http://www.conference-board.org The Conference Board News Archive en-us Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:03:20 UTC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss webmaster@conference-board.org Copyright©2010 - The Conference Board, Inc. All rights reserved. The Conference Board torch and logo are registered trademarks of The Conference Board, Inc. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had increased in November, rose again in December. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:12:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3818 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3818 Economic Environment Red Flag for Employers When Economy Rebounds Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:01:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3820 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3820 HR and Talent Management The Conference Board Measure of CEO Confidence increased to 64 in the fourth quarter of 2009, up from 63 in the previous quarter (a reading of more than 50 points reflects more positive than negative responses). This is the fourth consecutive quarterly in Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:01:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3825 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3825 CEOs/C-Suite Economic Environment European productivity turns negative and falls far behind the U.S. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:01:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3831 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3831 Economic Environment The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had increased in December, improved further in January. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:01:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3836 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3836 Economic Environment Survey Shows Lowest Level in 25-Year History Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:02:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3844 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3844 HR and Talent Management Employers will shift their focus from cutting labor costs back to preserving talent and investing in key segments of their workforce according to a new report by The Conference Board. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:02:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3846 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3846 HR and Talent Management CEOs' focus has moved from crisis reaction to preparations for recovery. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:02:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3857 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3857 CEOs/C-Suite Discouraged workers' journeys in and out of the workforce add complexity. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:03:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3862 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3862 Economic Environment HR and Talent Management Smart companies will act now to reposition brands and mindsets. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:03:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3866 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3866 Marketing and Communications The award is bestowed by the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Fund. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:03:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3867 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3867 Ethics and Compliance Operations and Business Processes The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Australia increased 0.6 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) increased 0.3 percent in December. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:02:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3856 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3856 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Australia declined 0.3 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) increased 0.3 percent in November. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:01:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3839 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3839 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Australia declined 0.3 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) increased 0.1 percent in October. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:12:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3815 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3815 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the Euro Area increased 0.9 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) remained unchanged in December. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:01:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3837 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3837 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the Euro Area increased 0.8 percent in January to 107.4, following a 0.9 percent increase in December and a 0.5 percent increase in November. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:02:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3859 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3859 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the Euro Area increased 0.7 percent in November to 101.7 (2004 = 100), following a 0.6 percent increase in October and a 0.9 percent increase in September. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:12:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3819 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3819 Economic Environment U.S. Economic Highlights for the Week Ahead Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:01:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3826 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3826 Economic Environment U.S. Economic Highlights for the Week Ahead Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:03:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3869 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3869 Economic Environment The Conference Board Employment Trends Index (ETI)™ continued to rise in December, its sixth consecutive increase. The index now stands at 91.8, up 1.7 percent from the November figure. The index is down 5.2 percent from a year ago. Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:01:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3823 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3823 Economic Environment The Conference Board Employment Trends Index (ETI)™ rose in January for the fifth consecutive month; the index now stands at 93.2. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:02:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3842 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3842 Economic Environment The Index rose for the sixth consecutive month, and is growing at the fastest rate since 1994. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:03:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3863 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3863 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for France increased 0.6 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) remained unchanged in December. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:02:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3852 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3852 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for France increased 0.6 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) remained unchanged in November. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:01:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3832 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3832 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Germany increased 0.7 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) decreased 0.1 percent in December. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:02:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3855 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3855 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Germany declined 0.1 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) decreased 0.1 percent in November. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:01:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3834 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3834 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Germany increased 0.6 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) decreased 0.3 percent in October. Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:12:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3816 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3816 Economic Environment Labor demand retreated slightly in February, following three months of strong gains totaling almost 750,000. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:03:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3860 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3860 Economic Environment January online advertised vacancies rise to over 4 million for the first time since November 2008. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:02:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3840 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3840 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Japan increased 1.3 percent The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) increased 0.5 percent in December. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:02:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3845 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3845 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Japan increased 1.8 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) increased 1.1 percent in January. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:03:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3865 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3865 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Japan increased 1.7 percent, and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) increased 0.2 percent in November. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:01:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3824 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3824 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Korea increased 2.1 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) for Korea increased 0.5 percent in December. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:02:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3847 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3847 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Korea increased 0.3 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for Korea declined 0.4 percent in January. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:03:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3868 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3868 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Korea increased 1.5 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) for Korea increased 0.3 percent in November. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:01:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3829 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3829 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the U.S. increased 1.1 percent in December, following a 1.0 percent gain in November, and a 0.3 percent rise in October. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:01:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3833 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3833 Economic Environment The Indicators point to a strengthening recovery. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:02:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3851 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3851 Economic Environment The Indicators point to a slow recovery. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:03:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3872 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3872 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Mexico increased 0.7 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) increased 0.3 percent in December. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:02:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3858 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3858 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Mexico increased 2.3 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) increased 0.8 percent in November. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:01:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3838 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3838 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Mexico increased 0.4 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) increased 0.1 percent in October. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:12:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3814 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3814 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Spain increased 0.3 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) remained unchanged in December. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:02:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3850 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3850 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Spain declined 0.2 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) decreased 0.2 percent in January. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:03:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3871 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3871 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Spain declined 0.5 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) decreased 0.3 percent in November. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:01:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3827 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3827 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the U.K. increased by 0.4 percent in December to 99.0, following gains of 0.9 percent in November and 1.1 percent in October. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:02:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3848 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3848 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.K. increased by 0.8 percent in January to 100.0, following gains of 0.4 percent in December and 1.0 percent in November. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:03:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3870 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3870 Economic Environment The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the U.K. increased by 0.9 percent in November to 98.6 (2004 = 100), following gains of 1.1 percent in October and 1.0 percent in September. Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:01:00 UTC http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3828 http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_id=3828 Economic Environment