PNC Economic Outlook Survey: Small Business Owners Expect Growth in Hiring...

PR Newswire;  March 31, 2005 ;     787 words ......March 2003. - Sales: 70 percent expect increases (up 17 percent from last...percent). - Profits: 59 percent expect increases (up 7 percent from last...percent). - Hiring: 33 percent expect increases (up 8 percent from last...

Rising Energy Prices Replace Interest Rate Hikes as No. 1 Concern of Small...

PR Newswire;  October 6, 2005 ;     787 words ......Paid to Suppliers: 65 percent expect increases (compared to the PNC survey...Charged to Customers: 46 percent expect increases (compared to the survey...high levels. - Sales: 63 percent expect increases (down 7 percent from Spring...

Health Care Expenses Dampen Hiring and Pay Raise Plans Among U.S. Business...

PR Newswire;  April 6, 2006 ;     787 words ......Hoffman noted. - Sales: 67 percent expect increases (up 4 percentage points...percent). - Profits: 54 percent expect increases and 32 percent expect...percent). - Hiring: 32 percent expect increases (up 3 percent from last...

Enthusiasm for growth tempered by cost concerns

Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal;  November 1, 2004 ;   Anonymous;   727 words ......full-time employees. Sales: 53 percent expect increases (vs. 57 percent last spring...percent). Profits: 52 percent expect increases (vs. 53 percent last spring...12 percent). Hiring: 25 percent expect increases (vs. 21 percent ...

MORE FIRMS HERE EXPECT DOWNTURN FOR 2006.(BUSINESS)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  December 7, 2005 ;   Ivey, Mike;   579 words ......percent from 2004. 57.4 percent expect increases in 2006, down 11 percent...percent from 2004. 48.1 percent expect increases in 2006, down 4 percent...percent from 2004. 63.6 percent expect increases in 2006, up 2.5 percent...

Relief for commercial insurance buyers

Rough Notes;  October 1, 2003 ;   Anonymous;   627 words ......of as much as 25%; 28% expect increases of 10% to 25%. * D&...Professional liability. Seventy percent expect increases of at least 10% to 25...Liability. Sixty-four percent expect increases of 10% to 25%, mirroring...

HOUSING ASIDE, COUNTY BIZ POSITIVE.(BUSINESS)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  December 6, 2006 ;   Ivey, Mike;   723 words ......percent from 2005; 65.4 percent expect increases in 2007, up 8 percent...percent from 2005; 42 percent expect increases in 2007, down 6 percent...percent from 2005; 59.7 percent expect increases in 2007, down 3.8 percent...

Business Optimism Flat Amid Pre-Election Concerns About Rising Costs, PNC...

PR Newswire;  September 28, 2004 ;     787 words ......employees. -- Sales: 53 percent expect increases (vs. 57 percent last spring...percent). -- Profits: 52 percent expect increases (vs. 53 percent last spring...percent). -- Hiring: 25 percent expect increases (vs. 21 percent last ...

Philadelphia Fed Releases February 1998 Business Outlook Survey

PR Newswire;  February 19, 1998 ;     787 words ......positive: more than 42 percent expect an improvement in general...six months, and 19 percent expect a deterioration. The...favorable: about 48 percent expect increases over the next six months. Firms also expect an increase in unfilled...of the firms polled ...

CPAs pessimistic about state's, region's economy.

Westchester County Business Journal;  January 20, 2003 ;     532 words ......worsen. Industry results show: * Accounting 23.81 percent expect improvement, 40.48 percent expect no change and 33.33 percent feel results will worsen. * Agriculture: 11.9 percent expect improvement, 61.9 percent expect no change and 21...

Philly Fed Manufacturers See Increasing Prices, Employment Growth.

PR Newswire;  May 20, 2004 ;     787 words ......percent of the firms expect employment to increase...next six months; 16 percent expect declines. The future...percent of the firms expect to add workers over...months, and only 9 percent expect to make cuts. A slightly...indicated that they expect ...

Slow Growth Ahead; Regulatory Reform a Bright Spot, NJBIA's Annual

Italian Voice, The;  December 7, 1995 ;   Cesarina A. Earl;   787 words ......improvement last year. Forty four percent expect conditions to stay the same...36 percent last year, and 25 percent expect conditions to worsen, up from...economy as a whole. Thirty-six percent expect economic conditions for their...

23 PERCENT OF FIRMS TO ADD TO STAFF THE SURVEY ALSO SHOWS THAT ABOUT 10...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  December 13, 2005 ;     249 words ......expect to increase total employment in the first quarter, while 10 percent expect to decrease it, said Milwaukee-based global staffing firm Manpower Inc. About 61 percent expect no change in employment, while 6 percent were unsure of their plans...

Fort Wayne, Ind.-Area Job Outlook Shows Increase in Layoff Plans.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  September 1, 1998 ;   Frazier, Lynne McKenna;   361 words ......little weakness in the Fort Wayne area. While 16 percent of the companies surveyed by Manpower Inc. in the Fort Wayne area expect to increase their work forces in the last three...percentage plan to cut their employment. Another 62 percent expect no changes while the rest are undecided. ...

Connecticut Business Owners Expect Economy to Pick Up by Summer.

Waterbury Republican-American (Waterbury, Connecticut) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  April 4, 2002 ;     751 words ......the state's economy. This time around, only 11 percent expect their businesses to worsen this quarter, while only 6 percent expect the national economy to worsen and 14 percent expect a downturn in the state's economy. Of the 51 percent...will improve somewhat, the survey found. Only ...