Jet Airways shareholders approve Etihad deal
Source: Times of India
Abu Dhabi :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2013-05-24 00:48:15 -0700 | business-news
Seeking shareholders' approval for sale of 24 per cent stake to Abu Dhabi-based Etihad, Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal on Friday said this strategic alliance would improve the Indian carrier's profitability and lower the costs. "Etihad investment will help us...
Private consumption helps Germany to meager growth in Q1
Source: Reuters
Sankt Augustin :: Germany | updated 2013-05-24 00:49:18 -0700 | business-news
News Analysis & Opinion People shop at a cash and carry market of Germany's biggest retailer Metro AG in the western German city of Sankt Augustin near Bonn March 18, 2013. Private consumption helped Germany eke out meager economic growth...
Wall St. bucks global slump
Source: Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 00:52:19 -0700 | business-news
After bracing for a steep fall, Wall Street barely shrugged at a sharp sell-off in stock markets around the globe...Weak manufacturing data out of China pointed to a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy, sending the region's stock indexes into...
LIVE: The Top 10 Future Tech Trends From 5 Top Venture Capitalists
Source: Forbes
Santa Clara :: Cuba | updated 2013-05-23 21:48:33 -0700 | business-news
The only thing people in Silicon Valley like to do more than talk about the future of tech is to invent it . Tonight they settled for the second-best thing, in the form of the popular Top 10 Tech Trends...
Guardian to launch new platform to streamline access to web content
Source: The Guardian
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-24 00:40:12 -0700 | business-news
In the past five years, the Guardian's monthly digital readership has grown from 20 million browsers to more than 80 million. Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian The Guardian is to launch a new global web presence, theguardian.com, in recognition...
Why are co-operatives such popular places to work?
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Newcastle :: Australia | updated 2013-05-24 00:26:44 -0700 | business-news
A recent survey has found that co-operatives are more attractive to employees than mainstream private businesses Perhaps this happy workforce is part of a co-operative. Photograph: Stockbyte/Getty Images Despite representing less than 1% of businesses in the UK, four out...
Untapped markets are the key to unlocking social enterprise investment
Source: Guardian Unlimited
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-24 00:26:27 -0700 | business-news
I think we must be realistic and siphon off as much wealth as possible from organisations that are currently providing a public service and then putting a great deal of profit into private hands for the benefit of the few...I...
Currencies: Yen resumes advance vs. dollar
Source: MarketWatch
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 23:46:13 -0700 | business-news
The Japanese yen gained Friday, resuming its advance against the U.S. dollar the previous day that was spurred in part by a sell-off in Japanese bonds. The dollar bought ¥101.19, retreating from an earlier high of ¥102.58. The greenback's rise...
O'ROURKE: The Last Two Days Have Shown That Central Banks Have Gotten Ridiculous And Have Blown ...
Source: BusinessInsider
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-23 17:34:40 -0700 | business-news
JonesTrading Mike O'Rourke of JonesTrading wales on the various Fed Heads and the Bank of Japan for having created a ridiculous situation where the entire market is just obsessed with every utterance from central bank chiefs, sucking away the oxygen...
Obama Nominates 2 Senate Aides for S.E.C. Posts
Source: International Herald Tribune
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:42:07 -0700 | business-news
Changes Continue as Obama Names 2 Senate Aides for Posts Published: May 23, 2013 President Obama continued his shake-up of the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, naming two Senate aides to senior posts at the Wall Street regulatory agency....
Abruptly, P.&G. Chief Ends Career of 33 Years
Source: The New York Times
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 22:55:07 -0700 | business-news
Lafley is Procter & Gamble's new chief, a post he once held for about 10 years...McDonald, 59, the company's chief executive and president since 2009, notified the board a few days ago of his decision to retire, said a P.&...
Tesla repays $465 million loan. Will Energy Department lend to more firms? (+video)
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 19:54:13 -0700 | business-news
Will Energy Department lend to more firms? (+video) Tesla $465 million loan is no more. As the Department of Energy gets back its Tesla $465 million loan, the new Energy secretary will have to decide whether to make more such...
DealBook: Bank's Lobbyists Help in Drafting Financial Bills
Source: The New York Times
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 19:40:28 -0700 | business-news
In a sign of Wall Street's resurgent influence in Washington, bank lobbyists are not leaving it to lawmakers to draft legislation that softens financial regulations ...One bill that sailed through the House Financial Services Committee this month over the objections...
DealBook: Some in Congress Grow More Wary of Selling Sprint to SoftBank of Japan
Source: The New York Times
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2013-05-23 19:40:18 -0700 | business-news
Yoshikazu Tsuno/Agence France-Presse Getty Images SoftBank's president, Masayoshi Son, left, with Sprint Nextel's chief, Dan Hesse, announced a merger deal in October...Updated Congressional concern over the proposed takeover of Sprint Nextel by SoftBank of Japan on national security grounds...
Twitter Lets Brands Find Viewers of Their TV Ads
Source: The New York Times
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 19:40:16 -0700 | business-news
Twitter Lets Brands Reach Viewers of Their TV Ads Published: May 23, 2013 For those inclined toward social media, using Twitter while watching television has become a ritual, with viewers commenting on everything from sports events to nighttime dramas.
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