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added: 27-08-2010

Mortgage rates moved lower this week, with the average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate now 4.59 percent, according to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey. The average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.38 discount and origination points.

U.S. Multifactor Productivity Trends 2008

added: 26-08-2010

Private nonfarm business sector multifactor productivity increased at a 0.1 percent annual rate in 2008, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. This was the slowest gain in multifactor productivity since 1995.

Overall Consumer Confidence Finds a Beat, Tech Sector Steady, According to Latest CEA-CNET Indexes

added: 26-08-2010

Consumer confidence in the economy increased by half a point in August, according to figures released by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® and CNET. Confidence in consumer electronics fell more than two points to 79.8, but remains higher over the same period a year ago.

Marketers Plan to Spend More on Social Media Programs

added: 26-08-2010

The Pivot Conference released findings from its survey of 137 brand marketers and ad agency professionals that point to a significant investment in social media marketing programs in the next 12 months. Of the marketers surveyed, about two-thirds (63%) have already implemented social media marketing programs, and 87% plan to increase that investment in the next 12 months. Of the 37% of marketers that are not currently investing in social media, 62% plan to invest within one year.

U.S. Hotel Profit Growth Returns in 2010

added: 25-08-2010

Based on the strong surge in lodging demand that occurred during the first half of 2010, Colliers PKF Hospitality Research (PKF-HR) now forecasts that the average U.S. hotel will achieve a 2.3 percent increase in net operating income (NOI) during 2010. This follows a 37.8 percent cumulative decline in profits experienced from 2007 through 2009, and is the first annual uptick in forecasted NOI since 2007.

Forty-Six Percent of SMBs Have Been Infected by Internet Threats

added: 25-08-2010

Panda Security, the Cloud Security Company, announced the results of the United States edition of its second annual International Barometer of Security at small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The study, which surveyed nearly 10,000 SMBs around the globe and more than 1,500 in the United States, revealed that 46 percent of U.S. SMBs have fallen victim to cybercrime, up two percent from last year's survey.

Americans Want to Give Electric Vehicles a Test Drive, New CEA Study Reports

added: 25-08-2010

Forty percent of consumers report they are likely to test drive an electric vehicle, according to a new study of online American adults from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®. The study, Electric Vehicles: The Future of Driving, suggests electric vehicles entice consumers with improved environmental quality and potential cost savings, but leave them with questions about battery life and convenience of battery charging.

Consumer Driven Health Plan Growth Slows

added: 25-08-2010

Consumer Driven Health Plans (CDHPs) in the U.S. experienced continued growth this year – albeit at a slower rate than in 2009 – according to preliminary results released by United Benefit Advisors (UBA) from its 2010 UBA Health Plan Survey, the nation's largest health plan benchmarking survey, with 17,113 plans from 11,413, employers.

comScore Releases July 2010 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

added: 24-08-2010

comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. With the July 2010 qSearch data release, comScore will now be reporting “Explicit Core Search” results alongside its standard “Total Core Search” results in order to provide transparency around the impact of contextually driven searches.

Americans' Confidence in Their Ability to Access and Pay for Healthcare Hits New Low for the Year

added: 24-08-2010

Americans' confidence in their ability to access and pay for healthcare has hit its lowest level since December, according to a consumer sentiment index from Thomson Reuters.

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