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US Usual Weekly Earnings: Second Quarter 2009

added: 20-07-2009

Median weekly earnings of the nation's 100.1 million full-time wage and salary workers were $734 in the second quarter of 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported. This was 2.1 percent higher than a year earlier. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) fell by 1.2 percent over the same period.

Key Data on Education 2009: a View on Europe's Educational Systems

added: 19-07-2009

There is a wide range of facilities that the youngest children in Europe may attend before entering in primary school and most are fee-paying. The great majority of pupils across Europe attend public institutions except in Belgium and the Netherlands where more pupils attend the government-funded private sector.

comScore Releases June 2009 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

added: 19-07-2009

comScore, Inc. released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. In June 2009, Americans conducted more than 14 billion core searches, with Google Sites accounting for 65.0 percent search market share. Microsoft Sites grabbed 8.4 percent market share, a 0.4 percentage point gain versus May, after introducing its new search engine, Bing.

Consumers Aim to Repay Debts

added: 19-07-2009

A newly published nationwide survey of 1,000 Americans shows that consumers who have fallen behind on their payments or taken on too much debt refuse to assign blame for their predicament.

Economic Survey of Russia 2009

added: 18-07-2009

The global crisis has put a sudden end to the strong recovery of the Russian economy since the financial crisis of 1998. A slowdown was becoming increasingly likely, given the erosion of favourable factors such as undervaluation of the rouble and spare production capacity and labour resources.

Visitation to French Online Careers Sites Soars in Wake of Global Recession

added: 18-07-2009

comScore, Inc. released a study of trends in usage of French online career services sites, based on data from the comScore World Metrix audience measurement service. A total of 11.5 million French Internet users accessed a careers services and development site in May 2009, up 45 percent versus year ago, presumably driven in large part by the effects of the global financial crisis.

USA Economy Decline Increases Home Based Business Sales

added: 18-07-2009

A massive increase in the sale of home based businesses over the last 18 months has been directly attributed to the declining economy and increasing lack of job security stated IBFS one of the largest internet home business providers.

Euro Area External Trade Surplus 1.9 bn Euro in May 2009

added: 17-07-2009

The first estimate for the euro area (EA16) trade balance with the rest of the world in May 2009 gave a 1.9 bn euro surplus, compared with -3.8 bn in May 2008. The April 2009 balance was +2.7 bn, compared with +2.2 bn in April 2008. In May 2009 compared with April 2009, seasonally adjusted exports fell by 2.7% and imports by 2.8%.

Construction Output Down by 2.0% in the Euro Area in May 2009

added: 17-07-2009

In the construction sector, seasonally adjusted production fell by 2.0% in the euro area (EA16) and by 2.7% in the EU27 in May 2009, compared with the previous month. In April, production rose by 0.4% and 0.6% respectively. Compared with May 2008, output in May 2009 dropped by 8.0% in the euro area and by 9.6% in the EU27.

SEPA Risks Failure Unless Corrections are Made, say End Users

added: 17-07-2009

The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) that aims to establish one set of Europe-wide rules for credit transfers, debt transfers and payment card services risks not being sufficiently taken up by the market and failing to meet its objective to improve the efficiency of cross border euro payments, according to 8 leading European business and consumer organisations.

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