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  • JP Morgan Chase Start Banking Sector Third Quarter Reporting

    As the first of U.S. big banks to report its third quarter results, JP Morgan Chase revealed that it had earned $4.4 billion during this time, representing an increase of 23 percent compared ...

  • A Brief History of Competition Law – Part 3

    Continued from Part 2 It was following WWI that other countries started to implement competition policies along the lines of those introduced by the United States. Competition regulators ...

  • A Brief History of Competition Law – Part 2

    A Brief History of Competition Law – Part 1 While the term 'Renaissance' originally referred to a cultural movement that characterized the period from around the 14th to 17th centuries, it ...

  • Biomass Companies Growing Feedstock on Location

    Throughout the emerging and developed world, energy powers development! Without a stable generation output, energy costs will increase and growth opportunities will slow. Governments know ...

  • Investors Likely to be Cautious in October

    Despite the fact that US stock markets enjoyed the best September in decades, ending the month on an upbeat note, analysts are cautioning against getting too optimistic as the final quarter ...

  • A Brief History of Competition Law – Part 1

    It is readily accepted in modern times that vigorous competition is healthy for a country’s economy. As competitors focus their efforts on persuading consumers to buy their particular ...

  • Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

    With its headquarters in Paris, France, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has a membership consisting of thirty-three nations, working together to find ...

  • What Recession? Forbes Names Wealthiest Americans

    With high-profile talk show hosts focusing on the plight of ordinary American citizens in the economic downturn, trying in their own way to help people cope, one may be led to conclude that ...

  • Dow Jones Sustainability Index

    Ethical consumerism – also referred to as green consumerism or moral purchasing - along with fair-trade practices and a focus on sustainable development, spurred on by a growing concern for ...

  • Information Asymmetry

    Information asymmetry – where one party has superior information, putting the other party at a disadvantage - is often seen as the underlying cause of business transactions failing to meet ...

  • Basel III Aims For 2013 Implementation

    Consisting of representatives from twenty-seven countries, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) provides a forum for discussion and cooperation with regard to standardizing ...

  • Markets Respond to Tax Concessions, Job Creation Proposals

    Many consider the $350 billion job creation/recovery proposal offered by President Barack Obama as being 'too little, too late', nonetheless stocks were boosted by his speech outlining the ...

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