[WATCH]: China drastically raises up the gasoline price
20-06-2008 China raises prices of oil and fuel WATCH VIDEO Source: CCTV.com | 06-20-2008 16:32 China has raised prices of gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel by over 8 percent beginning on Friday. The country’s chief economic planning body — the National Development and Reform Commission — says the drastic rise in energy prices was made to ensure supplies in the country. It also aims to narrow the gap between fuel prices in China and continuously rising international crude pr Read more
Business Relationships (The Numbers)
As most business owners and financial managers know there is a significant failure rate in businesses that are fairly new. Statistics might vary, but everyone would agree that any business failure is a disappointment for all concerned, the entrepreneur, and his lenders, suppliers, etc.
It is generally agreed upon that businesses fail due to mismanagement or poor financing. We will take a look at how business owners and their managers fair to recognize operating difficulties.
Proper control in a Read more
[WATCH]: Inside Business: State Of The Banking Sector
Banks tapped BOE’s special liquidity scheme for more than 200 Billion Pounds, says UBS; Barclays may need to raise up to 7.5 Billion Pounds to boost capital ratio, says RBS; Analysis by Georg Grodzki of Legal & General Investment Management
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Keeping in Touch With Some Basics How Banks Operate
There are some people who may wish to know a little about what banks are all about, especially when these financial institutions have had to swim in rather troubled waters just lately.
Banks are here to make money. It is hard to manage without them, and it is hard for them to manage without us. On the face of it, this looks like a marriage made in heaven. However, since all marriages are based on absolute trust and hate turbulent situations, and because these two features seem to be coming into Read more
[WATCH]: China Economy Growth: People's Bank of China said that Economic Growth was Slowing
www.StockMarketFunding.com China Economy Growth SHANGHAI, July 28 – China’s economy is slowing but the central bank is showing no signs of panic, eschewing the clear relaxation of monetary policy so desired by investors. It appears to have put a floor under a key short-term money market rate and has also called a halt to two months of liquidity injections, making for supportive — not stimulative — monetary conditions. “For now, what we have seen are signals that Read more
So, You've Made It – But, How Well is Your Business Doing?
How strong is your business? How has it faired this downturn? These questions can easily be answered by using simple financial ratios. Financial ratios are, in a sense, a quick and easy method of measuring your business as it stands and thus gleaning insight on how to improve or at the very least how to keep it from future collapse.
There are three major financial ratio measures:
Liquidity measures your company’s ability to pay its immediate or short-term (under one year) obligations. If a Read more