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US Usual Weekly Earnings in the Fourth Quarter of 2010

added: 21-01-2011

Median weekly earnings of the nation's 100.1 million full-time wage and salary workers were $752 in the fourth quarter of 2010 (not seasonally adjusted), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. This was 0.5 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with a gain of 1.3 percent in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) over the same period.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. in December 2010

added: 21-01-2011

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. increased 1.0 percent, The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) increased 0.2 percent and The Conference Board Lagging Economic Index® (LAG) increased 0.3 percent in December.

U.S. Companies in China Thriving Despite a Challenging Business Climate

added: 21-01-2011

Despite challenging market conditions and an increasingly competitive business environment, U.S. companies in China closed out 2010 with all-time performance highs and remain optimistic about their business prospects moving forward, according to the 2010–2011 China Business Report released today by The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai (AmCham Shanghai).

Northeast U.S. Economy to Outperform in 2011, Southeast to Lead the Pack in 2012

added: 21-01-2011

Local economies of the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. will outpace the national growth average in 2011, while Southeastern states will be the growth leaders in 2012, according to a regional economic forecast report released by TD Economics, an affiliate of TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®.

China: National Economy Showed Good Momentum of Development in 2010

added: 21-01-2011

According to preliminary estimation, the gross domestic product (GDP) for the year 2010 was 39,798.3 billion yuan, up by 10.3 percent at comparable prices, or 1.1 percentage points higher than that in the previous year.

Construction Output Down by 0.9% in Euro Area in November 2010

added: 20-01-2011

In the construction sector, seasonally adjusted production fell by 0.9% in the euro area (EA16) and by 0.4% in the EU27 in November 2010, compared with the previous month. In October, production increased by 0.3% and 0.6% respectively.

Nordea Raises Growth Forecast

added: 20-01-2011

Recent months have seen a strong international recovery, and Nordea revises up its expectations to the 2011 growth outlook.

Sophos Threat Report Reveals Significant Increase in Social Networking Security Threats

added: 20-01-2011

Global IT security and data protection company Sophos has today published its Security Threat Report 2011, analyzing cybercrime during the last year and looking at IT security trends to watch in 2011. A highlight of the report is the findings of Sophos’s latest ‘Social Security’ survey*, which polls computer users on their experiences of social networking security threats.

Euro Area Balance of Payments in November 2010 and International Investment Position at the End of the Third Quarter of 2010

added: 20-01-2011

In November 2010 the seasonally adjusted current account of the euro area recorded a deficit of EUR 11.2 billion. In the financial account, combined direct and portfolio investment recorded net inflows of EUR 38 billion (non-seasonally adjusted). At the end of the third quarter of 2010, the international investment position of the euro area recorded net liabilities of EUR 1.2 trillion vis-à-vis the rest of the world (about 13% of euro area GDP). This represented a rise of EUR 147 billion in comparison with the revised data at the end of the second quarter of 2010.

Discover Survey Finds Majority of Small Business Owners Favor Repeal of Health-Care Reform Law

added: 20-01-2011

More than half of small business owners favor the repeal of the health care reform law passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama in 2010, according to a survey from Discover conducted January 10-12. Forty-six percent also say that the current health care reform law will hurt their business.

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