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added: 16-10-2007

This holiday season consumers will spend more than $35 billion on gift cards, according to Archstone Consulting.

added: 16-10-2007

Same-store sales growth fell in September to 1.3% from the month before and the prior year, according to TNS Retail Forward.

More Consumers are Watching TV Broadcasts Online

added: 15-10-2007

Close to 16 percent of American households who use the internet watch television broadcasts online, The Conference Board and TNS report. The number of consumers viewing entire episodes/shows on the internet has doubled from a year ago.

OECD Reports Progress in Fighting Offshore Tax Evasion

added: 15-10-2007

Many financial centres, both onshore and offshore, are making progress in improving transparency and international co-operation to counter offshore tax evasion, but some still fall short of international standards that have been developed over the last seven years, according to OECD assessments.

UK Companies Face Increasing Number of Regulatory Inquiries

added: 15-10-2007

UK companies are seeing significant increases in the number of internal and external regulatory investigations according to a report published by international law firm and litigation heavyweight Fulbright & Jaworski. However, the number of court actions filed against companies appears to be down with 38% of UK companies seeing no court proceedings brought against them in the last 12 months, compared with 17% of US businesses that saw no litigation brought against them.

Trends and Developments in the Revived Internet Economy

added: 15-10-2007

The emergence of the next generation of Internet technology and applications has led to the coining of the term Web 2.0, to indicate that the Internet now has more capabilities than ever before. The Internet Media companies such as Google, News Corp and Yahoo are just some of the leaders taking advantage of this with the introduction of new services and applications. This revival of the Internet has also led in part to the re-emergence of the Internet economy, and more specifically e-commerce. The increase in broadband connections is another factor that has led to this revival.

U.S. Market Looks for a Bigger Jump in Production in September 2007

added: 15-10-2007

As more data come in, it looks increasingly as if September was as good a month as August was bad. Talk about a housing slump leading to an economic slowdown has become more muted, as it becomes clearer that the pace of economic activity isn't that weak, and potentially might not be weakening. If a recession isn't just around the corner, what is?

Job Seekers Continue to Shift Towards the Internet

added: 15-10-2007

Job seekers are steadily increasing their use of the internet as a key part of their job search, The Conference Board reported. In the most recent survey of workers who searched for a job between January and September 2007, 73 percent reported using the internet compared to 66 percent of job seekers in the same time period in 2005.

Global Appetite for Mobile Banking Services

added: 15-10-2007

There is significant enthusiasm for mobile banking services among consumers worldwide, according to research released by Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. Surveys conducted in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific regions showed a burgeoning demand for mobile banking among users, though this is tempered by concerns about security and lack of awareness.

U.S. Retail Sales Increased in September 2007

added: 15-10-2007

US markets rose on Friday driven by a takeover bid in the software sector, data showing strength in consumer spending and a brighter outlook from McDonald's Corp.

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