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Two years on from Lehman: where are they now?
The swift collapse of Lehman Brothers over one weekend in the middle of September 2008 stands as the defining moment of the global financial crisis. On Monday we will take a long hard look at the markets two years on from Lehman. Here is a snapshot of ...
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Europe Markets: Deutsche Bank drops in weaker Europe
European stock markets edge lower on Friday, with Deutsche Bank falling sharply on a report that the firm is planning to sell new shares, while Nokia surges after it appoints a new chief executive.
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India Markets Monday Wrap-Up: New 31 Month High!
Equitymaster submits: Buying activity extended to the closing hours of trade today. As a consequence, the benchmark indices posted some very strong gains and in the process, not only did the Sensex go past the 18,500 mark but the benchmark indices ...
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Steady markets and job rally in US push down gold futures
US equities continue its rally from yesterday and further pushed gold futures away from the radar of investors seeking to shelter some funds for transit but solid investment as the Standard & Poors 500 index achieved its highest level in a months ...
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks hurt by bank worries after Deutsche report
at Reuters] - * World stocks flat on day; Europe banks hurt * Wall Street set for modest rise * Swiss franc falls sharply as safe-haven moves unwind
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Global Business Process Management Report for 2009-2013, Now Available
Companiesandmarkets.com, an online business information aggregator that offers its clients more than 500,000 company profiles and market reports, has announced the availability of a new report on the global BPM market-the Global Business Process ...
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Rob Carnell at ING on the Fed s options
at Financial Times] - Ben Bernanke may have assured the markets that he will do whatever it takes to help the economy - but the truth is the tools available to the Federal Reserve chief are all fairly useless, says Rob Carnell, chief international ...
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What's Behind China's Yen for the Yen?
One of the most important questions facing currency markets these days is: What's China up to?
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Some on Wall Street may get extended summer break
Bankers returning from summer vacations have some reason to be happy to be back at work. But markets remain choppy, and that could mean an extended, and unwanted, break for some.
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Report: T-Mobile USA in talks for Huawei's new Android phone
T-Mobile USA is in talks with Huawei to launch the Ideos, the Chinese company's first Android smartphone specifically designed for overseas markets, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal .The report, citing an unnamed source, said it was ...
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NALP Survey Says Salaries Flat--If You're Lucky
NALP reports that associate salaries didn't budge much between 2009 and 2010 in the biggest markets, but median salaries in smaller markets took a hit. Plus: Did Orrick's and Wilmer's merit-based compensation models keep third- and fourth-year ...
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China Equities: Show Me the Money
Ben Collett from Louis Capital Markets, likes telco giant China Mobile for its high dividend yield and strong cash flows. He tells CNBC's Chloe Cho and Bernard Lo that the stock is very cheap and has a lot of upside potential.
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Times Square cubed: 3D Experience showcases technology for industry and consumers
New Yorks Times Square will take on a whole new dimension when The 3D Experience launches on Friday, Sept. 24.
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Indian Markets Rose for 2nd Day Despite Global Trends
Wisdomsmith submits: For the second day in a row, Indian markets rose, despite mixed global trends. With US markets closing negative on Tuesday, and Asian market trading negative, Indian equities opened negative, but rallied towards the middle of the ...
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Miserable Housing Data, Again
Thomas Smicklas submits: The August Credit Suisse First Boston Survey of Real Estate was released today. The results of the comprehensive (fifty major residential markets), boots on the ground, reliable yardstick for residential home predictive ...
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Opera Browsers is Now the Default Browser on Toshibas Folio 100 Tablet PC
Toshiba has just announced that they will be pre-loading Opera Mobile Browser on their new Android powered tablet the Folio 100. Opera has been gaining a huge amount of marketshare and popularity with their mobile mini browse, and its great to now see ...
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Celebrate with the Last of Summer's Bounty and Welcome Fall!
Posted by cookinwithherbsWith this end of season approaching, the garden peaks, roadside stands and farmers markets are brimming over with fresh produce. At this point we are taking summer ripe tomatoes for granted and many of us have been trying ...
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Ooyala Raises $22M, Eyes Asian Markets
Ooyala has raised more than $22 million in a new round of financing, which brings the total amount of money raised to $42 million. Existing investors were joined by new venture money from China and Japan, and Ooyala is now preparing to further its Asia ...
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Wall Street Faces a Grim Third Quarter
at BusinessWeek] - Less activity in the stock and bond markets may crimp profits
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A way to play Chinas boom from afar
Screen pinpoints shares trading on non-Chinese markets that rely on sales in China for a significant portion of their revenues
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Something NUE to Consider
Soos Global Capital submits: When the market is clearly broadcasting a message that economic concerns are running high (and higher), it's probably not a bad idea to have a look at cyclical sectors to see if the markets have over-reacted and, in turn, ...
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Divided by a Two-Track Economy
For American business, it's a two track economy, with global players getting big boosts from fast-growing foreign markets, while companies focused on the U.S. are hemmed in by recession-scarred consumers.
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Obama's Investment Equivalent of "Cash for Clunkers"
The Obama administration seems poised to do to business investment what the ill-conceived federal policies aimed at helping the auto and housing markets did - incentivize short-term activity at the expense of future sales while failing to improve ...
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August is Another Cruel Month for Hedge Funds
Most hedge funds lost money again in August as hundreds of managers, including some of the industry's best-known names, stumbled when stock markets swooned anew.
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Call For Transparency in Developing Carbon Markets
By Stephen Handler If youre interested in forest conservation or carbon offsets, you might have read an interesting announcement last week regarding the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A carbon offsetting firm (Shift2Neutral) announced a ...
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Bank of Korea Unexpectedly Keeps Rates On Hold
South Korea's central bank on Thursday surprised markets by holding interest rates steady, defying expectations for a rise in the face of mounting concerns about a slowing global economic recovery.
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Mancession Strikes American Economy
Mark Perry of Daily Markets declares the Great Mancession in session, with the assistance of a stunning time-lapse chart tracking employment growth by job sectors in 2008.There is real-time shrinking of majority-male sectors in comparison to the ...
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SAS joins crowded vendor landscape moving to bring affordable BI to the masses
Expect a vendor slugfest on the lower end of the data warehousing and BI market in the next few years. It will be fascinating to see how these vendors will both enter the entry-level markets,...
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Dell launches HPC range to boost research
Dell's is aiming itsnew products atthe scientific and mathematic markets and cloud computing environments.The company announced its PowerEdge C6105 rack-mount server, which has up to 48 processor cores in a 2U box.
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Luxury T-Shirt Material Cotton Now Even MORE Expensive
The price of cotton is going through the roof (not really though). Usually when things become more expensive it is because Goldman Sachs fucked with the commodity markets, again. But not this time! This time you can blame Asia, for its multifarious ...
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