All Business Is Good Business: July 2014

Thursday, July 31, 2014

A Fight to Shackle the Chain Stores in East Hampton

A resolution to ban chain stores from opening and competing with mom-and-pop operations has drawn mixed reactions from residents.

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To Lift Sales, G.M. Turns to Discounts

The automaker has piled on cash incentives and cheap lease deals to invigorate sales of its passenger cars, particularly the smaller models.

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Weak Links in China’s Food Chain

The OSI Group, one the top meat producers in the United States with more than $6 billion in sales and about 20,000 employees in 17 countries, is enveloped in a food safety scandal in China.

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DealBook: Markets End July in Dive, but Analysts Are Upbeat

The stock market ended July with the sharpest decline in the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index since April, while the Dow Jones industrial index loss all of its gains for the year.

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DealBook: Argentina Is in Default, and Also Maybe in Denial

For a nation that went through a devastating default 13 years ago, the collective memory of what a real economic default feels like is still fresh.

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DealBook: Regulators Still Find Problems in Overdraft Fees

In a new report released on Thursday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said fees for customers who overdraw their accounts continue to pile up, particularly among young people.

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