California’s Saez Wins Best Young Economist Award

Emmanuel Saez, a professor at the University of California in Berkeley who has done extensive work on income inequality, won the John Bates Clark […]

French Confidence Posts First Rise in 13 Months

French manufacturers’ confidence in April rose for the first time in 13 months, suggesting the slump in manufacturing in the euro area’s third-biggest economy […]

Japan Eases Recession Pain as Wage Cuts Support Jobs

Toshio Taniguchi is one of about 10,000 workers at Tokyo-based Renesas Technology Corp. who accepted a pay cut last month to keep the company […]

Weber Pushes for ECB Rate Floor as Council Bickers Over Policy

European Central Bank council member Axel Weber said the bank should call an end to rate reductions next month, pressuring policy makers to resolve […]

Thai Credit Ratings Face ‘Downgrade’ Risk, S&P Says

Thailand’s BBB+ credit rating may be lowered as the government struggles to quell escalating violence and the economy slows, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services […]

BOE Leaves Rate at 0.5%, Continues Pace of Bond Plan

The Bank of England left the benchmark interest rate unchanged and said it will keep buying government bonds to fight the deepest recession in […]

Winn-Dixie to sell organic wines

Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. has established a vendor relationship with an Oregon-based wine maker to sell organic wines in the company’s Florida stores.
Natural Merchants LLC will […]

Asian Economies Poised to ‘Spring Back’ on Stimulus, HSBC Says

Asian economies are poised to “spring back” from the biggest slowdown in more than a decade as lower interest rates, government stimulus plans and […]

Hank Asher sued by former company

South Florida database guru Hank Asher is starting a new technology business – and getting sued for it.
Reed Elsevier, the Massachusetts-based parent of LexisNexis and […]

U.S. auto sales plunge but bottom seen near

U.S. auto sales fell 37 percent in March, a smaller-than-expected drop that encouraged hope that the world’s largest car market is nearing a bottom […]