Consumer Confidence

Group sales for the third quarter ended January 21, 2012 decreased 3.8%. Like-for-like sales for the nine months ended January 21, 2012 decreased 1.7%. Group sales for the nine months ended January 21,...

Tokyo, Feb 1, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Sony Corporation ("Sony") today announced that Kazuo Hirai has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2012. Sir Howard Stringer, currently...

HEADNOTE According to participants in the Chicago Fed's annual Economic Outlook Symposium, the U.S. economy is forecasted to grow at a pace below its historical average in 2012, following a year with an...

CAMBRIDGE, MA-Consumers who previously purchased green products and services have decreased their green purchasing as a result of the recession, while the number of green consumers in the U.S. is declining as the...

HEADNOTE Lessons from the new world of quicksilver work, where "career planning" is an oxymoron Adam Hasler looks like a footloose millennial. He's worked as a model, waited tables, and lived all over...

HEADNOTE The seventh annual Community Bankers Symposium, co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), was held...

Tokyo, Jan 26, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Sony Corporation has been working to standardize 'CLEFIA,' the block cipher algorithm it developed and presented as a state-of-the-art cryptography technique in 2007, and announced...

Those shopping for a home this year could encounter an unexpected dilemma: Fewer properties to choose from. About 12,000 homes were listed for sale at the end of December in the nine-county central...

Westfield Group, which owns seven large malls throughout San Diego County, will soon embark on a $56 million makeover of Westfield North County, now that it has gotten approval from the Escondido City...

But uncertainty on the economic and political fronts leads to caution, the need for 'stingy growth' NEW YORK -- Global business leaders are shifting their focus away from survival towards planning for growth...

"New Normal" Has Arrived for Buyers, Sellers NATICK, Mass. -- Historically low interest rates, renewed interest by investors, and job growth helped provide modest stability to the real estate market in 2011, according...

Staples Survey Reveals Marketing is Among Major Needs for Small Business Owners FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- The 6th annual Staples National Small Business Survey (NASDAQ: SPLS) found that seven out of 10 small business...

Strong Capital Generation With Tier 1 Common Equity Ratio at 9.86 Percent Global Excess Liquidity Sources Remain Strong at $378 Billion, up $42 Billion in 2011 Investment Bank Maintained No. 2 Global Ranking...

Full Year Diluted EPS of $12.37 ($11.85 as adjusted) Operating Margin of 36.3% (40.0% as adjusted) for Fourth Quarter 2011 Assets Under Management of $3.513 Trillion at December 31, 2011 NEW YORK --...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Outer borough condo prices increased year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2011 amid a citywide slump in home sales. Average condo sale prices in Brooklyn and Queens rose by 11 and...

NEW YORK -- International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (NYSE: IFF), a leading global creator of flavors and fragrances for consumer products, today announced a strategic initiative designed to strengthen the Company's global go-to-market...

The latest Reserve Bank of Australia figures show that total debt in the Australian credit card market was A$50bn ($51.5bn) in November 2011, representing the first time that the market has passed the...

After apparently being sheltered from the worst effects of the recession, New York City could be about to pay the piper, according to Moody's chief economist, Mark Zandi. Speaking at the 2012 Real...

ASML achieves record 2011 sales and sees continued strength in H1 2012 VELDHOVEN, Netherlands -- ASML Holding NV (ASML) (NASDAQ:ASML) (Amsterdam:ASML) today publishes 2011 fourth quarter and full year results. * Full year...