Dear Mr Romney, isn’t a $900 catered meal a little overpriced?
Nine media outlets write a letter to Mitt Romney campaign challenging the exorbitant bills they had to pay in order to follow the Republican candidate before the US election
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The Euro Crisis: 2012 key driver on US economy
What would you say the main drivers of the economy this year have been? When it comes to the US, experts point out to the euro turmoil
Outlook for the emerging countries: clear skies and agreeable temperatures
BARCELONA | by CaixaBank research | Crucial countries such as China and Brazil are already starting to see evidence of their economies speeding up. On the other hand, most emerging countries have steadily strengthened their economic systems, spreading structural reforms, liberalizing markets and keeping a close eye on the solidity of financial institutions.
Neither Keynesianism, nor Corporatism: get back to Capitalism!
NEW YORK | There was a time when entrepreneurs innovated and capitalism was mainly creative. And that is finished, according to Edmund Phelphs. Inspiring behavior has been suffocated by several years of Keynesianism and new Corporatism.
A moderately prosperous society
BEIJING | Besides the scientific approach to development, Chinese must be able to enjoy welfare to achieve a moderately prosperous society.
Emerging Europe: financial relief, macroeconomic weakness
By CaixaBank Research | Emerging Europe continues to present two very different faces: while it has been going through a relatively calm time since the summer in terms of the financial stress resulting from the euro area’s sovereign debt crisis, the trend in data for activity has yet to improve to any notable extent.
How Iceland’s banking crisis fueled its startup boom
In the fall of 2008, the collapse of the Icelandic banking system sent thousands of promising young Icelanders into unemployment. Today, Iceland’s Generation Y is turning to entrepreneurship to dig out from under the country’s financial crisis.
Manufacturing punches US economy in the face
In what felt like an unexpected slap, US factory production shrank in November, the Institute for Supply Management’s factory index falling to 49.5 (50 marks the dividing line between expansion and contraction) from 51.7 in October instead of the expected 51.4. It’s the biggest contraction since July 2009, a clear sign of fiscal cliff angst.
The German economy is losing steam, and it’s a good thing
Trade data from the eurozone shows Germany posting a deficit while Italy and Spain generate surpluses, J.P. Morgan Asset Management on Monday briefed investors. As relative labour costs continue to fall, one of the key imbalances that provoked the eurozone crisis will fade away.
Mexico’s economic growth more sustainable
By Carlos Díaz Guell | A sound Mexican GDP is important for the several thousands of Spanish companies with business activity in the country.