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Small Business Economic Confidence Jumps as More Owners See Conditions Improving for Their Businesses
added: 30-03-2009

Economic confidence among small business owners saw its largest jump in confidence in nine months as fewer owners see the economy getting worse and more believe conditions are improving for their own operations, according to the latest Discover® Small Business WatchSM. The monthly index increased more than six points, rising to 78.2 in March from 71.9 in February.
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Economic Sentiment Continues To Drop In March In Both Regions in March 2009
added: 30-03-2009

In March, the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) for the EU and the euro area declined again, but more slowly than in the first two months of the year amid signs of stabilisation in some sectors. It fell by 0.6 points in the EU, and by 0.7 points in the euro area, to 60.3 and 64.6 respectively. The indicators for both regions now stand at their lowest levels since the current series was launched in January 1985.
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EU Commissioner Calls On ICT Industry To Reduce Its Carbon Footprint by 20% As Early As 2015
added: 30-03-2009

Viviane Reding, the European Union's Commissioner for Information Society and Media, asked the information and communication technologies (ICT) industry for intensified efforts for tackling climate change. She warned that the measures in place so far to meet the EU's objective of cutting energy use by 20% by 2020 will only improve energy efficiency by 13 percent".
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Americans Expect Their "New Normal" Spending Levels to be 86% of Pre-Recession Levels
added: 30-03-2009

While American industry is struggling to get through what could become the worst recession since the Great Depression, Americans say that even after the recession ends, their spending will return to just 86% of pre-recession levels, which equates to an approximate 10% drop, or more than $1 trillion annually, in GDP.
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EU €1 billion "Food Facility" For Developing Countries
added: 30-03-2009

The European Commission adopted a € 314 million package of projects to support agriculture and improve the food security situation in 23 developing countries across the globe. This is the first financing decision in the framework of the € 1 billion Food Facility which was adopted at the end of last year as a response to the growing food security problems faced by many developing countries.
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Bloomberg PMI Signals Euro Retail Sales Fall at Weaker Rate
added: 30-03-2009

The Bloomberg Euro-Zone Retail Purchasing Managers' Index, based on a mid-month survey of more than 1,000 executives in the euro area retail sector, provides data one month ahead of government-issued figures. The PMI rose from 42.3 in February to 44.1 in March, signaling the smallest monthly drop in the value of sales in five months. The first quarter has seen an average monthly decline that was less steep than the record drop seen during Q4 of last year. The March decline remained strong by the survey's historical standards, and sales have now fallen for ten consecutive months.
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China: Profits of Industrial Enterprises above Designated Size Decreased From January to February
added: 30-03-2009

From January to February, the profits of industrial enterprises above designated size (enterprises with an annual sales over 5 million yuan, same as follows) reached 219.1 billion yuan, decreased by 37.3 percent over the same period of the previous year.
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Member States Support Rules to Reduce the Energy Use of Circulators
added: 30-03-2009

EU Member States expressed their support for a Commission proposal to reduce the electricity consumption of circulators - which will save the equivalent of Ireland's yearly electricity consumption - during today's Ecodesign Regulatory Committee meeting. The Regulation is expected to create 7,000 jobs and make electricity savings of €2.2 billion by 2020.
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US Regional and State Employment and Unemployment in February 2009
added: 30-03-2009

Regional and state unemployment rates were nearly all higher in February. Forty-nine states and the District of Columbia recorded over-the-month unemployment rate increases, while all 50 states and the District of Columbia had higher rates than a year earlier, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported. The national unemployment rate rose from 7.6 percent in January to 8.1 percent in February, which was 3.3 percentage points higher than a year earlier.
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The Conference Board Leading Economic Index for Mexico Declined 1.3 Percent in January 2009
added: 30-03-2009

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Mexico declined 1.3 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) for Mexico decreased 1.7 percent in January.
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