A recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive(R) on behalf of ShareBuilder found that just 14 percent of America's small business owners offer a 401(k) plan and 63 percent do not offer any form of retirement benefits to their employees. This is despite the fact that when it comes to their own personal retirement security, nearly half (47 percent) indicated they are not confident that they are prepared for retirement.
Following a correction in home sales and prices in 2006, existing-home sales are expected to "coast" at roughly the same level next year, although there will be some additional decline in the new-home market, according to a forecast released today at the National Association of Realtors(R) Conference & Expo here.
According to the "European Online Advertising Forecast, 2006 to 2011," released by JupiterResearch, search engine marketing expenditures in Europe are rising, and for the best of all possible reasons — Europeans are buying more online.
Mortgage rates had an eventful week but ended up right back where they started. The average 30-year fixed rate is now 6.32 percent, little changed from 6.31 percent one week ago. According to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey of large lenders, the 30- year fixed rate mortgages had an average of 0.26 discount and origination points.
Running out of money is the number one retirement concern for the majority of respondents, according to a new survey by Brown & Tedstrom, Inc., a Denver-based financial planning and investment advisory firm that manages over $300 million in assets for people in or near retirement. In spite of this, the same majority is only saving 10 percent or less of their current income and can only live 10 years or less on their current savings
According to Research and Markets China's telecommunications market is one of the largest in the world and remains almost completely under the thrall of the state; therefore foreign-owned companies have little or no chance of directly operating networks or providing services in mainland China, except in co-operation with state-owned or approved entities.
Sharply declining energy prices and hopes for an economic "soft-landing" sent small business owner optimism to its highest level in a year and a half, according to the latest Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index.
There's a growing consensus among economic and financial experts on the rate at which the real estate bubble will deflate. It will be a slow leak, they say. But the reality is far more chilling.
Internet access services in Asia Pacific continue to see aggressive revenue growth, mainly as a result of the growing migration to broadband services. Internet access, especially broadband, is crucial for fixed line service providers to reclaim lost fixed lines and maintain core revenues.
