The Global Finance magazine released the world’s safest banks list for 2009 on February 25th. For the first time they published this mid-year update due to the turmoil in the world’s banking industry. The list was compiled based on the comparison of long-term credit ratings and total assets of the 500 largest banks in the …
The S&P 500 Index is the best barometer of the US stock markets and is widely followed by investors worldwide. It contains the 500 leading companies in leading industries of the economy. The year to date (as of February end) performance of this index and the individual sectors within the index are shown below: [TABLE=138] …
The auto industry is one of the largest sectors of the economy in USA and Europe after housing. The industry is also important because of the multiplier effect on the economy. For example, one auto industry job indirectly creates many more jobs. According to one study, each auto job creates five jobs among suppliers.Others peg …
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