Entrepreneur recently revealed its list of the top ten franchises for 2012 in the 33rd Annual Franchise 500 listing. The rankings lend insight into the upcoming year’s successful industries and trends, as well as shift the odds for their more immediate future. Hampton Hotels Subway 7-Eleven Inc. Servpro Days Inn McDonald’s Denny’s Inc. H&R Block… Continue Reading
International investors are not only concerned with how well their investments will do in a region, but how easy it is to conduct business there. The following list ranks the countries in which doing business is relatively easy: 1. Singapore 2. Hong Kong SAR, China 3. New Zealand 4. United States 5. Denmark Continue Reading
Google Inc. ranks number one on oh-so-many lists, so it’s no surprise that they top the list of Best Companies to Work For in 2012 as well. Founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998, Google’s mission is to “organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” The company’s primary focus… Continue Reading
Eric Migicovsky, an engineer, had a great idea. He wanted to create watches that could show information from an iPhone such as caller ID and text messages. But when he went after backers the traditional way, he came up against a brick wall. Luckily Migicovsky could turn to Kickstarter. This innovative web site gives ordinary… Continue Reading
Spain’s recession and extremely slow business activity have lowered the Standard and Poor’s 500 Index despite a positive four-month streak. Caterpillar Inc., Monsanto and Bank of America all fell a minimum of 1.7%, while Humana Inc. slid a whopping 8.1%. NYSE Euronext dropped as well, and also recorded an almost 50% fall in revenue. Microsoft’s… Continue Reading
According to a survey by Fortune Magazine, Edward Jones ranks as the fifth best company to work for. The investment firm has 11,000 offices all over the United States, and an astounding 65% of its employees are women. Another characteristic that sets Edward Jones apart from some of its sister firms in the financial sector… Continue Reading
As the economy improves analysts are predicting excellent growth rates for many companies. Here is a list of some of those firms which will most likely rise quickly in the coming year. 1. TRW Automotive Holdings: The automotive industry is second only to the military industry in profitability in the world, and there is every… Continue Reading
S&P has lowered Spain’s sovereign credit rating for the second time this year as the region’s economy diminishes. Standard & Poor’s lowered Spain’s A to a BBB+, stating a negative outlook for the future. The country’s short term rating also fell to A-2 from A-1. Ten years of borrowing costs in the nation have inflated… Continue Reading
For the first time since the 1970s Britain is facing the reality of double-dip recession. According figures supplied by London’s Office for National Statistics, the gross domestic product shrunk by 0.2 percent in the first quarter of 2012 after contracting by 0.3 percent in the last quarter of 2011. The technical definition of recession is… Continue Reading
Carl Barbier, US District Judge, is ready to hear a proposed class-action settlement over the damages done by the British Petroleum oil spoil in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. The agreement, which will hopefully settle billions of dollars in claims, will be presented by BP PLC and a team of lawyers representing the plaintiffs… Continue Reading