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The median profit margin of U.S. hospitals has fallen to zero percent, according to a Thomson Reuters analysis of hospital finances published today. Driven largely by a decline in non-operating revenues, financial strains are apparent in all types of hospitals - small, medium and large community hospitals, teaching hospitals and major teaching hospitals.

Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, has released its Economic Impact analysis of the Food and Beverage Ingredients industry. According to the firm's findings, the food service industry has been hit the hardest, as more people opt to dine in.

Central Asia's emerging markets will continue flocking to mobile telecom services over the next five years, with subscriber bases growing about 13 percent per year and revenues growing by 8 percent annually through 2013, according to a new report from Pyramid Research, the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network.

Industrialization of India continues to be the key driver for biocide growth hence the average growth of the biocides industry in India is 9.1%, exceeding average growth rates in China, according to the latest research from worldwide consulting and research firm Kline & Company.

Online advertised job vacancies dipped 6,600 to 3,348,000 in February according to The Conference Board Help-Wanted Online Data Series (HWOL)™ released.

The current economic crisis has hit the EU Waste Management Market hard and the recycling sector has borne the brunt of the blow. Falling prices of recyclables has lead to vast volumes of unattended waste piling up in landfills and warehouses.

While the impact of the economy can be felt across all industries, workplaces that continue to invest in employees during tough economic times reap rewards for employer and employees alike, reported the American Psychological Association (APA. Five organizations were recognized by the APA for their comprehensive efforts to promote employee health and well-being while enhancing organizational performance.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ for Mexico declined 2.6 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ for Mexico decreased 1.5 percent in December.

Annual average unemployment rates rose in 2008 in all 4 regions and in 46 states and the District of Columbia, declined in 1 state, and were unchanged in 3 states, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported. Employment-population ratios decreased in all 4 regions and in 45 states and the District of Columbia, increased in 3 states, and were unchanged in 2 states. The U.S. jobless rate climbed by 1.2 percentage points over the year to 5.8 percent, while the national employment-population ratio fell by 0.8 point to 62.2 percent. Most of the deterioration in the labor market occurred late in the year.

Taiwan's information and communications technology (ICT) companies play a key role in the global supply chain for electronics products. Taiwanese companies account for about three- quarters of the world's production of PCs and half of the world's liquid- crystal displays (LCDs). In addition, Taiwan makes about a quarter of the world's semiconductors and about a fifth of the world's mobile phones.