The U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) has released a study showing huge job and revenue losses to the Indian economy as a result of piracy in India's burgeoning entertainment industry.
Fixed mortgage rates inched lower over the past week, with the average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate now 5.95 percent. According to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey of large lenders, the average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.49 discount and origination points.
Employers' entry-level hiring plans remain uncertain amid a national economic slowdown, according to MonsterTRAK's annual nationwide survey of college students, recent graduates and entry-level employers.
The U.S. property and casualty insurance industry reported strong results in 2007 that nevertheless fell short of the record net profits and underwriting performance of 2006, Fitch said.
India is poised to overtake the US to become the second largest mobile market in the world behind China, according to the Cellular Operators Association of India and Informa Telecoms & Media as cited by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
The market is down 27. The SFE Futures suggested a 38 point fall in market. The ASX 200 is 5.8% off its low and 21.2% off its all time high. The Dow is now 5.8% off its low and 12.3% off its all time high.
”2007 was not ‘the year of mobile marketing’ that it was advertised to be,” says John du Pre Gauntt, eMarketer Senior Analyst and author of the report, Mobile Advertising: After the Growing Pains. “And 2008 won’t be either.”
A weak US dollar may be the primary factor in the ongoing solid performance of the US hospitality sector in 2008, according to a report released by Ernst & Young's Global Real Estate Center.
