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added: 23-05-2009

Negotiating for everything in a lousy economy is the new rule, according to the latest money publication from Consumer Reports titled "Rebuild Your Finances." Paying the sticker price for a product or service may be paying too much. In fact, a new poll by Consumer Reports found that more than 66 percent of Americans have tried to negotiate for a better deal in the past six months.
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added: 22-05-2009

Despite their relative newness, companies are embracing Web 2.0 technologies such as social networking tools, blogs and webcasts for internal communications and as part of their overall technology mix, according to a new survey by Watson Wyatt, a leading global consulting firm.
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added: 22-05-2009

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the U.S. increased 1.0 percent, The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) decreased 0.2 percent and The Conference Board Lagging Economic Index™ (LAG) decreased 0.5 percent in April.
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added: 22-05-2009

Mortgage rates were all over the map this week, with the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate inching higher to 5.24 percent. According to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey, the average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.43 discount and origination points.
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added: 21-05-2009

Labor productivity, defined as output per hour, rose in 66 percent of the detailed service-providing and mining industries in 2007, about the same as in 2006. Unit labor costs, which reflect hourly compensation and productivity, rose in 70 percent of the industries, compared to 76 percent in 2006.
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added: 21-05-2009

Three-quarters of U.S. consumers prefer buying insurance products through agents and other trusted sources, but younger and higher-income consumers are more inclined to purchase products via the Web than through an agent and are more inclined to switch insurers, according to findings of a survey of more than 1,000 U.S. consumers by Accenture.
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added: 21-05-2009

The Air Transport Association of America (ATA), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, reported that passenger revenue fell 18 percent in April 2009 versus the same month in 2008 - the sixth consecutive month in which passenger revenue has fallen from the prior year.
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added: 20-05-2009

A Wells Fargo & Company quarterly survey found that nearly one in four homeowners (24 percent) do not have any savings to cover their living expenses should they lose their income. At the same time, anxiety over job stability increased significantly (from 21 percent to 29 percent indicating jobs as their top concern) since fourth quarter 2008, the last time the survey was done.
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added: 20-05-2009

Capital rates for commercial property continued to fall in the first quarter of 2009 with the United States and countries around the world hit by falling rental rates, according RICS's Global Commercial Property Survey. The quarterly survey tracks sentiment among property professionals internationally.
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added: 20-05-2009

From June 2008 to September 2008, the number of job gains from opening and expanding private sector establishments was 6.8 million, and the number of job losses from closing and contracting establishments was 7.8 million, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. Over this period, gross job losses exceeded gross job gains in all but three industry sectors: natural resources and mining, utilities, and education and health services.
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