The new Ferrari car is covered on the stand during the first media day of the 83rd Geneva Car Show at the Palexpo Arena in Geneva March 5, 2013. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the country's financial institutions have sufficient buffers against losses they may incur from rises in bond yields, as long as the market moves are driven by prospects of an economic recovery. The central bank will also be vigilant to any signs …

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Brazil will cancel or restructure almost $900 million in debt owed by African countries, a Brazilian official said on Saturday, as part of a plan to increase future funding to the continent. Latin America's economic powerhouse is increasingly expanding its economic ties with Africa, a sign of how …

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will refund taxes collected from Qatar National Bank's acquisition of National Societe Generale Bank to shareholders on Sunday, an official from a clearing company told Reuters on Saturday. The clearing company will return 10.2 million Egyptian pounds total in taxes it collected from NSGB shareholders, …

For a small business needing an immediate source of traffic and potential customers and leads, PPC is an essential tool. But like any tool, PPC is much more useful when you learn to use it correctly. Here are 8 basics we use with our small business PPC management clients that all small businesses should consider...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai mall developer Majid Al Futtaim Holding (MAF) is looking to raise at least $500 million from the issue of a hybrid debt sale to finance its buyout of French hypermarket chain Carrefour's stake in a regional venture. MAF, sole franchisee of Carrefour hypermarkets in the Middle East, said last week …

Content writing is an inherently creative act. If you’re not differentiating what you’re selling, you’re not going to be in business for very long. Copyblogger recently wrote about the Amazing Copywriting Machine. This machine was supposed to get the businesses lined up with the perfect copy, engineered to make sales. But …

I was listening to a discussion about how the Big Three U.S. automakers, who seem to be perpetually in financial trouble, don’t hesitate to spend hundreds of millions of dollars each on television advertising that simply doesn’t work. As an example, after Ford Motor Company sponsored American Idol and ran their commercials …

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to launch a 12.5 billion shillings bond on the Ugandan market, the second such issue from its 125 billion shilling issuance programme launched last year. The second tranche, which is to be sold as a tap sale on the original medium-term note issued in July last year, …

Valeant deal sparks share jump, helps TSX ends week higher TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index reversed earlier losses on Friday after several stocks jumped on takeover moves, helping the TSX shrug off uncertainty over U.S. central bank monetary policy that hurt U.S. indices. Shares in Valeant Pharmaceutical International …

As the risks in the stock market increase, investors most often run towards defensive stocks. The main reason behind this phenomenon is that companies that are considered defensive provide investors with a stream of dividends, even when the markets, as a whole, crumble. They are generally strong players in their industry, …

In recent years, your relationship with your customers has become more and more digital, and delivering good customer service in this context will continue to be a challenge (it’s no surprise a consulting firm called one of their recent studies “Customer Service in 2020: Winning in a digital world”). Delivering a good digital …

Google’s mobile operating system continues to expand into new areas, as was first seen in the marriage of Android and LG appliances at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January. This expansion, of course, comes as no surprise — the OS was built to push past the confines of personal computing and the desktop PC....

Stop Trying To Get Any-Old Horse To Drink I once heard a story about a young salesman who had given the very best pitch that he had to a prospect, but despite all his effort, the prospect still didn’t make a purchase. He went back to his office and told his boss that he didn’t...