British Study Raises Warning on Scottish Banks
Source: International Herald Tribune
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-18 16:29:06 -0700 | business-news
An independent Scotland could find its banks too big to rescue in the event of another crisis, according to a British government report that compares the Scottish financial sector to those of debt-laden Iceland and Cyprus. The document, to be...
Insects Are Tasty — But Eating Them Is Not Going To Solve World Hunger
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 14:59:45 -0700 | business-news
A new report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said that eating insects, known as entomophagy, can reduce world hunger . Researchers have identified more than 1900 species that humans eat, and many are fixtures in traditional diets....
Intra-country trade ?will strengthen Islamic states?
Source: Arab News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-18 17:22:02 -0700 | business-news
Fath Al-Rahman Yusuf Sunday 19 May 2013 Last Update 19 May 2013 2:41 am Islamic banking now can boast a solid infrastructure and this will surely help it to push forward in international banking operations, says Ahmed Mohammed Ali, president...
FACEBOOK IS NOT GOING TO BID FOR TUMBLR: Tumblr Is Yahoo's For The Taking, Say Sources
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 14:59:45 -0700 | business-news
There have been reports that Yahoo 's board will meet tomorrow to decide whether or not to make a $1.1 billion cash offer to buy Tumblr . There have been other reports that Facebook may swoop in with its own...
Summer Was The Ancient Egyptian Sex Season
Source: BusinessInsider
Cairo :: Egypt | updated 2013-05-18 15:58:22 -0700 | business-news
The peak period for baby-making sex in ancient Egypt was in July and August, when the weather was at its hottest. Researchers made this discovery at a cemetery in the Dakhleh Oasis in Egypt whose burials date back around 1,800...
The Winklevoss twins are Bitcoin bulls
Source: CNN
San Jose :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 15:14:36 -0700 | business-news
They eventually walked away with stock worth around $150 million at today's share price. (They haven't disclosed how much of the stock they're still holding.) A few months ago, word spread that the twins, Cameron and Tyler, had set up...
Inside Penny Pritzker's portfolio: How a billionaire invests
Source: Chicago Tribune
San Jose :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 17:32:14 -0700 | business-news
The mandatory financial disclosure released last week by commerce secretary nominee Penny Pritzker provides a rare look at an American billionaire's entire investment portfolio. Pritzker inherited much of her wealth, long stashed in hundreds of domestic trusts and at least...
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Source: Washington Post
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 17:15:19 -0700 | business-news
Take a cab without carrying cash Running low on cash but in need of a cab? If you've found yourself in this admittedly frustrating situation, try Flywheel formerly known as Cabulous which lets you hail a city cab while paying...
Treasury claims banks 'safer in UK'
Source: BBC
Reykjavík :: Iceland | updated 2013-05-18 17:05:08 -0700 | business-news
The latest UK government paper on the impact of Scottish independence will claim the UK is better placed to manage the risk of a financial crisis. The Treasury will publish its analysis of financial services on Monday. It will say...
FELIX ZULAUF: Stocks Remind Me Of Gold And They Could See A 'Quick And Painful Adjustment'
Source: BusinessInsider
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-18 15:58:22 -0700 | business-news
This is not to say that there aren't things we should worry about. "I am troubled to see that forward earnings has been stuck around its record high of $115 for the past nine weeks," wrote market guru Ed Yardeni...
Parents Are Bribing Kids To Go To Boring, Booze-Free, Supervised Prom Parties
Source: BusinessInsider
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 14:59:51 -0700 | business-news
Sometime on Sunday morning, a Pennsylvania high school student will be presented with the keys to a black Honda Civic just for going to a party after the school's annual prom dance. In Roanoke, Virginia, one student will drive away...
Why CSR? The Benefits Of Corporate Social Responsibility Will Move You To Act
Source: Forbes
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 14:58:51 -0700 | business-news
The Benefits Of Corporate Social Responsibility Will Move You To Act Recently, I connected with dozens of corporate executives of large and small companies in an effort to understand the benefits of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to the corporation.
How to Hire Great Employees
Source: Forbes
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 14:58:52 -0700 | business-news
Unpleasant or dissatisfied employees, poorly trained workers, rapid turnover, or a toxic work environment can all predestine your organization to failure. Here are the 5 lessons I learned about hiring from interviewing several C-level executives with thriving multi-million dollar companies...
OPEC?s renewed challenge
Source: Arab News
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-18 14:49:18 -0700 | business-news
Moreover, and for the first time, a breakthrough in technology is presenting the conventional hydrocarbon supplier and the oil market final resort with its most daunting challenge so far...Even the mature oilfields in the North Sea are benefiting from this...
Haji Husein Alireza...
Source: Arab News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-18 14:49:20 -0700 | business-news
Sunday 19 May 2013 Last Update 19 May 2013 12:37 am Haji Husein Alireza & Co. Ltd. (HHA), sole distributor of Geely vehicles across the Kingdom, is all set to launch Geely's SUV Emgrand X7 model into the Saudi market...
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