Evidence that the EU-12 will continue to attract FDI, but at a lower rate, is provided by the annual United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s (UNCTD) World Investments Prospects Survey (WIPS). Conducted between February and May, the WIPS is based on 241 responses and 20 interviews with executives at large, nonfinancial, transnational corporations. As […]

Despite extreme market volatility, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and NASDAQ ended the month up 2.3%, 3.6% and 5.6%, respectively. For most of September, the US equity markets were bolstered by the declining US dollar and optimistic statements by the Federal Reserve. In addition, several economic indicators for August, such as industrial production, […]

The second of IBO’s biannual new laboratory roundup primarily focuses on pharmaceutical and biological research. Despite the effects of the global economic downturn, a number of new pharmaceutical and consumer goods testing labs have been announced or completed in China with both government and private support. In the US, although a number of private pharmaceutical […]