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Volume of retail trade up by 2.6% in euro area

added: 07-05-2007

In March 2007, compared with March 2006, the volume of retail trade grew by 2.6% in the euro area (EA13) and by 3.8% in the EU27. Compared with February 2007, the retail sales index rose by 0.5% in the euro area and by 0.6% in the EU27.

US: Employment Situation in April

added: 07-05-2007

Nonfarm payroll employment edged up (+88,000) in April, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 4.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported.

Spherion Employee Confidence Index Increases Slightly

added: 07-05-2007

After a large decline in March, economic confidence levels among U.S. workers rebounded slightly in April, according to a recent survey of 3,190 working adults. The Spherion(R) Employee Confidence Index, a monthly gauge of overall worker confidence, increased 0.7 points to 57.8 in April. The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive(R) on behalf of Spherion Corporation, shows that workers remained confident about the future of their current employers and personal job prospects, but also revealed over one-third (35 percent) intend to seek new jobs within the next year.

Consumers Say Yes to the Next Generation of Mobile Tv

added: 07-05-2007

During the research for this report, the answers to these questions have become obvious: doubt about the rise of mobile TV as a major new technology area will be swept aside by the large number of possibilities in front of the cellular and broadcasting communities.

Small Banks Profit From Relationship Lending

added: 07-05-2007

Market valuations of smaller publicly-held banks are higher than they would otherwise be due to their investment in relationship lending, according to a study issued by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Chinese Pharmaceutical Industry: Average Annual Growth of 19.2% from 2000 to 2005

added: 07-05-2007

In 2005, the gross output value of China's pharmaceutical industry increased by RMB 263.7 billion over 2000 to RMB 450.8 billion, an average annual growth of 19.2% from 2000 to 2005.

U.S. Small Business Owners Feel Having Their Own Business Provides Better Work Life Balance

added: 07-05-2007

According to a new survey released by MasterCard Worldwide, 96 percent of U.S. small business owners say that balancing their work and life is important to them and more than half believe that being a small business owner enables greater work-life balance compared to other workers. Surprisingly, 83 percent say that they rarely or never miss important personal events due to work.

Industrial producer prices up by 0.3% in both euro area and EU27

added: 07-05-2007

The euro area (EA13) industrial producer price index rose by 0.3% in March 2007 compared to February. In March 2007, EU27 prices also gained 0.3%. In February prices also increased by 0.3% in both the euro area and the EU27.

Fourth quarter of 2006 EU25 current account deficit 4.8 bn euro

added: 07-05-2007

According to the latest revisions, the EU25 external current account recorded a deficit of 4.8 billion euro in the fourth quarter of 2006, compared with a deficit of 24.0 bn in the fourth quarter of 2005 and a deficit of 20.5 bn in the third quarter of 2006.

Annual inflation in the OECD area rises to 2.4% in March 2007

added: 07-05-2007

In the OECD area, consumer prices rose by 2.4% in the year to March 2007, compared with 2.1% in the year to February 2007. On a monthly basis, the price level rose by 0.6% in March 2007 after 0.3% between January and February 2007.

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