Pre-feasibility Studies

Pre-feasibility Studies

Pre-feasibility studies are well researched yet generic due diligence reports that facilitate potential entrepreneurs in project identification for investment

A typical pre-feasibility study provides:

1) Comprehensive information for investment opportunity in a business.

2) Specific information regarding different business areas like, marketing, technical, industrial information etc. for the existing entrepreneurs to improve their exiting setup.

3) Project investment information and financial projections to support viability of the business.

There are 124 Pre-feasibility Studies are available relating to agriculture , carpets, food, IT , services etc.

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U.S. job losses total 742,000 for March

U.S. job losses total 742,000 for March

Layoffs in the U.S. private sector in March outstripped economists' forecasts, reaching 742,000, compared with the 663,000 that experts expected, according to ADP Employer Services. Businesses will have to see more evidence that the downturn is leveling out "before the drop in payrolls will slow," said Ian Shepherdson, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics

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Islamic finance expected to hit $1.6 trillion by 2012

Islamic finance expected to hit $1.6 trillion by 2012

A report from consultancy Oliver Wyman predicts that assets of the Islamic finance industry worldwide will increase to roughly $1.6 trillion by 2012. Currently, the industry is estimated to have assets of as much as $1 trillion. The report identifies growth opportunities in Southeast Asia, Pakistan and the Middle East

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Royal Bank of Scotland cuts 9,000 jobs

Royal Bank of Scotland cuts 9,000 jobs

Anger has erupted after the Royal Bank of Scotland announced plans to cut 9,000 jobs, with half of the losses planned in Britain.

The scale of the part-nationalised lender's latest redundancy programme – under plans to cut 9,000 technology, property, operations and processing jobs worldwide in the next two years – provoked union outrage.

The bank will cut 4,500 of these jobs in Britain in a clear-out of its back-office operations - on top of the 2,700 UK positions lost in the retail and corporate bank earlier this year.

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Exchange-traded fund introduction

Exchange-traded fund

An exchange-traded fund (or ETF) is an investment vehicle traded on stock exchanges, much like stocks. An ETF holds assets such as stocks or bonds and trades at approximately the same price as the net asset value of its underlying assets over the course of the trading day. Most ETFs track an index, such as the S&P 500 or MSCI EAFE. ETFs may be attractive as investments because of their low costs, tax efficiency, and stock-like features.

A new investing trend of increasing importance is the exchange-traded funds (ETFs). These new financial assets have some characteristics of index mutual funds, closed-end funds, and even individual stocks. An ETF is a basket of stocks that tracks a particular sector, investment style, geographical area, or the market as a whole.

ETFs have characteristics of both direct and indirect investing.

TYPES OF ETFS

1. Broad Domestic Market Index ETFs

ETFs that fall into this category track a market index. They follow an index based on a country’s stock market and are usually the most active ETFs on that exchange.

2. Style ETFs

Some ETFs track a certain investment style or market capitalization (large-cap, small-cap). Style ETFs are most actively traded in the United States and exist on growth and value indexes developed by S&P / BARRA and Russell.

3. Sector or Industry ETFs

ETFs that fall into this category track a sector index or a basket of stocks representing a certain industry.

4. Country or Region ETFs

There are certain ETFs that track the performance of foreign country and regional indexes. This is one of the fastest-growing segments of ETF categories

Russia to implement $111.5 billion stimulus, Putin says

Russia to implement $111.5 billion stimulus, Putin says

Bracing for a year "that will be very hard for us," Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told the nation's lower house of parliament that the government is readying a $111.5 billion stimulus. So far in the downturn, he said, Russia has "managed to avoid the worst scenario.

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China's economy could rebound this year, World Bank says

China's economy could rebound this year, World Bank says

China could turn around its economic slowdown by midyear, then go on to return stability to its neighbors across Asia, according to the World Bank. Driven by the government's mammoth economic stimulus, China's recovery "is likely to begin this year and take full hold in 2010," the World Bank said

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More economists see U.S. starting recovery this summer

More economists see U.S. starting recovery this summer

With stocks rallying and some economic indicators turning positive, increasingly more economists are predicting that a U.S. recovery is not far away. Some even suggested that growth will be robust when it returns rather than a feeble upturn. Lakshman Achuthan, managing director of the Economic Cycle Research Institute, said recovery could be as little as four months away

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Retail sales, producer prices slide in Europe

Retail sales, producer prices slide in Europe

In Europe, the fall in February's producer prices outstripped predictions by economists, and the drop in retail sales set a record, raising concerns that the region is on the verge of deflation. Prices at the factory gate in the eurozone declined 1.8%, the most since April 1999, and retail sales fell 4%, the biggest drop since the rate was first collected in 1996

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Sun shares drop on failed IBM talks

Sun shares drop on failed IBM talks

Shares of Sun Microsystems Inc tumbled 24 percent on Monday after the company rejected rival computer and software maker International Business Machines Corp's $7 billion offer.

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