Growing Impact of Popular Economy in Ecuador
Quito, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) The impact of the popular and solidary economy of Ecuador contributes 13 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and it generates 64 percent of the national ...
View ArticlePwC launches 16th Global CEO Survey results in Davos Switzerland
Dennis Nally, Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers International, presented some of the key findings of PwC's annual survey of business leaders from around the world at a press briefing in Davos, ...
View ArticleMicrosoft Mulls Purchasing A Large Stake In Dell Buyout
Dell -founder Michael Dell to purchase a stake in the computer maker from public stockholders, according to multiple media reports citing sources familiar with the ...
View ArticleIntel To Shift Business Away From Desktop Motherboards
Intel has decided to shift their business strategy a bit and quit producing desktop motherboards. This change is seen as yet another piece of evidence that the world is truly going mobile, the PC ...
View ArticleNetflix YouTube Team Up To Bring DIAL To The World
Apple has had for more than 2 years: What's found on your smartphone or tablet should be easily broadcast to a second screen, most often a television. The advancement of the tech behind this ...
View ArticleDavos Report Calls For Additional $14 Trillion To Restrain Global Warming
The world must spend an additional $14 trillion on clean energy infrastructure, low-carbon transport and energy efficiency to meet the United Nations' goal for capping the rise in average global ...
View ArticleUnilevers fourth quarter sales grow 7.8
Unilever, the maker of consumer products such as Dove soaps and Magnum ice cream, said that sales rose 7.8% to €12.6 billion in the fourth quarter. This came on the back of strong demand in ...
View ArticleSiemens quarterly earnings down by 12
Earnings at industrial conglomerate Siemens fell by 12% in the three months from October to December. The decline came after the company took charges at its transport business and a solar power ...
View ArticleSpanish economy sinks deeper into recession
Spain's recession deepened in the fourth quarter of 2012, when the economy shrank by 0.6% compared with the previous three-month period. In preliminary estimates to be confirmed next week, the ...
View ArticleAsia Markets Mixed To Higher On Earnings
markets are expected to open mixed to higher on Thursday following a slew of corporate earnings that were generally positive.Tech giants IBM Corp. and Google both beat estimates, as did fast food ...
View ArticleEurope weighing on global growth - IMF
An unexpectedly stubborn euro zone recession and weakness in Japan will weigh on global economic growth this year, the IMF warned today. However, a rebound in 2014 should deliver the fastest ...
View ArticleHigh Court lifts ban on surrogacy case reporting
The High Court has lifted a blanket ban on media reporting of a landmark legal action involving children born to a surrogate mother. The case involves a couple who want their names included on the ...
View ArticleUnilever FY12 Profit Rises On Emerging Markets
markets , even though Europe was weak.Chief Executive Officer Paul Polman said, "These results have been achieved in tough economic conditions, with volatile commodity costs and in an intensely ...
View ArticleWellPoint Q4 Profit Surges Beats View Sees Lower FY13 Earnings
Quote ) reported Tuesday a 38.4 percent increase in fourth-quarter earnings, benefited mainly by favorable income tax settlement. Adjusted earnings topped estimates, while operating revenues missed ...
View ArticleDell bid rumor includes Microsoft
The effort to take Dell private has gained a prominent, if unusual, backer: Microsoft. The software giant is in talks to help finance a takeover bid for Dell that would exceed $20 billion, a person ...
View ArticleFormer Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin We Have to Take a Chance with...
Alexei Kudrin is seen as having good chances to succeed Dmitry Medvedev as Russian prime minister. In a SPIEGEL interview, he speaks about the need for more democracy in his country, President ...
View ArticleThe World From Berlin Merkel and Hollande Seem to Get Along After All
Tuesday's celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the German-French friendship treaty masked deep differences between the nations. But those differences have always existed, and the ...
View ArticleSt. Jude reports 6 percent increase in 2012 adjusted earnings
St. Jude Medical on Wednesday reported fourth quarter 2012 net sales of $1.372 billion, a 2 percent decline when compared to the fourth quarter of 2011. Full year 2012 net sales of $5.503 billion ...
View ArticleApples multi-year profit-building streak hits air pocket as holiday earnings...
NEW YORK - Apple's blockbuster revenue growth is slowing drastically, as iPhone sales plateau and the company finds itself lacking revolutionary new products. The company's warning, ...
View ArticleWorld S Lanka lawyers in boycott pledge
The main association of lawyers in Sri Lanka has said it will boycott the inauguration of the government's newly appointed chief justice. Mohan Peiris has already been sworn in but the official ...
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