Retail Holiday Sales This Year: Make-or-Break

Retail Holiday Sales This Year: Make-or-Break

Aug. 29, 2007 by

According to CNNMoney.com, the upcoming fourth quarter is the make-or-break period for the retail industry and the path leading to the crucial holiday season is peppered with land mines. As much as 50 % of merchants’ annual profits and sales

Asian Stocks Fall in Morning Session

Asian Stocks Fall in Morning Session

Aug. 15, 2007 by

Asian stocks fell Thursday morning, battered by persistent jitters over U.S. housing loan problems and their possible damage to global financial markets. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 2.6 % on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the morning session, and