Ireland’s greatest export has always been its people, or so it has been said. The Emerald Isle seems to have a most tragic association with emigration. The Great Famine of the 1840s took a sizeable chunk of the then population of 8.2 million and set many of them off around the world. By the end of the 40s, the effect had been so severe that about half of all immigration into the United States originated from Ireland. Even with the various international population balloons of the last 160 years, the …

Europe continues to struggle with a financial recovery they were ill prepared for, and a return to stability seems at least half a decade away. Austerity budgets have been passed, and the bailout of Ireland and Greece has put the strain on not just their respective economies, but the wider European Economic Community. Most believe that Spain, unlike its Iberian neighbour, will never require a bailout, but the positive signs of recovery are minimal and the economy still rather put upon. Spain remains a thriving tourist economy of course, and …

The economies of the United States and Mexico are heavily interrelated. The flow of money between the two nations represents a significant amount of employment in both. Mexico’s dependence on the United States is apparent via the amount of remittances ($20 billion dollars per year) sent from Mexican citizens working in the United States, as well as the way the peso changes in value as the dollar rises and falls in the world markets. Less known is the dependence of the United States economy on the Mexican economy. Mexican capitalist …

The period between now and Christmas would be an unsettled one. Such uncertainty would auger well for the dollar, U.S. interest rates, and equity portfolios carrying strong U.S. and commodity exposure. Ripples in the water coming from geopolitical events, such as from Korean artillery duels and Wikileaks scandals, or economic ones like another bluehost European sovereign bailout, are serving a useful purpose from our perspective – they have arrested corrections in commodity markets and breathed some life into the U.S. dollar, both of which have helped move Cash Cow’s portfolios …

When looking for answers about how bad the economy is, comprehend that it’s only as undesirable as enterprises make it. Businesses have to adapt in order to work within the changing marketplace. If they are ready to step away from their comfort zones, they can truly execute business very well in the course of a recession.
Quite a few enterprises have been able to generate more revenue in the course of an economic depression, which indicates individuals really should not be turning their backs on their companies in the course …

Think of the words linked with the tough economic downturn and then see how you can prevent becoming a component of the trouble. Look at phrases like lack of work, inflation, credit and financial debt. All of these phrases are an aspect of a critical monetary disaster that is taking over the United States.
These function in tandem to destroy the economic climate in the country. As each one stakes their claim on the economic system, most folks have been able to avoid the issue all together. …

A recent report by the Business Visits & Events Partnership states that the UK Events Industry is worth £36.1 billion. This figure outlines the sheer scale of the UK Events sector and the ever-growing recognition of the impact and importance of Events. Whether it’s corporate, social, private or public, an event is an experience; and can have a huge impact on people, an impact that cannot be established through any other medium. It is because of this that events are so commonly used as a marketing tool. Top brands such …

In case it wasn’t already adequate that Apple and Blackberry are in their own phone and tablet computer warfare, now Microsoft in addition has stepped in the line of fire and attempt to get a part of the mind-boggling smartphone sector by unveiling their own variation called the Windows Phone 7.
The discharge time frame has been believed to be sometime in October this season, just one month after RIM has revealed their PlayBook that is meant to wipe Apple’s iPad out from the top rated position. When you see the …

It’s now been 16 months since the Great Recession of 2008-9 ended, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Yet the majority of Americans remain unconvinced that things are getting better. The problem is that things are getting better – but only for certain people. The good news for investors is that we are among the lucky ones.
To illustrate, we’ve just finished compiling a table of where key economic statistics stood 16 months after each of the last six recessions. By comparing the average post-recession …

Stocks are pausing today, led by pullbacks in tech giants Apple and International Business Machines, whose earnings/guidance came in light of some expectations, even though for Apple the disappointment was only for iPad unit sales. Earnings season is in full swing and tech is by no means the only sector that’s coming up short for the latest quarter.
Also putting pressure on our stock market, in a surprise move China raised a key short-term lending rate for the first time in more than two years. The move is aimed at …