Companies want customer service around the clock 27. October 2008 by Thomas Jannot European companies want permanent availability of suppliers and business partners, but are hardly able to offer the same to their clients and suppliers. This is the result of a European-wide study on the topic „Flexible work in Europe and Russia” which was carried out by the Dynamic Markets market research company. This discrepancy between wish …
New debate on cancer risk posed by laser printers 27. October 2008 by Thomas Jannot Quite a stir was recently caused by a press statement from the university of Rostock which said that scientists from this university had proven the cancer risk posed by toner dust from laser printers. Now the German Association for Information Management, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM) in the name of manufacturers and traders of laser …
Order volume to European industry down 24. October 2008 by Thomas Jannot In August this year the order volume of industry in the Eurozone (EZ15) was down by 1.2% as compared to the previous month. In June and July the order volume had still increased by 2.0%. In the EU27 the order volume fell by 1.4% in August following an increase by 2.9% in July.
Deficit of 31 billion Euros in EU balance of current accounts 23. October 2008 by Thomas Jannot According to preliminary figures provided by the European Statistical Office (Eurostat), there was a deficit of 30.9 billion Euros in the EU27 balance of current accounts in the second quarter 2008. This deficit is about as big as in the same quarter last year (30.4 billion Euros), but exceeds that in the first quarter 2008 …
Economic slowdown curbs manager salaries 22. October 2008 by Thomas Jannot The slowdown in the economy resulted in manager salaries growing more slowly in 2008. As compared to 2007 these salaries will have increased by just 4% by the end of 2008. Last year the growth had been 4.9%. Currently German managers earn on average 280.000 Euros a year. Manager-associates receive 271,000 Euros while employed ones …
Production in construction industry almost stabile in the EU 21. October 2008 by Thomas Jannot In the European construction industry only slight changes happened in August 2008. After adjustments for season, output increased by 0.1% in the Eurozone (EZ15) and fell by 0.2% in the EU27. As compared to August last year the respective changes were -2.5% and -1.5%.
Germans spend most of their money on food 21. October 2008 by Thomas Jannot Germans spend most of their money on food and semi-luxury articles – on average 2025 Euros each year on a per capital basis which is about one third of the total amount of money available for private consumption.
Increased employment in German processing industry 20. October 2008 by Thomas Jannot The number of employees in the German processing industry increased in August 2008 as compared to August last year. In companies with at least 50 employees 122.400 people found a new job which corresponds to an increase by 2.3%. The total number of employees working in businesses with at least 50 employees amounted to about …
Turnover in hotel and restaurant industry down by 1.9 percent 20. October 2008 by Thomas Jannot In August turnover generated by the hotel and restaurant industry in Germany increased by 0.8% nominally but fell by 1.9% in real terms as compared to August in 2007. In comparison to July this year the respective changes were +0.8% and +0.6% after adjustments for season and calendar. For the period from January to August …
Investment trusts from the Middle East and Asia on shopping spree 17. October 2008 by Thomas Jannot Many businesses in the West are currently cheap buying targets for national investment trusts from the Middle East and Asia. This shopping spree is one more consequence of the crisis on financial markets. State-owned investment trusts from oil exporting countries as well as Asia invested more than 43 billion Euros in European and US corporations …