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Italy’s Drugs Market Expected to Reach a Value of US$36.6bn by 2010

added: 08-05-2007

The Italian pharmaceutical industry has witnessed several major developments in the last few months, including another set of price cuts, the falsified dossier scandal and plans to further liberalise the over-the-counter (OTC) sector, according to the recently published Italy Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Report Q406.

EU: Spring Economic Forecast 2007-2008

added: 07-05-2007

The European Union economy is expected to grow by 2.9% in 2007 and 2.7% in 2008 (2.6% and 2.5%, respectively, in the euro area) on the back of solid investment and stronger private consumption, according to the Commission’s spring economic forecasts.

Volume of retail trade up by 2.6% in euro area

added: 07-05-2007

In March 2007, compared with March 2006, the volume of retail trade grew by 2.6% in the euro area (EA13) and by 3.8% in the EU27. Compared with February 2007, the retail sales index rose by 0.5% in the euro area and by 0.6% in the EU27.

US: Employment Situation in April

added: 07-05-2007

Nonfarm payroll employment edged up (+88,000) in April, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 4.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported.

Spherion Employee Confidence Index Increases Slightly

added: 07-05-2007

After a large decline in March, economic confidence levels among U.S. workers rebounded slightly in April, according to a recent survey of 3,190 working adults. The Spherion(R) Employee Confidence Index, a monthly gauge of overall worker confidence, increased 0.7 points to 57.8 in April. The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive(R) on behalf of Spherion Corporation, shows that workers remained confident about the future of their current employers and personal job prospects, but also revealed over one-third (35 percent) intend to seek new jobs within the next year.

Consumers Say Yes to the Next Generation of Mobile Tv

added: 07-05-2007

During the research for this report, the answers to these questions have become obvious: doubt about the rise of mobile TV as a major new technology area will be swept aside by the large number of possibilities in front of the cellular and broadcasting communities.

Small Banks Profit From Relationship Lending

added: 07-05-2007

Market valuations of smaller publicly-held banks are higher than they would otherwise be due to their investment in relationship lending, according to a study issued by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Chinese Pharmaceutical Industry: Average Annual Growth of 19.2% from 2000 to 2005

added: 07-05-2007

In 2005, the gross output value of China's pharmaceutical industry increased by RMB 263.7 billion over 2000 to RMB 450.8 billion, an average annual growth of 19.2% from 2000 to 2005.

U.S. Small Business Owners Feel Having Their Own Business Provides Better Work Life Balance

added: 07-05-2007

According to a new survey released by MasterCard Worldwide, 96 percent of U.S. small business owners say that balancing their work and life is important to them and more than half believe that being a small business owner enables greater work-life balance compared to other workers. Surprisingly, 83 percent say that they rarely or never miss important personal events due to work.

Industrial producer prices up by 0.3% in both euro area and EU27

added: 07-05-2007

The euro area (EA13) industrial producer price index rose by 0.3% in March 2007 compared to February. In March 2007, EU27 prices also gained 0.3%. In February prices also increased by 0.3% in both the euro area and the EU27.

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