Global share of digital cameras reached 91 percent 5. December 2007 by Thomas Jannot By the end of 2007 approximately 138 million digital cameras will have been sold worldwide which will amount to an increase of about 10% as compared to last year. In the meantime the share of digital cameras has increased to 91% (about 126 million pieces). The world market for high-quality reflex cameras alone will exceed …
Turnover in downloads booming 5. December 2007 by Thomas Jannot The turnover generated by the downloading of music, audio books, videos, games and software increased to 118 million Euros over the first three quarters in 2007. By the end of this year the German Association for Information Management, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM) on the basis of a survey by the GfK market research institute …
Executives avoid to move houses and prefer commuting 5. December 2007 by Thomas Jannot Executives are more and more ready to get to distant places of work by commuting, be it by taking the plane twice a week or sitting in the car each day and driving 90 minutes to their offices. 70% of international personnel agencies taking part in the “Executive Recruiter Index” say that this was indeed …
New EU strategy against fiscal fraud 30. November 2007 by Thomas Jannot A new strategy against fiscal fraud has been implemented by the Council of the European Union. The new agenda proposed by the EU Commission which is called “Fiscalis 2013” is to improve the co-operation between fiscal authorities and support them in monitoring that the tax rules are more observed by companies. Fiscalis 2013 will also …
Number of gainfully employed people hit record high 30. November 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to provisional figures by the Federal Statistical Office, there were about 40.26 million gainfully employed people in Germany in October 2007. This is an increase of 688.000 or 1.7% as compared to October 2006. Compared to September this year the number of gainfully employed people rose by 207.000 or +0.5%.
Turnover in whole sale trade increased by 1.8% in real terms 29. November 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to provisional figures provided by the Federal Statistical Office, the turnover generated by whole sale traders in Germany was 4.5% and 1.8% higher in nominal and real terms respectively in October 2007 as compared to October last year. Compared to September this year, turnover increased by 1.4% and 0.6% respectively.
Germany catching up with leaders of innovation 29. November 2007 by Thomas Jannot Judging by what was announced by the “Innovation Indicator 2007″ published by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Germany is close to the top of the list of most innovative countries. According to the study, Germany is in 8th position among 17 selected European and non-European countries. Even though last year Germany came 7th, …
Internet becomes more and more popular for dealing with public authorities 29. November 2007 by Thomas Jannot More and more German companies make use of the possibility to deal online with public authorities. As was communicated by the Federal Statistical Office, about 49% of companies with internet access resorted to online services provided by public authorities. This is an increase of 18 percent as compared to the previous year. Most of the …
Consumer prices up by 3 percent 28. November 2007 by Thomas Jannot As was reported by the German Federal Statistical Office the German consumer price index will probably increase to 3.0% in November 2007 as compared to November last year. This is the biggest increase since February 1994. Last month the inflation rate had been just 2.4%. These figures are provisional for the time being.
Business climate index for China moderately optimistic 28. November 2007 by Thomas Jannot The EU´s Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China has published its annual business climate index in co-operation with Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. This index is based on the interviewing of more than 200 European companies operating in China. More than 80% are active in China in order to gain market entry and to win …