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Fitch: Credit Outlook for UK Retailers Remains Cautious

added: 30-09-2008

Fitch Ratings retains a cautious credit outlook for the UK retail sector despite the actions many companies are taking to preserve the strength of their balance sheets. These actions, which include asset sales and dividend reductions, will help to moderate, though not eliminate, the credit downside for the sector over the next 12 months.

Construction Jobs Booming But Workforce Still Lacks Women And African-Americans

added: 30-09-2008

"The Road to Jobs: Patterns of Employment in the Construction Industry in Eighteen Metropolitan Areas" suggests win-win remedies for achieving equity in the industry and providing a growing industry with capable workers.

Bloomberg PMI Shows Further Downturn in Euro Retail Sales in September 2008

added: 29-09-2008

The latest Bloomberg Euro-Zone Retail Purchasing Managers' Index, based on a mid-month survey of economic conditions in the euro area retail sector, fell from 47.7 in August to 46.2 in September, registering a drop in euro-zone retail sales for the fourth consecutive month and one of the largest monthly declines recorded since the survey began at the start of 2004.

Economic Sentiment Continues To Decline In Both The EU And The Euro Area in September 2008

added: 29-09-2008

In September, the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) fell by 1.5 points in the EU and by 0.8 points in the euro area, to 85.2 and 87.7 respectively. In the EU, the ESI reached its lowest level since December 1993, while for the euro area it approached its 2001 trough.

How to Put Europe into the Lead of the Transition to Web 3.0

added: 29-09-2008

Europe could take the lead in the next generation of the Internet. The European Commission outlined the main steps that Europe has to take to respond to the next wave of the Information Revolution that will intensify in the coming years due to trends such as social networking, the decisive shift to on-line business services, nomadic services based on GPS and mobile TV and the growth of smart tags.

International Comparisons Of Manufacturing Productivity And Unit Labor Cost Trends, 2007

added: 29-09-2008

Manufacturing labor productivity increased in 2007 in 14 of the 16 economies compared by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor
Statistics. The Republic of Korea and Taiwan had the largest productivity increases of 8.7 percent each, while Germany followed with an increase of 5.0 percent. The United States productivity increase of 4.1 percent was the fourth largest among the 16 economies compared. Italy and Norway both had declines in productivity (-0.5 and -0.2 percent, respectively).

World: Bailout, Banks and More Collapses

added: 29-09-2008

US Congressional leaders and the Bush administration have reached a tentative deal on a bailout of imperiled financial markets that could cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of US dollars. The House could vote on it later today and the Senate on Tuesday.

Survey Finds Wall Street Crisis Bleeds Main Street

added: 29-09-2008

Corporate finance executives reported this morning that short-term credit has tightened materially in the past two weeks, leading their organizations to reduce hiring and capital spending. Further, they report that without a rapid resolution to the crisis, the impact will be even more dramatic.

Consumer Behaviors and Motivations for Seeking Savings and Value

added: 29-09-2008

Valassis, one of the nation's media and marketing services companies, revealed insights that define today's primary household budget manager and the motivations behind savings behaviors. In addition to tough economic times, the thrill of savings and a sense of community are just some of the motivations learned during recent consumer research focus groups with women between the ages of 25 to 54 with household incomes over $50,000.

US Economic Growth isn't as Strong as Previously Estimated

added: 29-09-2008

As dramatic and potentially damaging the US financial problems are, it's the impact on the US economy that remains the main game. US economic growth isn't as strong as previously estimated and is weakening. This week we will probably get the first 100,000 monthly job loss in the US since the 2001 recession, plus more news on weak house prices and more financial pain.

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