Computer games market grew by 29 percent 10. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot The market for computer games grew strongly in the first half of 2007. Turnover in the market of paddles and paddle games increased by 29% as compared to the first six months of 2006. These figures were recently communicated by the German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM). At the same time …
German exports increased strongly in June 9. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to the Federal Statistical Office, in June 2007 Germany exported and imported goods to the value of 82.0 million and 65.5 million Euros respectively. Thus, German exports increased by 11.9% and imports by 9.0% as compared to June 2006. As compared to May 2007 foreign trade figures also improved (adjusted for calendar and season: …
Again less insolvencies in May 9. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot The number of companies going bankrupt once again fell in May this year. This development ,which has been going on for more than two years now, gives rise to optimism. As was recently reported by the Federal Statistical office, there were just 2507 company insolvencies registered by German courts in May 2007 which is 11.7% …
NEG Website Award to be launched soon 9. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot The “Netzwerk Elektronischer Geschäftsverkehr” is going to launch the »NEG Website Award» on August 15th 2007. Winners will be awarded a total prize money of 6000 Euros. Target group of the event, which is sponsored by the Federal Ministry for economic affairs, are small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) from industry, commerce and the service sector. …
Outsourcing wave good for German software developers 9. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot When it comes to outsourcing German IT executives prefer Germany. 88% of German decision makers in the IT field have already co-operated with German software developers. Ready availability, continuity in development and legal security are features of German IT developers which quite often outweigh the cost advantages provided by offshore developers. Even in cases when …
New payment system for online traders by Amazon 9. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot As is reported by Spiegel-Online the US online trader Amazon is developing a payment system for web shops which can be adapted, integrated and used independently by other online shops. This new system is a strong challenge to Google and eBay which are two of the biggest internet corporations. More information is available from Spiegel …
Study warns of global competition in the field of technology 7. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot In the future German companies will face increasing competition in the field of technology from Asian countries such as India and in particular China. This is the finding of the »Technologische Leistungsfähigkeit Deutschlands« study which was conducted jointly by several institutes led by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) on behalf of the Federal …
In June strong increase of order intake by German industry 7. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to provisional data provided by the Federal Statistical Office, incoming orders in the German industry increased strongly by 4.6% in June. In May orders had already been up by 3.0%. The number of large orders was significantly above average, which in particular benefited the manufacturers of capital goods, whose order intake increased most with …
Production prices increased slightly in European industry 5. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot As was reported by Eurostat which is the EU’ s statistical office the industrial producer price index increased by 0.1% in June as compared to May in both the Eurozone (EZ13) and the EU27. Back in May the index had still increased by 0.3% in both regions. Compared to June 2006 producer prices inreased by …
Paddle market grows by 73 percent 5. August 2007 by Thomas Jannot The demand for paddles is growing rapidly in Germany. Over the first half of 2007 turnover increased by 73% to 276 million Euro as compared to the first six months of 2006. The number of pieces sold increased considerably as well and rose by 39% to 1.3 million pieces in the first six months of …