Top U.S. Trading Partners
International Trade is a major component of US commerce. The top 15 U.S. trading partners accounted for 75.3% of total US imports and 71.7% of exports.
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Growth in the Use of Binary Options (Why people are choosing them)
Binary Options are everywhere these days. Today we will look at what makes them so appealing and why traders are switching from trading pure Forex, stocks or commodities to trading Binary Options on the same asset classes.
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Beijing’s Pollution Alarms Neighbors
The good news for the Chinese leadership is that their fiscal policies have paid off, producing both the world’s second-largest economy and the globe’s leading creditor nation in less than a generation. The less good news is that the country’s hell-bent drive towards industrialization has brought in its train a host of collateral problems, not the least of which is pollution. Last month Beijing’s air pollution soared past levels considered hazardous by the World Health Organization.
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Can Leak Detection End the Pipeline Impasse?
Pipelines used to be things that were just built without blinking. It is said that there are enough pipelines now in the US to encircle the Earth 25 times with enough left over to also tie a bow around it. Today, getting a pipeline built is not so easy – there are too many environmental concerns and the industry has become highly polarized. But here’s one thing that could bring everyone together: pipeline safety technology. And it’s something we all want, especially for those who live along the thousands of miles of aging pipeline routes that carry hazardous liquids.
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Understanding Student Loan Consolidation Rates
These days many recent graduates of colleges and universities have to deal with massive student loans. Often, seeing that lump of debt can be overwhelming, and the process can be even more difficult when you are dealing with several different payments per month. Understanding student loan consolidation rates may help you to better deal with these issues.
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Student Loan Trends
Back in 2007 the Sub-prime mortgage bubble popped and almost took the entire banking system with it. The reason the bubble was able to get that big was because of the backing of the Federal Government. Without government backing the market would not have trusted those risky loans and the bubble would never have formed
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Re-emergent house flippers are set to flop.
Two years before the housing bust became painfully obvious to U.S. homeowners, EWI’s publications warned subscribers that the housing market had reached extremes and was about to bust. Now, lofty expectations for home prices have returned. So have house “flippers.” Is it different this time? Is it safe again to speculate in U.S. real estate?
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The Last Believers: Government Grabs the Bag with Both Hands
The following is a sample from Elliott Wave International’s new 40-page report, The State of the Global Markets — 2013 Edition: The Most Important Investment Report You’ll Read This Year. This article was originally published in the October 2012 issue of The Elliott Wave Financial Forecast. When government gets into the act of speculation, the
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Germany Removing Some Gold Reserves from US
Is Germany preparing for future capital controls? The best indicator of a chess player’s form is his ability to sense the climax of the game. –Boris Spassky, World Chess Champion, 1969-1972 You’ve likely heard that the German central bank announced it will begin withdrawing part of its massive gold holdings from the United States as
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Trends in Australian Mining Industry
The rising cost of mining operations and unstable prices of commodities combined with the rising strength of Australian dollar has made times tougher for the Australian mining industry, even at the best mines in the country. Current tends in Australian Mining Industry Increasing Cost of Production and Uncertain Commodity Demand- High rising cost of labor, introduction
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