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The article reports that the Business Confidence Index of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) went down to eight-tenths of a point to 58.0 in November, 2005. The monthly Business Confidence Index, launched by AIM's Board of Economic Advisors in July 1991, is based on a survey of AIM member-companies across Massachusetts.

The article informs that the Business Council of Westchester, New York will undertake an economic survey of members to determine the financial contributions made by Westchester businesses. The business council will use Pace University's Michaelian Institute to assist in data collection and analysis. The surveys are confidential.

This article presents the results of an Indian textile business confidence survey lead by YarnsandFibers held in March and early April 2005. The three business confidence indices namely, the YnFx Business Confidence Index, YnFx Current Business Status Index and YnFx Business Margin Expectation Index which emerged from the survey explains the enthusiasm and strategies that textile firms believe would enhance their performance. The YnFx Business Confidence Index for the quarter April to June 2005 stands at 86.5 as against the YnFx Current Business Status Index at 75.0 for the quarter January to March 2005. the YnFx Business Margin Expectation Index which measures the firms pricing capabilities for their end products as well as for the inputs, stands at 50.0 for the quarter April to June 2005.

The article informs that employees have forgiven management for corporate controversy of the past. 51 percent of U.S. workers say they have trust and confidence in their leaders, up from 44 percent in 2002.

Discusses the lament of small business owners regarding unreasonable government regulation in the U.S. Percentage of respondents in the National Federation of Independent Business Research Foundation's survey who said that the federal government is the main culprit of their regulatory woes; Effort of the Office of Management & Budget to alleviate the regulatory burden on the manufacturing industry; Identification of several regulations as candidates for reform by the agency.

Reports on the high percentage of hospitality workers who expect to leave their current jobs, based on a 2005 survey from CareerBuilder.com, in the U.S. Top reasons why industry workers want to leave their jobs, such as better pay and career advancement; High employee turnover rates in the hospitality industry; Percentage of workers who claim that they are dissatisfied with their wages.

Invites participants to the survey on U.S. military wages of the periodical "Navy Times," for 2005. Purpose of the survey; Qualifications needed from the respondents; Types of personal information gathered by the survey.

Focuses on the anticipated improvement of small business in the U.S. in the year 2005 based from the survey by International Profit Associates Small Business Research Board poll. Facts from the survey; Confidence of small businesses on the economic growth of the state; Amount of revenue expected to be collected by the small businesses.

This article focuses on a survey conducted by CMM International, which states that worldwide converting professionals project 2005 will be a year of solid economic growth for the converting marketplace. Based on survey results, 80 percent of respondents said that the industry economy should grow several percent in 2005, while 20 percent saw no improvement in the coming months and predicted the economy would stay the same. Respondents were optimistic about their own company sales performance, with 96 percent predicting an increase. The majority of respondents also plan on increasing or maintaining the current work force.

Reports on the increase of information technology (IT) budgets according to annual report group Gartner Executive Programs. Results on the survey of 1, 300 global chief information officers; Goal of people in charge of IT spending; Expectation of Mark McDonald, group vice-president for Gartner EXP, on improvements without large up-front investment.

The article informs that Rockland Economic Development Corp. is a separate comprehensive survey from the Rockland Business Association Inc.'s survey, not as mentioned in the November 1 issue of "NoteBook," column.

This article focuses on business activities in Rockland County, New York. Polls by the Rockland Business Association (RBA) and Rockland Economic Development Corp. (REDC), and a November 16 conference sponsored by the Rockland Workforce Development Board. RBA officials are to he commended for targeting businesses of five employees or less, which represent more than two-thirds of those in the county. Eighty-four percent have fewer than ten. REDC's poll may not be open-ended, pre-selects the questions and is not focused on small businesses and those at risk, those who are in a sense, on the front lines.

Focuses on a survey which found that small businesses in the U.S. are optimistic about their personal financial situations, conducted by Wells Fargo & Co. and Gallup. Percentage of respondents who said that their personal finances are either good or excellent; Increase in the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index as of September 2004; Explanation of a Wells Fargo executive regarding the implication of the results.

Provides information on how the survey on the technology industry in the U.S. was conducted. Market research company conducting the Web-based research study; Data collection; Number of trade and professional organizations responded to the survey.

Presents the results of a survey of the Canadian spa industry conducted by Mary Tabacchi of Cornell University. Highlights of the study; Factors that influence guests in choosing a spa; Characteristics of Canadian spa goers.

Focuses on PricewaterhouseCoopers' latest management survey. Rise in optimism of executives at American multinationals; Overview of the U.S. economy; Observation that plans by executives to hire workers and spend on capital investment have changed little over the past four quarters; Predictions by executives concerning revenue-growth rates.

Presents the results of a survey developed by Robert Half Management Resources on the state of the U.S. economy in 2003. Plan of business entrepreneurs for their businesses; Focus of the operation of Robert Half; Information on the respondents of the survey.

Reports on the facilitation of an equine population survey in New Hampshire in the fall of 2002 as part of an attempt to gauge the economic importance of the industry. Views of equine business executive Lisa Derby Oden on the value of the horse industry; Goal of the survey.

The article reports on the decline of business activities in 24 major U.S. metropolitan markets in the third quarter of 1991 as revealed in the quarterly survey conducted by Grant Thornton LLP. The weighted economic indicators used in the Grant Thornton index include factory hours, nonfarm employment, construction permits, retail sales, business starts, business failures and money supply. The index for the 12 months ending September 30, 1991 fell 1.52 points. The steepest decline in the third quarter index belonged to New York followed by Washington, D.C. and San Diego that make up the first three. Only Denver, Cincinnati, Cleveland and San Francisco registered improvements.

The article discusses a report on Market Expansion Services (MES) based on a survey of Market Expansion Services providers which was authored by MES provider DKSH and Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. The report suggests that MES, rather than a traditional distribution model, would be the best outsourcing model for specialty companies that are seeking to expand in Asia.

The article discusses the economic recovery of rental industries in Russia. In a recent survey, rental market have shown the signs of growth and improving confidence in the industry. It has been observed that the construction, industry, trade, and transport industry has shown the tendency of growth in 2010.

The article discusses the importance of seasonal adjustment and trend-cycle estimation in the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) in the retail sector in Canada. It stresses the necessity of revising the raw data to adjust known non-sampling errors, as well as correct any significant problems that have been found. It notes that the retail trade data are seasonally adjusted using computer software, and its effects are measured through regression models.

The article discusses the concept and variables in the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) in the retail sector in Canada. It outlines the coverage of the MRTS which focused on store retailers that operate fixed point-of-sale locations and designed to attract a high volume of walk-in customers. The variables in the survey include sales, trading location, and constant dollars, and its coverage is classified under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

The New York region's service sector activity "marginally improved," according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's January Business Leaders Survey, released Tuesday. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This section presents the results of a survey conducted by Experian Business Strategies regarding commercial and industrial spending in Great Britain. The commercial sector's performance strengthened significantly in the first three quarters of the year and the rate of decline in the infrastructure sector slowed.

The article deals with the improvements in the performance of the British infrastructure sector based on a survey conducted by Experian Business Strategies. According to the survey, civil engineering contributed to the growth of the sector. The overall activity index increased by four points during the year.

The article focuses on the results of a survey conducted by Grubb & Ellis Co. which states that industrial vacancy will slide to 9.6% in the 288 million-square-foot industrial market in Northeast Ohio by 2006 from 10.5% in 2005. It is estimated that Northeast Ohio office vacancy will fall from 21.4% in 2005 to 18.5% by 2006-end, the lowest since it stood at 17% at the end of 2001.

The article discusses the concepts, variables and classification which comprise the Monthly Retail Trade Survey. Accordingly, those establishments engage in retailing merchandise, without transformation, and rendering services incidental to the sale of merchandise are parts of the retail trade sector, and of great interest in the survey. Those beyond the areas of concern and study are excluded. Their sales, trading location and constant dollars are to be considered as the survey's variables.

The article offers information about the Monthly Retail Trade Survey, a business survey which documents the status of the economy of Canada. Accordingly, the survey is based on the definition of retail trade under the North American Industry Classification Systems. Its concepts considerably revolve around the retail trade sector which comprises of establishments engaged in retailing merchandise. It likewise depends largely on variables like sales, trading location and constant dollars.

This article focuses on the annual Japanese operating lease survey conducted by the "Airfinance Journal." The survey is related to the aircraft leasing industry in Japan. It shows that the 2005-2006 Japanese fiscal year has not been a good one. The new regulations have resulted in greatly reduced tax benefits for investors and, therefore, have taken much of the attractive returns out of the operating lease market. Akira Monno, head of equity finance at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., says that they do not want to impose risk or uncertainty on their clients unless they know that everything is under control. INSET: INSIDE EDGE.

Discusses the seasonal adjustment and trend-cycle estimation in the Monthly Retail Trade Survey in Canada. Revisions in the raw data of the survey; Use of the X11ARIMA/2000 model in the adjustment of the retail trade data; Components of the socio-economic time series.

Discusses the response and non-response in the Monthly Retail Trade Survey in Canada. Effects of non-response on data; Method on reducing the impact of non-response at sampling; Measurement of the amount of non-response that occurs each month; Calculation of the collection result rate, weighted and unweighted rates.

Discusses the mechanics and issues related to the response rates of the Monthly Retail Trade Surveys conducted by Statistics Canada. Response and non-response classification for statistical establishments; Impact of non-response on data; Dependence of the efforts to acquire responses on budget and time constraints; Method on reducing the impact of non-response at sampling; Calculation of response rates to measure the efficiency of the data collection process.

This section looks at the overall economic condition in Thailand with a particular focus in the textile industry as of March 2004. Based on a business survey of Japanese-affiliated firms for the spring of 2003 conducted in May-June 200 by the Bangkok Center of Japan External Trade Organization, 74% of respondents replied "Higher sales" in 2002 while this number remained virtually flat at 75% in 2003. The number of respondents replying "Profits before taxes" rose from 84% in 2002 to 88% in 2003. As for exports in 2003, the number of replies: "increase" (58%) from the preceding year exceeded "decrease" (21%). By industry segments, more than 60% of those firms in textiles, food, chemicals and general machinery anticipated an "increase." As for AFTA, predominant replies were: "the expansion of imports of raw materials and parts from within the ASEAN region (53%)"; "the expansion of exports into the ASEAN region (42%)" and "the strengthened redistribution of work within the ASEAN region (23%)." Concerning competition with Chinese-made products manufactured and Chinese firms, 15% of those respondents in the manufacturing sector replied that the competition has already become intensified in the domestic market against 27% in the overseas market.

Reports on indications that the manufacturing sector of the United States ended 2003 very positively, with all of the indexes supporting continued strength into 2004. Comments of Norbert J. Ore, chair of the Institute for Supply Management's Manufacturing Business Survey Committee; Growth in economic activity in November for the fifth consecutive month; Employment index.

Reveals that business conditions improved for 39% of respondents to "Purchasing" magazine's September 2003 Business Survey. Reason buyers are seeing increases in sales; Manufacturing sectors that are having trouble with their business; Key driver of the comparative advantages for base goods and materials foreseen in Asia.

Mortgage applications fell 1.6% on an adjusted basis from a week earlier, according to a weekly survey by the Mortgage Bankers Association. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mortgage application activity fell once again as refinance volume dropped to its lowest level since September 2014, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ENR Construction Industry Confidence Index for the First Quarter of 2015 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) plan to abandon counting women workers in its monthly survey of U.S. business payrolls, known as the Current Employment Statistics (CES). Purpose of the CES survey; Reasons cited by the BLS for its decision to abandon counting women workers; Difference between CES and Current Population Survey.

The article discusses the findings of the national survey of cable systems by Coopers &Lybrand, a company based in New York. The firm conducted a survey of system managers in top U.S. systems and managers of smaller systems. The survey identified both current industry practices and cable system executives' future plans in the areas of planning, marketing and operations. The study found that the majority of cable systems feel their current information systems do not generate ample data for use in marketing.

A reprint of the article "US steel imports to remain steady in near term -- AIIS survey" that was first published by American Metal Market is presented. It discusses a survey conducted by the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS), which indicates the likelihood that U.S. steel imports will hold steady through May 2013. Traders' perception that the spot import market lost traction due to soft U.S. prices is also addressed.

The article reports that Hyatt's Summerfield Suites and Marriott's TownPlace Suites were favorite extended-stay brands among business travel buyers surveyed in 2012 Hotel Chain Survey. The survey showed Summerfield Suites receiving the highest scores across all six criteria in the upscale extended-stay tier with 0.4 points in overall score higher than Marriotts Residence Inn, the next highest brand. Hyatt in early 2012, completed the switch of Summerfield Suites to the new Hyatt House brand.

The article reports that Business Register (BR) of Statistics Canada provides the frame for the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) in Canada. It mentions the BR is a maintained database that contain detailed descriptions of business entities operating within Canada. It also mentions that BR incorporated employers with businesses and businesses with no employees.

The article reports that Business Register (BR) of Statistics Canada provides the frame for the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS). It mentions the BR is a maintained database that contain detailed descriptions of business entities operating within Canada. It includes all incorporated businesses with employees.

The article reports on the findings of the third quarter 2011 Business Expectations Survey conducted by Transport Capital Partners LLC (TCP) in May 2011. The survey found that only 45 percent of carrier executives surveyed expect volume increases in the next 12 months, compared with 80 percent in the survey conducted in May. It states that furthermore, expectations for rate increases showed a decline for the first time in a year.

The article reports on the request by the British asset management industry for regulators to provide a supportive regulatory and competitive environment, according to the 9th Annual Asset Management Survey from the Investment Management Association (IMA). The survey showed that 70 percent consider the volume and appropriateness of new regulation affecting the industry as a key concern. Concerns were also raised over the competitiveness of Great Britain as a financial services centre.

The article discusses the importance of evaluating the quality of data collected through the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) in the retail sector in Canada. Data evaluation in the MRTS was designed to control errors and to reduce their potential effects on estimates. It outlines the methods in determining the quality of data including a detailed review of individual responses, general economic conditions, and historical trends.