Als Schritt zur stärkeren Kontrolle des Schattenbanken-Wesens schlägt die EU-Kommission eine gesetzliche Regulierung der Geldmarktfonds vor. Der Branche geht der Vorstoss zu weit, während er für Berlin und Paris nicht restriktiv genug ist.
Die Schweizer Pensionskassen leiden stark unter den niedrigen Zinsen am Kapitalmarkt. Viele schichten in der Folge Gelder in riskantere Anlagen um.
Das Bauhauptgewerbe darf 2013 mit einem guten Jahr rechnen. Die langfristigen Aussichten sind jedoch nur leicht positiv. In den Bergregionen führt die Zweitwohnungsinitiative zu einer eher negativen Entwicklung.
Diesen September kommen viele Faktoren zusammen, die die Märkte belasten können. Laut Jeff Mortimer von BNY Mellon Wealth Management werden die nächsten Wochen für Anleger sehr anspruchsvoll.
Samsung's Galaxy Gear boldly goes where it's unclear if anything should go in the first place
The NFL players' union is sounding the warning to players
Bionym's smartwatch project stands out from others by incorporating biometrics for identity verification and communicating with other devices
Weibo is better at public sentiment about the news, but Weixin may become best at professional networking and viral marketing
A quiet launch for sixth-generation e-reader Kindle Paperwhite, plus some alluring new features, cements Amazon's towering digital dominance
Eastman Kodak, coming out of reorganization, will concentrate mostly on specialized commercial printing
Some members of Microsoft's board have had trouble choosing good successors at other companies in the past
Service-sector profits appear to be expanding slightly, but a closer look shows the money going to propped-up banks
Alabama's microbreweries are bucking small business hiring trends
A paper from the Kauffman Foundation says nothing spawns new tech companies like old tech companies
People working for themselves may get better deals buying health plans as individuals or as small businesses, depending on their circumstances
In Jason Kidd's hands, Jay-Z's ownership stake of the Nets feels like a pumpkin a minute after midnight
The basketball star will be executive producer of a new half-hour cable-TV sitcom about the burdens of fame
The unfinished first episode from the forthcoming season of Showtime's <em>Homeland</em> appeared on BitTorrent over the weekend
Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco would relish all the weird arguments and ironic logic
With LinkedIn shares selling for five times their 2011 launch price, who can fault management for moving to lock in an additional $1 billion in cash?
TruTags make it possible for companies to mark everything from baby formula to car parts