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added: 27-08-2008

Ever since Nokia preloaded the game "Snake" inside a mobile handset back in 1998, mobile carriers and game publishers have expected the mobile gaming market to explode. The inherent attraction of killing 5 or 10 minutes playing a game on a mobile phone seemed obvious. And research studies indicate that consumers enjoy games on their phones and play often.

Global Economy Could Grow by $250 Billion by Hedging Weather Risk

added: 26-08-2008

WeatherBill released a new study ranking the weather sensitivity of sixty-eight countries around the world. The study finds that Brazil is the world's most weather sensitive country and Pakistan the least.

NGO to Israeli Government: Millions of Shekels Lost by Not Enforcing Polluter's Fee!

added: 26-08-2008

The State of Israel is losing hundreds of millions of shekels each year by not enforcing regulations that would charge companies for dumping pollutants into the Jewish state's waters.

SMBs In Australia to Spend US$1.8 B on Internet Technology This Year

added: 25-08-2008

Small and medium businesses in Australia are on track to spend over US$1.8 billion on beefing up their Internet-related technologies, up some 5% from 2007. By 2009, it is estimated that SMB spending will go up marginally to US$1.9 billion on Internet-enabling technologies, according to a study by New York-based Access Markets International (AMI) Partners, Inc.

Credit Crunch Still Searching For Victims

added: 25-08-2008

The great credit crunch monster has struck again on two continents: pushing those desperate twins, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the edge for the second time in six weeks in the US, and finally crunching financial engineer, Babcock and Brown in Australia, sending chairman, Jim Babcock into early retirement and CEO, Phil Green to the backbench.

Video Game Revenues Keep Rising

added: 25-08-2008

Video game spending passed that for movies several years ago in the US, and the trend continues. In 2007, US domestic box office spending for movies reached $9.6 billion, according to the Motion Picture Association of America's "Theatrical Market Statistics" report.

Consumers Worldwide Show Strong Interest in Mobile Access to Local TV Broadcasts of the 2008 Beijing Games

added: 24-08-2008

Telegent Systems, the company that makes television mobile with its high-performance single-chip mobile TV solutions, released the results of a global survey conducted to assess consumer interest in watching the 2008 Beijing Games on mobile handsets around the world. Conducted in nine countries, including China, Brazil, Germany, India, Mexico, Russia, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the survey found the strongest interest in mobile access to Beijing games TV broadcasts in emerging handset markets, with a preference for live news and sports content rather than made-for-mobile clips.

APEC Officials Make Progress on Regional Economic Integration

added: 22-08-2008

APEC trade officials considered a forward work plan for 2009 which will help to promote regional economic integration. Apart from examining the options and long-term prospects for a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP), trade officials considered concrete steps to take so that they can achieve meaningful progress on regional economic integration.

GDP In The OECD Area Rose By 0.2% In The Second Quarter Of 2008

added: 21-08-2008

Gross domestic product (GDP) in the OECD area rose by 0.2% in the second quarter of 2008, down from 0.5% in the previous quarter, according to preliminary estimates.

United States, United Kingdom and Germany Are Top Acquisition Targets for Emerging Market Companies

added: 20-08-2008

The United States, the United Kingdom and Germany have become the top developed economies in which emerging market companies make acquisitions, according to KPMG International's latest Emerging Markets International Acquisition Tracker (EMIAT) study.

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