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Japan’s economy slips into recession
Japan's economy, the world's third largest, unexpectedly shrank for the second consecutive quarter in Q3 2014, leaving the country in technical recession. Gross domestic product...
G20 Brisbane Summit: World leaders agree to grow their economies by 2%
The G20 summit in Brisbane has been closed by Australia’s PM Tony Abbott who detailed economic pledges agreed by world leaders. The leaders agreed to...
Romania to elect new president in run-off vote
Romanian voters are set to elect a new president in a run-off vote which pits social democrat PM Victor Ponta against centre-right candidate Klaus...
Black Friday 2014: Walmart employees plan protests over wages
Walmart employees pushing for higher wages announced on November 14 they were planning protests at 1,600 Walmart stores nationwide on Black Friday. Black Friday is...
Virgin America shares surge on NASDAQ debut
Virgin America airline shares surged more than 30% in the first day of trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange in New York. Richard Branson owns...
House authorizes Keystone XL oil pipeline construction
On November 14, the House of Representatives passed legislation authorizing construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline by a decisive vote of 252 to...
Startup Businesses Are On The Rise: What You Need To Know To Start Up Your Own
The UK economy is set to grow by around 0.5 percent before the end of 2014, according to a recent survey. Even though this...
Alibaba considers issuing first US bond sale
Alibaba will meet with investors next week as it considers issuing its first US bond sale. The Chinese e-commerce giant has hired Morgan Stanley, Citigroup,...
Halliburton in talks to buy Baker Hughes
Oil industry giants, Halliburton and Baker Hughes, are in talks about a possible merger. Baker Hughes, the industry's third largest services provider, confirmed press reports,...
Warren Buffett buys Duracell for $4.7 billion
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has announced it will acquire battery maker Duracell from Procter & Gamble. Last month, Procter & Gamble had announced plans to...
Immigration reform: Barack Obama defends plans to use executive powers
President Barack Obama has defended plans to use his overriding executive powers to push through changes to the US immigration system. Barack Obama said Congress...
Oil price falls at four-year low
Brent crude oil price has fallen at a four-year low, from $3.60 or 4.4% to $77.52. The benchmark US crude oil price is also at...
Honda widens recall after fifth death linked to defective Takata airbag
Honda Motor Co has widened its recall for the defective airbags by another 170,000 vehicles globally, taking its total recalls to nearly 10 million...
How to Stay on Budget When Shopping on Black Friday
The holiday season is a time for spending. According to the National Retail Federation's (NRF) Holiday Consumer Spending Survey, the average person will spend...
Yahoo to acquire BrightRoll for $640 million
Yahoo has announced it will buy digital video advertising service BrightRoll for $640 million. The move would allow Yahoo to grow its video advertising platform,...
Singles Day 2014: Alibaba sells $2 billion of goods in first hour of world’s biggest online retail sales day
Alibaba has sold $2 billion of goods in the first hour of China's annual Singles' Day (Guanggun Jie). That compares with $3.1 billion in sales...
Harold Hamm divorce: Continental Resources CEO ordered to pay $995 million to ex-wife Sue Ann Hamm
Continental Resources CEO Harold Hamm has been ordered to pay $995.5 million to his ex-wife Sue Ann Hamm in one of the largest-ever US...
ObamaCare: Supreme Court to review second legal challenge
A second legal challenge to President Barack Obama's signature 2010 healthcare law (ObamaCare) will be reviewed by the Supreme Court, the court has said. The...
US economy added 214,000 jobs in October 2014
The US unemployment rate has fallen to 5.8% after the economy added 214,000 jobs in October 2014, official Labor Department figures show. The number of...
Detroit’s plan to exit from bankruptcy approved after 16 months
Judge Steven Rhodes has approved of Detroit's plan to exit from bankruptcy, 16 months after the city became the largest ever in the US...
Home Depot lost 53 million email addresses in hacking attack
Home Depot says hackers who stole payment-card details of millions of customers also stole 53 million email addresses. The retail giant said hackers accessed its...
Midterm elections 2014: Barack Obama joins House and Senate leaders for cross-party talks
President Barack Obama was joined by the House and Senate leaders in holding cross-party talks aimed at ending political gridlock in Washington. The White House...
Pointing Out Options in Point of Sale Hardware
The critical moment of transaction processing can either provide signal advantages or result in lost opportunities, and in many cases this depends on the...
Taxation Law and the Small Business: Everything You Need to Know
Tax can be a minefield. As a small business owner, trying to get your head around the myriad of tax laws can be something...
Tax Payments: Questions & Answers
It doesn’t matter if you own a business or work for someone else, paying taxes is an essential part of life. You cannot avoid...
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