In the EU27, 54% of households had access to the internet during the first quarter of 2007, compared with 49% during the first quarter of 2006, and 42% had a broadband connection, compared with 30% in 2006.
The euro area (EA13) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate stood at 7.2% in October 2007, compared with 7.3% in September. It was 8.0% in October 2006. The EU27 unemployment rate was 7.0% in October 2007, the same as September. It was 7.8% in October 2006. In October 2007, the lowest rates were registered in Denmark (2.9%) and the Netherlands (3.1%), the highest in Slovakia (11.2%) and Poland (8.8%).
After battling through consecutive years of difficult operating conditions, the U.S. air transportation industry is poised to begin producing real contributions to economic growth, according to a report announced by IBISWorld, Inc.
To avoid a crisis in water security, developing countries in Asia will have to rethink how they manage their vital water resources, according to a new report produced for the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
comScore, Inc. released an update of holiday season e-commerce spending covering the first 30 days (November 1 - 30) of the November - December 2007 holiday season.
Tipping their hands on the eve of another holiday shopping season, approximately 80 percent of adult Americans believe that products made in the United States are safer and of better quality than those manufactured overseas, according to a poll released by a global consortium of public relations professionals specializing in the consumer products industry.
The global market for mobile location technologies will be worth $23.2 billion in 2007. This is expected to increase to over $48.8 billion by 2012, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.1%.
As at mid-2006, women aged over 45 made up 21.2% of the UK population. This percentage is forecast to grow to 22.6% by 2012, and to 23.9% by 2021. This section of the population is made up of women with very different experiences of life — the older groups with experience of post-war austerity and the younger groups with `baby-boomer' expectations of a comfortable and materially well-provided for, and long, life.
The number of Americans working as direct selling consultants in the U.S. increased by more than 1 million to 15.2 million in 2006, according to a study released by the Direct Selling Association, the industry's national trade group.
Data from Nielsen Online sheds some new light on the matter that is so important to merchants—online and offline—during the busy holiday shopping season.
