Average Spend on Home Improvements Reaches GBP5,300

August 18th, 2009 LONDON - - comScore Study Reveals that Women Age 25-54 with Children in the Household have High Likelihood of Visiting Several Retail Categories comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released the results of a study into the online behavior of U.K.

July 22nd, 2009 LONDON - - More Than 1/3 of Total Online Retail Transactions Occur in the Workplace - 8 in 10 U.K. Internet Users Now Access Online Retail Sites comScore, Inc.

June 17th, 2009 LONDON - Trade Extensions, the e-sourcing and optimisation platform, has brought a new level of sophistication and simplicity to spend management by launching spend analysis and contract management functionality that is fully integrated with its e-sourcing and optimisation components. Spend analysis is available immediately and contract management will be launched later in the year.

June 8th, 2009 LONDON - New research from Virgin Trains reveals the UK is the 2009 pre-wedding hot spot. It's easy to see why when the average Brit spends GBP90.79*on a UK stag/hen party compared to GBP170 abroad**.

May 28th, 2009 MANCHESTER, England - Most People Spend Their Wages by the 20th of the Month New research by The Co-operative Bank Current Accounts has revealed that the 20th of the month, is the day by which most people have spent their wages. The research shows that despite the current economic climate, many people appear to be burying their heads in the sand, by adopting a 'live for today' attitude and spending over half their wages on nights out and shopping trips within the first 11 days of being paid.

May 26th, 2009 LONDON - Internet Users in Turkey Spend More Time Online and Consume More Pages than Users in Other European Countries comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its first report examining the online behavior of Internet users in Turkey, based on data from the comScore World Metrix audience measurement service.

May 18th, 2009 ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands - Dutch firm Nexus Technology enters the market for laptop accessories with a unique and patented liquid cooling solution. The TDD-9000 is a soft black velvet blanket with inside a gel-like liquid.

April 7th, 2009 MADRID - The MMOG Gathers Together Players From Almost 200 Countries Last Friday marked the 500th day of the eRepublik world and along with it an important milestone - reaching the 100,000 active citizen mark. Since its launch, many new countries and functionalities have been added increasing the vast number of options players have to interact among each other.

March 23rd, 2009 LONDON - 26% of Highly Paid Executives Spend Absolutely Nothing on Improving Personal Performance - Yet Experts Say Top Executives Should be Investing GBP6,000 Per Annum on Being a Better Boss TheLadders.co.uk (www.theladders.co.uk), the site for GBP50K plus executives and jobs, has found that Britain's top brass are failing to invest in their careers in spite of more pressure and tougher competition for jobs. In a study of 1439 of Britain's top executives, 26% say that they spend nothing on services such as coaching, training, career guidance, whilst 35% spend less than GBP500 per year.

March 22nd, 2009 LONDON - With the Credit Crunch biting ever deeper into our pockets, Surviving the Credit Crunch takes a look at how much we spend each year on those everyday Purchases. We think you may be surprised at the results.

September 15th, 2009 LONDON - A new survey has found that the Scots spend a whopping 35million pounds a year to pump up their sex lives. Scots spend 1.3 times the national average on their sex lives, and rank ahead of people in Wales, which is second followed by England at third and Northern Ireland at the fourth spot.

April 26th, 2009 Rhodes reaches 450 homers in JapanKOBE, Japan — American Tuffy Rhodes has become the 12th player in Japanese professional baseball to hit 450 home runs. Rhodes hit a solo homer in the fourth inning Sunday for his 450th, then added a three-run shot in the fifth and a two-run homer in the eighth to lead the Orix Buffaloes to an 11-3 win over the Nippon Ham Fighters.

January 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Amid a worldwide economic downturn, Indians have emerged as the most optimistic lot as people who think that their country will climb out of recession in the next 12 months, a survey said. 'Despite the global economic recession, about 51 percent Indians, the highest in the world, seem to be quite confident of the economy picking up in the near future,' said Sonia Pall, Executive Director in Consumer Research at The Nielsen Company, which conducted the survey.

October 1st, 2009 LONDON - An average British person spends 30 hours online every week, according to a new survey. The study says 93 percent shop and 82 percent manage their finances using the Internet.

September 4th, 2009 LONDON - British drinkers splash out an average of 39,480 pounds buying rounds for their friends over a lifetime, according to a new survey. The study involving 4000 Britons adults revealed that they spend around 840 pounds a year on drinks for their friends, partners and work colleagues.

March 26th, 2009 LONDON - Over a year, the average Brit queues up for more than 67 hours or almost three days, a report in The Telegraph says. The poll of 3,000 Britons revealed the biggest amount of time spent queuing is to pay for the weekly shop, accounting for almost 53 minutes each month.

April 1st, 2009 LONDON - A new study has debunked the myth that women are the ones who love to gossip, for it has been found that men are bigger tittle-tattlers than ladies. A poll of 5,000 people by research company www.onepoll.com has revealed that blokes spend an average 76 minutes a day rumour-mongering with pals and colleagues while women do it for just 52 minutes.

September 18th, 2009 LONDON - Britons waste one month of their lives searching for the television remote control, a new study has found. After studying 4,000 individuals, the researchers found that the average viewer loses it an average of 3.2 times a week and spends more than four minutes looking for it each time, reports The Scotsman.

March 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Cancer-stricken Jade Goody has begged doctors to allow her to go home so that she could spend her final days with her beloved sons. The former Big Brother star has requested doctors at London's Royal Marsden Hospital to let her return to Freddie, four, and five-year-old Bobby.

April 21st, 2009 High cost of addressing climate change challengedWASHINGTON — An environmental group is challenging claims that major reductions in greenhouse gases would lead to soaring energy costs. The Union of Concerned Scientists says its analysis, using Energy Department computer models, show that higher electric and gasoline costs will be offset by improvements in energy and automobile efficiency.