The global economic recovery that followed the financial crisis of 2008 has been faltering, at least in the UK and the eurozone, and certain emerging markets have slowed faster than others. Although US...
Abu Dhabi-based investment firm, The National Investor (TNI), has shed more than half of its workforce and is planning more job cuts in a bid to reduce costs in response to tough financial...
In 1996, Omani businessmen set up Gulf Polypropylene Production Co. to make plastic sheets. Of the company's RO3m ($7.7m) capital, RO1.8m ($4.7m) was held by businessmen and the rest was raised in an...
Enhanced Investment Products Limited (EIP), a Hong Kong based asset management firm, has confirmed the launch of seven new ETF products, authorised by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission at the beginning...
Dear Mark Zuckerberg, Congratulations on your IPO filing. We understand that you are faced with a difficult decision soon on where to list your stock. You have probably heard from your bankers that...
Muscat is spending over $6.7bn to 2016/17 to raise power generation capacity from about 4,200 to over 5,500MW in 2012 and 6,400MW by 2017. The head of the General Electricity & Water Authority...
Jerry Throgmartin ran a company in one of the most competitive fields in retailing--consumer electronics--but he didn't spend his time obsessing about rivals. "It is my own belief that competition doesn't put you...
Mr Bracey has resigned to join Michael Page International plc. He will remain to complete the year end audit and annual report process, and is expected to leave in April 2012. A formal...
Economists project that $200 million in direct visitor spending will be dumped into Indiana during Super Bowl week. At least 80 percent of that should land within the metro area, said a study...
A key part of founding a company is knowing when to quit. Persistence is an admirable trait, says Michael Robertson, who has founded several companies. However, "there's a fine line between persistence and...
U.S. Bancorp, the Minneapolis-based bank that has been growing in San Diego for much of the past decade, recently hired Steve Stuckey as its market president. Given the bank's recent performance--net income for...
Craig Collins is president and CEO of La Jolla-based health care technology firm Perminova, which recently closed a $7 million Series A round of funding. The company develops and markets Web-based software for...
BOULDER, Colo. -- While the market for electric motorcycle and electric scooters is in its infancy in most regions of the world, there is one major exception: Asia Pacific. The vast majority of...
Company to exhibit in Booth #626 and host press briefing to discuss latest initiatives EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Accuride Corporation (NYSE: ACW) - a leading supplier of components to the commercial vehicle industry -...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Republic Bancorp, Inc. is pleased to announce its fourth consecutive year of increased earnings by completing 2011 with net income of $94.1 million, a $29.4 million, or 45%, increase over...
Full Year Diluted EPS of $12.37 ($11.85 as adjusted) Operating Margin of 36.3% (40.0% as adjusted) for Fourth Quarter 2011 Assets Under Management of $3.513 Trillion at December 31, 2011 NEW YORK --...
BENSALEM, Pa. -- Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that all persons or entities who purchased the common stock of Primo Water Corporation ("Primo Water" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:PRMW) pursuant and/or traceable...
LOS ANGELES -- Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: HPP) today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 2,000,000 shares of its 8.375% Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock with a...
AMES, Iowa -- Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:REGI) today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 7,200,000 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $10.00 per share....
NEW YORK -- UBS Investment Banktoday announced that the ETRACS team, Dennis Gartman and Mark Fisher will ring the Opening Bell of the NYSE this morning to mark the recent successful launches of...