Published on April 21, 2010 by Technology Slice
Household Debt And Mortgages Grow – The effort by households to rein in their debt in the wake of the financial crisis was short-lived, with rising property prices pushing home buyers to take on bigger loans than ever. Reserve Bank calculations show that the total mortgage debt is 38.2 per cent bigger than national household [...]
Tags: Asset Prices, consumer confidence, Financial Crisis, First Home Buyers, Household Debt, Household Income, Households, Incentives, Loans, Mortgage Debt, Mortgages, National Household, Rapid Growth, Second Half
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Published on March 10, 2010 by Technology Slice
Google TV Search – Internet giant Google is testing a new television search service with Dish Network, The Wall Street Journal reports. The newspaper, citing “people familiar with the matter,” said the service runs on TV set-top boxes using Google’s Android operating system. It said it allows users to search content from Dish, which has [...]
Tags: Android, Dish Network, google, Google Search, Households, Internet Giant, Remote Control, Satellite Tv Subscribers, Search Data, Search Google, Search Internet, Search Service, Target Ads, Television Search, Tv Ad, Tv Ads, Tv Search, Tv Set Top Boxes, Wall Street Journal, youtube
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Published on February 22, 2010 by Technology Slice
Bloom Energy Fuel Cell – Bloom Energy is finally ready to debut its Bloom Box, a fuel-cell capable of running up to 100 homes — carrying the potential to fundamentally change how utilities and companies alike generate and distribute energy. The Sunnyvale, Calif. company plans to unveil the massive device this upcoming Sunday on 60 [...]
Tags: 60 minutes, Bloom Energy Fuel Cell, Cbs News, Competitor, Ebay, Energy Fuel, Estimation, Fuel Cells, Generators, google, Head Start, hot water, Households, Impressive Job, Launch, Natural Gas, News Web, Sunnyvale, Wal Mart, Wraps
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Published on February 16, 2010 by Technology Slice
The board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) was well aware financial markets were punting on another lift in the official interest rate this month, but decided to go against the grain because the economic outlook had improved. The decision on February 2 shocked the markets and economists, the overwhelming majority of which had [...]
Tags: australians, Bank Of Australia, Board Meeting, Economic Outlook, Economists, economy, February 2, Financial Markets, Gdp, Gross Domestic Product, Households, Inflation, Interest Rate, Market Participants, Monetary Policy, Overwhelming Majority, Quarterly Statement, Rate Hikes, Reserve Bank Of Australia, Reserve Bank Of Australia Rba
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Published on February 6, 2010 by Technology Slice
The outlook for jobs remains bleak despite January’s unexpected decline in the unemployment rate, which fell to 9.7 percent from 10 percent in December. A Labor Department survey of households found that 541,000 more Americans had jobs last month. But most of those gains were attributed to seasonal adjustments to the data. Without those adjustments, [...]
Tags: Chief Economist, Construction Industry, Households, jobs, Labor Department, Outlook, Private Sector, Seasonal Adjustments, unemployment rate, Unexpected Decline, Wells Fargo
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