Most consumers find imports best value
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Most U.S. consumers think domestic manufacturers no longer offer the best quality or make the most innovative products, a survey released Thursday shows.
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Importing cheaper drugs from up north isn't as simple as it seems
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NEW YORK - Only 4 percent of Americans have ever used the Internet to buy prescription drugs - and even fewer do so through foreign pharmacies - despite Web sites maintained by a handful of states to help citizens import medicines more cheaply from Canada, a new study finds.    A majority - 62 percent - believe drugs bought online are less safe than those purchased from a local pharmacy, accepting the federal government's stated concerns in opposing drug imports, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said in a report Sunday...
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Get the most out of your investing dollars by buying the best and the cheapest, all in one.
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The value of goods imported into the United States last year was $763.3 billion more than the value of what was exported.
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Strong demand makes commodity companies a hot ticket. Where are the best returns?
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JapanÂs trade surplus was sharply higher in August compared with a year earlier as companies shipped more cars and steel to global markets. The trade surplus widened 95.5 percent, to 200.5 billion yen ($1.71 billion) as exports to the United States grew 19.3 percent and sales to China expanded 20 percent, government data showed. The value of exports of automobiles to the United States rose 49.3 percent from a year earlier, the fastest pace since January 1997.
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Cheap for a reason, or great opportunities? We investigate.
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We pick through the fastest growers to find the best investments.
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Investor's Business Daily - A 1% rise in June import prices was led by a 4.7% increase in imported petroleum prices, the Labor Dept. said. Headline prices topped a 0.7% increase forecast by Wall Street. Excluding oil, prices rose 0.2% after a 0.5% increase the month before. Export prices rose 0.3%.
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U.S. import prices rose 1.7 percent in January, while export prices increased 1.2 percent, the largest rise since January 1989, a U.S. government report showed on Friday.
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The housing slowdown, industry consolidation, and an influx of imports make this a very good time to shop for furniture.
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Investor's Business Daily - New orders at U.S. factories rose a more-than-expected 1.5% in Nov., despite the credit crunch and housing downturn. Orders for nondurable goods, such as food, textiles, paper and chemicals, jumped 3%, their biggest gain since March '05. Orders for durable goods were revised down to -0.1% from the initial reading of 0.1%. That's bad news for the manufacturing sector, but the strong "soft goods" orders signals continued consumer demand.
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HONG KONG, Sept. 11 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Sources' (NASDAQ-GS: GSOL) Third Bi-Annual China Supplier Survey shows that 70 percent of mainland China manufacturers plan to raise export prices in the next 12 months -- up from 63 percent at the end of the second half of 2005.
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Here are the companies with the highest estimated growth rates -- should you buy?
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You have many options when ordering -- choose what's best for you.
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Czech Republic: People spent CEK 14-15 bil for shopping via the Internet in 2006, by about 40% more than in 2005. Some specalists think that the Internet trade turnover could be even higher and reach up to CEK 20 bil/y.