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RealtyTrac(R) released its Midyear 2007 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows a total of 925,986 foreclosure filings - default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions - were reported on 573,397 properties nationwide during the first six months of the year, up more than 30 percent from the previous six-month period and up more than 55 percent from the first six months of 2006. The report also shows a foreclosure rate of one foreclosure filing for every 134 U.S. households for the first half of the year.

European companies are still lagging far behind in applying measures that would permit the conciliation of work and family life in response to workers' demands. According to research by Catenon Worldwide Executive Search, a European talent search company, barely 5% of companies offer some type of nursery service for their employees. Only one in ten have flexible work schedule measures in place, demanded by three out of every four workers surveyed in the "Annual Catenon Work Satisfaction and Quality of Life Study 2007". On the other hand, United Kingdom earmarks 1.7% of its GDP to family aid, making it one of the countries with a low rating in this area.

The Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) declined in both the EU and the euro area in July, while remaining at high levels. It decreased by 1.7 points in the EU and by 0.7 of a point in the euro area, to 113.3 and 111.0 respectively.

Score One Inc. announced that China has surpassed Germany and become the second largest auto parts exporter to the US for the first time.

US stocks rebounded on Monday after a global equity sell-off last week, as earnings optimism resurfaced and concern about the credit market eased. Some analysts are now saying that credit conditions don't necessarily mean that the economy and earnings will head in the wrong direction.

Nearly one in five Realtors(R) has sold a home to an international client in the past year, according to new research by the National Association of Realtors(R).

That "the rural market is a broad blue sea" has become a consensus view across the whole communications industry. But, for operators, it is very difficult to copy past successful models for rural communications. Due to a general low level of economic development in rural regions, few farmers contribute to the overall telecom consumption. Also, as major operators have freely developed services for years, most farmer households with purchasing power have already become communication product users.

Euro area (EA13) seasonally-adjusted unemployment stood at 6.9% in June 2007, unchanged compared to May. It was 7.9% in June 2006. The EU27 unemployment rate was also 6.9% in June 2007, compared with 7.0% in May. It was 7.9% in June 2006.

In July there were 4,084,200 online advertised vacancies, a largely seasonal decline of 196,200 or 4.6 percent from the June level, according to The Conference Board Help-Wanted OnLine Data Series™ (HWOL). Online advertised vacancies continue to be up substantially (20%) over the year (July'06 — July'07). There were 2.65 advertised vacancies online for every 100 persons in the labor force in July.

Economic growth in the euro area is running at its fastest pace since 2000 and is mostly generated by domestic factors, say the chief economists of the European Banking Federation’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (EMAC). Although they estimate that growth should start slowing at this point in the cycle, it should nonetheless reach 2.7% for 2007 as a whole.