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Health Care Organizations Expect Health Care Reform Measures to Drive Higher Costs

added: 12-08-2011

A new survey of more than 200 professionals in U.S. health care organizations reveals costs will rise significantly with health care reform, but will be balanced with increased access to care while a renewed focus on organizational efficiencies will improve patients’ quality of care.

Thomson Reuters Identifies Most- and Least-Expensive Healthcare Markets in U.S.

added: 12-08-2011

A study released has found vast differences from one city to the next in the amount spent on healthcare for Americans with employer-sponsored health plans.

U.S. Business Journalists Optimistic Their Local Economies Will Improve

added: 12-08-2011

U.S. business journalists - who keep their fingers on the economic pulse of their local communities - said they expected business conditions in their areas to improve in the next six months, according to a new survey commissioned by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism.

Generations Divide over Mobile Devices

added: 11-08-2011

eMarketer estimates that more than 91 million US consumers will use the internet through a mobile device at least monthly by the end of this year, up from 77.8 million in 2010. While US consumers as a whole may be increasing their mobile internet activities, the devices with which they prefer to do so tend to vary by generation.

U.S. Productivity and Costs: the Second Quarter of 2011

added: 11-08-2011

Nonfarm business sector labor productivity decreased at a 0.3 percent annual rate during the second quarter of 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, with output and hours worked rising 1.8 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 2.5 percent while hours rose 1.6 percent, yielding an increase in productivity of 0.8 percent.

Fiserv Case-Shiller Home Price Insights: Despite Recent Declines, Home Prices Expected to Stabilize Across U.S. by Early Next Year

added: 11-08-2011

Fiserv, Inc. released an analysis of home price trends in more than 380 U.S. markets based on the Fiserv® Case-Shiller Indexes®. The indexes are owned and generated by Fiserv, the leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, and data from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).

New Back-to-School Shopping Survey Reveals What Parents Stress about Most During One of the Busiest Shopping Seasons of the Year

added: 11-08-2011

As the first day of school fast approaches, the need for parents to brave busy malls and shell out hard-earned cash for new clothes, shoes, school supplies, backpacks and computers brings on end-of-summer headaches that can be avoided. ShopRunner, an online shopping service that saves consumers time and money, polled parents across the country to gain insight into this year’s back-to-school shopping season.

IWPR: Job Gap Grows between Women and Men

added: 11-08-2011

Little noted among the employment figures released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is a growing gap between women’s and men’s employment as the recovery proceeds. Men gained 136,000 payroll jobs in July, at the same time women lost 19,000. A fact sheet released by the Institute for Women's Policy Research shows that throughout the recovery men have been gaining a disproportionate share of the jobs, even taking into account that men lost many more jobs than women in what was dubbed the “mancession.”

comScore Reports $37.5 Billion in Q2 2011 U.S. Retail E-Commerce Spending, Up 14 Percent vs. Year Ago

added: 10-08-2011

comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, released its Q2 2011 U.S. retail e-commerce sales estimates, which showed that online retail spending reached $37.5 billion for the quarter, up 14 percent versus year ago. This growth rate represented the seventh consecutive quarter of positive year-over-year growth and third consecutive quarter of double-digit growth rates.

Employment Trends Index Declines in July 2011

added: 10-08-2011

The Conference Board Employment Trends Index™(ETI) decreased slightly in July to 100.6, down from June's revised figure of 100.9. The July figure is up 4 percent from a year ago.

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