UBS survey: U.S. firms put shareholder payments top, capex last

Eleven years after it was enacted, a law governing disclosure of payments to governments still hasn’t gone into effect. A proposed new rule has been criticized as toothless......»»

The fast-worsening COVID-19 pandemic has triggered layoffs at more than a quarter of construction firms responding to an online survey released tod.....»»

Britain's economy looks set for a slump that in the short term could be deeper than during the depression of the 1930s, as a survey showed the coronavirus crisis caused a record downturn among services and manufacturing firms in March......»»

The dollar climbed against a swathe of currencies on Tuesday amid fiscal year-end demand by Japanese firms while the Australian dollar slipped despite a Chinese survey showing manufacturing returned to growth in March......»»

Indian ride-hailing company Ola, backed by Softbank Group , wants loan waivers for drivers and a delay in tax payments to make up for coronavirus-related lost income, according to a source and document seen by Reuters......»»

Germany plans a half-trillion euro fund to support companies thrown into payments difficulties by the coronavirus crisis, which will have the ability to guarantee liabilities or even inject capital when needed, Der Spiegel reported on Friday......»»

Morsa Images/Getty Images According to a WalletHub survey, 67 million Americans a.....»»

Lego has topped a list of the world's most reputable companies for the fourth year in a row, according to an annual survey, closely followed by Disney, with both firms appearing in the top 10 every year since 2011......»»

The Bureau of Economic Analysis plans to ask financial institutions whether they conducted any crypto trades with foreigners in 2019......»»

Pending U.S. securities rules that would limit shareholder proposals have divided passive and active U.S. fund firms as some take a harder line on issues like climate change......»»

More than a thousand banks, asset managers, payments companies and insurers in the European Union plan to open offices in post-Brexit Britain so they can continue serving UK clients, regulatory consultancy Bovill said on Monday......»»

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The U.S. economy expanded at a modest pace through the final six weeks of 2019 but uncertainty over U.S. trade policy continued to hurt firms, a survey conducted by the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday......»»

One of the Tampa Bay area's largest law firms has a new managing shareholder. Lori Baggett is the new managing shareholder in the Tampa office of Carlton Fields, the law firm said Friday. Baggett succeeds Luis “Lu” Prats, who served in the ro.....»»

With their business outlook worsening, about half of oil field service firms plan to cut spending in 2020, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas said on Friday in its quarterly energy survey......»»

A majority of those companies using Internet of Things technology has adopted, or is considering adopting, blockchain......»»

Electric air taxis — known colloquially, if somewhat misleadingly, as "flying cars" — could draw millions of investor dollars away from ground-based transportation start-up firms in 2020, according to a study released on Monday......»»

U.S. private-sector job growth unexpectedly slowed to its weakest pace in six months in November, and goods producers and construction firms cut jobs, a private survey said on Wednesday......»»

Doctors in Washington D.C. received more than $18.5 million in non-research-related payments from pharmaceutical companies and medical device firms in 2018, according to a Washington Business Journal analysis of data from the Centers for Medicaid and.....»»

Capital investment by Chinese firms has ground to its slowest pace in three years, as a weakening economy, tight credit and prolonged trade war with the United States dent sales growth and cash reserves, a Reuters analysis showed......»»