Soon, innovation in China will take the form of a move from a primarily manufacturing economy to a more service-oriented one, according to experts gathered at the Fourth Annual Executive Forum in Shanghai.

A company's financial statements play a critical part in how its share prices fare in the markets. But financial statements aren't the only sources of information markets use to determine the valuation of a company.

The Internet has revolutionized ticket scalping, turning it into an electronic extension of the box office, driven by sleek advances in computer hardware and software and by a spate of clever, aggressive online ticketing companies.

The drop in taxable retail spending over the past two years in Arizona has been dramatic -- even for a historic slump. Dennis Hoffman, director of the Seidman Research Institute at the W. P.

Roger Myerson, a Nobel Laureate in Economics from the University of Chicago, told an audience of Chinese business executives and government officials recently that their country might do better if it liquidated some of its American investments.

Economic experts take a look at what's ahead for the nation and the state of Arizona at the annual Economic Outlook Luncheon sponsored by the Economic Club of Phoenix. This year John Arnold, Director of the Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting, Dennis Hoffman, Director of the L.

Employment figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for the year through August show that every Western state lost jobs compared to the same eight-month period last year. Nationally, nonfarm employment through August was down by -3.7 percent.

Building necessary infrastructure is key to Arizona's economic competitiveness, yet realizing that fact may take a change of thinking.

A year ago, economists were talking of a possible recession, but few predicted the severity of the present financial crisis.

The market for foreclosed homes in the Phoenix metro area appears to be approaching a turn around, according to a new index from the Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice at the W. P. Carey School.