Author Archives: Darren Marchal

Infosys Beats On Q3 Earnings, Affirms Revenue Guidance

Infosys Technologies Ltd (INFY – Analyst Report) reported third-quarter fiscal 2015 earnings per ADS from continuing operations of 46 cents, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 43 cents by 7% and the year-ago earnings of 41 cents by 12.2%. Quarterly results were primarily driven by strong volume growth as well as increased productivity and utilization. Further, the company…

Student Debt Relief Is Worth Exploring

Student loan debt is developing a deep penetrating consciousness this campaign season than in any other in memory and to that, we’d add that it’s about time. Americans’ outstanding loan debt has reached to an exceedingly high level of more than a trillion dollars this May, according to recent statistics provided by the Consumer Financial…

Anti-Growth Policies Slow Jobs Creation

The economy added 252,000 jobs in December—down from 353,000 in November. With GDP growth slowing, prospects for jobless Americans are worsening. The unemployment rate fell to 5.6 percent, but only because so many working age Americans quit looking for work and are no longer counted in the official jobless tally. If the same percentage of…

Hong Kong Logistics Startup Lalamove Nabs $10M From Chinese Inves

Lalamove, the Hong Kong-based on-demand delivery startup, announced yesterday it has closed a US$10M funding round led by China’s Crystal Stream Capital. Other investors include Geek Founders, Mindworks Ventures, Sirius Venture Capital, Aria Group, and individual investors. According to Lalamove board member Blake Larson, the funding will be used to ramp up expansion across Southeast Asia and…

‘Jobs’ +252,000 In December

+252,000 vs. 230,000 expected and unemployment drops to 5.6%. From BLS (full report here): Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 252,000 in December, and the unemployment rate declined to 5.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in professional and business services, construction, food services and drinking places, health care,…