acquisition of Maktoob, the leading Arabic online portal for the Middle East and North Africa region, for more than $150m, has left some people puzzled. Why is the largest regional internet company based in Jordan, a country that accounts for only roughly 1 per cent of the...
- News items 2009-10-28
- Publicis claims worst of slump is over
- PARIS, Oct 27 - Advertising group Publicis said the worst of the economic downturn was over, forecasting a better fourth quarter and a return to growth in the second half of 2010, after posting lower third-quarter sales.The world's third-largest advertising group in terms of revenue said third-quarter sales were...
- News items 2009-10-27
- Ranbaxy suffers 53% fall in US sales
- The financial pain inflicted by a US import ban on some of the products of Ranbaxy Laboratories, India's largest drugsmaker, continues to hurt the company a year after it was first imposed.In the US, sales fell 53 per cent to $44m during the quarter to the end of September...
- External links 2009-10-26
- Reunification legacy erodes appetite for EU
- Unlike last November's US presidential election, or last month's parliamentary elections in Japan, next Sunday's German contest will not transform the nation's political landscape. Angela Merkel seems certain to win a second term as chancellor. The main doubt is whether her centre-right Christian Democrats will extend their "grand coalition"...
- External links 2009-09-22
Additional Resources
- What Moves Sovereign Bond Markets?The Effects Of Economic News on U.S. And German Yields
- Economic announcements are an important source of information, containing news that spills over internationally across markets, affecting yields. An analysis of the U.S. and German sovereign bond markets finds that the largest moves in yields are associated with U.S. announcements on labor market conditions, real GDP growth, and consumer sentiment....
- White papers 2003-09-01
- Bloggers Post an Abundance of Good Economic News
- The Good News Economist submits: Three of our favorite blogs are: Positive Economic News, Carpe Diem, and Calafia Beach Pundit. Each posted an overabundance of great economic news last week: From Positive Economic News:----------------------------1. Toyota TM raised its world 2009/10 sales forecast by 3 percent citing a recovery...
- External links 2009-09-28
- Companies Look to Boston-Area Consultants to Sort Out Recent Economic News.
- By D.C. Denison, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 3--The economic news last week was the kind that causes a management consultant's phone to start ringing. On Wednesday, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan told a congressional committee that...
- Research articles 2002-03-03
- Les Affaires on the Radio - Info690 Raises the Bar on Economic and Financial Information, Becoming the Leader in Economic News Coverage.
- MONTREAL, QUEBEC, Aug 26, 2002 Starting at 5:56 a.m. today, Info690 will bolster its coverage of economic news. Obviously very pleased with this strategic alliance with Les Affaires weekly business newspaper (www.lesaffaires.com) announced this morning, news radio Info690 (www.info690.com) can now rely on the...
- Research articles 2002-08-26
- Bad Economic News Hurts Already Anemic Stock Market.
- By Bill Deener, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 6--Sellers swarmed over Wall Street on Monday, as more bad economic news punished an already weakened stock market. This time it was a surprisingly negative reading from an index...
- Research articles 2002-08-06
- Dismal economic news in America prompted the Fed to lower interest rates by a half-point to 2.0%.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Dismal economic news in America prompted the Fed to lower interest rates by a half-point to 2.0%. This was its tenth cut this year, and it takes rates to their lowest level in 40 years. Dismal economic news in America prompted the Fed to lower...
- Research articles 2001-11-10
- Hat Tip: Chris Anderson's Theory of Bad Economic News
- For those looking for a unique and somewhat optimistic way of looking at the currently unfolding financial crisis / economic downturn, Chris Anderson, author of The Long Tail, is offering the"Vanishing Point Theory of Bad Economic News" on his Wired blog. (Image of vanishing point by DanieVDM,...
- Blog posts 2008-10-17
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