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Working through the Crisis

The ongoing financial crisis adds uncertainty and business risk to an already difficult operating environment. Discuss your concerns with our experts in a series of special online dialogues. Open to members of The Conference Board.

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The Conference Board News

The Conference Board Employment Trends Index (ETI)™ Suggests Larger Job Losses to Follow
The index fell in September to 108.4, down 0.8 percent from the August revised figure of 109.3, and down almost 10 percent from a year ago.

Online Job Demand Drops in September
The labor market conditions show no sign of improvement in the near term and are expected to deteriorate further.

Economic
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Understand how economic trends affect your business with our highly respected and closely watched economic analyses.

U.S. Indicators

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Bart van Ark
Struggling to Find The Bottom in the U.S. Economy

StraightTalk
September 2008


This report is
the first comprehensive overview of new data on productivity, growth, and employment trends through 2007.
Performance 2008
(research report)


International Indicators
Australia 0.0%
France 0.7%
Germany 1.4%
Japan 0.5%
Korea 0.9%
Mexico 0.1%
Spain 0.4%
U.K. 0.7%
U.S. 0.5%

The 2008 Release Dates for Economic Data


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Conferences
Are you looking to transform the cost structure of your company's businesses and improve competitiveness in your respective markets?

The 2008 Transformational Cost Management Conference
October 21-22, 2008;
New York, NY

Is your company prepared to stand up to the inevitable scrutiny by stakeholders in the era of intense global competition, new media outlets, and financial pressures?

The 2008 Corporate Reputation and Communication Conference
October 21-22, 2008
Chicago, IL

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Research Working
Groups For Members
What does it take to be a Global Leader?
Global Leadership Development: Maximizing Value in Challenging Times Research Working Group

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Experiential Events
How do you communicate your corporate mission throughout your organization to achieve consistency in performance?
The Gettysburg Learning Experience

Management
Knowledge
Anticipate emerging issues and confront current challenges with our authoritative research, enterprise-wide perspective, and global reach.

CEOs / C-Suite
How do CEOs make their decisions?
Inside the Mind of the CEO: Careful What You Wish For
(executive action)

Corporate Governance
The findings and recommendations of the Research Working Group on Hedge Fund Activism, instituted by The Conference Board in May 2007, are contained within this report.
Hedge Fund Activism: Findings and Recommendations for Corporations and Investors
(research report)

This report tracks the influence that major categories of institutional investors have on U.S. equity markets and on the ownership structure of U.S. corporations.
The 2008 Institutional Investment Report
(research report)

Leadership Development
What can be done to prevent a new manager from "derailing"?
Promoted to Fail? How Executive Coaching Can Improve Performance in Newly Promoted Executives
(executive action)