Japan's trade deficit climbs to $10.5B in May
Source: Boston Herald
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-06-19 00:21:37 -0700 | business-news
Japan's trade deficit rose nearly 10 percent in May to 993.9 billion yen (nearly $10.5 billion) as rising costs for imports due to the cheaper yen matched a rebound in exports, the Ministry of Finance reported Wednesday. Exports rose 10.1...
Here's How Immigration Reform Reduces The Deficit
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 00:10:23 -0700 | business-news
Today, the Congressional Budget Office released a report saying the Senate's comprehensive immigration reform bill would reduce the federal budget deficit by $200 billion over the next ten years and $690 billion over the following ten...Additional spending is above the...
VIDEO: The global middle class revolution
Source: BBC
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-06-18 16:36:48 -0700 | business-news
Facts and figures 18 June 2013 Last updated at 19:13 ET Hundreds of millions of people around the world are escaping poverty and becoming middle class. The explosion of new consumers in China, India and other economic powerhouses is changing...
The Employees Of A Michigan Software Company Once Fired Their Co-Founder's Niece
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 17:25:54 -0700 | business-news
Radical transparency" is a new buzzword in management and culture. In a feature on the company in New York Magazine , Matthew Shaer describes a place where there are no cubicles and no real bosses, and hiring, firing, and promotion...
Mexican oil producer Pemex evacuates headquarters after bomb threat
Source: Reuters
Mexico City :: Mexico | updated 2013-06-18 22:05:03 -0700 | business-news
News Presidential guards stand in front a black ribbon after a tribute for the victims of an explosion at the headquarters of the state oil monopoly Pemex in Mexico City February 8, 2013. Mexico's state oil producer, Pemex, said on...
Best Ways To Give Your Heirs Money While You're Alive
Source: Forbes
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 16:07:05 -0700 | business-news
Increasingly, we've been asked to help them find ways to assist their kids now, rather than waiting to leave them money and assets in their wills . The parents in their 50s and 60s want to be here to watch and...
Special Report: Energy: Gas Prices Moving Away From Link to Oil
Source: International Herald Tribune
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-06-18 17:41:57 -0700 | business-news
Unlike prices in much of the rest of the world, U.S. prices are set by market forces. The U.S. market will bring not only diversity in terms of physical sources, but economy, he said. We dont know what the price...
Business Majors Are The Most Underemployed Graduates In America
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 17:26:01 -0700 | business-news
Underemployment" rates measure the number of workers who are highly skilled, but in low-paying jobs and not utilizing their expertise and experience, or who are working part-time jobs but would prefer to be in a full-time position. "The problem with...
Jail reckless bankers, report urges
Source: BBC
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-06-19 03:05:22 -0700 | business-news
Why are there no banged-up bankers?" said Liberal Democrat peer Lord Oakeshott, who backed the committee's findings. "That's what most people want to know after the last five years of scandals and shame." RBS conundrum The report called for more...
We've Been Eating Milk And Cookies Wrong Our Whole Lives [VIDEO]
Source: BusinessInsider
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-06-18 17:25:36 -0700 | business-news
If you grew up in my household, you likely had your fair share of cookies out of a package, because let's face it, your mom wasn't Paula Deen, she was a sweet Lebanese lady who bought enough packages of Chips...
Real estatei¿½s hot new commodity is parking spots
Source: Fox
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 16:07:39 -0700 | business-news
These spots give the concept of pay-to-park a whole new meaning. In the past week, parking spots in two major U.S. cities were bought for major cash. The IRS auctioned off two tandem spots in the Back Bay neighborhood of...
SMART INVESTOR: Investors Are Falling Out Of Love With Online Brokerage Firms
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 16:00:06 -0700 | business-news
Investors seem to fall a little bit less in love with Internet brokerage firms with each passing year. Overall investor satisfaction with self-directed investment firms dropped 16 points from 2012 in the latest J.D...The study measures how happy investors are...
Filner cedes to builder after $100,000 gift
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 18:58:52 -0700 | business-news
Mayor Bob Filner vetoed a builder's request to modify a Kearny Mesa development plan and then later dropped his objection after the company gave $100,000 to the city. In interviews, Filner has said he asked Sunroad Centrum Partners to donate...
Opus: 3-Year Agreement with AT&T for Networking Services
Source: Scoop
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-06-18 20:06:30 -0700 | business-news
Opus Signs Three-Year Agreement with AT&T for Networking Services New agreement will see AT&T provide global virtual private network for leading New Zealand-based multi-disciplinary infrastructure consultancy company Auckland, June 19, 2013 Opus International Consultants, New Zealand's...
We'll Get One Last Unconventional Economic Indicator Before Tomorrow's Fed Announcement (FDX)
Source: BusinessInsider
Frankfurt :: Germany | updated 2013-06-18 19:00:40 -0700 | business-news
ET on Wednesday, FedEx will release its fiscal Q4 financial results. Analysts are expecting the package delivery company to announce earnings of $1.95 per share , down from $1.99 per share a year ago. FedEx ships a broad array of...
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