by bizadmin | Aug 28, 2013 | Featured, Investment, News, USA
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 27, 2013 – FS Investment Corporation, a business development company focused primarily on investing in the debt securities of private U.S. companies, announced today that it committed over $200 million toward proprietary investments in middle...
by bizadmin | Aug 13, 2013 | Europe, Featured, Germany, News
German analyst and investor sentiment climbed more than expected in August, a leading survey showed on Tuesday, suggesting Europe’s largest economy is gradually regaining momentum after suffering a contraction in late 2012 and a weak start to 2013. The ZEW...
by bizadmin | Jul 4, 2013 | Asia, Featured, Japan, News, Technology
China’s telecoms equipment giant Huawei this month announced it is increasing the share of Japanese parts in its smartphones from 50 to 70 per cent to boost its competitiveness against Samsung and Apple. This highlights the fact, not well known, that despite the...
by bizadmin | Jun 3, 2013 | NewsFeed
Pretoria – The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) has urged Japanese companies to choose South Africa as a preferred investment destination. “The fact that the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Index ranked South Africa first in the strength of...
by bizadmin | Jun 3, 2013 | NewsFeed
The latest book from Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the New York professor famous for dubbing large-scale, unpredictable and irregular events of massive consequences such as the astonishing success of Google, or 9/11, as Black Swans, is an advisory on how your behaviour,...