http://economicsurveys.com Last business news Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:24:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en China http://economicsurveys.com/rio-catching-bhp-in-bond-risk-on-china-demand-australia-credit-bloomberg/ Geotechnology Inc. promoted Joseph D. Darmody to manager of the environmental group in its Maryland Heights office. Darmody has been with Geotechnology since 2006, and he has supervised a variety of projects. He also has been the company's corporate health and safety director since 2008. Darmody is active in professional ... http://economicsurveys.com/geotechnology-inc-promotes-joseph-darmody/ Japan http://economicsurveys.com/japan-electronics-makers-warn-of-17-billion-loss-as-samsung-tightens-grip-bloomberg/ A third round of large-scale asset purchases by the Federal Reserve is not needed and would compound the difficulties of tightening monetary policy when the time finally comes, a top Fed official said on Thursday. "Personally I don't see how you can justify it given the state of ... http://economicsurveys.com/fed-still-divided-as-fisher-sees-no-need-for-qe3/ Spanish unemployment registrations jumped by the most in three years in January as the economy edged into its second recession since the end of 2009. The number of people signing on for jobless benefits increased by 177,470 to 4.6 million, the Labor Ministry in Madrid said in an ... http://economicsurveys.com/spanish-unemployment-grows-most-in-three-years-as-recession-looms-economy-bloomberg/ It's the best start for stocks in 15 years. In what was mostly a slow and steady climb, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 3.4 percent in January and the Standard & Poor's 500 gained 4.4 percent, the best performances for both indexes to open a year since 1997. Investors ... http://economicsurveys.com/hot-start-dow-and-sp-have-best-january-since-97/ Valuations for U.S. equities have been stuck below the five-decade average for the longest period since Richard Nixon http://economicsurveys.com/longest-sp-500-valuation-slump-since-nixon-discounting-record-us-profit-bloomberg/ Officials say talks between Greece and private creditors on halving the country's privately held debt load have ended and a deal is very close. A statement from creditor representatives Charles Dallara and Jean Lemierre says the two sides are "close to the finalization of a voluntary (private sector involvement) ... ... http://economicsurveys.com/private-creditors-deal-with-greece-close/ Billionaire Warren Buffett donated stock in his company worth $41.6 million to eight unnamed charities during the second half of 2011. Buffett revealed the donations Wednesday in a year-end update on his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock holdings. Buffett gave away 521,292 Class B shares of Berkshire stock between July and ... http://economicsurveys.com/buffett-gave-42m-in-stock-to-8-unnamed-charities/ Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said slower inflation gives policy makers room to increase bond purchases to aid the U.K. economy and guard against a http://economicsurveys.com/king-says-boe-can-increase-bond-purchases-if-needed-to-meet-inflation-goal-bloomberg/