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Gearlog (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
According to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, Apple online sales were up in a big way this Black Friday. Munster's estimates show a 39-percent online increase for the company over last year. For the rest of number, the company only saw a two-percent increase in traffic.
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CincyStreetcar Blog (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
From the Enquirer: Over the short and long terms, there is nothing more important than rail transportation when considering how to create job growth in our region. Today, talent – particularly young talent – is attracted to place before they select a job or even a career. In fact, many estimates show that two-thirds of young talent [...]
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Blog For Arizona (Free subscription) | yesterday
... tax return kicked in an extra $5, that would generate $12 million. That's a far cry from the estimated $3 billion that will be needed to balance next year's budget. But Burges, in her second two-year term as a legislator, said she views this as far preferable to mandated higher taxes on everyone. Let's break this down. Rep. Burges is essentially saying that if socially responsible...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
... or complete harvests delayed by seemingly unrelenting rains in September and October. Preliminary estimates showed Louisiana farmers standing to lose $275 million in revenue for all major row crops.For many producers, this is on top of production losses suffered last year due to hurricanes Gustav and Ike."The rest of the United States must understand that the greatest natural resource in...
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The Local (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
... the way out, when they will be worth their weight in gold.The ticket quite often will have a time estimate, showing how long you have to wait until it is your turn. This allows you to leave the premises and hang about just outside the door, peering through the window every few minutes in a concerned and suspicious manner.When your number is finally called you had better be there, on the...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
DETAILS and revenue estimates for the 2010 budget inadvertently omitted in the budget proposal submitted to the National Assembly on Tuesday were yesterday circulated to Senators.
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Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... the economy and in tax returns to the state. Union economists such as Michael Taft have produced estimates showing that the size of the deficit reduction of a given cut in spending may turn out to be a fraction of the size of the cut . It is highly unlikely that the models employed took into account the “Newry Effect” - that with significant pricing differentials between north...
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XpertHR - Employment Intelligence (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... figures have shown the economy's stubborn refusal to return to growth. The latest revised GDP estimates show that the UK economy grew by -0.3% in the third quarter of 2009 (up 0.1 percentage point from last month's official estimates, which put growth for the quarter at -0.4%). This means the UK economy remains mired in what is proving to be the longest recession on record (external...
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Finance Markets (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
The Commerce Department today revealed that the world’s no.1 economy grew at a far slower rate in the third quarter than previous estimates showed. According to official figures, the US economy grew by 2.8% between the July and September period, rather than the 3.5% previously reported. Today’s figures confirm that the economy exited its worst recession for [...]
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... came to more than $750 billion, while insured losses totaled some $280 billion."Even conservative estimates show that we are talking here about climate change costs already running into billions per year," said Peter Hoeppe, the head of Munich Re's risk research department. It is "very important and makes economic sense to lay cornerstones for a new agreement, with ambitious targets, in...
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Getting Better (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Prologue This is not news: your primary care provider (PCP) has been listed on the endangered species list. Harvard Medical School has decided to no longer train primary care physicians – they are too quaint and old fashioned. Estimates show that for every seasoned PCP leaving primary care (which they are doing in larger numbers), it will take 1.7 PCPs to replace them due to expectations...
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Finance Markets (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
The US central bank, the Federal Reserve, yesterday lifted its outlook for economic growth in 2010 to a range of 2.5% to 3.5%. The forecast was raised marginally from its July estimate of between 2.1% and 3.3%, indicating that the US expects unemployment to ease early next year. Currently, the US unemployment rate is at 10.2%. [...]
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Finance Markets (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... revealed that the US economy grew at a far slower rate in the third quarter than previous estimates showed.According to official figures, the US economy grew by 2.8% between the July and September period, rather than the 3.5% previously reported.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
The 2010 budget estimate shows that the main SGF's office if to spend N30 million on generators; the anti-poverty agency NAPEP is to spend N8 million; the Lagos Liaison Office is to purchase a new generating set worth N30 million; the National Economic Intelligence Committee is to replace a generator at the cost of N15 million, while the Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC) is to be given...
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turenchi (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
The 2010 budget estimate shows that the main SGF’s office if to spend N30 million on generators; the anti-poverty agency NAPEP is to spend N8 million; the Lagos Liaison Office is to purchase a new generating set worth N30 million; the National Economic Intelligence Committee is to replace a generator at the cost of N15 million, while the Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC) is to be given...
