Thirty Russell 2000 Stocks with over 10% Dividend Yields

The Russell 2000 Index measures the performance of about 2000 U.S. small cap stocks. The stocks are selected based on market cap and current index membership. The index components are rebalanced annually so that larger stocks do not distort the performance of this pure small cap index.  As of December, 2009 the average weighted market …

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Germany Tops the List of Global Trade Logistics Rankings

Germany tops the list of countries that were ranked based on the Logistics Performance Indicators (LPI) in a recent study titled “Connecting to Compete 2010: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy” by The World Bank. With Europe’s largest economy and centrally located Germany offers a sophisticated logistics network for companies to reach EU’s 500 million …

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The Big Four Australian Banks Look for Growth Overseas

According to an article in The Banker magazine, the big four Australian banks have to look outside of Australia for growth.The big four banks in Australia are ANZ (OTC: ANZBY), Commonwealth Bank (OTC:CMWAY), National Australia Bank (OTC:NABZY) and Westpac(WBK). As the domestic market is dominated by these four banks they are more likely to depend …

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The Top 10 Bank Holding Companies in the U.S.

HSBC North America Holdings Inc, a unit of HSBC Holdings plc (HBC) and Barclays Group US Inc, a unit of Barclays plc (BCS) of UK are present in the Top 10 Bank Holding Companies in the U.S. based on assets as of 12/31/2009. The Top 10 Bank Holding Companies(BHCs) are: Bank of America (BAC) JPMorgan …

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