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UK tech spending set to beat inflation
News Technology spending in the UK is likely to increase at a quicker rate than inflation over the next 12 months, despite an uncertain economic climate. According to research by the National Computing Centre (NCC), around 58 percent of companies will...
[March 11, 2008, 8:54]
E-commerce to count in inflation statistics
News The RPI is taken as a measure of inflation and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is considering including Internet shopping in next years' index. Although this may happen as early as next year, he is not sure online shopping will have as big...
[October 12, 1999, 14:35]
Wage Inflation in India
Talkback Wage Inflation in India has been soaring recently and IT development budgets in Europe are being slashed. Coupled with this lack of trust, demand for offshoring to India is not likely to grow at anything like the same pace that it previously has.
[January 12, 2009, 7:04]
Portable memory makes the 'inflation basket'
Blog Every year the "inflation basket" - the theoretical shopping basket of standard products that can be used to measure inflation - gains and loses a few items. It's a good indicator of where we're at, societally speaking, and this year one of the...
[March 19, 2008, 11:04]
Realworth
Downloads Realworth 3.5 is a simple, easy to use inflation calculator and database application that calculates and stores the value of your investments (savings, CDs, stocks, bonds) before and after being adjusted for inflation.
[November 26, 2003, 13:01]
We're fifty years into the future
Talkback It fails to take into account inflation. According to an inflation calculator I found via Google: Your comparison of a $50 product in 1954 to a $50 memory card today is a bit off. What cost $50 in 1954 would cost $328.60 in 2003.
[October 19, 2004, 22:43]
Soaring IT salaries defy economic slump
News Basic IT pay has risen by an inflation-busting 4.8 percent in the year to May 2008, according to the Celre Computer Staff Salary Survey, while basic IT salaries plus bonuses are up 5.7 percent. Salaries are still rising faster than inflation and...
[June 11, 2008, 9:48]
Investment Wizard
Downloads It will help you identify shortfalls in your financial plan, taking into account the effects of inflation. Investment Wizard will also let you perform scenario planning, by allowing you to quickly compare an investment under different scenarios to...
[January 29, 2007, 8:59]
The Week Ahead: Earnings in sight
News The Producer Price Index, which shows inflation at the wholesale level, came in at 0.3 percent for February, slightly ahead of most estimates. On Friday, the US Labor Department reported that the Consumer Price Index, the broadest inflation gauge...
[March 20, 2000, 11:07]
UK markets: Another grey day
News Worse-than-expected inflation data from the US kicked off a disastrous wave of selling on Friday, with the Dow and Nasdaq markets suffering their worst-ever one-day point declines. UK inflation information released Tuesday morning failed to make a...
[April 18, 2000, 9:54]
Asia entices talent with top pay
News Salary inflation was seen as the second most significant challenge, mentioned by 22 percent of the respondents. Salary inflation was cited as a challenge by 17 percent of Chinese respondents. Singapore, which is facing salary-inflation pressures...
[July 30, 2007, 12:31]
IBM pulls away from server rivals
News For a while the growth was close to inflation. Now we're seeing growth beyond inflation, which shows it is back to strategic thinking instead of just maintenance thinking," Turner said. IBM increased its lead in a growing server market, nibbling...
[November 24, 2004, 7:30]
China and India losing cost advantage
News Wage inflation in both countries is between 15 percent and 25 percent per annum, according to Nash. From their HR department to their sales [and] throughout their company, they are living wage inflation and they see their cost increasing, so they...
[July 12, 2007, 13:30]
Lacey's Paper Round - the week's best IT coverage in print
News If the licence fee is increased only in line with inflation the BBC will shrink. The licence fee therefore needs to be uprated either in line with the BBC's wage bill.or people with digital televisions should pay an extra 50% on top of an increase...
[January 15, 1999, 12:33]
CIA World Factbook - Complete Edition. Detailed Countries Info and Maps. FREE 1st half book in trial
Downloads Weights and MeasuresCountry Profiles: Administrative divisions Age structure Agriculture - products Airports - with paved runways Airports - with unpaved runways Airports Area - comparative Area Background Birth rate Budget Capital Climate...
[October 25, 2007, 8:00]
Putting IT people out to pasture
News Guarding against even a low rate of inflation during retirement reduces the income still further and there is no guarantee that, whatever rate is selected, it will be sufficient to cover actual inflation.
[October 8, 2002, 14:36]
The Day Ahead: Economy at a crossroads
News The cornerstone for Greenspan's insistence on raising interest rates has always hinged on the theory that lower unemployment means higher wage pressure and, thus, escalating inflation. But to date, there's no sign of inflation anywhere.
[March 8, 2000, 11:33]
ICANN hands VeriSign new monopoly on .com
News Based on the 48.1 million .com domains currently active at $6 per year, VeriSign is guaranteed at least $288.6 million in annual revenue - with price hikes at a rate that far outpaces inflation. In a rare show of internal discord, the group that...
[March 2, 2006, 8:45]
Sony reacts quickly to game hack
News Sony claims that a group of hackers illegally created a huge amount of Everquest II (EQ2) currency over the weekend, and says the players caused the game's economy to suffer 20 percent inflation in just 24 hours before being caught.
[August 12, 2005, 18:00]
Balloons
Downloads Increase the inflation size with slower swipes. Send dozens of colorful balloons floating into the sky with a swipe of your finger. Use quick taps to make lots of tiny balloons.
[August 4, 2008, 8:00]
