Articles in Economy

U.S. Economy Back In The Lead, Analysts Say

by Private Wealth on March 10, 2015

The U.S. economy will strengthen, and inflation will remain low in 2015, keeping yields and returns of fixed-income investments relatively modest, according to Wilmington Trust.... Read full article

US wholesale inventories up, sales slump, job openings rise

by India.com (Reuters) on March 10, 2015

US wholesale inventories unexpectedly rose in January as sales recorded their biggest decline since 2009, pushing the number of months it would take to clear warehouses to its highest level in more than 5-1/2 years. ... Read full article

Why Ethan Allen Believes in U.S. Manufacturing for Export

by Farooq Kathwari on March 08, 2015

Excerpted from a presentation by Farooq Kathwari, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ethan Allen, to the Raymond James Insitutional Investment conference, March 3, 2015. ... Read full article

Make in India Vision Gets Major Push: Samsung, Sony To Start Manufacturing in India

by Arun Prabhudesai on March 07, 2015

Samsung and Sony have announced their plans of setting up their manufacturing base in India, which is a major endorsement of the Make in India initiative. Both of these are global superstars of consumer electronics and this decision of theirs can ... Read full article

Trader Joe's named best grocery store in US; Kroger to beat Whole Foods on organic, natural: Retail

by Anna Marum (Photo Credit: The Associated Press) on March 07, 2015

Trader Joe's, home of the infamous two-buck chuck (which costs closer to $3 now), took top honors in a recent survey of 100 national and regional grocery store chains... Read full article

Innovation and manufacturing labor: a value-chain perspective

by Kate S. Whitefoot, Walter D. Valdivia and Gina C. Adam on March 06, 2015

Policies and initiatives to promote U.S. manufacturing would be well advised to take a value chain perspective of this economic sector. ... Read full article

U.S. added 295k jobs in February

by Christopher S. Rugaber, The Associated Press on March 06, 2015

The unemployment rate in the U.S. dipped to 5.5 per cent from 5.7 per cent. U.S. employers extended a healthy streak of hiring in February by adding 295,000 jobs, the 12th straight monthly gain above 200,000.... Read full article

Daimler to invest $500 million in U.S. plant to make commercial vans

by Reuters (Photo Credit: Reuters/Michael Dalder) on March 06, 2015

(Reuters) - Daimler AG (DAIGn.DE) said on Friday it will spend $500 million to build a new assembly plant in South Carolina that will make large commercial vans and result in the creation of more than 1,300 jobs.... Read full article

The 6 Best Industries You've Never Heard of

by Graham Winfrey on March 02, 2015

Beef jerky production. Artificial turf installation. Laser tag hosting. You may not have known they even existed, but they're all promising niche sectors for starting a business.... Read full article

Inside The 2015 Forbes Billionaires List: Facts And Figures

by Kerry A. Dolan and Luisa Kroll on March 02, 2015

Despite plunging oil prices and a weakened euro, the ranks of the world’s wealthiest defied global economic turmoil and expanded yet again.... Read full article