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2007 |
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Experts
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Domination |
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Hurting Business |
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2008 |
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Asset
Limited Income Constrained; Study By Clemson University Attempts
To Better Understand Subprime Consumers And The Industries That
Serve Them |
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Survey
Finds Women Most Pessimistic About Economy; Data Indicates
Furniture, Appliance Spending Increase By Q4 |
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Apple iPhone to Grab 10 Percent Smartphone Share By End of 2007
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Large-Size TFT-LCD Shipments Record 33.1 Million in May |
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Widescreen Notebooks And Bigger Screen TVs Will Dominate Fathers
Day Consumer Electronic Sales |
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There
Will Be One Billion PCs In Use By End Of 2008; Two Billion PCs
Worldwide By 2015 |
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TransUnion Begins Offering Rent to Own, Payday Loan Histories;
Traditional Retail Paying Increasing Attention To
Non-Traditional Financial Services Data |
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New Study
Of Underbanked Consumer Preferences |
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U.S.
Census Data Available Online For All US Counties |
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65% of Business Professionals Use Social Networking Sites To
Connect With Peers |
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Consumers Cautious; Gas Prices Continue Negative Effect On
Economy |
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70 Percent
of US to Have Broadband By 2012 |
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Samsung
Leads Q1'07 Units Shipped And Revenue |
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Census
Reports More Houses Have More Bedrooms |
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Younger
Consumers Driving Demand for Online Payment Options |
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Prediction; Fuel To Reach $4 Per Gallon |
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The Web 2.0
Train is Coming; Get Your Business On Or Get Out Of The Way |
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Top 10
Consumer Electronics and Computer Gifts for Mother’s Day 2007
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LCD
Continues To Dominate Plasma; Plasma Shipments Fall for the
First Time |
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Survey;
Nearly 70 Percent of Workers Confident in Future of Current
Employer |
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Recruiters Get Aggressive As Labor Market Tightens |
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Teenagers Lead Early Adoption of Consumer Electronics |
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Flat
Panel TV Prices Predicted To Plunge In December |
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 On the
brighter side, the survey found fewer owners were having
temporary cash flow issues, 42 percent, compared to 46 percent
in September.
Confidence in the economy among
small business owners fell in October as many expressed
increased pessimism about both the future of their own
businesses and the U.S. economy in general, according to a
survey of 1,000 business owners with five or fewer employees by
Discover.
At 96.8, business owner confidence fell more than two points in
September and has been on a downward trend since July when it
was 107.3. The percentage of business owners who said conditions
for their own operations were getting worse, 41 percent,
represents the highest degree of skepticism recorded thus far
noted in the 15-month-old survey.
Other survey results:
35 percent of small business owners feel that economic
conditions for their businesses are getting better, a decrease
from the 40 percent in September and two percentage points lower
than a year ago in October. Those who saw their conditions
getting worse was 41 percent compared to 35 percent in 2006.
32 percent of owners said that they rate the overall U.S.
economy as excellent or good, down from last month’s 39 percent
and the lowest rating in this category since the Watch’s
inception. In October 2006, 44 percent of owners rated the
economy excellent or good.
42 percent said they had experienced cash flow issues over the
last 90 days, a decrease from 46 percent in September, but
higher than 34 percent from a year ago.
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