Archive for June 2010

Key Drivers For Retail Excellence In India

Modern retail has entered India as seen in sprawling shopping centers, multi-storied malls and huge complexes offer shopping, entertainment and food all under one roof. Growth in Indian retail has been driven by the country’s economic fundamentals over the past few years. Increasing number of nuclear families, easy financing options, increase in the population of [...]

How to Find the Perfect Marketing Solution

Every small business owner knows only too well that a well planned marketing strategy will keep them in profit regardless of the ups and downs of the economy. Some business owners tend to plough much of their marketing budget into offline advertising, like press ads, magazine ads, radio and television commercials.
Whilst others prefer to [...]

Things You Should Know About Investing In Bonds

Investing in bonds is just like investing in stocks.  Investors need to realise that investing in bonds entail risks which could affect the values of bonds.  The major risk of investing in bonds comes from the concern about the issuers’ ability to meet its scheduled interest and principal payments.  If you are investing in bonds, [...]

Online Investing is All the Rage

The financial world can be frightening. While there are loads of finance institutions willing to give recommendation or assistance, there still looks to be no method to get in on the best profit-making systems. Savings are always an option, but with rates as low as 3 and infrequently even 1 %, you’re looking at a [...]

Importance of the Euro-dollar Market to Sterling

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EURO-DOLLAR MARKET TO THE MANAGEMENT OF STERLING
A. Introduction
Throughout the 1960s, the management of sterling had been a central preoccupation of British governments. This preoccupation largely determined the way Britain viewed the Euro-dollar market*, as the government was constantly hit by the pressures which the international use of sterling placed [...]

Collateral management with the help of financial services software

Collateral management allows lenders to employ less risk than they would have previously, by any number of unsecured financial transactions. Collateral has been an effective means for collecting unpaid debts for hundreds of years, so how does it work today? In today’s industry, it typically is considered bilateral insurance. Although in the last twenty years, [...]

Cayman Islands Banking and Investment Fund Management

Cayman Islands financial services not only include standard banking offerings, but total wealth management. The Cayman Islands have also emerged as one of the world’s leading investment fund centers, driven largely by the welcoming environment and good reputation of the Islands, and bolstered by the opening of the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange. If you want [...]

Permal Fx Financials And Futures – Types of Foreign Currency Hedging Vehicles

Permal Fx Financials And Futures
The following are some of the most common types of foreign currency hedging vehicles used in today’s markets as a foreign currency hedge. While retail forex traders typically use foreign currency options as a hedging vehicle. Banks and commercials are more likely to use options, swaps, swaptions and other more [...]

Adidas-Reebok Merger

OVERVIEW
 
Footwear is no longer viewed as a commodity that just offers protection for feet. What was hitherto considered a ‘Want’ is today a basic ‘Need’. Today, the footwear trade is a vast and dynamic operation involving huge economies of scale. The low-cost countries are gaining foothold in international markets leading developed countries to [...]

UxC President To U.S. Utilities: Buy American

Summary: In the face of Asian competition and possible supply shocks to the uranium market, UxC president Jeff Combs urges U.S. utilities to “support the expansion of production in the United States.” He believes there’s a good chance for $50/pound uranium this year. “Any shock to supply could send prices much, much higher.”
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