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NASDAQ Announces Second Quarter 2007 Results

added: 24-07-2007

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. reported second quarter 2007 net income of $56.1 million, or $0.39 per diluted share, an increase of $39.5 million from $16.6 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2006, and an increase of $37.8 million from $18.3 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, in the first quarter 2007.

Security Solutions in the United Kingdom

added: 24-07-2007

The UK government has been steadily increasing its security budgets in the face of growing threats to national and civil security. Recent terror attacks combined with upcoming events such as the 2012 London Olympics are leading the government to prioritise safeguarding the country against threats of this nature.

32% of Large U.S. Companies Read Employee Email

added: 24-07-2007

The study found that 32.1% of surveyed companies with 1,000 or more employees hire staff to read or analyze the contents of outbound email. 38.8% of larger companies surveyed (those with more than 20,000 employees) employ staff for this purpose. Additionally, 16.9% of companies surveyed employ staff whose primary or exclusive job responsibility is to read or otherwise analyze email content.

Economic and Social Problems Pose Policy Challenge for Croatia

added: 24-07-2007

A substantial majority of Croatian citizens say they are happy with their family life and personal relationships. However, citizens of this candidate country for EU membership are pessimistic about the future and dissatisfied with the low income levels, regional differences in economic development, high long-term unemployment and the quality of public services.

Men Are Better Savers Than Women

added: 24-07-2007

Bankrate, Inc. published the findings of its second annual poll questioning Americans on their emergency savings accounts. Bankrate found that over half of Americans polled (54 percent) are not equipped with an emergency savings fund (equal to three months living expenses).

US Mass Layoffs in June

added: 24-07-2007

In June, employers took 1,219 mass layoff actions, seasonally adjusted,as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported.

U.S. Venture Capital Investment Continues to Grow

added: 24-07-2007

U.S. companies continued to attract significant venture capital investment in the second quarter of 2007, as venture financings reached $7.4 billion, an increase of 8% over the same period last year, according to the Quarterly Venture Capital Report released today by Ernst & Young LLP and Dow Jones VentureOne. The quarterly deal count also rose 8% to reach 717 deals, the highest deal volume since 2001.

US Usual Weekly Earnings in in the Second Quarter of 2007

added: 24-07-2007

Median weekly earnings of the nation’s 106.9 million full-time wage and salary workers were $690 in the second quarter of 2007, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported. This was 4.7
percent higher than a year earlier compared with a gain of 2.7 percent in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) over the same period.

NYSE Group Inc. Issues Monthly Short Interest Report

added: 24-07-2007

The NYSE Group, Inc. reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of July 13, 2007, reflecting transactions through July 10, 2007.

Sharp Contrast in days’ leave across EU

added: 23-07-2007

Marked differences exist between EU Member States in the total number of days’ leave they offer workers, with some countries having almost three-and-a-half working weeks’ more time off than others. Research findings published from the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) show that workers in Sweden have 42 days of annual leave and public holidays combined, in contrast to workers in Estonia, who have just 26 days. In addition, the length of the working week and annual hours worked vary greatly from one country to another.

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