Reuters World economic growth improving, even as US, UK potential slows: IMFReutersWorkers dye fabrics inside a dye factory at an industrial area in Mumbai, India October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The current broad-based global economic upswing will likely be sustained this year and next, the …IMF: US a Laggard as Global Growth AcceleratesU.S. […]
Fortune Walmart Says Its Online Sales Will Explode Next Year Amid War With AmazonFortuneWalmart (WMT, +4.51%) expects little abatement in the pace of its torrid e-commerce growth next year, and the retailer's latest forecast sent shares up 2% on Tuesday. The world's largest retailer, for years slow to respond to Amazon.com (AMZN, -0.38 …Walmart (WMT) […]
Fortune Walmart Aims For 35-Second Online Purchase ReturnsFortuneIn its latest move to leverage its thousands of stores against arch-rival Amazon.com (AMZN, +0.89%) , Walmart (WMT, -0.53%) announced Monday a new way of handling in-store returns of online purchases that it claims could shrink the processing time to …Walmart launches Mobile Express Returns to refund or […]
Reuters Oil up on lower US rig count, expectation of ongoing Saudi output restraintReutersPump jacks pump oil at an oil field on the shores of the Caspian Sea in Baku, Azerbaijan, October 5, 2017. Picture taken October 5, 2017. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor. SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices edged up on Monday, after a 2 percent slide […]
TechCrunch bpost acquires Radial, formerly eBay enterprise, for $820MTechCrunchThe global e-commerce race — and how it is underpinned by logistics, delivery and economies of scale — continues to heat up. Today, the Belgian Post Group, also known as bpost, announced its latest move in this area to bulk up its operations in North …bpost to Accelerate […]
Southeast Missourian Hurricanes cause rare monthly US job loss but rebound likelySoutheast MissourianPhil Wiggett, right, a recruiter with the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, looks at a resume during a job fair Aug. 24 in San Jose, California. Marcio Jose Sanchez ~ Associated Press. WASHINGTON — The U.S. shed 33,000 jobs in September because of …US Lost […]
The Guardian Nobel economics prize due to be announcedThe GuardianTraders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in October. Possible candidates for the prize include Colin Camerer and George Loewenstein whose research includes why markets might give rise to price bubbles. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty …Economics prize, last of the Nobels, to be awardedMiami Herald […]
KELO AM-FM Fed officials ponder 'full employment' UE markSeeking AlphaFederal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren argued in a speech for the continued gradual removal of monetary policy accommodations and for a slow pace of interest rate increases not tied to short-term economic data blips. The comments by …News Highlights: Top Global Markets News of […]
KPRC Houston What the CFPB's New Payday Lending Rule Means for ConsumersYahoo FinanceCustomers of payday lending companies may be wondering that following the release of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's long-awaited "payday lending rule." The new regulation, announced this week, could significantly restrict lenders of …How regulators plan to curb 400 percent interest payday loansChicago Daily […]
Times of India PM Modi to meet oil company chiefs today to fire up fuel economyTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will exchange notes with a clutch of global and domestic oil company chief executives on Monday on ways to reduce India's oil imports and create a gas-based economy. Government sources counted Bob […]