Business Confidence

Tokyo, Feb 9, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Robert Walters PLC (LSE: RWA) announces today the appointments of Lanis Yarzab and Rachna Ratra to divisional Directors for their recruitment operations in Japan. With...

Group sales for the third quarter ended January 21, 2012 decreased 3.8%. Like-for-like sales for the nine months ended January 21, 2012 decreased 1.7%. Group sales for the nine months ended January 21,...

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THERE ARE those who tinker, and then there are tinkerers. Those who putter around the garage on weekends fixing the lawn mower, changing a spark plug, or getting their hands dirty on other...

2011 was the year of people power; whether it was the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, recall elections or MF Global customers fighting against the big banks, people demanded to be heard and...

Tokyo, Feb 1, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Sony Corporation ("Sony") today announced that Kazuo Hirai has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2012. Sir Howard Stringer, currently...

HEADNOTE According to participants in the Chicago Fed's annual Economic Outlook Symposium, the U.S. economy is forecasted to grow at a pace below its historical average in 2012, following a year with an...

While the housing market has a long, hard road ahead of it, signs abound that the market is finally in the throes of a genuine, sustainable recovery. Among the key statistics and forecasts...

HEADNOTE Lessons from the new world of quicksilver work, where "career planning" is an oxymoron Adam Hasler looks like a footloose millennial. He's worked as a model, waited tables, and lived all over...

HEADNOTE The seventh annual Community Bankers Symposium, co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), was held...

A government-backed drive to boost exports of British food and drink to high growth markets like India and China will be an engine for economic growth, according to DEFRA farm minister Jim Paice....

Revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 was $17.9 million, compared to $16.7 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010. Net earnings for the fiscal year 2011 were $1.3 million or...

The recently released Long Island Economic Survey and Opinion poll showed while local business professionals are slightly more confident about the economy than last year, that optimism has remained relatively flat. But don't...

New Orleans is home to two medical schools, which have produced thousands of doctors and nurses spanning several generations. It's also where you'll find a school of dentistry, a college pharmacy program and...

It's not just making it rain millions. For example, Jeffrey D. Forchelli, managing partner of the Uniondale law firm Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo, Cohn & Terrana, presented a common scenario of how...

Waiting in the wings Keep an eye on Adricnnc Kirby, the new chief operating officer at Cooper University Hospital. Word has it that Kirby is the top candidate to replace John Sheridan whenever...

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But uncertainty on the economic and political fronts leads to caution, the need for 'stingy growth' NEW YORK -- Global business leaders are shifting their focus away from survival towards planning for growth...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Rockwell Collins, Inc. (NYSE: COL) today reported first quarter fiscal year 2012 income from continuing operations of $130 million compared to $150 million in the same period last year....