Non-voice wireless services will give cell phone providers an edge in a competitive market saturated with voice services. Mobile phones have achieved mass adoption. eMarketer projects that by 2010, over 95% of the US population will have mobile phones.
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today reported financial results for its third quarter ended September 1, 2006. The Company's Q3 results reflect the acquisition of Macromedia in December, 2005, and are compared to pre-acquisition results of prior fiscal periods as applicable.
In fiscal 2006, the year ending March 31, 2007, Hitachi, Ltd.is now forecasting net sales of 9,740.0 billion yen, 40.0 billion yen higher than initial forecasts.
The Boeing Company said that world air cargo growth is expected to expand at an average annual rate of 6.1 percent during the next two decades, with a three- fold increase in worldwide air freight.
The average salary of financial professionals is more than 30 percent higher than the national average salary according to the 2006 AFP Compensation Survey, conducted by the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) and underwritten by Spherion Corporation.
Visa International today announced that the sales volume of Visa Business cards worldwide, represented by global small business spend, has reached US$190 billion over a 12-month period, as small businesses continue to adopt payment solutions that are more convenient and secure than cash and checks
Globally, salaries are predicted to rise by an average of 5.9% next year - 1.9 percentage points above inflation -- according to a study by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, a global leader for HR and related financial advice and services.
Supply and demand are working together to spur tremendous growth in online travel bookings. A new report by PhoCusWright, "The Emerging Online Travel Marketplace in India," estimates that online leisure/unmanaged business travel gross bookings in India totaled $295 million in 2005 and will grow nearly sevenfold in just three years to go beyond $2.0 billion by 2008.
A new report published today shows that 40% of homes in Western Europe will have digital TV by the end of this year. The 10th edition of Informa's Western European TV report forecasts that the region will pass 100 million digital homes during 2010 and reach 116 million by end-2011 - equivalent to a 75% penetration rate.
