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Experian's ProtectMyID™, a leading, full-service provider of identity theft detection, protection and fraud resolution, recently commissioned a survey to understand if summer travelers will be taking the necessary steps to protect their identities before heading on vacation. The results showed that many people are still vulnerable to identity theft.

In 2010, 82 percent of employed persons worked on an average weekday, compared with 35 percent on an average weekend day, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The American Time Use Survey (ATUS) data include the average amount of time per day in 2010 that individuals worked, did household activities, and engaged in leisure and sports activities. Additionally, measures of the average time per day spent providing childcare - both as a main activity and while doing other things - for the combined years 2006-10 are provided. Except for childcare, activities done simultaneously with primary activities were not collected.

Following the economic crisis, EU27 FDI (foreign direct investment) in the rest of the world (outflows) declined significantly in 2010, falling by 62%, from 281 billion euro in 2009 to 107 bn in 2010, while FDI into the EU27 from the rest of the world (inflows) dropped by 75%, from 216 bn to 54 bn. This continues the trend of recent years, with EU27 outflows in 2010 standing at more than five times lower than in 2007, and inflows around eight times lower.

Employers took 1,599 mass layoff actions in May involving 143,540 workers, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Each mass layoff involved at least 50 workers from a single employer. The number of mass layoff events in May increased by 35, or 2 percent, from April, while the number of associated initial claims decreased by 387, or less than 1 percent. In May, 373 mass layoff events were reported in the manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 38,673 initial claims; both figures increased over the month.

In 2010, consumers globally spent $2 trillion on digital information and entertainment products and services, and this will increase to $2.8 trillion by 2015, according to Gartner, Inc. Worldwide consumer spending on digital information and entertainment products and services is projected to reach $2.1 trillion in 2011.

There are some people who just love to go clothes shopping. Then there are others who only do so when the clothes they currently own are literally wearing out and need to be replaced. Depending on where in the world one lives, there is a penchant for loving or hating shopping for clothes. In the U.S., there is a clear divide as 39% say they like shopping for clothes, and three in ten each say they neither like nor dislike it (30%) and dislike it (30%).

New-vehicle retail sales rebounded in the first half of June, as consumers, despite mixed economic signals, returned to dealerships, according to J.D. Power and Associates, which gathers real-time transaction data from more than 8,900 retail franchisees throughout the United States.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the Euro Area decreased 0.2 percent in May to 108.8 (2004 = 100), following a 0.2 percent increase in April and a 0.5 percent decline in March.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index®(LEI) for Mexico increased 0.5 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index ® (CEI) decreased 0.3 percent in April.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index®(LEI) for Australia increased 0.1 percent while The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index ®(CEI) declined 0.1 percent in April.