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More Than 70% of Local Enterprises Anticipate Business will Increase in 2008

added: 04-02-2008

A survey on outlook for Hong Kong's Business Market Environment in 2008, conducted by Coface - international credit insurance and credit management services group - has revealed that more than 70% of Hong Kong enterprises surveyed are positive about their business growth.

Dip in Overall Worker Confidence for Sixth Consecutive Month

added: 04-02-2008

The Spherion(R) Employee Confidence Index, a monthly gauge of overall worker confidence, dropped for the sixth consecutive month, falling 3.4 points to 48.6 in January.

Despite Slowing Economy 'Super Rich' Continue to Spend

added: 03-02-2008

Despite continued news of a looming recession, 80.3 percent of the "Super Rich" (consumers with net worth of $30 million plus) will increase their spending on luxury goods and services. This is according to the Elite Traveler/Prince & Associates 2008 Affluent Consumer Spending Survey conducted January 10-18, 2008.

Corporate Contributions Rise Again

added: 03-02-2008

Total corporate contributions in the U.S. and abroad (among 189 major corporations and corporate foundations) amounted to $10.2 billion in 2006, up from $9.8 billion in 2005, The Conference Board reports today in its annual survey of corporate giving to worthy causes.

71 Percent Expect $4 Gas This Summer, Bigger Fear For Public Than Recession, Mortgage Meltdown and Joblessness

added: 02-02-2008

Gas prices this summer reaching $4 a gallon are expected by 71 percent of Americans, of whom more than half (51 percent) cite fuel prices as their #1 economic worry for 2008, ahead of fears of recession, the mortgage foreclosure meltdown and the prospect of more joblessness.

Majorities in Four European Countries and the U.S. Believe Economy Will Be Worse in 2008

added: 02-02-2008

Across the globe, financial markets are fluctuating wildly and both investors and non-investors alike are worried about what the year ahead will hold financially. Financial Times/Harris Poll finds that large majorities of the public in Great Britain (61%), Italy (57%), France (55%), the United States (54%), and Spain (54%) believe the economy in their respective countries will be worse in 2008 than it was in 2007.

World Bank: Faster Integration Of Services Markets Could Lead To Huge Benefits

added: 01-02-2008

Liberalization of services trade could produce large benefits for developed and developing countries alike, says the Handbook of International Trade in Services, produced by the World Bank. The Handbook highlights the potential gains from the reform of trade in communications, finance, transport and business services, estimated to be more than five times larger than those from a comparable liberalization of trade in goods.

Key to Attracting and Retaining Quality Employees: Benefits

added: 01-02-2008

Business owners and human resource executives grappling with ways to keep their employee health benefits both competitive and cost effective found out how their plans compare to others today at a breakfast seminar at Embassy Suites Parsippany. Scott Rappoport, a 25-year veteran of the employee benefits industry and President of Benefit Sources & Solutions in Bound Brook, presented the results of the 2007 United Benefit Advisors (UBA)/Benefit Sources & Solutions Health Plan Benchmarking Survey, the nation's largest and most comprehensive survey of plan design and plan costs.

Mortgage Rates Rebound

added: 01-02-2008

After the sharpest four-week decline in more than 18 years, mortgage rates bounced back, with the average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate now 5.88 percent. According to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey of large lenders, the average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.38 discount and origination points.

The Conference Board Help-Wanted Advertising Index Inches Up

added: 01-02-2008

The Conference Board Help-Wanted Advertising Index — a key measure of job offerings in major newspapers across America — inched up one point in December. The Index now stands at 22. It was 33 one year ago.

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