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Consumer Price Index in June 2008

added: 21-07-2008

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 1.0 percent in June, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported. The June level of 218.815 (1982-84=100) was 5.0 percent higher than in June 2007.

World Stock Markets: Will Oil Drive The Bourse?

added: 21-07-2008

What no one wanted a week ago, helped send the US market higher for the first time in six weeks last week, but oil's sharp 11%-plus fall was the major influence and shouldn't be under-estimated as having bolstered the market's confidence at the right time to allow nervy punters to move back into US financial stocks (and those in Australia for that matter, and Europe as well).

2009 budget: Adequate Means For EU Policy Priorities

added: 21-07-2008

The EU must give itself adequate budgetary means to achieve its policy aims - this is the spirit in which Parliament's delegation went to its budgetary conciliation meeting with the Council on 17 July. MEPs propose increasing the payments entered in the preliminary draft budget for 2009. Responding to the plan to fund agricultural aid to developing countries with unspent CAP money, they also demanded that the Commission comply with budgetary rules.

Green Product Proposals Fall Short Of Potential

added: 21-07-2008

New laws proposed by the European Commission to create greener products need serious strengthening if they are to help tackle climate change and biodiversity loss, says Friends of the Earth Europe.

U.S. Venture Capital Investment Drops 12% from 2007 Highs with $6.64 Billion Invested in 2Q08

added: 20-07-2008

In the second quarter of 2008, quarterly venture capital investment in U.S. companies slipped below the $7 billion mark for the first time in 18 months.

Asian Integration Vital to Growth and Managing Risks, Says ADB Study

added: 20-07-2008

Economic integration in Asia is becoming increasingly important to global growth and managing shared risks in the region, according to a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) study.

Usual Weekly Earnings Summary - Second Quarter 2008

added: 20-07-2008

Median weekly earnings of the nation's 107.1 million full-time wage and salary workers were $719 in the second quarter of 2008, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported. This was 4.2 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with a gain of 4.4 percent in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) over the same period.

Sheep And Goat Farming: A Valuable Sector In Need Of A Helping Hand Say MEPs

added: 19-07-2008

MEPs adopted a report for urgent EU action to support sheep and goat farming, including producer income support and marketing measures. In addition, the Commission's plans for compulsory electronic tagging of every animal should be rethought, says the House. The report was adopted with 492 votes in favour, 30 against and 9 abstentions.

EU Now Trailing US On Irresponsible Drug Promotion

added: 19-07-2008

EU failing to put pressure on drugs industry to meet standards being set in the US and elsewhere; CI survey finds pharmaceutical companies have no commitments to release info on financial ties with doctors in Europe.

Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Fall 3 Weeks in a Row

added: 19-07-2008

Mortgage rates continued the retreat, with the average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate falling to 6.42 percent. According to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey of large lenders, the average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.45 discount and origination points.

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