According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), one-fifth of all retail sales in the US (19.9%) occur during the holiday season, making it the most important time period of the year for the industry.
Siemens Building Technologies, Inc., announced today it has signed an agreement by which it intends to acquire VistaScape Security Systems Corp., of Atlanta, as a wholly owned subsidiary.
Kelley Blue Book releases the results of its 2006 Kelley Blue Book New-Vehicle Buyer Attitude Study on Vehicle Purchasing and Pricing. This year's study shows 37 percent of today's in-market car buyers find zero percent financing the most appealing incentive, up 11 points from last year. At the same time, the study showed that employee-pricing programs, popularized by domestic vehicle manufacturers in the summer of 2005, have become the least appealing offer with only 10 percent calling it the most attractive incentive.
The Department for Transport has today published National Statistics on public transport in Public Transport Statistics Bulletin: Great Britain 2006 Edition.
A group of mobile manufacturers, network operators, suppliers, recyclers, consumer and environmental organisations, led by Nokia, has committed to improve the environmental performance of mobile phones and to do more to raise consumer awareness and participation in take-back and recycling.
Alcatel and Nokia have announced a collaboration which extends Alcatel's business telephony offering to the mobile workforce by way of the Nokia Eseries, a range of business class devices. The Intellisync Call Connect for Alcatel, is a Nokia offering designed to integrate Nokia Eseries devices into the Alcatel IP Communication server. The collaboration reaffirms both companies' commitment to mobilizing business communications.
In a meeting with investors and financial analysts today, Royal Philips Electronics will discuss how the company’s Lighting business continues to make a solid contribution to profitable growth and value creation by building on Philips’ number one position in the global lighting market and playing an active role in shaping the emerging market in energy efficient lighting.
2006 has already become a record year for money raising through IPOs on the London Stock Exchange. So far this year, IPOs on the Exchange's markets have raised £17.8 billion, exceeding the £17.4 billion raised by IPOs during the whole of 2000.
The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) announced plans to introduce an equity and index options market in the third quarter of 2007, pending approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). NASDAQ will develop the NASDAQ Options Market to leverage its core strengths of high performance technology and connectivity.
