The U.S. Economy is believed Will More So Gloomy

The economists estimate, in the coming months, few from companies the United States (U.S.), which open new job opportunities. These projections show their pessimism about the growth the U.S. economy in coming years.

According to the survey conducted by the National Association for Business Economists (NABE), nearly 85 percent of economists predict, the economy grew at two percent or less over the next 12 months. In fact, in July, only 23 percent of survey respondents predicted that slow growth. It is quoted by the Associated Press (AP).

In addition, the number of companies planning to hire more workers fell from 42 percent to 30 percent, while the number of workers from existing firms to grow. This group also reported, 13 percent of respondents have reduced their staff, up from eight percent in July.

One fifth of the economists say, Europe's debt crisis has hurt sales, with an estimated average of approximately 10 percent. Not only that, approximately 30 percent estimate this state will continue until the first quarter of 2012.

This quarterly survey includes the views of economists on the 70 private companies and trade groups that are members of NABE. The data is then reported to the broader industry groups.

Approximately a quarter of respondents reported an increase in profitability since the last quarter, compared with 16 percent who reported a decrease. Companies that reported an increase in their profit margins in the sector that includes food, transportation, utilities, information and communication.

Crude Oil Prices Up to USD87, 68/Barel

Optimism will be the plan of European leaders in addressing the debt crisis spread to the crude oil futures market and deliver them to the level of USD87, 68 per barrel.

Crude oil futures United States (U.S.), CLc1, up 28 cents to USD87, 68 per barrel after settling up $ 1, 33 at the level of USD87, 40 at the weekend. Brent crude oil, LCOc1, rose 72 cents to USD110, 28 per barrel, from a previous USD109, 56. It is quoted by Reuters on Monday (10/24/2011).

Strengthening in crude oil futures market is the impact of EU leaders' meeting last weekend. They made some progress towards a strategy to combat the eurozone debt crisis, although the final decision is deferred until the second summit on Wednesday.

Of the foreign exchange market is recorded, the U.S. dollar edged up 0.07 percent against several major currencies.

Meanwhile, in the stock market, Japan's benchmark Nikkei index opened flat at 0.99 percent level of 8764.92, while the Topix rose 0.68 percent to 749.25.

Recorded a trade late last week U.S. stocks rose to its highest level since early August after a volatile week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 2.31 ​​percent at 11808.79; Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 1.88 percent to 1238.25, and the Nasdaq Composite Index rose 1.49 percent to 2637.46.

Microsoft Return ahold of Android Patents

Microsoft has signed a patent agreement with Taiwan's Compal Electronics, Compal on patent portfolio for all tablets, cell phones, e-Reader, and other consumer devices that run Android or Chrome platform.

As a result of the agreement, more than half of all Android devices have now been under patent license agreement with Microsoft. So that was reported by PC World.

More than half of the global industry contract manufacturers for Android and Chrome are now under license to Microsoft's patent portfolio. Microsoft has also mastered the previous Compal patents with two other contract manufacturers, Wistron and Quanta Computer.

Last month Microsoft announced the achievement of cross-licensing patent agreement with Samsung Electronics that gives Microsoft a royalty for Samsung mobile phones and tablets that run the Android platform.

After the agreement with Samsung, Microsoft now has a patent licensing agreement up to 53 percent of all Android smartphones in the United States.

Wall Street, Mass Movement, and "Real Democracy"

Name of Wall Street, the center of the world's largest stock exchange, became very popular, since 1000 protesters occupied it on September 17, 2011. Action of this mass movement later became known as Wall Street occupy (OWS).

OWS mass movement occurred because Wall Street has been blamed by activists OWS as the actor behind the U.S. economic crisis that never ended since 2008. Although the U.S. government through President George W. Bush and his successor President Barack Obama has disbursed more than 700 billion bailout dollars, but the crisis did not improve. Drop in stock in various stock markets, investors are panicking, foreign debt reached 15 trillion dollars, and the wild spread of capital flows has resulted in the fragile U.S. economy that had been controlled by capitalism. Aftermath of all this is, the occurrence of massive layoffs in the U.S. that resulted in high unemployment.

In this case, it can be said that the U.S. Government which is the political representation of people considered to have failed to overcome the economic crisis. Naturally, if the mass movement of OWS in Lower Manhattan, New York, continued and even spread to other cities such as Chicago, Boston, St. Louis, Kansas City, and Los Angeles.