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A$ backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... house prices rose to US$230,7000 in July from US$230,100 in June. However, it is not the same for Europe. In the Eurozone, the Ifo business confidence index fell to a three-year low of 94.8 in August from 97.5 the previous month. For the UK, the British ...

Capex & Credit at the forefront

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 24 AUG 2008
... weakness. Europe: Eurozone financial markets will find interest in the flash estimate of Eurozone inflation and the German Ifo index this week, particularly given last week's mixed readings from the German ZEW index, better-than-expected results in the ...

More Weak Indicators

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
... conditions, slowing global growth, a strong euro and the threat of higher interest rates are sapping business confidence. The Ifo Institute for Economic Research reported that German business confidence fell to 97.5 in July, down from both the 100.1 ...

This Week's Market Movers (21-25 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... from 1.5 percent previously. Europe: In Europe, the week will see a number of economic data with the release of Germany's Ifo business climate indicator, purchasing managers indexes for France, Germany, and the Eurozone, Italian and French business confidence ...

Conflicting rate calls

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... economy last year, potential tightening also threatens to dampen corporate investment. Based on these concerns Munich-based Ifo institute now expects investment spending in Germany to grow by around 4 per cent this year half that of 2007. The Royal Bank ...

Web 2.0 just the next step: iFocus

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
Web 2.0 may be an 'out of control' broadcast channel, but it's a big opportunity for financial services players brave enough to climb on board, said Theresa Cunnington from the online services consultancy iFocus. Web 2.0 is sometimes spoken about as ...

Build websites around users not IT teams

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2006
Financial services firms investing in new websites, software or other digital services risk lost customers and cost blow-outs if they don't test the new services with actual users. Theresa Cunnington, senior usability consultant at iFocus, said, "Technology ...

Intelligently designed eLearning programs boost sales

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
ELearning was once considered just a cost-cutting tool driven by human resources departments wanting to lower training costs, but if it is intelligently redesigned it can become a method of finding and retaining customers and boost customer loyalty. ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2006
... rate hike remains in question particularly given indications of some retreat in confidence in the region. For instance, the Ifo Institute index reported last night that German business confidence fell to 105.6 in May from 105.9. To date, most of the ...

Daily economic update

... March - the highest in more than four years - from 5.0 in the previous month. This follows yesterday's news of a surge in the Ifo business confidence to a 15-year high. However, it still remains to be seen whether these good news could be sustained given ...