http://www.conference-board.org The Conference Board News Archive en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:11:05 UTC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss webmaster@conference-board.org Copyright©2009 - The Conference Board, Inc. All rights reserved. The Conference Board torch and logo are registered trademarks of The Conference Board, Inc. More Consumers Watch TV Online; Hulu Gains in Popularity Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:09:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3733 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3733 Economic Environment The Index, which had retreated in July, rebounded in August. Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:08:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3725 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3725 Economic Environment The Conference Board Annual Salary Increase Budgets Survey, released one week before Labor Day, reports the lowest yearly forecast for company salary budgets since the survey began 25 years ago. Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:09:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3731 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3731 Economic Environment The integration of risk assessment data into performance management adds significantly to strategic and operations planning, but few companies have integrated their Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and performance management processes. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:09:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3738 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3738 Operations and Business Processes Diverse Group of Public Companies and Thought Leaders Endorse the Report and Its Principles Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:09:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3741 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3741 CEOs/C-Suite The Conference Board has published today a new handbook to help boards of directors navigate the most recent developments in the realm of corporate governance and lead their companies to full recovery from the financial crisis. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:09:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3747 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3747 Governance The Index, which had improved in August, dipped in September Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:09:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3751 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3751 Economic Environment The Conference Board revealed today that all major categories of institutional investors have remained fundamentally committed to the same investment policies they were adopting prior to the credit crunch. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:10:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3755 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3755 Economic Environment The Conference Board Measure of CEO Confidence, which had increased in the second quarter of 2009, increased further in the third quarter. The Measure now stands at 63, up from 55 in the previous quarter. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:10:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3762 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3762 CEOs/C-Suite Economic Environment The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had declined in September, deteriorated further in October. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:10:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3772 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3772 Economic Environment New Report from The Conference Board Governance Center Points to Desire for More Collaboration Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:10:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3775 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3775 Ethics and Compliance HR and Talent Management Gail Fosler, president, has decided to leave The Conference Board at the end of the year to focus on new avenues in business and public debate. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:11:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3779 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3779 Operations and Business Processes Paul DeNicola, Director of The Conference Board Governance Center and Directors' Institute, has been named to the Directorship 100, a list of the most influential individuals in corporate governance. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:11:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3786 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3786 Governance New Report from The Conference Board Outlines Regulatory Developments and Emerging Corporate Practices Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:11:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3791 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3791 Governance The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Australia increased 1.8 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) declined 0.2 percent in August. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:10:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3774 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3774 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Australia increased 0.7 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) remained unchanged in July. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:09:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3752 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3752 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Australia increased 0.9 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) declined 0.1 percent in June. Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:08:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3726 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3726 Economic Environment The Conference Board 2009 Corporate Security, Business Continuity and Crisis Management Conference will examine strategies to limit risk and protect core human, financial, reputational, physical, and technological assets. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:10:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3753 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3753 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the Euro Area increased 1.8 percent in August to 99.1 (2004 = 100), following a 1.6 percent increase in July and a 1.3 percent increase in June. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:09:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3748 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3748 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the Euro Area increased 1.6 percent in July to 97.4 (2004 = 100). Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:08:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3727 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3727 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the Euro Area increased 1.2 percent in September to 100.6 (2004 = 100), following a 1.8 percent increase in August and a 1.7 percent increase in July. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:10:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3773 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3773 Economic Environment U.S. Economic Highlights for the Week Ahead Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:11:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3788 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3788 Economic Environment The Conference Board Employment Trends Index (ETI)™ dropped 0.1 percent from the revised July number. The index now stands at 88.1 and is down 18.5 percent from a year ago. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:09:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3732 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3732 Economic Environment The Conference Board Employment Trends Index (ETI)™ increased 0.3 percent from the revised August number, the first increase since January 2008. The index now stands at 88.5 and is down 15.6 percent from a year ago. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:10:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3754 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3754 Economic Environment The Conference Board Employment Trends Index (ETI)™ increased for the second consecutive month. The ETI now stands at 89.3, up 0.7 percent from the revised September figure. The index is down 13.2 percent from a year ago. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:11:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3780 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3780 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for France increased 0.9 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) remained unchanged in August. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:10:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3768 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3768 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for France increased 0.5 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) decreased 0.1 percent in July. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:09:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3743 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3743 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for France increased 1.2 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) remained unchanged in September. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:11:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3787 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3787 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Germany increased 1.3 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) decreased 0.2 percent in August. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:10:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3766 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3766 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Germany increased 1.1 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) remained unchanged in July. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:09:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3744 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3744 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Germany increased 1.2 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) increased 0.2 percent in September. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:11:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3789 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3789 Economic Environment Employer job demand picked up in August, rising 169,000 or 5 percent. Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:08:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3729 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3729 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Japan increased 2.9 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) increased 0.3 percent in August. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:10:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3761 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3761 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Japan increased 3.1 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) increased 0.5 percent in July. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:09:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3736 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3736 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Japan increased 2.4 percent, and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) increased 0.2 percent in September. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:11:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3782 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3782 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Korea declined 0.3 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) for Korea increased 0.1 percent in August. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:10:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3765 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3765 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Korea increased 1.4 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) for Korea increased 0.1 percent in July. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:09:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3739 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3739 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Korea increased 2.3 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) for Korea increased 0.9 percent in September. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:11:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3785 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3785 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the U.S. increased 0.6 percent in August, following a 0.9 percent gain in July, and a 0.8 percent rise in June. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:09:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3742 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3742 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the U.S. increased 1.0 percent in September, following a 0.4 percent gain in August, and a 1.0 percent rise in July. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:10:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3769 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3769 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the U.S. increased 0.3 percent in October, following a 1.0 percent gain in September, and a 0.4 percent rise in August. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:11:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3790 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3790 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Mexico increased 1.1 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) increased 0.6 percent in August. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:10:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3776 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3776 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Mexico increased 1.3 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) increased 0.4 percent in July. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:09:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3746 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3746 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Mexico increased 2.3 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) decreased 0.2 percent in June. Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:08:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3728 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3728 Economic Environment Chief Executives of Forbes and Zagat to Showcase Their Brand Successes Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:10:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3757 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3757 Marketing and Communications Urges Private Sector Leaders to Endorse The Conference Board Guiding Principles on Executive Compensation Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:10:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3771 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3771 CEOs/C-Suite The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Spain increased 1.8 percent. The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) decreased 0.2 percent in August. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:10:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3763 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3763 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic IndexTM (LEI) for Spain increased 0.9 percent. The Conference Board Coincident Economic IndexTM (CEI) decreased 0.2 percent in July. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:09:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3737 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3737 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Spain increased 0.3 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) decreased 0.1 percent in September. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:11:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3783 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3783 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the U.K. increased by 0.9 percent in August to 94.0 (2004 = 100), following gains of 0.5 percent in July and 1.1 percent in June. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:10:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3760 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3760 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the U.K. increased by 0.7 percent in July to 92.9 (2004 = 100), following 1.0 percent gains in both June and May. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:09:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3735 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3735 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the U.K. increased by 1.0 percent in September to 94.9 (2004 = 100), following gains of 0.9 percent in August and .5 percent in July. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:11:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3781 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3781 Economic Environment