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Service Sector Data Adds to Inflation Anxiety The United States service sector shrank unexpectedly in June, according to a closely watched survey, while inflation pressures soared to a record high for the survey’s 11-year history. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Service Sector Improved Its Hiring in April, a Survey Finds Service companies added jobs last month for the first time this year, activity slowed down at the nation’s service industries as inflation further squeezed businesses. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Google adds YouTube-like service to Apps suite Google has added a video sharing component to its Apps Premier suite of hosted communication and collaboration software, betting that companies will find it useful for a variety of workplace uses.The Google Vide Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Service aims to mine social networks for consumer insight The market is ripe for services like that of Networked Insights, which mines data in social networks and discovers how companies' brands are being talked about by those sites' users and visitors, according to the company's CEO and founder Daniel Neely. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft service packs boost developers Microsoft on Monday released the first service packs for the Visual Studio 2008 software development platform and the accompanying .Net Framework 3.5 programming framework, offering improvements for building client, Web, and data-driven applications. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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For Web apps, get a service-level guarantee As SaaS (software as a service) adoption rises in the workplace, business managers mustn't overlook a key issue when selecting a Web-hosted applications suite: a service-level agreement.Such contractual agreemen Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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EMC, Lenovo offer unlimited SMB backup service Lenovo and EMC on Wednesday announced an effort to free small businesses from the hassles of data backup by offering an unlimited Mozy storage service for Lenovo's SL-series laptops.In the first such deal for th Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Public sector faces hefty fines for data breaches Councils should scrap sales to database marketers UK state-sector organisations could face seven-figure fines for data breaches, according to the review of data sharing ordered by the prime minister.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Stocks & Bonds: Shares Slip on Losses in Financial Sector Wall Street skidded lower as downbeat news from JPMorgan Chase and other financial companies stoked anxiety about the credit crisis. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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US service sector in sharp fall The US service sector contracted in January for the first time in almost five years, a survey shows. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC World |
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Watchdog gets new powers for public sector data mining Fraud 'fishing expeditions' The Audit Commission has published a revised code of practice which will govern its extended powers to obtain and search data from public sector bodies.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Service sector growth moderates A key survey of service sector executives released Wednesday showed business activity rose at a somewhat slower rate in May, even as employers cut payrolls and prices continued to rise. Home > Rss Directory > Business > CNN |
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Microsoft helps launch financial alert service A Dublin company introduced a financial alerts service based on emerging data-crunching technology from Microsoft on Wednesday.Zignals is opening a beta of a new service that lets users set parameters about stoc Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Treasurys mixed on jobs, service sector Bond prices were up and down Thursday after the government's June payroll report came in largely as expected, allaying some fears about the health of the economy, but a survey showing weakness in the service sector tempered gains. Home > Rss Directory > Business > CNN |
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Service sector shrinks in June - survey Service sector business activity declined in June, according to a key survey released Thursday that showed continued economic weakness. Home > Rss Directory > Business > CNN |
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Service sector remains in contraction Business activity in the service sector contracted for the second straight month in July, although at a slower rate than in June, according to a key survey of industry executives released Tuesday. Home > Rss Directory > Business > CNN |
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Rising Inflation Data, Financials Pressure U.S. Markets On Tuesday (AHN) (AHN) - U.S. markets opened Tuesday lower and continued that way, sparked by wholesale inflation data that rose more than double expectations. Financials also weighed on the market as write-down rumors swirled around Lehman Bros. - Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:30:04 GMT Home > Rss Directory > Business > AllHeadline |
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Sprint's WiMax service to include local features Sprint Nextel will put location-based services front and center on its Xohm WiMax service, offering a portal with widgets for local weather, traffic, events, reviews, and other information.The carrier was set to Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Service sector grows in August The nation's service sector expanded in August for the first time in three months, according to a survey of industry executives released Thursday. Home > Rss Directory > Business > CNN |
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Salesforce.com touts Web 3.0 as platform as a service Salesforce.com championed the platform-as-a-service concept, which company Chairman/CEO Marc Benioff also called Web 3.0, during an event on Monday that emphasized deployments of enterprise applications in the cloud. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |