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SMBs In Australia to Spend US$1.8 B on Internet Technology This Year

added: 25-08-2008

Small and medium businesses in Australia are on track to spend over US$1.8 billion on beefing up their Internet-related technologies, up some 5% from 2007. By 2009, it is estimated that SMB spending will go up marginally to US$1.9 billion on Internet-enabling technologies, according to a study by New York-based Access Markets International (AMI) Partners, Inc.

Luxury Values Remain Stable in San Francisco

added: 25-08-2008

Luxury home prices remained flat in San Francisco in the second quarter of 2008 compared to a year ago, but Los Angeles and San Diego continued to decline, according to the First Republic Prestige Home Index(TM) by First Republic Bank.

Economic Survey of Norway 2008

added: 25-08-2008

The Norwegian economy has been flourishing of late, enjoying substantial real income growth with low inflation and very low unemployment. Benefiting from rising world energy prices and favourable supply shocks in the wake of globalisation, this good performance also reflects fiscal restraint, broadly successful monetary policy and the economy’s capacity to attract foreign labour. Macroeconomic policy is nevertheless facing a number of difficult challenges, both in the short and medium terms.

Where Have All the Online Travelers Gone?

added: 25-08-2008

The number of travelers booking online is down. What's up?

ADB to Help Pacific Nations Find Ways to Deal with High Prices

added: 25-08-2008

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to help Pacific countries come up with ways of cushioning the impact of high prices on the poor.

Credit Crunch Still Searching For Victims

added: 25-08-2008

The great credit crunch monster has struck again on two continents: pushing those desperate twins, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the edge for the second time in six weeks in the US, and finally crunching financial engineer, Babcock and Brown in Australia, sending chairman, Jim Babcock into early retirement and CEO, Phil Green to the backbench.

Many Economies in Asia Have Been Battered by High Inflation

added: 25-08-2008

Will Japan's second quarter slowdown prove to be a one quarter wonder? After a sharp, 8% recovery in exports in July, from June's slump (the first in five years), anything is possible as exports are a good indicator for overall performance.

Video Game Revenues Keep Rising

added: 25-08-2008

Video game spending passed that for movies several years ago in the US, and the trend continues. In 2007, US domestic box office spending for movies reached $9.6 billion, according to the Motion Picture Association of America's "Theatrical Market Statistics" report.

US Mass Layoffs in July 2008

added: 25-08-2008

In July, employers took 1,512 mass layoff actions, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported.

US Wine Consumption Still Climbing With No End in Sight

added: 25-08-2008

Overall wine consumption in the United States rose 3.2 percent in 2007 to 292.1 million 9-liter cases, according the Beverage Information Group's recently released 2008 Wine Handbook.

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