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U.S. Benefit Programs Could Cause Budget Pain

added: 15-06-2007

The U.S. faces severe long-term budgetary difficulty if the large and growing financial imbalances in its entitlement and public-sector pension programs are not addressed, says a report from Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.

Customs/New Rules to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

added: 15-06-2007

As from 15 June 2007, travellers entering or leaving the EU are required to make a declaration to customs authorities if they are carrying €10,000 or more in cash (or its equivalent in other currencies or easily convertible assets such as non crossed cheques).

European Union's greenhouse gas emissions fell by 0.7% in 2005

added: 15-06-2007

European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas welcomed news that the European Union's greenhouse gas emissions fell by 0.7% in 2005 and urged Member States to accelerate structural economic changes to ensure deeper, lasting emission cuts. The emissions fall in 2005 took EU-27 emissions to 11% below their levels in the Kyoto Protocol’s base year (1990 for most countries and gases) and EU-15 emissions to 2 %. The EU-15 is committed under Kyoto to ensuring that its emissions between 2008 and 2012 average at least 8% below base year levels.

China's City Commercial Bank Is Called the Third Tier of China's Banking Industry

added: 15-06-2007

China's city commercial bank’s accumulated assets by the end of 2006 was RMB2.59 trillion, up by 27.4% over the same period of previous year and accounting for 5.9% of total assets of financial organizations and its total liabilities reached RMB2.47 trillion, up by 26.5% compared to the same period of last year. China's city commercial bank is the fastest-growing segment in China's banking industry.

Commercial Real Estate Sound With Record Investment

added: 15-06-2007

Investment in commercial real estate remains at record levels with sound fundamentals in most sectors, according to the latest COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE OUTLOOK of the National Association of Realtors(R).

U.S. housing market: a drop in single-family home prices

added: 15-06-2007

Global Insight released the first-quarter 2007 update of its study, House Prices in America. The updated U.S. housing valuation analysis shows a widely dispersed drop in single-family home prices, resulting in a continued decline in the incidence of overvaluation in the nation's housing market.

The Leading Index for the U.K Increased 0.6 Percent in April

added: 15-06-2007

The Conference Board announced that the leading index for the U.K increased 0.6 percent, and the coincident index increased 0.1 percent in April.

Productivity and Costs by Industry: Selected Service-Providing and Mining Industries, 2005

added: 15-06-2007

The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported on productivity and costs for selected service-providing and mining industries in 2005. Labor productivity, defined as output per hour, rose in approximately two-thirds of the 42 industries studied, about the same as in 2004. Unit labor costs declined in 17 out of 42
industries. Over the long term period of 1987 to 2005, labor productivity increased in more industries than in 2005, and unit labor costs declined in fewer.

Euro Area Labour Cost rose by 2.2%

added: 14-06-2007

Total hourly labour costs in the euro area (EA13) rose at an annual rate of 2.2% in nominal terms up to the first quarter of 2007, the same as in the previous quarter. In the EU27 the annual rise was 3.7% up to the first quarter of 2007, up from 2.8% for the previous quarter.

US: Job Openings and Labor Turnover in April

added: 14-06-2007

On the last business day of April, there were 4.1 million job openings in the United States, and the job openings rate was 2.9 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported.

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