Google made big news earlier this week, announcing that they would be acquiring Nest Labs, the maker of the Nest Learning Thermostat. Google have a long history of investing in clean energy and clean technologies like Nest, and they have continued that…
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Norway’s Yara, the world’s biggest mineral fertiliser producer, said Wednesday it had been hit with a hefty fine by Norwegian authorities following an international corruption investigation. The firm said it would not contest the 295-million-kroner (…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – January 14, 2014) – Profit Planners Management, Inc. (OTCQB: PPMT) announced its financial results for the…
LONDON, Jan. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Reportbuyer.com just published a new market research report: Mobile Video Adaptation And Delivery 2013 – 2016 Mobile video & TV services have been around for almost over a decade…and yet mobile network operators…
Enlarge Many Chinese firms choose to list shares in the West, instead of limiting themselves to domestic markets (pictured). New York-based research firm Muddy Waters has brought down a handful of them with fraud accusations, making a profit along the…
Momentum has slowed on Wall Street after the surge at the end of 2013, but the stock market’s tally at week’s end was still respectable, even if not outstanding. While the market spent much of the week in the red, two of the three indices still finished…
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said Thursday that question marks remain over the health of Europe’s banks and that coming stress tests are a chance to build confidence in them. In an article published online by Project…
New Food market report from Business Monitor International: “Nigeria Agribusiness Report Q1 2014” Boston, MA — (SBWIRE) — 01/09/2014 — Cocoa continues to be the sector we see with the most potential for growth over the short- and medium-term, especially…
London shares fell on Thursday as supermarket chain Morrison’s plummetted after Christmas sales shrank and bookmakers tumbled in the wake of comments by David Cameron. The benchmark FTSE 100 index shed 30.44 points or 0.45 percent to close at 6,691.…
US stocks opened higher on Thursday amid more signs of strength in the US jobs market and after the European Central Bank chief acknowledged growing concerns over low eurozone inflation. Five minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained…