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Recently released statistics from Visa International indicate that Egypt is increasingly embracing the shift to a cashless society.
Booz Allen Hamilton’s third annual analysis of the world’s 1,000 largest corporate R&D spenders, released today, finds that these corporations increased their R&D investment last year by twice the dollar amount of 2005’s R&D spending rise.
US consumer spending rose a softer-than-expected 0.3 percent in September as a persistent housing downturn and tighter credit squeezed households, the government said Thursday.
US consumer spending edged higher by 0.2 percent in October, the government said Friday in a report in line with other indications of softer economic growth.
The amusement parks and attractions sector in the Middle East is in the midst
US household incomes rose a solid 0.5 percent in December despite turmoil in the economy while consumer spending edged up 0.2 percent, government data showed Thursday.
US consumer spending showed the weakest growth in 15 months in December with Americans cautious about the economic picture, data showed Thursday.
US consumer spending showed a modest improvement in January, rising a better-than-expected 0.4 percent, a government survey showed Friday.
US consumer spending showed a modest improvement in January according to a government survey Friday, but economists said Americans' wallets are being stretched by inflationary pressures.
US consumer spending edged up 0.1 percent in February from the prior month while household income rose 0.5 percent, the Commerce Department said Friday.
US consumers' income rose 0.5 percent in February but spending edged up only 0.1 percent as Americans boosted savings amid recession fears, according to government data released Friday.