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Nation's Largest Investors Call for "Green Recovery"
added: 27-01-2009

A group of 44 investors managing over $1.7 trillion in assets called on Congressional leaders to include significant funding for energy efficiency, clean energy and clean transportation in the economic stimulus bill being debated this week in Congress.
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Americans Focus on Preventive Care, Embrace Workplace Wellness Benefits as Health Care Costs Rise
added: 27-01-2009

More than half of American workers (51 percent) believe wellness benefits offered by their employer are successful at lowering health care costs, according to the latest Principal Financial Well-Being IndexSM. The findings show that two-thirds of workers (up from 60 percent a year ago) expect increased premiums this year and more than four in 10 workers (43 percent, up from 38 percent) expect to pay higher deductibles.
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Existing-Home Sales Show Strong Gain in December 2008
added: 27-01-2009

Existing-home sales rose unexpectedly while inventory declined, led by a surge of sales in the West, according to the National Association of Realtors(R).
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The Conference Board Leading Economic Index for the U.S. Increased 0.3 Percent in December 2008
added: 26-01-2009

The U.S. LEI increased 0.3 percent, The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index decreased 0.5 percent and The Conference Board Lagging Economic Index decreased 0.4 percent in December.
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Banking Sector: 77% of Americans Say "Yes" to "Always On" Banking
added: 26-01-2009

Research published by Monitise Americas, the mobile money people, demonstrates that Americans are increasingly demanding "always on" information about their money, with 77% saying that it was important for them to have real-time and immediate information regarding their bank and credit card accounts.
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Worst Decline in 30 Years for the Largest U.S. Retirement Funds
added: 26-01-2009

U.S. retirement funds lost almost $1 trillion of their value in the year ended Sept. 30, 2008, the worst decline in the 30 years Pensions & Investments has tracked the largest 1,000 plans.
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America's Youth at 21: School Enrollment, Training, and Employment Transitions between Ages 20 and 21
added: 26-01-2009

At age 21, women are more likely to be enrolled in college than men, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported. Among 21-year-olds not enrolled in college, men are more likely than women to be employed in a civilian job or serving in the military.
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Economic Confidence Among Small Business Owners Slips
added: 26-01-2009

After a brief rebound in December, economic confidence among small business owners dipped in January as fewer owners plan to increase spending for business development. The Discover® Small Business WatchSM index fell to 71.4 in January, down 1.4 points from December.
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Volunteering in the United States, 2008
added: 26-01-2009

About 61.8 million people, or 26.4 percent of the population, volunteered through or for an organization at least once between September 2007 and September 2008, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported. Both the level and rate of volunteering were essentially unchanged from the prior year.
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Credit Crunch, Falling Home Prices Diminish Auto Sales in 2009
added: 26-01-2009

U.S. light-vehicle sales will reach just short of 13 million units in 2009, but enhanced availability of credit for customers and dealerships should strengthen sales over the year, says Paul Taylor, chief economist for the National Automobile Dealers Association.
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