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The
Conference Board Help-Wanted
Advertising Index — a key measure of job offerings in major
newspapers across America — increased one point in October. The Index
currently stands at 30, compared to 37 one year ago.
Continue reading... "Help-Wanted Advertising Index Increases; Online Job Ads up 6%" »
Continue reading... "Chicago PMI Drops to Lowest Level Since 2003" »
Microsoft,
launching Windows
Vista for businesses, predicts over 200 million users for new Windows,
Office or PC server software by the end of 2007. “Industry
analysts expect these products to represent more than $250 billion in
partner revenue opportunity in the next 12 months,” Steve Ballmer
said.
Continue reading... "$250 billion Opportunity with Microsoft Vista" »
| Indian GDP at Constant Prices | Y/Y % Chg. (2006-07) | |
|
Sector |
Q1 | Q2 |
| Trade, hotels, transport and communication | 13.2 | 13.9 |
| Manufacturing | 11.3 | 11.9 |
| Construction | 9.5 | 9.8 |
| Financing, ins., real est. and business services | 8.9 | 9.5 |
| Electricity, gas and water supply | 5.4 | 7.7 |
| Community, social and personal services | 7.4 | 6.9 |
| mining and quarrying | 3.4 | 3.1 |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 3.4 | 1.7 |
| Overall GDP Growth | 8.9 | 9.2 |
Mutual-fund
assets surpassed $10 trillion for the first time in October, according
the fund industry's trade group, the Investment Company Institute.
Mutual-fund assets increased from September by $286.6 billion, or 2.9%, to
$10.01 trillion in October, the ICI said. Much of the recent growth has
come in stock-fund assets, which rose to about $5.7 trillion in October
from $4.9 trillion from the end of 2005, according to the survey. >>
Mutual
Funds Pass $10 Trillion Mark
Continue reading... "WSJ By The Numbers - Top 10 for Nov.30: Mutual Funds Top $10 trillion" »
The
Commerce Department reported
that consumer spending increased by 0.2% in October, the best showing in 3
months. Spending had fallen by 0.2% in September and posted only a slight
0.1% rise in August. The acceleration in real consumer spending reflected
an upturn in spending on nondurable goods, notably food items.
As
the war for talent has grown acute in this age of globalization, human
resources tasks such as managing payroll and benefits have evolved into
much more strategic, and more companies are deploying software for human
capital management for a competitive edge (reports
IBD). The HCM software market is
forecast to top $6 billion in sales this year, according to AMR.
Continue reading... "War for Talent Boosts HCM Software to Top $6 billion" »
On
this Cyber Monday, which marks the first major spike in online holiday
spending as people returned to work after the Thanksgiving weekend, online
sales totaled $608 million, up 26% from last year, according
to comScore Netwroks. During the first 27 days of November this year,
total online retail spending reached $9.48 billion, marking a 24% increase
versus the corresponding days in 2005.
Continue reading... "Cyber Monday Creates E-Commerce History: Sales Break $600 million Mark" »
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