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U.S. Productivity Growth Will Accelerate This Year
added: 15-01-2008

Recession concerns and the credit crunch cloud the U.S. economic outlook for 2008, but U.S. productivity growth will accelerate to 1.7% this year, while Japan's rate will pick up to 1.9%, according to the latest annual productivity report from The Conference Board, the global business research organization.
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Economic Freedom Holding Steady
added: 15-01-2008

The level of economic freedom found throughout the world remained essentially unchanged over the last year, with overall gains in only two of the five regions examined in the 14th annual Index of Economic Freedom, released by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal.
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IDC Predicts the Number of Worldwide Mobile Workers to Reach 1 Billion by 2011
added: 15-01-2008

Pressure on companies to provide work/life balance programs for employees combined with advances in mobile technologies is increasing the number of mobile workers in the U.S. and around the world. By year-end 2011, IDC expects nearly 75% of the U.S. workforce will be mobile.
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European Business - Facts and Figures
added: 15-01-2008

The new edition of European business - Facts and figures, published by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, covers the main sectors of the European business economy from energy and the extractive industries to communications, information services and media.
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Europe's Economic Freedom Well Above World Average
added: 15-01-2008

Half of the world's 20 freest economies are in Europe, the only region where most countries are skewed toward freedom, according to the 2008 "Index of Economic Freedom" published annually by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation.
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Economic News Continues to Reflect a Slow Economy
added: 15-01-2008

Last week's highlights: The big stories in the new year include the developing bear markets, frenzy over how much the central bank will lower interest rates, and worry over bad news this upcoming earnings season. Meanwhile, the economic news continues to reflect a slow economy. The concern is that this characterization might remain valid right through mid-year, and possibly longer.
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Americans Lack Understanding of Tax Savings
added: 15-01-2008

As Americans gear-up for tax day, many do not know which investments can help them save on their income taxes or defer paying them, according to a new survey by COUNTRY Insurance & Financial Services. More than half say they either do not have a good understanding of these investments (30 percent) or are unsure (21 percent).
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E-Commerce, Without a Credit Card
added: 15-01-2008

More than 85% of Internet transactions are completed with a credit or debit card, according to Javelin Strategy and Research data cited in a January 2008 Wall Street Journal article.
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Half of U.S. Consumers Reduce Spending to Combat High Gas Prices
added: 15-01-2008

New research from The Nielsen Company finds that half (49 percent) of U.S. consumers are reducing their spending to compensate for rising gas prices, up four points from June 2007. Consumers are also battling high gas prices by combining shopping trips and errands (70 percent), eating out less (41 percent) and staying home more often (39 percent).
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Small Businesses Turn to Alternative Funding Solutions During Credit Crunch
added: 15-01-2008

The results of a recent survey of small-business owners found that the number one barrier keeping them from meeting their financial goals in 2008 is lack of access to working capital. In this most recent installment of the Capital Access Network (CAN) Small Business Barometer, decision makers at small businesses indicated that their own "credit crunch" outweighs all other business obstacles they will face in 2008 including taxes, staffing, seasonality and energy costs.
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