BMW to invest about $900 million in U.S. plant by 2014 Hartford Courant | DETROIT (Reuters) - BMW , the world's largest luxury carmaker, plans to invest nearly $900 million in its Spartanburg plant in South Carolina by 2014, boosting capacity to 350,000 vehicles in the mid-term. | "This is in response to rising global de...
In Thailand, Those Seeking a Golden Glow Rush to the Spa Wall Street Journal By JAMES HOOKWAY And WILAWAN WATCHARASAKWET | BANGKOK—Wealthy people have long done peculiar things with gold, mostly just to show that they can. | During Japan's boom years, bankers stirred gold flakes into their cappuccinos, while later Ameri...
Merkel demands closer EU links to avoid financial meltdown The Daily Mail | Angela Merkel has called Europe the world’s economic ‘headache’ and demanded closer ties between eurozone nations to avoid financial meltdown. | The German leader told the World Economic Forum in Davos that a ‘big rethink’ was needed – but Mr Cameron will today chide Europe’s leaders and demand less EU in...
