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Employment gap Between Working-Age People With and Without Disabilities Continues

added: 07-11-2007

A dramatic 42 percent employment gap separates working-age people with and without disabilities in the workforce, Cornell University researchers reported today.

US Job Openings and Labor Turnover in September 2007

added: 07-11-2007

On the last business day of September, there were 4.1 million job openings in the United States, and the job openings rate was 2.9 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported. The job openings rate and total separations rate were unchanged in September, while the hires rate was essentially unchanged.

Falling Home Prices Cause Homeowners to Focus on Cost Savings When Remodeling

added: 07-11-2007

While interest in remodeling remains high, the most recent survey of 5,000 U.S. homeowners, cost savings is now a key consideration as U.S. home prices continue to decline. The Fall 2007 Remodelestimates.com Remodeling Sentiment Report, a semi-annual survey of 5,000 U.S. homeowners, shows a continuing trend among homeowners toward
minimizing remodeling costs.

Industrial Real Estate Markets Remained Stable in Q3

added: 07-11-2007

The U.S. warehouse market continued its upward trajectory during the third quarter of 2007, but the deceleration noted in the previous quarter became more evident in the July through September period, according to Colliers International, a global real estate services firm.

Gasoline Price Spike Heralds Economy

added: 07-11-2007

Gasoline prices spiked 14 cents last week, turning the Thanksgiving season into a lucrative early Christmas present for oil companies, said the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights.

US Productivity Rose about 2.5 Percent?

added: 06-11-2007

There has been no shortage of analysts who have warned of the past half year that the US economy is headed for a recession and soon. The economy wasn't in recession in the third quarter, not with nearly 4 percent annualized growth in real GDP.

Banks Must Establish Dialogue With Consumers to Succeed in the Retirement Market

added: 06-11-2007

Retail banks face heated competition in the race to capture their share of mass affluent consumers' trillions of dollars in retirement assets, according to a study released by BAI, the banking industry's leading professional organization and Mercatus LLC, a strategy consulting firm.

U.S. Corporate Bond Downgrades Hit Highest Quarterly Level in Two Years

added: 06-11-2007

The par value of U.S. corporate bonds affected by downgrades rose to the highest quarterly level in nearly two years in the third quarter as the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis and associated credit crunch began to take a toll on credit quality, according to Fitch Ratings.

While Small Businesses are Particularly Profitable, Banks Struggle to Satisfy These Customers

added: 06-11-2007

Banks struggle to satisfy small business customers, as these customers tend to be more difficult to please compared with the average retail banking customer, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2007 Small Business Banking Study(SM).

Four in Five of All U.S. Adults Go Online

added: 06-11-2007

According to the latest Harris Poll, the number of adults who are online at home, in the office, at school, library or other locations continues to grow at a steady rate. In the past year, the number of online users has reached an estimated 178 million, a ten percent increase.

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