All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Economics

A CEO presents great financial figures – and has to step down. Unthinkable? Well, not really as you will find out while reading this analysis. Siemens, one of Europe’s largest engineering companies, has been hit by a series of corruption scandals in recent months revolving around the payment by some...

The process of nationalization of the Oil & Gas Industry in Venezuela is irreversible. "Facing reality": An agreement with the Venezuelan Government is not only possible but interesting to being considered. However, under the framework of a "Socialismo del Siglo XXI" foreign corporations must...

Now it’s official. The buyout bid is on the table and the shareholders are not pleased at all. But why is that? This analysis provides full background information and shows why there is no indication that the offer will be changed. Luxury goods retailer PPR, previously known as Pinault-Printemps-Redoute,...

The Potsdam trade talks between the G 4 WTO members – the United States, the EU, Brazil and India – concluded last week without progress on bridging most negotiating positions. But an agreement at the Potsdam talks was not indispensable to the ultimate success of the WTO’s Doha Round negotiations....

The Potsdam meetings confirmed what analysts already know -- concentrating on solving the problem of "agriculture" will forever doom global trade talks and lead to an impass that will surely force changes in the underlying views of the Atlantic concensus that "free trade" is always preferable to "managed...

This analysis presents in greater detail the facts behind the move by Porsche and explains why Porsche is not planning to completely take over VW for the time being. Germany’s financial regulators have approved a takeover offer for Volkswagen AG made by automaker Porsche AG, which it was forced to...

Fuller utilization of existing capacity has been the key objective A reorientation of services to take into account users' preferences is being attempted. An important part of the strategy is the emphasis on capacity expansion  

A quote from an auto executive suggesting that the companies may move production (and jobs) overseas if satisfactory cost reductions are not obtained in the 2007 UAW negotiations is consistent with a more combative labor relations strategy than the industry has traditionally pursued over the past 25-30...

The recent US-China talks were useful because of the dialogue on health and safety issues but the short-term results were disappointing because there was little movement on the currency exchange-rate issue. The heart of the matter is that China's trade surplus vis a vis the US is too large because its...

While the current and foreseeable fundamentals in the US and Europe economies favour a  continuing slide of the dollar vs the Euro, the outcome of the French Presidential elections may well put a break on this trend.