Zacks.com submits: Ford Motor Co’s (F) auto sales in Europe’s 19 core markets have leaped 19.8% to 113,100 vehicles in November. This has resulted in a year-to-date market share of 9.1% for the company, the highest since 1999. The sale...

Mercedes-Benz vehicles made in China now place in the top half of all the company's vehicles when ranked for quality. Ulrich Walker, Chairman and CEO of Daimler Northeast Asia, said (rather testily) that those rides are good enough to send to other countries: "Yes, our cars here are exportable. Ther...

Abu Dhabi agreed to buy $7.5 billion in Citigroup (NYSE:C) shares at about eight times the current price. According to Bloomberg, that desert nation’s major fund “invested in November 2007, getting equity units that can b...

Aabar Investments have revealed their partnership with Virgin Galactic to fly from Abu Dhabi to Los Angeles in a mere two hours.

Whether you are collecting payment on a business transaction from a customer across the street or a client who is 12,000 miles away, learning how to collect payment on an overseas sales...

The British Airways Christmas strike couldn't come at a worse time. The BA cabin crew strike could put up to one million air travelers on hold, and thousands of crew members out of work. What if you already have a flight booked on British Airways...

In a stinging speech at the Young Corporate Malaysians Summit today Former finance minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah described Malaysia as an “oil cursed” country. “When I started Petronas in 1974, I did not realise I would see the day when I w...

Abu Dhabi did the unexpected. It provided fellow member of the United Arab Emirates Dubai $10 billion in funds. Four billion dollars of that will go to give support for Dubai’s real estate fund Nakheel. The balance will go to Dubai World as...

Back in October, we discussed what I described as an over reaction to Swine flu: H1N1 Fatality Rates: Overreaction? Many of the comments disagreed. The WSJ reports today that 1 in 6 Americans...

Although this is after the fact, it's still interesting and relevant to see that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in China are looking for ways to expand their businesses...

In India, Twitter is spreading like a wildfire, especially in the media world - every media house sports it’s Twitter handle and wants you to follow them. But media being media, they still...

British bankers are going bonkers today after the UK government announced that it wouldn't stand idly by as they showered themselves with obscene bonuses made possible by last year's massive infusion of government money. Alistair Darling...

Football would never be as ubiquitous without its ability to span generations, from grandpas to Pop Warner league kids, as well as gender. But it still has a majority...

Reader Andrew sent a research report by Pivot Capital Management, which makes a compelling case that the capital spending bubble in China has reached its limits. This is important in a narrow...

The British government is getting a much-needed from the country's National Audit Office. It's pissed off anyway. The NAO concludes that "the Treasury was justified in using taxpayers' money" and...

If you want to encourage the kind of conspiracy theories that have prospered in the wake of last year’s financial crisis — those that describe a secret cabal of elites running the world — try...

California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, a Republican candidate for governor, says insurance companies doing business in California have invested $12 billion in Iran's defense, nuclear, energy and banking industries. That also makes them...

It’s always impressive when a car wins an award, and the Volkswagen Polo has recently won European Car of the Year. Seven of the biggest car magazines pool together to decide this, and they chose a fifth generation VW hatch that beat out some ...

Dubai World said Uncle on Nov 25 asking for an extension on debt payments totaling some $80 B. Dubai does not have any oil in particular, the oil is in the neighboring countries. So who's...

Are American companies boosting poor economies by swooping up farmland or is there some other hidden agenda going on? Read more at "Land Rush in Africa" and weigh in with your comments.