Consumer Services

<div id="subtitle">Trade Group: Service Sector Contracts Again in March, but Performance a Bit Better Than Feb.</div><div><p>The Institute for Supply Management said Thursday that the nation's service sector — which includes retailers, the hotel business, insurance and various social services — contracted in ...

<div id="subtitle">Trade group says services sector contracted in February for fifth straight month</div><div><p>A private measure of the services sector shrank in February for the fifth straight month as layoffs mounted, the recession deepened and the outlook for any recovery this year grew ...

Private trade group says service sector growth accelerated in February, but jobs still scarce Growth in the U.S. service sector accelerated in February to its fastest pace in more than two years, but jobs remained hard to find. Gains in the U.S. ...

ISM service sector index expected to grow in February as consumers slowly spend more A private trade group's measure of the U.S. service sector is expected to signal modest growth in February, reflecting a slow pick-up in consumer spending — but jobs ...

<div id="subtitle">Service sector declines in January, but at slower pace than analysts expected</div><div><p>The nation's service sector shrank for the fourth straight month in January, a trade group said Wednesday, but at a slower pace than the previous month.</p><p>The ...

&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Manufacturing and service sectors both face steep declines&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hiring will drop substantially in both the manufacturing and private service sectors compared with this time last year, according to the Society for Human Resource Management's LINE Employment Report.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;LINE, or ...

<div><h1> THE MIXED BLESSING OF SOARING PRODUCTIVITY </h1><p>U.S. businesses are a lot more nimble than they used to be. In recessions prior to the boom in information technology in the 1990s, companies were almost always a step slow in adjusting to sudden ...

&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;City Councilman and comptroller candidate David Yassky just told me he's surprised the federal bailout legislation failed. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In fact, the mood around City Hall since the news broke is one of shock. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"New York City ...

<div id="subtitle">US service sector index contracts for 7th straight month; pace of decline slower than expected</div><div><p>A private measure of the U.S. services sector contracted for the seventh straight month in April but at a slower pace, the latest sign the economic downturn ...

<div id="subtitle">Meltdown 101: Service sector index still in the dumps but giving hints of better days ahead</div><div><p>A key index that measures business activity in the service sector is still flashing a recession signal. But in the latest hint of better days ahead, ...