Against a backdrop of the mortgage industry prediction of 75,000 repossessions this year, new figures from The Co-operative Bank Mortgages show that despite the current economic climate, the number of repossessions at The Co-operative Bank has actually halved over the past 12 months.
Figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders estimated that the number of repossessions [...]
Greater Peninsula citizens and organizations contribute to unemployment solutions
President Obama’s Serve America Act is a direct call to action for American citizens to take the initiative to “change history’s course” through volunteerism and service. And, in the Greater Peninsula region, the community has stepped up its volunteering efforts with a mission to get the [...]
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Private Company Trendsetter Barometer tracks the business issues and standard industry practices of leading, privately held U.S. businesses. It incorporates the views of 250 CEOs: 136 from companies in the product sector and 114 in the service sector, averaging $158.0 million in revenue/sales, and including large, $300M plus private companies
After five consecutive quarters [...]
THE CONFERENCE BOARD LEADING ECONOMIC INDEX(TM)(LEI) FOR AUSTRALIA AND RELATED COMPOSITE ECONOMIC INDEXES FOR MARCH 2009
The Conference Board Leading Economic Index(TM) (LEI) for Australia increased 0.4 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index(TM) (CEI) increased 0.2 percent in March.
The Conference Board LEI for Australia increased for the second consecutive month in March. [...]
Engineers, Nurses and Skilled/Manual Trades are among the nation’s most challenging positions to fill, according to survey findings released today by Manpower Inc.
“In the four years we have performed this research, the same positions appear on the list again and again,” said Jonas Prising, President of the Americas. “Despite the current economic instability and high [...]
National poll shows Houston teens fair better than their counterparts
While the rest of the country is experiencing declines in employment, Houston retained an upper trend in 2008 for job growth with an increase of 57,300 jobs based on a report from the Houston Business Journal.
Similarly, the trend is positive for Houston teens too. Just [...]
Russia has been looked upon as an unfavourable market for electronics manufacturing by foreign electronics manufacturers in the past. This negative perception has been in spite of the country’s cost-competitive advantages as well as its growing domestic market. However, liberalisation coupled with heightened demand from key end-user segments such as consumer electronics is aiding the [...]
While the economic recession poses great challenges for the global industries to handle, the healthcare delivery market remains as one of the few recession proof sectors, alongside education and entertainment industries. Growing & ageing population, globalization of medical delivery services, and growing prevalence of chronic diseases have enhanced the necessity of profound healthcare delivery systems [...]
Frost & Sullivan’s Energy & Power Systems Practice will host an analyst briefing via webinar on Asian Power Utilities – Smart Responses to Tough Conditions? on Thursday, May 28th 2009, at 14:00 hrs (GMT+08:00hrs) Singapore time.
Year 2009 is slowly changing the rules of the game across various industries; the energy & power industry is not [...]
The Islamic finance industry gets its first dedicated training portal: IslamicAdvisory.com, Islamic Finance Training, Online. Certified by leading scholars, the portal is the first to provide streamable, interactive Islamic finance training modules “ideal for training across large-scale institutions,” as one prominent user, Yusuf Jha, Shariah Controller at Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, describes [...]