Google just announced financial results for its fourth quarter that ended on December 31st 2013. According to its earnings report, the search giant's gross total consolidated revenue was $16.86 billion, a growth of 17% when compared to the same quarter this past year. Its segment revenue were only available in at $15.72 billion, a 22-percent jump year-on-year over 2012's numbers that have a revenue of $12.91 billion. In theoretical economics, investment means buying (and therefore producing) capital goods - not being consumed but being used in future production. Examples include building railroads, or factories, cleaning the land, or allowing yourself to go to college. Strictly speaking, investment in formula GDP= C + I + G + NX is also part of gross domestic product. In that respect, the function of investment is divided into non-residential investments (such as factories, machinery, etc.) and residential investment (new homes). The correlation between I = (Y, I) is known to have a close relationship with income and interest rates. Higher incomes would boost higher investment, but higher interest rates would discourage investment because it would be more expensive to borrow. Even if companies choose to use their own funds to invest, interest rates represent the opportunity cost of investing in those funds rather than the interest that will lend out. That being said, among the collateral damage was the 'retirement dream' of the hopeful baby boomers. The government could not afford to keep their promises of the these folks were supposedly entitled for. So that some of them were postponing their retirement plans and even contemplating of returning to the mainstream in the workforce. But job competition is very stiff considering the massive laid-off as a result from the meltdown thus, the potential retiree were left disillusioned and confused. Savers can earn more than 40 points from the one-year top bond, compared with the beginning of the year. In January Atom Bank, a mobile phone provider, paid 1.95 PCS for 1.4 PCS. But even at its lowest point, interest rates were just 0.18 percentage points higher, not a quarter-point rise in interest rates. Frances O 'grady, chief secretary of the UK federation of industry and industry, said: "this suggests that brexit uncertainty has damaged the household budget. Work and living standards must be a priority in determining the best choice for brexit. The government should maintain a single market membership at the negotiating table. "