Record Number of Outsourcing Deals in 2006; $78B in Contracts: TPI Index
The total number of outsourcing contracts awarded in 2006 hit a new
record with an increase of 3% from an year earlier in 2005. However, the total contract
value (TCV) signed declined 8% in 2006 to $78 billion, according to
TPI Index report on global outsourcing industry.
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The
world's financial assets reached a record $140 trillion worth of stocks,
bonds and other financial assets as of 2005, more than three times as
large as the total worldwide GDP, according to a study by McKinsey &
Co., the Wall Street Journal 
Worldwide
digital camera shipments rose 21% in 2006 to nearly 98 million units,
despite market saturation (over 50% in Japan, US, and most of Western
Europe) and competition from camera phones in Asia and Europe, 
A
very interesting observation on the housing sector from 
Medium
to large privately held businesses around the world are considerably more
optimistic about the prospects for their economies in 2007 - with an
optimism/pessimism balance percentage of +45%, up from +39% last year,
according to International Business Report (IBR) from Grant Thornton
International published today.
MySpace.com
was the most popular website based on US Internet usage for December 2006,
followed by Yahoo! Mail, Google.com, and Yahoo.com, according to Hitwise
data. Among other interesting observations are:
