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NEW DELHI, October 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- * Seventh round of survey shows optimism tempered with caution over the implementation of economic changes * 47% of 500 Indian CEOs/CFOs surveyed foresee better prospects for their companies in the next quarter (October-December) * Half the survey respondents believe availability of finance will ease in the October-December quarter Respondents to Business Today's Business Confidence Survey for the July-September...

Weak Employment May Be Harbinger of Less Spending & Grim Sentiment For Post-Election, Pre-Holiday Shopping. YONKERS, N.Y., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Consumer Reports Index, an overall measure of Americans' personal financial health, revealed deepening financial woes for middle- and upper-income Americans heading into the last three months of the year. The Consumer Reports Index's Trouble Tracker, which looks at both the proportion of consumers that have faced...

BEIJING, Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/-- With the rapid development of China's outbound foreign investment and the approval of China National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the 4th China Overseas Investment Fair (COIFAIR 2012), co-hosted by China Industrial Overseas Development & Planning Association and China Development Bank, the country's largest overseas investment and financing bank, will be held at China World Trade Center, Beijing on November 12-13, 2012. The...

NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Job Growth Still Slow, But Not SlowingWith a gain of 114,000 jobs in September and an upward revision for August, this economy remains on a slow but not slowing growth path. More demand would help, as would fewer ill winds blowing in from a contracting Europe and slower emerging markets. More certainty on taxes post-election would also help. However, right now, slow job and income growth is about all the economy is capable of generating as...

Research conducted by Kids Activities Blog reveals that play bubble shooter, bubble shooter and fun bubble games are still among the most popular activities among tots. Moms blog about their own fun bubble ideas and show 10 easy things to do to have fun bubble games with their kids. Dallas, TX (PRWEB) September 30, 2012 Research conducted by Kids Activities Blog reveals, that fun bubble games are still among the most popular acitivities for toddlers. Play bubble shooter games outside, and...

LONDON, September 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Austerity has saved Latvia from the pitfalls of recession and boosted economic growth, but is all that good work about to come undone? At a time when Europe's monetary union is beset by threats of default and a possible break-up, Latvia, a small Baltic state in north-eastern Europe, plans to adopt the euro in 2014. But why? Why should a state which according to the IMF has shown healthy signs of economic...

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In 2010, state and local governments brought in nearly $3.2 trillion in revenue, a 51.4 percent ($1.1 trillion) increase from 2009, according to statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau. Revenue from the federal government increased 16.1 percent from $537.2 billion to $623.7 billion between 2009 and 2010. (See Table 1 [Excel]) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) These findings come from the 2010 Annual...

SEATTLE, Sept. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The growth rate for Self-paced eLearning in Western Europe is 5.8% and revenues will reach $8.1 billion by 2016, up from $6.1 billion in 2011, according to a new Ambient Insight report called, "The Western Europe Market for Self-paced eLearning Products and Services: 2011-2016 Forecast and Analysis." In this regional report, revenue forecasts are broken out for twenty-two countries: Spain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden,...

--Similarities to 2010 and 2011 growth cycles hint at economic 'Charlie Brown' effect-- WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Chemistry Council (ACC) today released its monthly Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), a leading economic indicator derived from a composite index of chemical industry activity. The September CAB showed a 0.3 percent growth over the previous month. This represents the third consecutive monthly increase in the CAB, and follows small...