Asian stocks rose as Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average climbed above 15,000 for the first time since January 2008 after the yen touched a 4 1/2-year low against the dollar, boosting the earnings outlook for exporters. Sony Corp. surged 12 percent as billionaire Danie Loeb pushed for the initial public offering of the Japanese electronics […]

Argentina received 27 percent more of the foreign direct investment (FDI) last year than in 2011, according to a report released by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL in Spanish). However, it represents only 2.3 percent of the GDP or USD 12.551 billion. The region’s FDI expanded 6.7 percent […]

Argentina received 27 percent more of the foreign direct investment (FDI) last year than in 2011, according to the report released by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL in Spanish). However, it represents only 2.3 percent of GDP or USD 12.551 billion. The region’s FDI expanded 6.7 percent last […]

Over the past 30 years, most nations became more dependent upon others to promote their own economic development and to import the goods and services not made in their own country. And while recent trends and reports show that major companies in the U.S. appear to have started reshoring—or at least are seriously considering it—I […]