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Europe's Top Companies Should Learn the Lessons of Past Recessions in Order to Build a Sustainable and High-Performing Workforce for the Future
added: 23-03-2009

One third of companies in Europe are planning to lay off full-time employees in a move which signals the scale of the collateral damage that the financial crisis is inflicting across the European corporate landscape, according to a report published by The Boston Consulting Group and the European Association of People Management.
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One in Five Americans Plan to Buy a Home Despite Economic Conditions
added: 23-03-2009

While half (52%) of all Americans are concerned they or someone they know will face foreclosure in the next six to 12 months, 23% of adults plan to purchase a home in the next five years, and more than half of them (53.5%) are first time homebuyers, according to a new survey commissioned by Move, Inc.
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Employment Situation of Veterans in 2008
added: 23-03-2009

The unemployment rate for all veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces was 4.6 percent in 2008, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported. The jobless rate for those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces since September 2001 was 7.3 percent.
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US Mass Layoffs in February 2009
added: 23-03-2009

Employers took 2,769 mass layoff actions in February that resulted in the separation of 295,477 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. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single employer.
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Top 50 U.S. Web Properties for February 2009
added: 23-03-2009

comScore, Inc. released its monthly analysis of U.S. consumer activity at the top online properties for February 2009 based on data from the comScore Media Metrix service. February represented a softer month for total Web activity due to having fewer days, with only a handful of site categories achieving gains versus January. Among the gaining categories were Flowers/Gifts/Greetings and E-cards, which benefited from Valentine's Day, and travel and tax preparation sites, which also saw seasonal increases.
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More Than Half of the Automotive Supply Base Could Go Bankrupt in 2009; at Least 1 Million Job Losses Expected
added: 23-03-2009

Current market conditions could cause more than half of the country's Tier 1 automotive suppliers to file for bankruptcy in 2009, creating 1 million additional job losses and creating an estimated $9 billion income tax revenue shortfall, according to a new study from global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney.
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Financial Services Industry Reputation Mixed: Public Confidence at Historic Lows, but Industry Gets Credit for Prudent Steps
added: 23-03-2009

A new nationwide consumer poll conducted by Waggener Edstrom Worldwide (WE) and RT Strategies found that only 8 percent of Americans today have full confidence in banks and financial services companies - a stark reminder of the difficulties facing the financial services industry as it wrestles with the broadest economic upheaval in the U.S. since the Great Depression.
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US Solar Market Hit Record Growth in 2008, Despite Economic Crisis
added: 23-03-2009

The Solar Energy Industries Association released its 2008 U.S. Solar Industry Year in Review, highlighting a third year of record growth. SEIA reports 1,265 megawatts of solar power of all types were installed in 2008, raising total capacity 17 percent to 8,775 MW. The 2008 figure included 342 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV), 139 MW of solar water heating, 762 MW of pool heating and an estimated 21 MW of solar space heating and cooling.
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60 Million U.S. Consumers Worried About Recession Likely to Hang Up on High Cell Phone Costs
added: 22-03-2009

As fears about the recession become more widespread, millions of Americans are on the verge of disconnecting expensive cell phone plans. Two out of five Americans with contract-based cell phones - 39 percent or 60.3 million consumers - are likely to cut back on their cell phones to save money if, as is widely expected, the economy gets worse over the next six months, according to new survey of 2,005 Americans conducted by Opinion Research Corporation (ORC) for the New Millennium Research Council (NMRC).
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3G Will Dominate Hungary's Mobile Services Market by 2012
added: 22-03-2009

Revenue from 3G-based mobile services will grow rapidly over the next four years in Hungary and will overtake 2.5G service revenue by 2012 as more subscribers migrate to broadband mobile data services, according to a new report from Pyramid Research, the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network.
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