A business is a legally recognized organizational entity designed to provide goods and / or services to consumers or other businesses.
The aim of a business is to make a profit, pay the salaries of its employees and increase the wealth of its owners.
Businesses may take many forms, from a sole proprietorship ( ie one [...]
Making money with articles is not as hard as it seems. When you are trying to make money with articles, you don’t really need previous career related experience. You can learn everything you need to know from the Internet. You can learn new skills along the way to make your living online. You can become [...]
For those who have a lot of free time and been meaning to do something about, a home business would be perfect. Setting up businesses from home has become a trend because of less stress as compared to working in a company.
However, a home business is not just like setting up a lemonade stand [...]
With the collapse of another residential loan lender, it is going to be more difficult for buyers to get a mortgage, interest rates are going up, and the already depressed residential property market is just going to get more depressed.
This may be good news for those looking to buy, as prices will inevitably go [...]
Stock markets around the world are tumbling on news of hedge funds collapsing under bad bets on sub-prime mortgages. Sub-prime mortgages, or housing loans offered to buyers with poor credit history, at high interest rates, but millions of these buyers, unable to make their repayments, given the falling value of their houses, have seen hedge [...]
Rupert Murdoch, the tycoon behind News Corp, has finally managed to win over support for his bid for Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal, from members of the Bancroft family, who collectively control over 38% of Dow Jones. His USD 5 billion dollar bid was over and above what rivals were able to [...]
Merck has come out with their vaccine against cervical cancer - the human papilloma virus, really, the cause of cervical cancer - which has been the subject of debate.
Word’s on the street now that a certain competitor in the giant pharmaceutical world has come up with their own vaccine, which supposedly shows even better results [...]
Analysts are always talking about business fundamentals. Often, it may be difficult to understand exactly what they mean. Here, we try to explain.
The Cash Stash
Any successful business knows that a pile of cash is needed, which may be needed at anytime. Perhaps a wonderful acquisition comes up. Perhaps a very good contract, up for grabs, [...]
Often, businessmen and traders in recent times have looked at China, and seen a communist government, and underestimated the capitalist sense and business savvy that would face them across the negotiating table, in the face of their counterparts, businessmen from China.
In understanding how the Chinese think, one must look to their roots.
The chinese have long [...]
Inflation has fallen to 2.8%, down from 3.1%. This has been accompanied with slight fall of prices, and takes some of the pressure off the Bank of England, the national institution in charge of setting the interest rate, which presently stands at 5.5%.