outlook

According to Ben Bernanke, who claims US economic forecast to be “unusually uncertain", the Federal Reserve stands ready to ease monetary policy further if the budding US economic recovery wanes.  

Today Microsoft is launching its latest version of Office suite simultaneously introducing its Office Web Apps, a freebie version with online access to Word (word processing), Excel (spreadsheet), PowerPoint (presentations) and OneNote (note-taking). In order to avail yourself of this tool you just need to have a free Windows Live account and an Internet connection. It doesn't matter if you've purchased the new Office suite or whether you're running a PC or Mac.

Office 2010 will be sold in three main retail packages two of which are meant for consumers.

According to Beijing-based research company Analysys International, China’s rapidly growing Internet penetration causes online gaming industry revenues considerable increase. Thus, the revenues are expected to hit 73.1 billion yuan ($10.7 billion) in the following three years.

 Current China's Internet penetration is around 27% according to the latest government data, compared to over 70% in country’s developed Asian neighbors South Korea and Japan.

 American small business owners tempered their economic outlook this month, remaining cautious about perceived improvements in the economy. After three consecutive months of gains, the latest Discover® Small Business WatchSM index fell to 87.7 in September, down 2.1 points from August.