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Upfront: Health-Care Cost Juggernaut Slowing

The paper depicts about a survey which analyzes data from managed-care organizations, health insurers, pharmacy benefit managers and third-party administrators. It predicts that the increase in premiums for most types of health-care insurance coverage will be lower in 2006. The slowdown is welcome news to finance executives and benefits managers...

Tags: Slowdown, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources

White papers 2005-11-01

If The Economy Is Slowing, Is Your Business Growing? Presenting the Silver (25th) Anniversary Edition

By now, there's no question the U.S. economy is mired in an economic slowdown. While your specific industry may actually be strong, slowdowns are epidemic in nature and have a way of leaking into otherwise solid sectors. The simple fact is that expectations drive consumer behavior. A mindset of limitations...

Tags: Slowdown, Fact, Strategy, Management

White papers 2003-01-01

Keeping The Cornerstone Of Your Organization: Employer Branding Is A Necessity In An Economic Slowdown

In an approach to tighten spending organizations and their respective human resources gatekeepers are trying to retrench and even eliminate recruitment and retention initiatives. This article informs that this course of action may achieve minimal short-term gains, but also carries the risk of ending all-important dialogue with existing and potential...

Tags: Slowdown, Organization, Branding, Marketing

White papers 2001-03-01

Additional Resources

Credit crunch: 'It's just the end of the beginning'

Here's some "big picture" numbers on the state of the world's financial system. According to ING, the total value of assets written down by Planet Earth's big banks is $502bn. The total value of capital raised by the same: $351bn. That deficit, of $151bn could easily get much much bigger....

Articles 2008-08-28

The real victims of the housing market crisis need all the help they

Outlook His colleagues in the housebuilding industry won't thank him for his honesty, but Taylor Wimpey's chief executive, Pete Redfern, hit the nail on the head yesterday in admitting there is little the Government can do to fix the housing market. While several of Taylor Wimpey's...

Articles 2008-08-28

Renovate to accumulate

REFURBISHMENT AND RENOVATION While the housing market cools, homeowners can add value to their properties, says Graham Norwood Even bad news has a silver lining, and this year's property market slowdown has a benefit for at least one group of people - all those involved in...

Articles 2008-08-27

Radio station successes enable UTV to sound a positive note

UTV, the Irish media company that includes the Northern Ireland ITV franchise, may be feeling the pinch in television advertising, but its radio stations are booming. The numbers speak for themselves. Group turnover for the six months to June was up by 8 per cent to 62m,...

Articles 2008-08-27

Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Anglo American Plc., URS Corp., CBS Corp., Companhia Siderurgica Nacional and Double Eagle Petroleum Co

CHICAGO -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Anglo American Plc. (Nasdaq: AAUK), URS Corp. (NYSE: URS), CBS Corp....

Articles 2008-08-27

New Fluke Networks Visual Performance Manager 4.0 Improves Delivery of Business Services Through Faster Problem Identification

New application performance system streamlines data collection, quickly pinpointing performance slowdowns to the individual transaction EVERETT, Wash. -- Fluke Networks today announced global availability of Visual Performance Manager 4.0, the latest version of its performance management system. Visual Performance Manager 4.0 improves delivery of business services by quickly...

Articles 2008-08-27

There is no magic bullet

LEADING ARTICLE Charles Bean, the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, probably wishes he had chosen his words a little more carefully. No one wants to hear from one of the stewards of our economy that he and his colleagues have their "fingers crossed" that...

Articles 2008-08-26

Economy 'as bad as the Seventies'

* Dire warning from Bank of England's deputy governor Pressure is mounting on Gordon Brown to find help for hard- pressed families as the new Deputy Governor of the Bank of England warned that the financial situation was at least as bad as that of the...

Articles 2008-08-26

Expo Holdings, Inc. Completes Prototype Phase, Ships Initial Orders to Stanley

Expo Holdings, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: EXPH), a holding Company, which wholly owns D&D Displays, Inc., hascompleted prototype phase and has delivered first shipments to Stanley TheStanley Works. James D. Brown, Expo Holdings CEO, stated, "We are pleased to havedelivered prototypes and now 8 completed displays to Stanley. The feedbackhas been...

Articles 2008-08-26

Skills shortage in IT leads to rise in pay and jobs despite slowdown

Despite the economic downturn, IT departments still need more staff, and salaries for mid-level technicians are rising as the perennial skills shortage continues to bite. Nearly half (49 per cent) of the IT directors surveyed by ReThink Recruitment say they will be increasing employee numbers over the...

Articles 2008-08-26

IMF cuts world growth forecasts: source

PARIS AFP — The International Monetary Fund has cut its world growth forecasts for this year and next in light of the global slowdown, an official said on Tuesday. For 2008, the IMF now expects world growth of 3.9 percent, down from the 4.1 percent previous estimate, said...

Articles 2008-08-26

Danish timber wholesale group Dalhoff Larsen & Horneman A/S posts 1H EBIT of DKK32m

NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-26 August 2008-Danish timber wholesale group Dalhoff Larsen & Horneman A/S posts 1H EBIT of DKK32mC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Danish timber wholesale group Dalhoff Larsen & Horneman A/S DLH Group (OMX Copenhagen: DLH B) published on Tuesday (26 August) its report for the first half...

Articles 2008-08-26

State Street Surpasses $100 Billion in Private Equity Assets Under Administration

BOSTON -- State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT), the world's leading provider of financial services to institutional investors, announced today that assets under administration serviced by its private equity fund team has surpassed $100 billion, as of June 30 2008. State Street's private equity fund services team provides full-service fund administration services...

Articles 2008-08-26

Lingerie Market Report 2008 Forecasts That The Total UK Market For Lingerie Will Be Worth GBP 2.73bn At The End Of This Year

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b61f32/lingerie_market_re) has announced the addition of the "Lingerie Market Report 2008" report to their offering. We forecast that the total UK market for lingerie will be worth 2.73bn at the end of 2008, representing growth of 16.5% since 2004. This is a...

Articles 2008-08-25

Financial downturn 'to drag on': BoE official

LONDON AFP — The Bank of England's new deputy governor warned on Monday that the global financial slowdown could "drag on for some considerable time". Charles Bean said that every time the markets began to look like they were becoming steadier, "another grenade" exploded. He said...

Articles 2008-08-25

China considers $54bln stimulus plan: state media

SHANGHAI AFP — China is considering a 54-billion-dollar stimulus plan involving tax cuts and government spending, state media said Monday, in another sign that boosting the economy is becoming a priority. The 370-billion-yuan proposal, which has yet to be finalised, includes 220 billion yuan in fiscal spending and...

Articles 2008-08-25

China considers 54-billion-dollar stimulus plan: state media

SHANGHAI AFP — China is considering an economic stimulus plan worth 54 billion dollars, including tax cuts and government spending to prop up growth, state media reported Monday. The 370-billion-yuan proposal, which has yet to be finalised, includes 220 billion yuan in fiscal spending and 150 billion yuan...

Articles 2008-08-24