As the economy strengthens and baby boomers retire, corporate competition over the recruitment and retention of leaders will intensify. To prepare for this change in the market, top companies are thinking about not only how to develop leaders from within, but also how to compensate, train and rotate leaders so that their experience is most valuable within the company where the development originated.
Rapidly slowing appreciation and declining affordability contributed to a marked increase in the risk of home price declines in cities across the country, PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., the U.S. subsidiary of The PMI Group, Inc. reported today, but strong economic fundamentals continue to underpin many areas.
Bioinformatics will increasingly become a necessity for a wide spectrum of life sciences, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. As the number of market participants increases, purchasers will have an edge as the range of available tools expands. To succeed, market participants will need to offer cost-effective, easy-to-use and more widely applicable solutions. Outsourcing is expected to emerge as a definitive trend in the bioinformatics industry.
Prepaid calling cards have been available to North American consumers since 1986. This is currently a mature market with numerous contenders. Despite various challenges the industry faces, the prepaid calling cards market is growing. Additional features and benefits such as Internet accounts, digital information and entertainment services and debit and payroll cards are now getting included in calling cards, which further enhance the overall value to consumers.
Second wave of economic expansion brings a different type of expatriate to China. SIRVA, a relocation services provider, has released the findings of its China Urban Index, a mobility study investigating the suitability of first- and second-tier cities for business operations and expatriate relocations in China.
It is no secret that mobile phones are attractive to advertisers and marketers. BusinessWeek and visiongain projected in March 2006 that US mobile advertising and marketing spending will increase rapidly from 2005, reaching $602.3 million in 2009.
Worldwide PC shipments are on pace to total 233.7 million units in 2006, a 10.5 percent increase from 2005, however worldwide PC revenue is expected to reach $198.3 billion, a 2.5 percent decline, according to a preliminary forecast by Gartner, Inc.
Ford Motor Company's (Ford) announcement of an accelerated restructuring plan was incorporated in Fitch Ratings' Aug. 18 downgrade of Ford and Ford Motor Credit Company (FMCC), and no additional rating action will be taken at this time. Fitch currently rates both Ford and FMCC's Issuer Default Rating (IDR) 'B' with a Negative Outlook.
Government regulations, if not properly set, could reduce the flow of capital to commercial real estate and weaken a robust commercial real estate market, according to testimony submitted yesterday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) to a House panel.
Time Warner Inc.: Telecom Italia nd Time Warner Inc.today announced that Telecom Italia has agreed to acquire Time Warner's AOL Germany Internet access business for EUR 675 million ($870 million, Equity Value) in cash.
