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Business Booming for Women-owned Companies

added: 10-03-2008

Despite talk of a looming recession, women-owned businesses report that they expect significant growth this year, according to a recent survey by Paralelles Media Group.

Consumer Sentiment Continues Downward Trend

added: 10-03-2008

Confronted with falling housing values, rising foreclosures and oil prices spiking above $100 a barrel, the mood of the U.S. consumer darkened considerably this month, according to the most recent results of the RBC CASH (Consumer Attitudes and Spending by Household) Index.

Record US Consumer Technology Sales

added: 10-03-2008

NPD Group reports that US consumer technology sales, which it defines as "IT, imaging, audio, video, and consumables" reached a record $129 billion in 2007.

Internet is First Stop for News

added: 09-03-2008

The Web is the primary source of news and information, according to 48% of respondents to a February Zogby International Poll commissioned by iFOCOS.

February IPO Market Summary and Outlook for March

added: 09-03-2008

Opening prices of the February IPOs were quite different than usual. Unlike other January and February IPOs since 2000, this month’s issues did not produce opening prices that were far above the offering prices. For all nine February 2008 IPOs, the average premium was only 13.3%, well below the averages for January and February IPOs in all prior years back to 2000.

US Economy Foreclosing on Spring Break?

added: 08-03-2008

Spring break traditionally provides families with welcome winter relief, but this year nearly half of American families with children say the uncertainty about the U.S. economy is causing them to make more modest spring break plans, with most deciding to simply stay at home.

US Economic Slowdown to Lower 2008 Business IT Spending

added: 08-03-2008

According to research from Compass Intelligence, the current economic slowdown is expected to result in lower business expenditures on IT products and services. Annual spending growth on services will decline from 5.3% growth in 2007 to 3.9% growth in 2008. It is anticipated that the economic slowdown will continue through 1H 2008. But this is expected to be a temporary slowdown and by 2009, growth should increase to 4.8%.

OPEC Decision Underscores Need for U.S. Energy Security

added: 08-03-2008

Securing America's Future Energy's (SAFE) today restated the importance of a U.S. strategy to boost energy security. OPEC decided Wednesday not to raise output quotas to stem rising prices for oil, rebuffing appeals from oil-consuming nations. OPEC's 13 oil ministers made the decision at a regular meeting in Vienna, Austria.

US Housing / Banks Deal?

added: 07-03-2008

Bankruptcies in the US rose by almost 30% last month; people in the housing foreclosure process were 97% above January 2007, jingle mail is no longer someone making a poor Christmas joke: it's the sound of letters being delivered to American banks with home keys inside after people have walked away rather than stay and watch the value of their houses, units, flats, etc drop any further.

US Reactors Produce Record Power Generation in 2007 as World Nuclear Generation Slumps

added: 07-03-2008

Global power generated by nuclear reactors fell about 3.6% in calendar 2007 from the 2.8 billion megawatt-hours (MWh) recorded in 2006, according to data released by Nucleonics Week, a publication of Platts, a leading global provider of energy and cGlobal power generated by nuclear reactors fell about 3.6% in calendar 2007 from the 2.8 billion megawatt-hours (MWh) recorded in 2006ommodities information.

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