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Weakest rise in service sector activity in nine months Services employment and new orders broadly stagnate Ninth successive month of higher input prices in the service sector Summary The latest data for Japanese service providers indicated that the expansion evident in previous surveys continued in July, but the pace slowed. Business activity increased only marginally, whilst new business and employment stagnated, in each case ending eight-month sequences of growth. The headline seasonally adjusted Business Activity Index fell in July to 50.6 from 52.1 in June
PEW Social Trends research shows a Record 21.6 Million Young Adults Live in Their Parents’ Home Here are some clips from the fascinating PEW study. In 2012, 36% of the nation’s young adults ages 18 to 31 the so-called Millennial generation—were living in their parents’ home, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S
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Slight expansion of sales recorded in July Slowest fall in employment for over a year Further reduction in purchasing activity Summary French retailers signalled a return to growth in sales during July. Although modest, the month-on-month increase was the first recorded since March 2012. Sales were also marginally higher on an annual basis
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Juergen Stark, former ECB chief economist (who resigned in 2011 over a dispute regarding bond purchases), says in an interview in Handelsblatt "The Euro crisis will worsen in late autumn" Via Google Translate A year ago, ECB chief Draghi announced plans to do anything to save the euro. The former ECB chief economist Juergen Stark considers this fatal. He fears that the ECB will soon have to support France with bond purchases
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Time reports Robots to Revolutionize Farming and Ease Labor Woes . On a windy morning in California’s Salinas Valley, a tractor pulled a wheeled, metal contraption over rows of budding iceberg lettuce plants