While the stock market has continued to fall a little by a little, pint by point since 2007, but there are other ways to trade that are remaining strong. One area that is continuing to prosper is the area of difference trading which is continuing to rise in popularity among private investors who are able to see the many advantages of trading against the margin and the amount of profit that there is to be had. Continue reading
CEO Sanjay Jha and Motorola Mobility have been sued by a shareholder who claims that Motorola did not get the best deal when they decided to allow Google to purchase them, thus cheating the shareholders out of money. Investor John Keating is claiming that the large $12.5 billion buyout was not enough for the company despite the fact that Google had to agree to pay a 63% premium on shares for Motorola, and the fact that everyone else in the business world spent all week exclaiming over the costs of the buyout.
At the moment there are eight countries waiting to get their accession into the European Union, but it looks like Serbia may have some time to wait as they are near the end of the line. In 2005 Turkey and Croatia started to negotiate joining the union with Turkey possibly joining the union in 15 years and Croatia by the time the year closes. The remaining six countries including Serbia have been told they can join once they meet the proper criteria which include rule of law, democracy, adherence to the EU economic and political union, and a market economy.
Bond yields are starting to soar as many people have started to fear that the Greek financial crisis will spread into neighbouring countries Spain and Italy. Southern Europe in particular is worried which could be seen in the markets this week with Italy and Spain forced to pay a higher price in order to get out of debt after many concerns rose last week that the bailout of Greece will not actually help solve the problems that are prevalent throughout the Eurozone. Also during the week, Spain’s short term borrowing hit a three year high.
Now that Google+ has officially landed, many people are wondering if the popular search engine has been able to finally get a hold on the social networking world, but the answer to that question is actually twofold.
The truth of that matter is that on paper it looks as if Google+ is excelling and winning users over by the minute, but in actual application, the new social network has a long way to go until it can actually brag that it is up there with the likes of Facebook and Twitter.
