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American Time Use Survey in 2006

added: 28-07-2007

Employed persons worked 7.6 hours on average on the days that they worked. They worked more hours on weekdays than on weekend days-8.0 versus 5.4 hours.

Mobile Subscribers In China: 443.57 Million In December 2006

added: 27-07-2007

711.6 million Chinese people, which is 52.5% of the total population, will subscribe to the mobile communications service by 2010.

The NASDAQ Stock Market Announces Open Short Interest Positions in NASDAQ Stocks for July 2007

added: 27-07-2007

As of mid-July, short interest in 2,737 NASDAQ Global Market(sm) securities totaled 9,137,735,499 shares compared with 8,966,592,245 shares in 2,745 Global Market issues for the month of June. The July short interest represents 4.54 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 4.36 days in June.

DPP Investment Set to Hit Historic High

added: 27-07-2007

According to Allaire, three factors have contributed to the strength of the non-traded, public real estate program market. First and foremost, prior investments in non-traded REITs made during the past five to seven years have performed well and delivered respectable total returns while providing stable income to investors.

The Conference Board Help-Wanted Advertising Index Dips

added: 27-07-2007

The Conference Board Help-Wanted Advertising Index — a key measure of job offerings in major newspapers across America — dipped one point in June. The Index now stands at 26. It was 32 one year ago.

China Already had the World's Second-Largest Internet Population

added: 27-07-2007

At 134 million in 2006, China already had the world's second-largest Internet population.

Fitch Estimates that U.S. REITs Own Over $8 Billion of Properties Internationally

added: 27-07-2007

In recent years, U.S. equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) have grown their interests in real property outside the United States, and both opportunities and challenges are associated with such expansion, according to Fitch Ratings in a new special report. Fitch-rated equity REITs owned over $8 billion in properties in international markets as of March 31, 2007, compared to less than $2 billion five years earlier, according to Fitch estimates. As REITs continue to evaluate overseas acquisition and development opportunities, they will need to carefully weigh numerous factors, according to Fitch.

Converged Networks Best Enable Enterprise Mobility

added: 27-07-2007

AT&T Inc. has announced that 72 percent of businesses expect to migrate mobile voice and data applications to an Internet Protocol (IP) network by next year, according to a global survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on behalf of AT&T.

Renewable Energy Gains Attention in North American Biomass

added: 27-07-2007

As concerns about North America's dependence on foreign oil and rising energy prices continue to increase, the concept of generating renewable energy from biomass gains attention in this region.

U.S. Recreational Vehicle Market Expected to Regain Momentum by 2008

added: 27-07-2007

The motorized recreational vehicle (RV) and non-motorized, or "towable," RV market, hindered by a slow economy, is expected to pick up speed over the next five years, growing five percent and reaching $15.9 billion, according to Recreational Vehicle Manufacturing in the U.S., a new report from market research publisher SBI.

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