U.S. attempts to probe illegal activity at HSBC Holdings PLC (NYSE: HBC) are set back by interagency battles. (Reuters) Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) names a new chief financial officer. (Reuters) The British Bankers’ Association probably will end…
It was not hard to find video of Spanish workers rioting outside the parliament yesterday. They numbered into the thousands, if not more. While they took to the streets to protest austerity, their prime…
Worker productivity is among the most critical measurements used when evaluating businesses and national economies. One way to measure productivity is sales per employee. Companies that can achieve the highest revenue with fewest employees…
Halloween Spending Forecast Halloween may be one of the events that helps keep consumer spending at a reasonable level. BIGinsight conducted research for the National Retail Federation that found more than 71% of American will celebrate…
Last year, U.S. exports to China topped $100 billion for the first time. The country is now the third-largest importer of U.S. goods, behind Canada and Mexico. The total value of products being shipped…
The headline most of the media used for their stories about new data on SAT scores was that “Only 43% of College-Bound Seniors Are College Ready.” It is a good headline to get people to read…
Toys”R”Us will add 45,000 temporary jobs for the holidays. As retailers usually announce, some of these people may get full-time jobs. Of course, most will not. If consumers continue to be worried about the…
Most of the data from the GfK Consumer Climate study for Germany for September 2012 was depressing. But there was an unexpectedly positive part. Germans remain willing to buy things. GfK reports: Alongside the…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) begins to sell its Nexus 7 tablet in Japan, which puts it into competition with Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE). (Reuters) Google’s shares trade at a record high. (Reuters) Caterpillar Inc.…
iPhone 5 Reviews Now that millions of people and thousands of tech reviewers own an Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5, the attention about the device has turned to its features and connection speed. The speed…
“China bashing” has become the rage in the no. 3 and no. 1 nations as measured by gross domestic product. The People’s Republic’s already strained relationship with other large nations has become more strained, and…
Why does the stock market keep rising? Apparent reasons for it to do so have begun to disappear. The S&P 500 and NYSE sit at multiyear highs, though the NASDAQ remains well below its 2000…
Germany begins talks to set a permanent bailout fund for Europe as high as 2 trillion euros. (Reuters) Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) asks a court for an additional $707 million from Samsung, along with…
The chances that Germany can steady the overall Europe economy have been reduced to almost nothing. As a matter of fact, there are more and more arguments that the country has tipped into recession. The…
Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu believes that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 sales could reach 46.5 million in its fiscal quarter which includes the 2012 holiday season. The figure is well above almost all…
The Greek budget gap is about $26 billion, according to Der Spiegel (via MarketWatch). That budget gap, much larger than previously estimated, would have to be eliminated for Greece to get needed aid packages from the…
In what has become a world wide battle over intellectual property between Samsung and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), the U.S. company has sought to add to its recent court victory which gave it over $1 billion…
Updated throughout the day on the 24/7 Wall St. Wire: Spain may overhaul its pension system as part of its pitch for financial aid. (Reuters) Sharp may supply panels for a number of ultrabooks.…
iPhone 5 Sales Forecasts The launch of the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 began in Asia and has moved toward the United States, where it will be available for sale today. The evaluations of the…
The new Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 brings in long customer lines in Asia. (Reuters) Apple’s map application receives poor reviews. (Reuters) Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) says it will no longer sell…