Steve Jobs departure from Apple and the Korean firms confidence in its smartphone and tablet business could signal some more aggressive actions in the near future as Samsung looks to fend off recent Apple and lawsuits and make its mark in the mobile computing market. (See Samsung Eyes Opportunity as Steve Jobs Resigns).
If the Japanese economy and its firms are gaining confidence based upon prospects for sustained or greater U.S. and China demand, the risks of disappointment are real and large.
Signaling less confidence among foreign firms, Algeria has recently faced a steady decline in interest among international partners, thanks in part to unfavorable revenue-sharing agreements and accusations of rampant corruption in state energy offices.
From the other side, supporters of the shift to austerity believe it is both essential and appropriate: deficit spending cannot go on for ever, and by boosting firms' and households' confidence and lowering the risk premium on government debt, well-designed fiscal consolidation can actually boost growth.
Regime uncertainty lessened and business confidence rose commensurately making firms more willing to invest.
Another survey suggested confidence among UK manufacturing firms had fallen to its lowest level in two years.
Crooked transactions corrode confidence, which hurts firms and investors alike.
In terms of confidence, optimism among manufacturing firms rose further, while construction businesses were not as downbeat as the previous quarter.
In fact, as stocks have continued to sell-off over the past month, those showing the most confidence have been the very firms that have seen their stock plummet.
It is true that many Indian firms are exhibiting new signs of self-confidence.
The global network structure of the largest public accounting firms sells a brand image of strength, confidence, and cross-border seamless service delivery.
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He suggested that many companies with excellent technology got to a certain stage and then they or their backers lost confidence, selling up to American firms.
The style with which it established its European operations, with a lavish head count and high editorial costs, was indicative of the confidence felt by many new economy firms.
"These events illustrate just how critical not just capital, but liquidity is to the viability of financial firms, and now the evaporation of market confidence can lead to liquidity being impaired, " Cox says in that letter.
Now if they had confidence, they would spend more, firms would invest more, banks would do more and we could have growth.
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Ms Cameron also urged Holyrood and Westminster to work together to boost manufacturers' confidence and to create incentives to encourage firms to invest in Scotland.
Its call comes after its latest survey of confidence among the UK's small firms reported a big drop in sentiment during the three months to 30 June.
All the more reason, then, for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to boost investor confidence by simplifying accounting practices for international firms, an issue the regulatory agency will address this week.
Ifo's findings on the glum mood among German firms follows data on Tuesday from ZEW indicating German investor confidence had fallen to a six-month low.
As some confidence surrounding the economy and prospects of individual firms as begun to build, companies have found it easier to issue debt at low interest rates as demand for their bonds has been strong.
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That the effect of all this is more to damage market valuations of Wall Street firms and throw analysts out of work than to restore investor confidence seems not in the least to have detracted from Spitzer's popularity.
Like many financial firms, only more so, Enron built its success upon a confidence trick.
Firms are reviewing investment plans after a "sharp fall" in confidence among senior business leaders, according to research by the CBI.
Its chief executive said that concern about how telecom firms account for revenues was a big factor in this loss of confidence.
Although well-advertised efforts at cleaning up the industry have helped to rebuild customer confidence a little, most Japanese continue to regard these firms with deep suspicion.
Some pundits agonise that profit growth built on the impoverishment of workers at home and the export of jobs abroad as firms outsource operations to China and India cannot be sustained: consumer confidence will fall, demand will plummet and profits will collapse.
And as male executives supposedly feel downtrodden by female rivals, several British firms are setting up male-only self-help groups to give men the confidence to assert themselves in the office.
When their confidence returns, strategic buyers are generally likely to outbid private-equity firms and hedge funds, because integrating industries brings cost reductions and other synergies that are less easily garnered by financial buyers.
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Most of the other global accounting firms have also separated their consulting arms from their audit divisions in an attempt to restore confidence in audited financial statements.
But if confidence is to be rebuilt in this market, the information that all energy firms are required to provide must be fully transparent, comparable, and include profit and trading information from across the whole of their business.
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