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added: 02-09-2011

Nonfarm business sector labor productivity decreased at a 0.7 percent annual rate during the second quarter of 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, with output and hours worked rising 1.3 percent and 2.0 percent, respectively. (All quarterly percent changes in this release are seasonally adjusted annual rates.) From the second quarter of 2010 to the second quarter of 2011, output increased 2.4 percent while hours rose 1.6 percent, yielding an increase in productivity of 0.7 percent.
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added: 02-09-2011

Mortgage rates reset record lows this week, with the benchmark conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate falling to 4.37 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.
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added: 01-09-2011

comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending July 2011. The study surveyed more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers and found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 25.5 percent market share. Google Android continued to gain ground in the smartphone market reaching 41.8 percent market share.
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added: 01-09-2011

Labor productivity - defined as output per hour – rose in wholesale trade, retail trade, and food services and drinking places, in 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
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added: 01-09-2011

A new survey of consumer goods manufacturers and importers shows that the dual trends of weak inventory sales and rising prices paint a dark picture for the upcoming holiday season.
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added: 31-08-2011

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had improved slightly in July, plummeted in August. The Index now stands at 44.5 (1985=100), down from 59.2 in July. The Present Situation Index decreased to 33.3 from 35.7. The Expectations Index decreased to 51.9 from 74.9 last month.
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added: 31-08-2011

Experian Automotive announced that lenders continued to increase their appetite for risk in Q2 2011, with new vehicle loans for customers with credit outside of prime increasing by 22.4 percent, when compared to the previous year. In Q2 2011, 22.29 percent of all new vehicle loans went to customers in the non-prime, subprime and deep subprime categories, increasing from 18.21 percent in Q2 2010.
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added: 31-08-2011

HireRight, a leading provider of employment screening solutions, announced that the often discussed “mismatch” in the employment sector between available jobs and people qualified to fill them is supported by the HireRight 2011 Employment Screening Benchmarking Report. Forty-nine percent of the report’s nearly 1,800 surveyed professionals, from organizations of all sizes, reported that finding and retaining quality talent was one of their top business challenges, virtually matching “cost-cutting” as their top response. Within the field of talent management, attracting and retaining experienced workers was reported as the number one issue.
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added: 30-08-2011

In a year when major disasters have impacted many areas of the United States, less than a third (31 percent) of business owners in a recent Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index survey said their businesses are extremely or very prepared for such disasters, with another 46 percent indicating they are only somewhat prepared. Over half (54 percent) indicated they are not concerned about a disaster impacting their business.
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added: 30-08-2011

Small businesses created 35,000 new jobs in August, but employees worked fewer hours and received less money. These are among the results of this month’s update of the Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq:INTU) Small Business Employment Index, covering the period between July 24 and Aug. 23.
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