- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from CNNMoney.com - Economy NewsIn the early 1970s, the typical flight was just 49% full; technology and deregulation worked to change that.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Reuters: Industrials* Shares rise 3.6 percent to record-high (Adds analyst comment, details)
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Economics | The GuardianAll the latest economic and financial news, as US recovery almost grinds to a halt and Greece’s government scrambles to raise funds to meet debt repayments Financial markets rattled by weak GDP number ahead of Fed meeting Greece to prese...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Moneycontrol Top HeadlinesIn order to provide broadband connectivity to all the 2.5 lakh gram panchayats, the government is pushing ahead with the national optical fibre network (NOFN) project.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NYT > EconomyThe American economy grew at only an 0.2 percent annual rate in the first three months of the year. The question is if it’s an aberration.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Reuters: Non-Cyclical Consumer GoodsApril 29 (Reuters) - Mondelez International Inc, the maker of Cadbury chocolate and Oreo cookies, reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit helped by cost cuts and price increases.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NYT > EconomyNet exports and weak business investment were a drag on the first estimate of gross domestic product, which was expected to be low given the weather.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zeroWhile the images of Everest's avalanche were stunning, the following chilling clip captures the terror of Tibetans as this week's earthquake shook their world...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Reuters: Non-Cyclical Consumer GoodsApril 29 (Reuters) - Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts Holding Co, which has aggressively negotiated lower costs of new hepatitis C drugs, on Wednesday said a new "focus area" will be subduing costs of a growing wave of pricey bio...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesThe nation’s GDP slowed at a 0.2% annual rate in the first quarter, mostly because of three temporary factors.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zeroUpdate: Well that didn't take long to entirely reverse course... Stocks still down but so are bonds and gold now... Dollar up... It appears bad news is not great news when it comes to GDP. Having missed consensus by a mile, GDP's ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Reuters: Non-Cyclical Consumer GoodsKARACHI, April 29 (Reuters) - Pakistani stocks closed lower on Wednesday as investors consolidated their positions and volumes declined, brokers said.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Financial Post | Business » EconomyU.S. economic growth braked more sharply than expected in the first quarter as harsh weather dampened consumer spending and energy companies struggling with low prices slashed spending, but there are signs activity is picking up
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesOil futures rally above $58 a barrel in the wake of the latest weekly supply data from the U.S. government.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Fin24 EconomyThe EU has launched an investigation into government subsidies used to help power companies avoid electricity blackouts.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Fin24 EconomyZimbabwean president and SADC chair Robert Mugabe has called for value addition and beneficiation in the poverty stricken region.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from TheStreet Search RSS Feed:Click to view a price quote on ^DJI .
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Report On Business - Economy RSS feedA new paper by Statistics Canada finds 35 per cent of Canadian families had a debt-to income ration above 2.0 as of 2012
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zeroFollowing the plunge in new home sales (and surge in existing home sales ), pending home sales rose slightly more than expected in March. Up 1.1% MoM (vs +1.0% exp), this is still a slowing in the pace of appreciation from February's...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zeroFirst Bill Binney – the high-level NSA executive who created the agency’s mass surveillance program for digital information, the 32-year NSA veteran widely who was the senior technical director within the agency and managed t...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from zero hedge - on a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zeroPIMCO Names Former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke To Serve As Senior Advisor — PIMCO (@PIMCO) April 29, 2015 PIMCO: Dr. Bernanke will contribute economic expertise to firm’s investment process, engage with clients — PIMCO (@PIMCO) April 29, 2...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Economics | The GuardianOn day Federal Reserve is meeting to discuss borrowing costs, figures show growth has slowed to annual rate of just 0.2% in first quarter The chances of an early increase in US interest rates are fading fast after news that the world’s b...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from TheStreet Search RSS Feed:Click to view a price quote on HCI . Click to research the Insurance industry.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Reuters: Cyclical Consumer GoodsMOSCOW, April 29 (Reuters) - Russia's largest bank Sberbank has seen a 30 percent fall in applications for retail loans compared with a year ago, the bank's deputy chairman said on Wednesday.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EnergyBlackRock bond guru Jeff Rosenberg blames oil for the recent economic weakness.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesThe National Resources Defense Council. says 80% of antibiotics sold in the U.S. are used for livestock and poultry food production. Experts say this could have a huge impact on public health.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from International Business TimesThe U.S. economy grew slower than expected in the first three months of 2015, due to harsh winter weather, a strong dollar and a slowdown in shipping resulting from labor disputes at West Coast ports. U.S. gross domestic product, the bro...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from TheStreet Search RSS Feed:Click to view a price quote on TWTR . Click to research the Internet industry.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from EconomySo-called pending home sales are now 11.1 percent higher than they were one year ago and are running at the highest level since June, 2013.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesIn an oversight smackdown, a federal inspector says the U.S. Treasury Department has done far too little in certain states to help troubled homeowners.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Reuters: Cyclical Consumer GoodsBERLIN, April 29 (Reuters) - Volkswagen has no merger or acquisition plans beyond ongoing discussions with its Chinese joint venture partner FAW that may result in its increasing its stake, the carmaker's finance chief Hans Dieter Poetsc...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Moneycontrol Top HeadlinesIron ore exports were at 4.38 million tonnes (MT) in April-October period of 2014-15 while there are 596 non-working mines in the country.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Reuters: IndustrialsJERUSALEM, April 29 (Reuters) - Israel's planned sale of one of its largest defence contractors has received interest from more than 20 Israeli and foreign entities, the country's privatisation chief said on Wednesday.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesInstitutional investors wield the real power, and they’ve had this information for years, writes David Weidner.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Reuters: Non-Cyclical Consumer GoodsApril 29 (Reuters) - Backers of mandatory labeling for genetically modified foods on Wednesday launched a campaign aimed at turning back food company lobbying against labeling, and the first target is PepsiCo.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Economics, interest rates, house prices, inflation, Bank of EnglandThe American economy dramatically undershot the expectations of most economists at the start of the year
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- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Reuters: Non-Cyclical Consumer GoodsNAIROBI, April 29 (Reuters) - Kenya's economic growth eased to 5.3 percent in 2014 as tourism fell and agricultural output slowed, but should pick up this year, a minister said on Wednesday.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Report On Business - Economy RSS feedGross domestic product expanded in first quarter at an only 0.2 per cent annual rate
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Reuters: Cyclical Consumer GoodsApril 29 (Reuters) - Thomson Reuters Corp's first-quarter adjusted profits narrowly missed Wall Street expectations on Wednesday as a stronger U.S. dollar weighed on results, but organic revenues rose due to increases in its legal and ta...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from CNNMoney.com - Economy NewsRead full story for latest details.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Report On Business - Economy RSS feedPrice increase pushed up by higher prices for energy and petroleum products, Statistics Canada says
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Reuters: Non-Cyclical Consumer GoodsApril 29 (Reuters) - Online food order and delivery company GrubHub Inc's quarterly profit missed market estimates due to a spike in expenses and taxes.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Economics | The GuardianCancer taught Lain Hensley an important lesson: sometimes a business leader must let others carry the burden in order to make an impact that lasts I was on my way to catch a 7am flight to Milwaukee, where I was scheduled to make a speech...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - EconomyThe US economy grew more slowly than expected in the first quarter of the year after being hit by harsh winter weather, lower exports and cutbacks by energy firms.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from NPR Topics: EconomyThe economy posted its weakest performance in a year, growing at a 0.2 percent pace in the first quarter. Analysts say that could affect the central bank's timetable for boosting rates.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from TransportationIt hasn't been this affordable to travel to Europe in years. A combination of a strong dollar and a weaker euro means this summer may be the perfect time for you to book a trip across the pond. However, some European airports are cheaper...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Reuters: Cyclical Consumer GoodsApril 29 (Reuters) - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co, the largest U.S. tire maker, reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit as it shrugged off effects of a stronger dollar by managing its costs.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Reuters: Cyclical Consumer GoodsBERLIN, April 29 (Reuters) - Germans, known for their love of sausages, are eating less meat and more vegetarian food as concerns grow about health, animal welfare and the environmental cost of livestock farming.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from CNNMoney.com - Economy NewsGreece's finance minister Yanis Varoufakis found himself under attack from anarchists, but escaped without injuries after his wife for shielding him from the angry group.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Shiptalk - The World's Leading Online Maritime News ServiceThe Indian Ocean could become a haven for criminal activity, Yury Fedotov, the executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) told the 13th UN Congress on...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World Maritime NewsA court in New Zealand fined Motueka-based agribusiness company Talley’s Group Ltd with NZD 48,000 (USD 37,000) and ordered the company to pay NZD 35,000 in reparation to the family of a crewman killed after falling nearly 7 meters...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Agriculture NewsCrops are being planted for one last time on the 240 acres of rural Tuscola, Ill., farmland slated to be site of the new Cronus fertilizer plant.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Manufacturer » ArticlesThe Executive Committee has unanimously determined that in view of the background of the last weeks, the mutual trust necessary for successful cooperation no longer exists. In addition, Ms. Ursula Piech has resigned with immediate effec...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from gCaptain Maritime & Offshore News
Spanish emergency services safely evacuated around 150 people from a burning ferry crossing the Mediterranean from the island of Mallorca to the Spanish port of Valencia, government and port authorities said on Tuesday. The post Burning ... - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Top Chemical Industry News, Breaking News :: Chemical Week
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Shiptalk - The World's Leading Online Maritime News ServiceShipping is hit by more cases of corruption than just about any other industry, Alexandra Wrage, the president and founder of anti-bribery compliance expert TRACE, says. “In many ways, the...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Renewable Energy News - RenewableEnergyWorld.com
Japan anticipates that by 2030 clean energy such as solar and hydro will generate slightly more of the nation’s electricity than nuclear power plants. - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Telecompaper Headlines(Telecompaper) LG Electronics announced a net profit of KRW 38.4 billion in the first quarter, up 0.3 percent from the year before but rising significantly from the loss of over 205 million reported in the fourth quarter. The operating p...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Food Business News Latest NewsRecent launches tap into the comforts of childhood
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Agriculture NewsAccording to USDA's Crop Progress report, farmers have 19% of corn planted, a 10% increase from last week.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Agriculture NewsFarmers have planted 38 percent of the Minnesota corn crop. That's 18 days ahead of last year and nine days ahead of the five-year average.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Aviation Week - Aerospace Defense, Business & Commercial NewsThe Swedish government’s newly issued defense bill adds 10.2 billion Swedish kronor ($1.2 billion) to the overall budget for 2016-20 and identifies a number of priorities for the force, according to air force chief of staff Col. Marcus B...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Agriculture News
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Manufacturing.net AllGeorge Osborne, the U.K.’s Chancellor, announced in his 2015 budget that the government will inject £100m of funding into driverless car technology. The money will be used to fund the development of driverless technologies, as well as th...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from The Aerospace Corporation » Aerospace Highlights
On April 20, the GPS IIF-9 satellite was officially set healthy and operational. It launched March 25 on a Delta IV rocket, but the story didn’t end there. More » - Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Agriculture NewsThe goal of having 50% of the corn planted by May 8 seems very possible as the average progress for this week is 20%.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Aviation Week - Aerospace Defense, Business & Commercial NewsUTAH STATE UNIVERSITY’S SPACE DYNAMICS LABORATORY received U.S. patent for Multiple Petal Deployable Telescope, designed to allow precision deployment of larger telescopes on small satellites, positioned within nanometers. PARAGON ...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from FXstreet.com: Latest Economics EventsDate (GMT) Event Cons. Actual Previous Apr 28 17:00 5-Year Note Auction 1.380 % 1.387 % News United States 5-Year Note Auction down to 1.38% from previous 1.387% (FXStreet) Tue, Apr 28 2015, 17:15 GMT
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Aviation Week - Aerospace Defense, Business & Commercial NewsOn Wednesday the full House Armed Services Committee marks up the fiscal 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, following last week’s series of subcommittee markups. And the House Science, Space and Technology Committee marks up ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World Nuclear NewsFirefighters were today still battling to extinguish Ukraine's worst forest fire in 23 years, but state officials said its spread towards the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant had been halted. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk sai...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Telecompaper Headlines(Telecompaper) Twitter reported first-quarter revenues of USD 436 million, up 74 percent from the year-earlier figure but lower than the company's guidance of USD 440-450 million. Advertising revenues came in at USD 388 million, up 72 pe...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Top Chemical Industry News, Breaking News :: Chemical Week
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Renewable Energy News - RenewableEnergyWorld.com
The World Bank indicated in its new report "Building Competitive Green Industries: The Climate and Clean Technology Opportunity for Developing Countries" that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries are set to u... - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Top Chemical Industry News, Breaking News :: Chemical Week
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Aviation Week - Aerospace Defense, Business & Commercial NewsSenior navy leaders from the U.S. 7th Fleet and People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) met earlier this month in Zhanjiang, China, “for a professional exchange of ideas” in a variety of technical and operational topics on...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Maritime News - Maritime & Shipbuilding NewsThe Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) proposes to conduct 10 oil and gas lease sales in the federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), as outlined in the
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Top Chemical Industry News, Breaking News :: Chemical Week
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Agriculture NewsAre you still trying to get spring plant done? Well here’s the tractor that will have your ears popping up in rows in no time.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Manufacturing.net AllLabor productivity increased in about three-quarters of manufacturing and mining sectors tracked by federal labor officials last year. The numbers represented an increase compared to 2013, when about 60 percent of those industries saw gr...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from IndustryWeekThe 60,000 manufacturing jobs were brought to the U.S. by reshoring and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in US is a 400% increase since 2003 read more
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Manufacturing.net AllLumber Liquidators reported Wednesday that the Justice Department is seeking criminal charges against the Virginia-based company over imported laminate flooring.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Telecompaper Headlines(Telecompaper) KPN announced it will be putting extra efforts into improving mobile coverage in sparsely populated areas. The operator expects to iron out hundreds of bottlenecks over the next three years by using new technologies. So fa...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Agriculture NewsJoin AgWeb.com on Wednesday, April 29, to learn more about the deadly avian influenza outbreak in the Midwest and what it means for grain farmers and other agricultural producers.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Renewable Energy News - RenewableEnergyWorld.com
In Dublin, Ohio, the Community Recreation Center decided to reduce its energy waste. Rather than rely on an electric utility to burn more coal or natural gas to provide electricity, as well as its own boilers to burn more fuel to provide... - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Maritime News - Maritime & Shipbuilding NewsBollinger Shipyards was presented the 2014 Award for Excellence in Safety for the 10th consecutive year, and was also presented the 2014 Award for Improvement in
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World Nuclear NewsThe construction of a new backup air-cooling system independent of seawater cooling has been completed at the Loviisa plant in Finland.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Breaking EnergyLast summer we posted on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s gentle pushback against various voices that objected to BOEM’s decision to allow safe, carefully regulated seismic testing to map offshore energy reserves in the Atlantic. ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Top Chemical Industry News, Breaking News :: Chemical Week
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from FoodManufacture RSSImproved modern design is the key feature of the Food Manufacture Group’s new mobile website launched yesterday (April 28).
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from IndustryWeekThe first MakerBot Innovation Center in Italy will open in June at the LIUC – Università Cattaneo. read more
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Aviation Week - Aerospace Defense, Business & Commercial NewsImproved performance and the acquisition of Beechcraft boosted revenue and earnings at Textron Aviation during the first quarter of 2015 compared to the same time a year ago, the company reports. read more
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from World Nuclear NewsDeclining profitability and increased costs have forced Swedish utility Vattenfall to decide to close units 1 and 2 of the Ringhals nuclear power plant earlier than previously planned. The decision would see the units shut between 2018 a...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World Nuclear NewsTwo Candu operators - Canada's Bruce Power and Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) - have signed a memorandum of understanding to extend their cooperation, particularly in areas related to nuclear safety, operational performance and car...
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from gCaptain Maritime & Offshore News
The European Parliament on Tuesday approved new rules requiring ship owners using EU ports to report CO2 emissions regardless of the country in which they are registered, a decision the [...] The post Shipping Industry Dissapointed by Eu... - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Manufacturing.net AllEconomic development officials in Ohio recently announced that the state was tentatively selected as the location of a massive new petrochemical complex.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from FoodManufacture RSSSainsbury chief executive Mike Coupe has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in an Egyptian jail, after his conviction by a court in Giza for attempted embezzlement.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from World Nuclear NewsA proposal to construct two 600 MWe high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTRs) at Ruijin city in China's Jiangxi province has passed a preliminary feasibility review, China Nuclear Engineering Corporation recently announced.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from Agriculture NewsBy pollinating an estimated $15 billion in U.S. crops each year, this little bug has gotten big attention – especially when its health has been put at risk by the frustratingly complex Colony Collapse Disorder.
- Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from IndustryWeekPanasonic, NEC also report strong financials, while Honda, Philips and HTC are among with slumping profits. read more
