Internet security is a critical issue for any business. A breach in Internet security that damages your business computer system can result in reduced productivity and lost consumer confidence. Internet security depends as much on human expertise and experience as it does on security software, so be sure to involve...
How wide and how severe will the fall out from this summer's sub-prime meltdown be? That's the question occupying a great many minds in the financial world. They've got a lot of numbers to crunch, from the rise in new jobs in September, to the markets' big rally on Monday,...
Microsoft took a big step today to build its presence in the online advertising market with a deal to buy digital marketing group Aquantive for roughly $6 billion cash -- an 85 percent premium above Aquantive's closing price yesterday. The acquisition is Microsoft's largest to date and comes...
After a three-month review, an anonymous source said that Citigroup is likely to cut 5 percent of its workforce, or 17,000 jobs. The largest U.S. bank seeks to lower annual expenses by $1 billion, and is eying the possibility of closing offices and moving some of its 337,000 workers to...
This news probably won't come as a surprise, but consumer confidence is down. This news probably won't come as a surprise, but consumer confidence is down.
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE Larger-than-normal tax rebates and bonus checks are balancing out factors such as rising gas prices, a poor stock market, a weak labor market, and the war in Iraq. Consumer confidence fell in March, but only by an insignificant aCONSUMER CONFIDENCE ...
Consumer confidence was the central theme of the 32nd World Diamond Congress in Tel Aviv at the end of June. The World Federation of Diamond Bourses and the International Diamond Manufacturers Association, which both meet during the biennial congress Consumer confidence was the central theme of...
THE CONSUMER CONFIDENCE LEVEL for June, based on a monthly survey of 5,000 households, reached 105.8, nearly three points higher than in May and fully three points above the level recorded during the same month last year, as reported by The Conferenc THE CONSUMER CONFIDENCE LEVEL...
SYDNEY, Feb 12 Asia Pulse - Consumer confidence declined sharply in February as Australians faced bushfires and drought and global tensions intensified, a new survey shows. SYDNEY, Feb 12 Asia Pulse - Consumer confidence declined sharply in February as Australians faced bushfires and drought...
Consumer confidence must be restored. We are a global industry and these are all very much global issues. Consumer confidence is without question the major issue. If we don't have passengers we don't have an airline, and some international airlines Consumer confidence must be...
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE dropped again in early October on the University of Michigan's index, to 75.4 from 76.9 in September and 89.1 in August. Nonetheless, retail sales grew 1.1% in ... CONSUMER CONFIDENCE dropped again in early October on the University of Michigan's index, to...
SINGAPORE--BUSINESS WIRE--FEBRUARY 13, 1996--Consumer confidence in Taiwan and Korea has dropped to its lowest level in the last three years, according to MasterCard International's latest bi-annual MasterIndex survey of consumer confidence in the Asia/Pacific region. (See editor's note on MasterIndex system).
SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - South Korean stocks fell Wednesday morning as losses on Wall Street and weak U.S. consumer confidence data clouded the outlook for economic growth in one of South Korea's major export markets. SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - South...
Despite recent declines in consumer confidence, the housing market continues to turn in stellar numbers. Clearly, there are other factors that mean as much, or more, than consumer sentiment in determining demand for new and existing homes. Th ...
SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - South Korean stocks finished lower Wednesday as investor sentiment was damped by overnight losses on Wall Street and weak consumer confidence data in the United States, analysts said. SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - South Korean stocks finished...
EPA has designed two free software applications to help water suppliers quickly create their consumer confidence reports CCRs. They take users through all the sections of a CCR, convert lab results into "CCR units" and allow users to inse EPA has designed two free software applications...
Byline: Frederick P. Gabriel Jr. You didn't really think the war with Iraq was going to sap consumer confidence forever did you? The New York-based Conference Board reported Tuesday that its index of consumer confidence surged to 81 in April, ...