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Skilled Manual Trades, Sales Representatives and Technicians Top Most Wanted List Globally

added: 22-04-2008

Manpower Inc. released the results of its third annual talent shortage survey, revealing that 31 percent of employers across the globe are finding it more difficult to fill jobs. The top three candidates most in-demand are: skilled manual trades, sales representatives and technicians (which are technical workers in the areas of production/operations, engineering and maintenance).

Labour Market Policy Should Be More Elastic

added: 22-04-2008

OECD governments could boost economic growth and help create jobs if local agencies and authorities had more power and autonomy to adjust employment and training programmes to meet local needs, concluded OECD employment ministers attending a high level conference in Venice, Italy, on 17-18 April.

World Publics Say Oil Needs to Be Replaced as Energy Source

added: 21-04-2008

A new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll finds that majorities in 15 of 16 nations surveyed around the world think that oil is running out and governments should make a major effort to find new sources of energy. Most think that future oil prices will be much higher.

Venture Capitalists: U.S. Recession and Unstable Markets Will Slow Investing and Fundraising Activities, M&As and IPOs

added: 17-04-2008

Venture capitalists expect the U.S. recession and unstable markets to slow investment and fundraising opportunities, however China, India, greentech, internet services and biotech will continue to gain momentum and investment in the coming year, according to a recent survey by the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG LLP.

OECD Financial Markets Committee Calls for Fundamental Reform of Financial Markets

added: 16-04-2008

Fundamental reform of the financial system and its regulation is needed to address the issues highlighted by the current financial markets crisis, according to the OECD Financial Markets Committee. Priority should be given to private sector initiatives to speed up the recovery of financial markets but government intervention may be needed.

Juniper Research Forecasts Over 800 Million Consumers to Use Mobile Banking Services by 2011

added: 16-04-2008

A new report by Juniper Research into the mobile financial services sector has found that the number of consumers accessing banking services and products via their mobile phones will reach 816 million by 2011, a tenfold increase on the number using such services in 2007.

Erosion of Support for Free Market System

added: 16-04-2008

Majorities in most countries continue to support the free market system, but over the last two years support has eroded in 10 of 18 countries regularly polled by GlobeScan. In several countries this drop in support has been quite sharp.

World Inflation Is Rising

added: 16-04-2008

Australia, Britain, India, New Zealand, China, Japan and the US continues to face increasing pressures from rising inflation: be it wholesale or retail.

International Monetary Fund: 3.7 Percent Global GDP Growth this Year

added: 15-04-2008

The International Monetary Fund has lowered its forecast to only 3.7 percent global GDP growth this year. Considering how fast China and India are growing, this implies sluggish growth almost everywhere else in the world. Certainly, the domestic economy barely grew at all in the first quarter, with some speculating there might have been a small decline.

Food Prices: Dangers of Inflation

added: 14-04-2008

A grim warning from the International Monetary Fund about the dangers of food price inflation has been amplified by figures showing two of the major economies in Asia, Japan and India, are battling the highest cost pressures for a decade or more.

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