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...
CBO: Senate immigration bill would cut deficits by nearly $200 billion over 10 years
Source: Washington Post
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 16:19:27 -0700 | business-news
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) speaks to the media about the immigration reform bill on Capitol Hill in Washington June 18. The bipartisan immigration bill under consideration in the Senate would reduce federal deficits by nearly $200 billion over...
G-8 leaders vow to crack down on tax evasion
Source: Los Angeles Times
Belfast :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-06-18 23:59:21 -0700 | business-news
With many of their governments strapped for cash, leaders at a summit of rich nations vowed Tuesday to crack down on tax cheats by swapping financial information and exposing companies that set up elaborate structures to hide their profits. The...
Darrell Issa Furious After Democrat Releases IRS Transcript That Blows Up His Investigation
Source: BusinessInsider
Cincinnati :: OH :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 22:40:33 -0700 | business-news
Rep. Elijah Cummings, the Democratic ranking member on House Oversight Committee, released more than 200 pages of interview transcripts Tuesday afternoon after the committee's Chairman, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), refused to do so. Cummings is seeking to dispel any notion...
Serena Williams Criticizes 16-Year-Old Rape Victim In A Bombshell Interview
Source: BusinessInsider
Steubenville :: OH :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 19:54:27 -0700 | business-news
There's a big article on tennis player Serena Williams in this month's Rolling Stone. In an excerpt of the article that ran on Deadspin today , Williams criticizes the 16-year-old girl who was raped by two football players at a...
Wal-Mart Sues Labor Union And Protesters In An Effort To Keep Them Away From Stores
Source: BusinessInsider
Fort Worth :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 15:25:22 -0700 | business-news
They have screamed through bullhorns, paraded around with banners and signs on sticks, conducted in-store flash mobs,' and diverted management and local police from their normal job functions, the lawsuit said, according to the station. The union, United Food and...
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...
F.C.C. Nominee Points to His Lobbying Experience
Source: International Herald Tribune
Charleston :: WV :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 18:38:19 -0700 | business-news
President Obamas nominee to head the Federal Communications Commission told a Senate committee on Tuesday that his experience as the leader of lobbying groups for the cable television and cellphone industries had convinced him that the agency needs to promote...
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...
Why You're Absolutely Right To Think The Candy Crush IPO Is A Terrible Idea
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 13:56:07 -0700 | business-news
Many people are baffled as to why anyone thinks it would be a good idea for King, maker of the super-addictive mobile phone game Candy Crush Saga, to file an IPO . Bad things happen to mobile game companies who...
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...
Survey: Most women business leaders are team players
Source: United Press International
Upi :: Philippines | updated 2013-06-18 14:52:04 -0700 | business-news
Women in top executive positions in the United States and elsewhere are frequent participants in team sports, a survey by accounting firm Enrst & Young found. The survey that included 821 executives and senior managers of substantial firms found 67...
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...
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