More than 40% of EU27 enterprises are active in innovation. Co-operation with customers and suppliers more frequent than with universities and public research institutes.
Americans have mixed feelings about their personal level of financial security, according to the COUNTRY Financial Security Index which registered an inaugural reading of 70.2 in February.
The European Commission has today presented its vision for the single market of the 21st century. In an interim report to the Spring European Council, the Commission reviews the achievements of the last twenty years and sets out the way ahead to deliver further benefits for citizens and business, and contribute to a more competitive and sustainable Europe. It will be concluded by a final report with proposals for action this autumn.
Investment allocation to private equity by Japanese companies is expected to rise over the next two to five years, according to a study completed by Adveq, the Swiss private equity fund of funds manager, together with Kyoto University.
A new Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive Personal Finance Poll found that while 90 percent of U.S. adults say they plan to retire, more than one in five (22%) have not yet taken any steps to plan for this event. Among single households, this figure rises, with 41 percent of respondents yet to begin planning for retirement. In fact, 10 percent of respondents in this poll say they do not plan to retire at all.
The Conference Board announced today that the leading index for Germany increased 0.1 percent and the coincident index increased 0.2 percent in December.
The industry’s revenue for the year 2005 was approximately $7,290,000,000. The gross profit was 45.52% at $3,318,408,000. There were 516 establishments in this industry that year. Thus, average contribution (or revenue) per establishment annually was $14,137,000.
In the construction sector, seasonally adjusted production grew by 0.5% in both the euro area (EA12) and the EU252 in December 2006, compared to the previous month. In November 2006, production increased by 0.6% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU25.
Gross domestic product (GDP) in the OECD area rose by 0.9% in the fourth quarter of 2006, up from 0.5% in the previous quarter, according to preliminary estimates.