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comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, released the latest insights on the state of the mobile financial services market from its quarterly Mobile Financial Advisor report. The report found that in Q4 2010, 29.8 million Americans accessed financial services accounts (bank, credit card, or brokerage) via their mobile device, an increase of 54 percent from Q4 2009. The report also analyzed the reasons inhibiting consumers from accessing financial accounts via mobile devices, finding that preference for online access and security concerns topped the list for both smartphone and feature phone users.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Mexico increased 0.8 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) increased 0.4 percent in January.

One year after health care reform becomes law, Deloitte uncovers multiple opportunities to expand products and services to help consumers and corporate clients manage rising health care costs.

Global IPTV subscription had a record 34.6% growth in 2010 according to figures prepared by Point Topic and announced today by the Broadband Forum. 2010 was also a landmark year for broadband subscriptions - following the milestone half billion lines achieved in July 2010, subscriber figures continued to climb steadily and ended the year at 523,066,022 – a net addition of over 55 million lines during the year. With more and more devices coming online and broadband growing at such a steady rate, the timing could not be better for the release of BroadbandSuite™ 4.0, the IPv6 Toolkit of the Broadband Forum.

As the first wave of U.S. Baby Boomers begin retiring this year, American manufacturing companies are highly concerned with their ability to find skilled workers, according to the results of a survey of industry senior executives commissioned by Advanced Technology Services, Inc. (ATS) and conducted by The Nielsen Company, a leading consulting and custom research firm. Among the survey's key findings, the pending retirement of highly skilled Baby Boomer workers will cost manufacturing companies $43 million each, on average - with nearly one in five estimating their cost at over $100 million.

Rising energy prices stemming from turbulence across N. Africa and the Middle East will only have a modest impact on GDP and inflation in the near term, according to a new OECD report, “The Effects of Oil Price Hikes on Economic Activity and Inflation."

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Australia increased 0.1 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) also increased 0.1 percent in January.

Mortgage rates marked a slight increase, with the benchmark conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate rising to 4.96 percent, according to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey. The average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.41 discount and origination points.

The E-Retail Report 2010 by Deutsche Card Services shows that women were still predominant in online retailing. Six out of ten purchases at European e-retailers are initiated by women. Men spend more money on each transaction with EUR 93.12 - EUR 24.47 more than those of "Jane Doe".

Compliance 360, a leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for enterprise governance, risk management and compliance (eGRC), announced the findings of its “2011 Medical Claims Audits Benchmark Study.” Among the healthcare compliance professionals who participated in the study, 40 percent responded that their compliance program budgets are increasing in 2011, indicating that many are expecting increased regulatory oversight and medical claims audit activities this year.