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Business Activity at 60.7%, New Orders Index at 56.9%

added: 06-07-2007

Business activity in the non-manufacturing sector increased at a faster rate in June 2007, say the nation’s purchasing and supply executives in the latest Non-Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®.

No Fireworks in Mortgage Rates this Week

added: 06-07-2007

Mortgage rates remained calm, with the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate holding at 6.74 percent. According to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey of large lenders, the average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.25 discount and origination points.

Employers Cautiously Optimistic About Hiring in Q3

added: 06-07-2007

More than two-thirds (67 percent) of employers reported their companies hired new full-time, permanent employees at their locations during the first six months of 2007. Forty-three percent expect to hire the same amount of employees in the latter half of the year as the first half while 24 percent expect to hire more. One-in-five (21 percent) expect to hire fewer employees.

Monster Employment Index Dips Slightly in June

added: 05-07-2007

The Monster Employment Index dipped three points in June, suggesting that the seasonal summer slowdown in hiring activity typically seen in July may have arrived slightly earlier than in previous years, but also pointing to renewed moderation in online job demand after five months of growth. The Monster Employment Index is based on a real-time review of millions of employer job opportunities culled from more than 1,500 different Web sites, including Monster®.

Bad Ads Harm Good E-Commerce

added: 05-07-2007

Over a third of US consumers do not use payment cards to buy from unfamiliar Web sites because of security concerns, according to the Ponemon Institute and Vontu's "2007 Consumer Survey on Data Security." The study covered a range of privacy and security concerns.

Pending Home Sales Index Declines

added: 04-07-2007

Pending home sales, a forward-looking indicator, shows existing-home sales may ease but should stay fairly close to present levels in the months ahead, according to the National Association of Realtors(R).

Gas, Sales and Cigarette Taxes 2007

added: 04-07-2007

Many smokers are feeling a greater squeeze on their wallets as more states increase cigarette taxes, while most states have held the line on gas and sales tax rates over the last year, according to CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business and a leading provider of tax information, software and services.

eBay Users Reveals Online Auction Seller Deception and Pitfalls Can be Hard to Avoid

added: 04-07-2007

With 100 million items on sale, eBay is the king of online auctions. But almost half of the eBay buyers that Consumer Reports surveyed encountered deceptions, according to a report in the August issue.

US: Consumer Bankruptcies in Second Quarter 2007

added: 03-07-2007

The National Bankruptcy Research Center (NBKRC), a subsidiary of Lundquist Consulting, Inc. releases findings that the second quarter of 2007 marked the fifth consecutive increase in bankruptcy filings since the first quarter of 2006. The second quarter 2007 filings numbered 200,732, an 11.6 percent growth over the first quarter of 2007 and a 40.6 percent growth over the second quarter of 2006.

U.S. Mobile Worker Population Expresses Interest in Purchasing an iPhone

added: 03-07-2007

RDA Global released the findings of the first research conducted about the Apple iPhone among U.S. mobile workers. The report reveals that 15 percent of the 50 million mobile workers in the U.S. expressed interest in purchasing the iPhone, representing a total of 7.2 million potential iPhone unit sales among workers who either travel, work away from their office or are telecommuters.

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