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Private Equity Fund-Raising Shows No Signs of Slowing

added: 12-10-2007

Despite tightening credit markets, private equity firms continue to find limited partners eager to invest in their latest funds, according to Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst. The October issue reports that U.S. private equity firms raised $199.4 billion in 295 funds during the first three quarters of 2007, a 29% increase over the $154.1 billion raised in 232 funds during the same period in 2006. With another 405 private equity funds still in the market to raise an additional $165.2 billion in capital, this year's fund-raising is on pace to best the record $254.3 billion raised in all of 2006.

US: Job Openings and Labor Turnover in August 2007

added: 12-10-2007

On the last business day of August, 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 was unchanged in August, while the hires rate and the total separations rate were essentially unchanged.

US Interactive Marketing Spending To Reach $61 Billion By 2012

added: 12-10-2007

Interactive marketing spending in the US will more than triple over the next five years, reaching $61 billion by 2012, according to a new Forrester Research, Inc. report released at the Forrester Consumer Forum 2007 in Chicago. Forrester expects that a maturing perspective about interactive channels coupled with technology advances will eventually lead to interactive technologies infusing all marketing efforts, and the interactive marketing organization will dissolve.

Foreclosure Activity Decreases 8 Percent in September 2007

added: 11-10-2007

RealtyTrac(R)released its September 2007 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows a total of 223,538 foreclosure filings - default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions - were reported during the month, down 8 percent from the 32-month high in the previous month, but still up 99 percent from the number reported in September 2006. The national foreclosure rate for the month was one foreclosure filing for every 557 households.

U.S. Workers Are Satisfied With Their Jobs

added: 11-10-2007

Despite a historically low unemployment rate and the beginning effects of a labor shortage, a recent survey shows that many workers say their employers are not taking the necessary steps to retain them. In addition, less than half of the U.S. workforce (43 percent) say they are satisfied with their current jobs, according to the comprehensive study released by Spherion Corporation.

Improvement in Mortgage Market Bodes Well for Housing in 2008

added: 11-10-2007

Conditions in the mortgage market are improving for consumers, which should help to release some pent-up demand in early 2008, according to the latest forecast by the National Association of Realtors(R).

US: Financial Advisors are Bullish on the Market

added: 11-10-2007

MoneyShow.com, announced the results of their latest Sentiment Indicator, which surveyed 284 financial advisors across the country. The results revealed financial advisors expect the Standard & Poor's 500 to rise, inflation to remain constant, lower short- term interest rates, GDP to decrease, and foreign stocks and large-cap US stocks to be the top performing asset classes until the end of 2007.

U.S. Economic Highlights in October 2007

added: 10-10-2007

Last week's highlights: What a difference one month makes. When the Labor Department reported a net job loss for August, alarm bells went off about a brewing recession around the corner. The fear was that the drop in jobs might have been the last straw and the resilient consumer would finally wilt, except, it didn't happen. First, consumer confidence readings reflected a quite restrained response to the labor report, and a quite prescient one.

American Businesses Missing Global Opportunities

added: 10-10-2007

Most of America’s small- and mid-sized businesses have failed to explore the significant growth opportunities offered by an increasingly global economy. Indeed, a new survey conducted for UPS shows 67 percent of the nation’s small-to-mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) are still chaining themselves to the U.S. economy.

US Consumers Say They Want Renewable Power

added: 10-10-2007

While 63 percent of U.S. consumers agree they are "very concerned" about the effects of climate change or global warming, a wide disparity exists between how greenhouse gas emissions are actually generated and which culprits Americans think are to blame, according to a third-annual national study that evaluates the consumer mindset on energy use and conservation.

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