Economy
May. 14 | Although the healthcare sector has for some time been seen as a “recession-proof” industry, the truth is that no sector of business is ever truly recession proof. In actual fact, the nursing industry and other sections of the healthcare business are...
May. 13 | The Eurozone – the collective term for the seventeen countries which use the Euro as their standard currency – has seen a speeding up of financial growth in the first quarter of the year. From figures in the final quarter of 2010 that showed 0.3%...
May. 8 | Forex traders who are not tied to one broker will be interested to hear of the emergence of Pure Trade, the latest broker on the block. As an opening statement, Pure Trade will enter the market by offering traders zero spreads on foreign currency markets...
May. 5 | The oil industry launches another fight on Tuesday for the tax breaks that have been favorable to energy producers. The lobbyist for the industry, Jack Gerard, American Petroleum Institute’s chief executive and president, said that by lifting off the...
May. 5 | One year after the British people went to the polls in a general election, the latest national polls – to elect councils, regional assemblies and city mayors – are expected to be seen as something of a referendum on how the public feels that the ruling...
May. 3 | In terms of news impact, the death of Osama bin Laden is up there with the moon landings, the assassination of John F Kennedy and indeed September 11th, 2001 itself. In financial terms, the news of bin Laden’s death has caused movement in various...
May. 1 | The thriving debate in the UK over the effects of EU expansion – and the attendant increase in migration from EU states – has had another element added to it with the release of a report stating that immigrants from the accession states drove up the...
Apr. 27 | China’s economy is growing and is currently doing so by 9.6 percent as per the study of the economy at the year’s second quarter, according to a government agency on Wednesday, and this shows a steady growth based to its condition in the first quarter.
The...
Apr. 26 | The value of the dollar and yen increased due to the trouble happening in Syria and the other countries in the Middle East. The demand from investors for safer assets is rising, adding to the strength of the dollar and yen.
The yen experienced a dip in...
Apr. 25 | A confluence of events that could lead to major profits for British business has fallen into place and is in progress this week. Starting on April 22nd – Good Friday, with the English national day St George’s Day following immediately on the 23rd,...