The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Germany increased 0.4 percent in November to 106.2 (2010 = 100), following a 0.1 percent decline in October, and a 0.2 percent increase in September.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Spain increased 0.6 percent in November to 101.4 (2010 = 100), following a 0.2 percent increase in October, and no change in September.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.K. declined 0.3 percent in November to 111.6 (2010= 100), following a 0.3 percent decline in October, and a 0.3 percent decline in September.

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The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the Euro Area increased 0.4 percent to 112.4 (2004=100) in November, following a 0.3 percent decrease in October and no change in September.

What happened December 15 and 16 was the obvious result of the chain reaction sweeping through the Russian economic and financial system despite the aggressive interest rate rise of Central Bank of Russia in attempt to stop rouble's relentless slide. But what to expect in the future?

Key Findings:

- In 2013, 20.5 million new households gained access to next generation broadband.

- By the end of 2013, 62.0% of households across the EU Member States had access to high-speed broadband (at least 30 Mbps download speed), against 53.7% in 2012.

- Next Generation Access (NGA) coverage growth was particularly supported by VDSL deployments. In 2013, VDSL became the fastest growing fixed broadband technology for the second year in a row, growing six percentage points in the year to reach 31.2% of households.

- LTE coverage across Europe recorded dramatic, 32% increase in 2013.

- Rural areas remain a challenge in terms of broadband coverage. Rural households continue to be underserviced by fixed technologies (89.8% coverage at rural level, compared to 97.2% total EU coverage), and particularly by NGA technologies (18.1% coverage at rural level versus 62.0% of all EU households.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for France increased 0.1 percent in October to 118.4 (2004 = 100), following a 0.2 percent increase in September, and no change in August.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Germany declined 0.5 percent in October to 107.0 (2004 = 100), following a 0.1 percent increase in September, and a 1.3 percent decline in August.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.K. declined 0.3 percent in October to 112.1 (2004 = 100), following a 0.3 percent decrease in September, and a 0.4 percent increase in August.

As reported in International Data Corporation's (IDC) EMEA Server Tracker, in the third quarter of 2014 the EMEA server market has continued upon the strong growth seen in 2Q14, to report $2,995 million in vendor revenue and 541,400 units shipped, equating to a positive year on year (YoY) growth of respectively 5.8% and 2.1%. The third quarter of 2014 also represents the second consecutive quarter that EMEA reported a positive YoY growth in unit shipments after several quarters of decline.

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