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Construction Market Will Continue to Slide in 2009
added: 24-10-2008

McGraw-Hill Construction, part of The McGraw-Hill Companies released its 2009 Construction Outlook, which forecasts a drop in overall U.S. construction starts for next year, as the tough funding environment continues, construction projects are deferred, and financial stress gradually eases. Against this backdrop, the level of construction starts in 2009 is expected to decline 7%, to $515 billion, following a 12% decline predicted for 2008.
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US Internet Users: 63.4% of the US Population Uses the Web
added: 24-10-2008

The Internet has long been a mass medium in the US, but it just got a little more massive. eMarketer estimates that 63.4% of the US population uses the Web at least once per month, and that nearly seven out of 10 Americans will do so by 2013.
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Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Plunge on Signs of Credit Thaw
added: 24-10-2008

Mortgage rates reversed course in a big way this week, with the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate dropping from 6.74 percent to 6.32 percent. According to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey, the average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.39 discount and origination points.
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US Workplace Injury and Illness in 2007
added: 24-10-2008

Nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses among private industry employers in 2007 occurred at a rate of 4.2 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers - a decline from 4.4 cases in 2006. Similarly, the number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses reported in 2007 declined to 4 million cases, compared to 4.1 million cases in 2006.
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Accounting and Finance Professionals' Overall Confidence Declines
added: 24-10-2008

The Accounting and Finance Employee Confidence Index, a measure of overall confidence among U.S. accounting and finance workers, decreased 1.3 points to 48.5 in the third quarter of 2008, reaching its lowest level since the survey began in 2005, according to a recent survey commissioned by The Mergis Group(R) and conducted by Harris Interactive(R).
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Fitch: U.S. Life Insurers Face Increasing Risk from Variable Annuities
added: 24-10-2008

Fitch Ratings sees equity market performance 2008 as having a dramatic impact on U.S. life insurers active in the variable annuity market. Persistent adverse market conditions will pressure life insurer's earnings and risk-based capital levels for the balance of 2008 and into 2009. The industry ability to manage this growing risk exposure represents one of the most significant risk management challenges confronting U.S. life insurers.
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US Foreclosure Activity Decreases 12 Percent in September 2008
added: 24-10-2008

RealtyTrac(R), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report(TM) for September 2008 and Q3 2008. Foreclosure filings - default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions - were reported on 265,968 properties in September, a 12 percent decrease from the previous month but still a 21 percent increase from September 2007. One in every 475 U.S. housing units received a foreclosure filing in September.
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The Harris Poll: Economy Most Important Issue For Americans
added: 24-10-2008

As the financial and economic crisis deepens, the latest edition of The Harris Poll® finds that the economy, which was already at the top of the list of concerns for Americans, has moved even farther ahead of all other issues that people want the government to address.
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Online Holiday Sales Forecast
added: 23-10-2008

This year online holiday sales (excluding travel) will total $32.1 billion, up 10.1% over 2007. This is a sharp decline from growth rates in the low-to-mid 20% range seen over the past few years.
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US Mass Layoffs in September 2008
added: 23-10-2008

In September, employers took 2,269 mass layoff actions, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.Department of Labor reported. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single employer; the number of workers involved totaled
235,681, on a seasonally adjusted basis.
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