Spending vs. profits: Amazon, short-term investors at odds again

Spending vs. profits: Amazon, short-term investors at odds again

Article Featured on Reuters | Hadrian / Shutterstock.com Amazon.com Inc may be a "buy" for the vast majority of analysts, but it was a "sell" for a lot of investors on Friday. Few of those investors would have been disappointed, though.…
Ransomware Attacks Are Soaring, Says Beazley in Data Breach Report

Ransomware Attacks Are Soaring, Says Beazley in Data Breach Report

Article Featured on Insurance Journal Ransomware attacks against businesses will be four times higher in 2016 than last year, with a growing number of ransom-seeking hackers demanding bitcoin rather than money, according to a report by specialty…
Ransomware Attacks Are Soaring, Says Beazley in Data Breach Report

Ransomware Attacks Are Soaring, Says Beazley in Data Breach Report

Article Featured on Insurance Journal | Ransomware attacks against businesses will be four times higher in 2016 than last year, with a growing number of ransom-seeking hackers demanding bitcoin rather than money, according to a report by…
Banks ponder the meaning of life as Deutsche agonizes

Banks Ponder the Meaning of Life as Deutsche Agonizes

By Carmel Crimmins and Olivia Oran | Article Featured on Reuters | Faiz Zaki / Shutterstock.com It wasn't just Deutsche Bank that was grappling with big questions about the future at the International Monetary Fund meetings in Washington…
Rethinking the Oil Market

Rethinking the Oil Market

By RABAH AREZKI | Article Featured on Project Syndicate Oil prices have plummeted by about 65% from their peak in June 2014 (see chart below), and there is now intense debate about why. One thing we know for sure is that the oil market has…
Probing the Productivity Paradox

Probing the Productivity Paradox

Article by Kemal Dervis & Zia Qureshi | Featured on Project Syndicate Over the last decade or so, productivity growth has slowed considerably in most major developed economies, even as impressive advances have been made in areas like computing,…

China’s Runaway Housing Market Poses Latest Challenge for Yuan

Article Featured on Bloomberg News Here's the latest uncertainty facing China's currency: sky high house prices. A runaway boom in the largest cities will push investors to look for cheaper alternatives overseas, draining money out of…
Most U.K. CEOs Say They Would Consider Moving After Brexit

Most U.K. CEOs Say They Would Consider Moving After Brexit

By Alex Morales | Featured on Bloomberg News The U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union has left more than three-quarters of chief executive officers saying they would consider moving their headquarters or operations outside Britain,…
8 Signs an Employee Is Exceptional

8 Signs an Employee Is Exceptional (Which Never Appear on Performance Evaluations)

Article by Jeff Haden Contributing editor, Inc. @jeff_haden | Featured on Inc.com We can all spot a great employee: she's dependable, proactive, hardworking, a great leader, and a great follower. She brings a wide variety of easily defined--but…
U.S. trade deficit narrows as exports hit 10-month high

U.S. trade deficit narrows as exports hit 10-month high

Article Featured on Reuters The U.S. trade deficit fell more than expected in July as exports rose to their highest level in 10 months, offering further evidence that economic growth picked up early in the third quarter. The Commerce Department…