The Hudson Employment Index(SM) decreased to 100.5 in September, the lowest reading so far this year. A drop in both expected hiring and job satisfaction influenced the 2.4-point decline. Nevertheless, the latest reading is well above the 96.8 recorded last September, when the country was coping with the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
American Suzuki Motor Corporation (ASMC) today announced record sales of 7,940 units in September – an increase of 11 percent over September 2005. September 2006 sales also set a new monthly record for the company. Year-to-date sales total 81,328 units, up 28 percent over the previous year. Suzuki’s monthly sales increases continue the company’s recent sales momentum which included record sales of 82,101 in 2005 – the best sales year in American Suzuki’s 21-year history.
Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), importer and distributor of Porsche sports cars and Cayenne SUVs in the United States and Canada, today announced that sales for the month of September in the U.S. were up 3 percent over the same month in 2005. Year-to-date, September's results helped the Porsche brand continue to outpace last year's record-setting figure.
The Conference Board announced today that the U.S. leading index decreased 0.2 percent, the coincident index increased 0.1 percent and the lagging index increased 0.3 percent in August.
Although data protection and backup services are a top priority for small businesses over the next 18 months, small businesses admit they currently leave themselves vulnerable to data loss and the high costs associated with recovery. A new survey of small businesses and home office users who actively use computers, conducted by Verio, found that 45 percent of respondents have no data recovery plan in place for information stored on their PCs, and 33 percent who do have a plan, are storing data in ways that still leave it susceptible.
For the ninth consecutive year, the World Travel Awards, the prestigious awards ceremony that acknowledges significant achievements in all areas of the travel and tourism industry, has named Visa the “World’s Leading Credit Card.”
A study released today as the 12th installment of AeA's ongoing Competitiveness Series shows the U.S. tech industry added over 140,000 jobs between January and June of 2006, a 2.5 percent rise, for a total of 5.81 million. This is nearly double the 78,900 tech jobs added in the first half of 2005 and the strongest job growth of any six-month period since 2001. Nonetheless, January to June 2006 tech job growth lags that of the U.S. private sector, which rose by 3.5 percent over that period.
Now this could very well be the week when world oil prices drop below $US 60 a barrel but that prospect isn't going down well in the US or in some other markets.
According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), one-fifth of all retail sales in the US (19.9%) occur during the holiday season, making it the most important time period of the year for the industry.
Siemens Building Technologies, Inc., announced today it has signed an agreement by which it intends to acquire VistaScape Security Systems Corp., of Atlanta, as a wholly owned subsidiary.
