Workshop on how to conquer the Chinese market 21. March 2007 by Thomas Jannot China with its 1.3 billion inhabitants is a very attractive market to European companies from the fields of medical engineering, biotechnology, pharmaceutical industry and medical information technology. So far, unfortunately, many attempts to conquer this important market have failed due to regulatory obstacles, legal uncertainty and patent issues. But also because of insufficient infrastructures.
Labour costs increased by 2.4 percent in Eurozone 19. March 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to Eurostat labour costs in the Eurozone and the EU25 have been increasing less rapidly recently. In real terms labour costs per hour have increased by 2.4% on an annual basis in the fourth quarter of 2006 in the Eurozone (EZ12), whereas in the third quarter 2006 these costs had increased by 2.5%. In …
Inflation rate in Eurozone unchanged at 1.8 percent 19. March 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to Eurostat, the EU´s Statistical Office, the inflation rate in Europe stands unchanged at 2.1 percent. The same goes for the annual inflation rate in the Eurozone which did not change since January 2007 and amounted to 1.8% in February. One year earlier inflation in the Eurozone had been 2.3%.
SMEs attract more and more visitors to this year´s CeBIT 18. March 2007 by Thomas Jannot After the first half of this year´s CeBIT show there is good news reported by the Deutsche Messe AG in Hannover: over the first three days the exhibition has attracted more than 200.000 visitors which corresponds to a 10% increase as compared to 2006. The number of German visitors has even increased by 16%, whereas …
Germany still top when it comes to patents 17. March 2007 by Thomas Jannot As was reported today in Munich by Dr. Jürgen Schade, chairman of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office, on the occasion of their annual press conference, Germany is leading with regard to patent applications. In the year 2006 out of 60.500 patent applications for technical inventions 12.500 were submitted from abroad (+6%) and 48.000 …
ECB published monthly report 17. March 2007 by Thomas Jannot The European Central Bank has just published its monthly report for March 2007. Besides an analysis of the monetary and economic situation the ECB in this report once again explains why it raised key interest rates on the 8th of March and signals at least one further interest rate rise. Economic growth is described as …
German and Russian IT industry work closer together 17. October 202217. March 2007 by Thomas Jannot Not only does Russia´s IT industry grow at a breathtaking pace, but it also wants to work closer together with the German IT sector. So far this co-operation has been successful. Last year Germany exported IT and telecommunications devices as well as consumer electronics to the value of 2.3 billion Euros to Russia.
Application period for German internet award started 15. March 2007 by Thomas Jannot As from today you may apply for participation in the German internet award competition organized by the German Association for Information Management , Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM). Winners will be awarded cash prizes to the value of 25.000, 20.000 and 15.000 Euros. By July 31st small and medium-sized entities with clever digital concepts which …
Consumption in Germany rose faster than salaries 14. March 2007 by Thomas Jannot In the year 2006 consumer spending of private households rose by 2.1% whereas income increased by just 1.8%, as was reported yesterday by the Federal Statistical Office. Thus, the savings ratio decreased from 10.6% in 2005 to 10.5% in 2006. In the year 2000 this ratio was 9.2%.
IT salaries increased strongly 14. March 2007 by Thomas Jannot The IT sector is booming. More than 32.000 vacancies for IT experts were published in February alone, revealed the “Monster Employment Index”. This figure represents an increase by 14% as compared with January. The high demand for experts has effects on salaries too.