Office Leasing Slows in New York to Near Record Low Manhattan office leasing dropped to near a record low in the third quarter, as Wall Street job losses caused corporate managers to put off decisions on their space needs, a study by real estate brokerage Studley Inc. said.
Columbia Laboratories shares dive on study results Shares of Columbia Laboratories Inc. plunged Monday after the company said the drug lidocaine failed to meet its goal in a midstage study as a treatment for painful menstrual cramps.
CPM Group projects rising silver prices The CPM Group has released the 2008 update to its Silver Long-term Outlook market study, which forecasts higher silver prices over the next decade due to increased supply coupled with strong investment and fabrication demand.
U.S. Auto Buyers Face More Loan Rejections U.S. auto buyers are being rejected for loans more often as the global credit crisis spurs lenders to tighten their standards, a research firm said.
Study: American workers tethered to tech A study published Wednesday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows that workers in general have mixed feelings about the increased use of e-mail and the Internet in the last few years.
Broker mutual funds may not be best option Study shows that so-called 'no load' or direct-channel mutual funds outperformed those sold by commissioned brokers, after taking fees into consideration.
Person-to-Person Lending Helping Consumers Manage Debt Javelin Strategy & Research predicts that the demand for person-to-person lending services to pay off credit card debt may grow from $38 billion to $159 billion over the next five years.
Free delivery draws online shoppers Two-thirds of online shoppers surveyed by the National Retail Federation said free delivery is their favorite holiday promotion, and almost half of major online retailers plan to offer it.
Business decision makers value trade shows While 58 percent of decision makers say their spending on trade shows/conferences will increase in the next two years, only 40 percent of marketers plan to increase trade show and conference spending.
Significant drug use found in U.S. work places A recent study found 8.2 percent of full-time, adult workers between the ages of 18 and 64 years old in the United States reported using illicit drugs within one month prior to the survey.
IP based surveillance cheaper than analogue The cost to establish and operate an IP-based security system was 3.4 percent lower than a traditional analogue camera and a DVR-based recording systems, even assuming no pre-existing IP infrastructure.
Canadians work longer hours, commute further Canadians work longer than Americans, have less leisure time, and spend more hours commuting, a University of Victoria economist's study shows.
Consumers have more info influencing purchase decisions New information technologies give consumers real-time access to information, insight and analysis, influencing purchase decisions. At the same time, these technologies provide a voice for anyone with something to say, allowing individuals to shape reputations of consumer companies and their products.
Treating depression boosts employee efficiency Employers who screen and guide depressed workers through treatment options reap an average of three extra weeks of productivity from each of those employees per year.
Alternative Payment Methods get Big Chunk of Online Transactions Online transactions will more than double to reach $355.2 billion over the next five years, and by 2012, 30 percent of Americans will use alternative payments systems (like PayPal, Green Dot) for online transactions.
Investors tend to buy same stocks as neighbors When changing their portfolios, people pay close attention to what their neighbors are doing.
Businesses are using e-mail more than voice calls The study conducted by Datamonitor surveyed 390 IT managers and 524 end-users across 13 countries in the United States, Asia Pacific and Europe, Middle East and Africa. They found that e-mail is now the most widely-used communication tool in business.
San Antonio is attractive market for data-center operators Consulting group the Boyd Co. Inc. found that San Antonio has some of the lowest data-center operating costs in the country.
Study Shows Growing Income Gap California Budget Project says there is a growing divide between the earnings of the state's low and high-wage workers. Bush-ologists are not surprised.
Buyout Firm Tax Boost Won't Raise Revenue Michael Knoll, a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia suggests that buyout and venture-capital firms will restructure their affairs to sidestep any new tax laws, leaving little additional revenue to help pay for a middle-class tax cut.
Another Terrorist Attack Could Cost U.S. Commercial Aviation Up to $420 Billion Auditors conducted a risk analysis and found that another 9/11 style terrorist attack would result in airports being shut down for seven days and cause an overall loss over the succeeding two years from $214 to $420 billion.
Slight wage improvement for foreign-born Latinos reported In 2005, 36 percent of foreign-born Latino workers earned the least among hourly wage workers, down from 42 percent in 1995 according to the Pew Hispanic Center.
U.S. Lagging in Flexible Workplace Adoption U.S. companies are significantly lagging behind their European and Australian counterparts in adopting flexible work environments.
iPhone overcoming corporate barrier Bear Stearns report executives are buying iPhones for their own use, though lack of full support for traditional business-class e-mail is still deterring some corporate demand.