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Small Businesses Cautious but Optimistic

According to a Bank of America survey, Boston-area small business owners are feeling optimistic, if cautious, about the upcoming fiscal year.  Many expect to increase sales as well as workers throughout 2013. Though 9% of small businesses in the region expect revenue to fall in 2013, more than half of those polled project significant increases.… Continue Reading

Integrative Approach for Private Equity Companies

According to a study undertaken of 50 private equity firms, when investing in lesser-known EMs, more ground work is required than for developed markets.  The solution is to adopt a full integration approach – less necessary for developed markets investments. This is because EMs come with additional risks than developed markets. What are the benefits… Continue Reading

Small Business Advocacy Groups Rally to Avert the Fiscal Cliff

Small business advocacy groups have been appealing to Washington to call off the $607 billion tax increases and spending cuts set to start in 2013 immediately. Aside from the fiscal cliff issue, many organizations have put forth complaints regarding federal contracting reform and the never-ending government investment into clean and renewable energies. The National Small… Continue Reading

Halloween Candy Sales to Support Businesses Throughout the U.S.

According to the Chicago Tribune, businesses expect this year’s Halloween candy sales to be higher than any other time in the last decade. National Confectioners Association spokeswoman Susan Whiteside explains that while candy “is a luxury,” it is “a very affordable luxury.” This is especially true when “economic times are tough, the things that bring… Continue Reading

Oil Prices Drop as Stock Markets Falter

Oil prices dropped below $91 per barrel this week, mirroring the falling stock markets as economic outlook takes a turn for the worst. According to BusinessWeek, “Benchmark crude was down 59 cents to $90.78 a barrel by midmorning London time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract dropped 56 cents to… Continue Reading

Investing in a Post-QE3 Economy

Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, was in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on Friday discussing the intentions of the Fed to help the faltering US economy. Still undecided about another round of quantitative easing, Bernanke did not announce bond buying by the Fed to stimulate the economy, nor did he rule it out. Labeled… Continue Reading

Fed Dennis Lockhart On Current Economic Growth

In a recent interview with Fox Business, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Dennis Lockhart discussed the economy’s current condition. Calling the current growth ‘anemic’, Lockhart suggested that the central bank implement additional stimulus measures in the near future. Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com  Continue Reading

Jobs and Wages Increase in China Despite Slow Economy

The struggling global economy has impacted employment, wages, industries and both import and export markets all over the world. China, though disappointed by slow growth, is one of several countries that has managed to continue generating jobs and increase wages despite the obstacles. Which isn’t to say that their economy is thriving- as a matter… Continue Reading