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Broadband Plays Catch-Up in Rural Areas, Outpaces Growth in Big Cities

added: 25-08-2009

comScore, Inc. released a study on broadband growth in rural, micropolitan and metropolitan areas in the United States. The results of the analysis indicate that while broadband penetration is much higher in the metropolitan and micropolitan areas, broadband has experienced the most significant gains in rural areas during the past two years.

Europe is the Largest Waste to Energy Market in the World, but Delays and Recession Threaten Primacy

added: 25-08-2009

Europe is the largest waste to energy plants market in the world with a very well developed infrastructure and over 429 installed plants in 2008. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, European Waste to Energy Plants Market, finds that the market earned revenues of euro 3.10 billion in 2008.

Fitch: U.S. Leveraged Finance Markets Slowly Return to Pre-Downturn Performance Levels

added: 25-08-2009

The U.S. high yield bond and leveraged loan markets staged impressive rallies during the first half of 2009, making a partial recovery following the worst annual performance for both markets in 2008, according to Fitch Ratings.

Economic Recession Increases Consumers' Desire for Snacks

added: 25-08-2009

Snack foods - whether sweet or salty, traditional or cutting edge, organic or vitamin fortified, healthy or indulgent - play an integral part in the American lifestyle. And now more than ever, Americans are craving these delectable treats according to "Sweet and Salty/Savory Snacks in the U.S.: Lifestyle Marketing and New Product Development in the New Economy, 3rd Edition" by leading market research publisher Packaged Facts.

Investors Are More Pessimistic on U.S. Markets & Economy

added: 25-08-2009

Investors’ confidence in U.S. markets and the economy is slipping, with 48% of investors polled expressing bullish sentiments about the markets, compared with 57% in May 2009, according to the latest MoneyShow.com Investors’ Sentiment Indicator. The number of bearish investors has increased to 34% from 28% since the last poll in May.

U.S. Telecom Market to Reach $406 Billion in 2014 as Mobile Data Surpasses Fixed Voice

added: 25-08-2009

The U.S. communications market will reach $406 billion in 2014 as mobile data revenue climbs to $94 billion, surpassing fixed voice (PSTN + VoIP) during the forecast period, according to the latest report from Pyramid Research, the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network.

Industrial New Orders up by 3.1% in Euro Area in June 2009

added: 24-08-2009

In June 2009 compared with May 2009, the euro area (EA16) industrial new orders index rose by 3.1%. In May the index decreased by 0.5%. In the EU27 new orders fell by 0.4% in June 2009, after rising by 0.5% in May. Excluding ships, railway & aerospace equipment, for which changes tend to be more volatile, industrial new orders grew by 1.9% in the euro area and by 1.1% in the EU27.

Offshore Wind Farms Could Power 37 Million Homes by 2020

added: 24-08-2009

Global offshore wind farm capacity will grow at a compound annual rate of 32 per cent in the coming decade, according to a new report by energy consulting firm ODS-Petrodata.

U.S. Mass Layoffs in July 2009

added: 24-08-2009

Employers took 2,157 mass layoff actions in July that resulted in the separation of 206,791 workers, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported.

U.S. Regional and State Employment and Unemployment in July 2009

added: 23-08-2009

Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in July. Twenty-six states reported over-the-month unemployment rate increases, 17 states and the District of Columbia registered rate decreases, and 7 states had no rate change, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported. Over the year, jobless rates increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. At 9.4 percent in July, the national unemployment rate was little changed from June, but was 3.6 percentage points higher than a year earlier.

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