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ICT are Vital to Managing China’s Unprecedented Growth Challenges

added: 02-05-2007

Information and communication technologies (ICT) are vital to managing China’s unprecedented growth challenges, according to a new World Bank study titled China’s Information Revolution: Managing the Economic and Social Transformation. This report, the first to comprehensively map out China’s current ICT landscape, provides a forward-looking assessment of the state of the country’s ICT preparedness.

Online Advertised Job Vacancies Rise in April

added: 01-05-2007

Total online job ads were 4,365,000 in April, an increase of 610,600 or 16 percent from March, according to The Conference Board Help-Wanted OnLine Data Series™. Part of the rise reflects seasonal factors including the longer reference period of mid-March to mid-April, when there were three more days than in the previous month.

Chinese Companies are Continuing to See Booming Growth Conditions

added: 01-05-2007

Xinhua Finance and Market News International (MNI), a part of the news service line of Xinhua Finance, announced the April Xinhua Finance/MNI China business sentiment survey. The results of the survey suggest that Chinese companies are continuing to see booming growth conditions and, despite warnings of more government tightening measures, they remain confident strong growth will continue.

Benchmarking Employee Mobility Functions: The Cost of Sharing Knowledge

added: 01-05-2007

According to a recent benchmarking study by Best Practices, LLC the average administrative cost per domestic relocation is $513 and the average administrative cost per international relocation is $8,668.

Economic Sentiment Stabilises at a High Level in both the EU and the Euro Area in April

added: 30-04-2007

The Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) remained broadly stable at a high level in both the EU and the euro area in April. The indicator edged down by 0.2 of a point in the EU and by 0.1 of a point in the euro area, to 113.6 and 111.0 respectively.

Unresolved Budget Issues Could Harm Economy

added: 30-04-2007

Escalating fiscal issues impacting the U.S. budget deficit could potentially threaten the nation's economic health, according to the April issue of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Economic Letter.

Moderate LBO Risk Persists in the U.S. Retail Industry

added: 30-04-2007

Fitch Ratings believes the U.S. retail industry continues to be a moderate risk for leveraged buyout (LBO) transactions.

Gaz de France Secures Long Term Access

added: 30-04-2007

Gaz de France has signed with the US Group Cheniere Energy Inc. agreements providing it with long-term access to the American LNG market. Under these agreements Gaz de France will be entitled to deliver 12 shipments of LNG per year, over a period of 15 years, at the Sabine Pass LNG receiving terminal in the US, which will be commissioned in the near future.

Online Banking and Bill Payment Spur Loyalty

added: 30-04-2007

For the first time ever, online bill payments surpassed paper checks among Internet households, according to a CheckFree report titled "The 2007 Consumer Bill Payment Survey."

US: Employment Cost Index in March

added: 30-04-2007

Total compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.8 percent from December 2006 to March 2007, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported.

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