The U.S. shutdown continues unabated into its second week with no signs that an end is on the horizon. Some 800,000 workers are currently on “furlough” without any income (as we advised last week, starting a home business is a good strategy for these folk). One part of the system that has remained open during…
Even with the largest one-day fall in a year, the FTSE 100 was able to continue the impressive record of gains for 12 consecutive months by finishing strongly on Friday night to close out May. This is it’s longest ever consecutive winning streak. How much of this do you think is due to quantitative easing…
This cool circus infographic showing US small business confidence is based on figures from 2012 but it is still well worth checking out. Find out how much US investment and expansion increased last year, what CEOs were saying about their business confidence and whether business owners were expecting their venture to grow and expand before…
Good news for our North American readers today as the latest US nonfarm payrolls – the compiled name for all goods-producing, construction and manufacturing companies – revealed that 165,000 new jobs were created last month. That’s 20,000 more than expected by economists and means that unemployment in the US is now 7.5%, the lowest level…
