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China's Smart Phone Sales up 5.2% in 2007Q3 over 2007 Q2

added: 16-11-2007

CCID Consulting recently released its article on the 5.2% increase is sales seen by China's smart phone business in 2007Q3, compared to 2007Q2.

EP: MEPs Say Poverty is Still too Widespread

added: 16-11-2007

In an own-initiative report on Social Reality Stocktaking, the European Parliament calls on the Commission and Member States to pursue "an ambitious objective of reducing poverty, especially among working people, in Europe". The report by Elizabeth Lynne welcomes the Commission's forthcoming proposal to make 2010 the European Year of Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. However, it also highlights the scale of the effort needed.

Marketing of Products: 'New Approach' Must Not Price SMEs out of the Market

added: 16-11-2007

Universal rules on compulsory CE marking are pushing European manufacturers of made-to-measure or small series products and services out of the market, according to UEAPME, the European craft and SME employers’ organisation, and its sister organisation NORMAPME, which represents the interests of SMEs in the European standardisation system.

EP: MEPs Set Out How to Get the Most Out of Globalisation

added: 16-11-2007

Following on from Wednesday's keynote parliamentary debate on the Commission's paper "The European interest: succeeding in the age of globalisation", MEPs adopted - by 435 votes to 86 with 32 abstentions - a wide-ranging resolution calling for the EU to take full advantage of globalisation while addressing the many challenges it entails.

Examine the Threat from Debit to the UK Credit Card Market

added: 16-11-2007

The UK payment card market has continued to grow strongly over the last five years. However, this growth has been driven by growth in the use of debit, rather than credit, cards. At a time when the credit card market is facing pressure on each of its major sources of revenue, this is a major challenge.

East Asia Remains Robust Despite U.S. Slow Down

added: 16-11-2007

East Asian economies are likely to remain robust in 2008 despite growing concerns about the U.S. sub-prime crisis and increasing global oil prices, says the World Bank’s latest East Asia & Pacific Update –Will Resilience Overcome Risk? Highlighting this, the report finds that for the first time, the number of poor people living below $2 a day in East Asia has fallen below 500 million – down from 1 billion in 1990.

US Real Earnings in October 2007

added: 16-11-2007

Real average weekly earnings fell by 0.2 percent from September to October after seasonal adjustment, according to preliminary data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.

US Consumer Price Index in October 2007

added: 16-11-2007

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent in October before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported. The October level of 208.936 (1982-84=100) was 3.5 percent higher than in October 2006.

Rising Energy Costs, Efficiency Will Drive Cleantech Activity

added: 16-11-2007

Rising energy costs and efforts to improve energy efficiency will be central drivers of the cleantech industry over the next five years, according to a poll of attendees at Ernst & Young's Strategic Growth Forum.

Outpacing Inflation, Rising Healthcare Costs Driving Out-of-Pocket Expenditures to More Than $365 Billion by 2011

added: 16-11-2007

With healthcare costs rising and managed care costs shifting, out-of-pocket expenditures for healthcare products and services are expected to rise above $365 billion in 2011, despite a slowing market for elective out-of-pocket medical procedures, according to Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Spending and Payment Options in the U.S. Report.

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