China Playing Games Now With Foreign Investments

China is increasing its rules and regulations on business and industry. This is unfortunate because it also puts tighter restrictions on foreign investment. It is the; Last One and Is a Rotten Egg Syndrome. It is interesting that many folks support their investment dollars into China and now also wish to close it off.

How Did Our Oil Get Under Their Sands?

Recounting sixty years of Western economic policies that have led to the rise of Islamic Fundamentalism in Iran.

The Great Depression: Causes and Effects

Decade of strong performance after the first World War, the stock market was euphoric and rose to unprecedented heights. When the economy got overheated and speculation ran rampant, a crash was unavoidable.

Relating The Macro Economy to Your Small Business

Believe it or not, the success of your small business depends to some extent on the economy as a whole. This article explains how economic indicators may be influencing your business success.

Acid Rain in China

Acid Rain is very serious indeed and it is getting somewhat serious in China these days. Why you ask? Well, due to all the air pollution and this is causing a huge issue in the reservoirs and rivers, soon the oceans off the coast as all this water makes its way to the sea.

China Sees Remarkable Improvement of Industrial Output

A recent statistics report showed that the industrial output of China had significantly improved last July compared to the same period last year. The National Bureau of Statistics declared that the nation's industrial output had increased up to 16.7% during the previous month. Although the development was lower compared to June's 19.5% growth per annum, many economic experts have still forecast a significant rise of the economy over the succeeding months.....

US Engages with China, Asia for Trade Deals

After yet another failed attempt to forge a multilateral deal on global trade issues at July's WTO meeting, the United States was quick to take actions to protect its trade welfare. Seeing that time is a crucial factor, the US government grabbed the immediate weeks post-July fiasco to secure trade stability with the whole of Asia.

How Regional Lay Offs and Company Closings Affect Us All

Recently in the Tampa Bay DMA, we saw a regional manufacturing company go out of business and 176 jobs were lost. The economic development association said it was a one-time thing and the local economy there was fine.

China is buying Goods Made in the U.S.A. – Scrap Paper

Scrap Paper and several other categories of products are on the positive side of the ledger for exports to China. Who would have dreamed that China would use our scrap paper to create other goods?

Globalization

The process of globalisation has started a long time ago but the effects are still unknown for many industries. During the last decades the world has seen a variety of financial crisises which occurred in many places. Global finance means huge cross-border flows of money which can have a negative influence when things go wrong, and lead to crisis which threatens the world financial system itself.

Public Transport - Australia's Pathetic Attempt

The No. 1 complaint in Australia and it is not hard to work out why...

Economic Indicator Not a Good Sign; Truck Tonnage Index Drops

As the United States rolls into Election Season with high stakes for both parties we seem to be getting some mixed indicators. First the Stock Market is now at an all time high, but last time we took out an all time high well it was all down hill from their for over a year. But things are different now they say.

Trade Agreements and Its Impact on the Indian Economy

INTRODUCTION: India is a democratic and political country with a well streamlined administrative structure, and an already existing mixed economy, with a rich experience of private sector operations. Also available in India is a vast stock of skilled manpower and entrepreneurial class, a reasonably good basic infrastructure and a good track record of fulfilling past international obligations. The present bout of economic reforms in India started in the eighties, mark both a continuity and a break with India's post-independence development strategy. India's strategy for development was largely influenced by:

Impact on Economy of September 11th

On September 11th 2001 a horrible tragedy happened, two aeroplanes were hijacked by terrorists and crushed into the towers of the World Trade Centre in New York. The buildings collapsed and thousands of citizens were awfully killed. This horrible tragedy had a great not only moral impact on the whole world but also brought consequences in different spheres of human life and activities. These terrifying events will never be forgotten and the consequences will be noticeable over years. Additional to the tragic loss of life, economic consequences were felt by the micro-economy of Lower Manhattan New York, the US economy, and the global economy as a whole.