Productivity rises at healthy 2.3 percent rate in third quarter

AP Online;  November 10, 1998 ;   DAVE SKIDMORE Associated Press Writer;   325 words ......a scant 0.3 percent rate, the slowest...months of the year, rising at a 3.5 percent rate. Economists...at around a 2 percent rate. That's led...in Asia last year and has depressed...further, at a 4.1 percent rate. So, productivity...growing at a 3.7 ...

AG pushes for 18 percent rate drop.(Business)

The Boston Herald;  September 29, 2005 ;   Fitzgerald, Jay;   294 words ......insurance rates next year. Attorney General...ask for an 18 percent rate decrease - or...decision later this year. But considering...requested a 0.1 percent rate cut - or about...requests. Last year, insurers asked for a 5.8 percent rate increase, but...

US Economy Grows at 3.5 Percent Rate in 3rd Quarter

Xinhua English Newswire;  October 31, 1997 ;     322 words ......quarter of this year resulting from strong...the healthy 3.3 percent rate in the second quarter...advanced at a 5.6 percent rate but were overpowered...improved over the year. A price measure...comparing with a 2.4 percent rate in the first quarter...the pace in this ...

Alcosan OKs 8.5 percent rate increase for next year

Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  November 17, 2006 ;     150 words ......of directors Thursday approved an 8.5 percent rate increase for next year. Rates will increase 23 cents per 1...rate hike comes on the heels of a 10 percent rate increase for 2006 approved last year. Alcosan serves 320,000 customers in...

US economy increases at a 2.8 percent rate in the second quarter

Xinhua News Agency;  August 27, 2004 ;     80 words ...US economy increases at a 2.8 percent rate in the second quarter WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The...moderate rate of 2.8 percent in the second quarter of this year, slower than the 3 percent rate announced last month, government data released on Friday...the slowest increase rate since the ...

Economy grew at 4 percent rate in summer but analysts concerned about...

AP Worldstream;  December 20, 2002 ;   MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer;   695 words ......even-faster 4.2 percent rate with purchases...returned to an eight-year high of 6 percent...recovery from last year's recession...by a weak 1.3 percent rate in the April...quarter of last year. In addition to the 4.2 percent rate of growth in...

Economy Grows at 5.4 Percent Rate

AP Online;  April 27, 2000 ;   JEANNINE AVERSA, Associated Press Writer;   697 words ......Economy Grows at 5.4 Percent Rate WASHINGTON (AP) -- The...was weaker than the 6 percent rate many analysts were expecting...than the breakneck 7.3 percent rate posted in the last three...the 3.5 percent to 4 percent rate that the Federal Reserve...the beginning ...

US Economy Grows at 2.1 Percent Rate in 3rd Quarter

Xinhua English Newswire;  December 20, 1996 ;     320 words ......sharp slowdown from the 4.7 percent rate in the second quarter but...increased only at a 0.5 percent rate, the weakest performance...worsened considerably this year, subtracted 22.7 billion...second quarter. The 2.1 percent growth rate in the third...is growing at around a 2 ...

U.S. Economy Grows at 4.3 Percent Rate in First Quarter

Xinhua English Newswire;  June 25, 1999 ;     350 words ......quarter of the year due to the strong...than the 4.1 percent rate estimated a month...estimated 6.8 percent rate. According to...months of the year, slightly lower...increased at a 15.4 percent rate, the best showing in a year. Because of rising...

Productivity jumps faster than believed 3.8 percent rate best showing in...

Oakland Tribune;  June 4, 2004 ;   Jeannine Aversa, Associated Press;   743 words ......and following a 1.7 percent rate of increase in the fourth...Claims hit a high last year of 444,000 in mid-April...economy grew at a 4.4 percent rate in the first three months of this year and is expected to grow...boosted output at a 5.4 percent rate, stronger than ...

Productivity jumps faster than first thought 3.8 percent rate best showing...

Oakland Tribune;  June 4, 2004 ;   Jeannine Aversa, Associated Press;   743 words ......and following a 1.7 percent rate of increase in the fourth...Claims hit a high last year of 444,000 in mid-April...economy grew at a 4.4 percent rate in the first three months of this year and is expected to grow...boosted output at a 5.4 percent rate, stronger than ...

Madison, Wis., University Hospital Announces 12.5 Percent Rate...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  June 14, 2000 ;   Newman, Judy;   787 words ......proposing an overall 12.5 percent rate boost for the fiscal year that starts July...with last year's 9.1 percent rate increase, average...years, he said. This year, the effects of lower...are rising about 10 percent a year, Eiler said. The...

Economy Grows at 5.5 Percent Rate

AP Online;  June 29, 2000 ;   JEANNINE AVERSA, Associated Press Writer;   723 words ......06-29-2000 Economy Grows at 5.5 Percent Rate WASHINGTON (AP) -- The...slightly faster than the 5.4 percent rate of the government's two...to remain at the 5.4 percent rate. In the fourth quarter...grew at a sizzling 7.3 percent rate. The Federal Reserve has...sharply ...

Young Bros. pitches 5.5 percent rate increase

Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  June 19, 2008 ;   Sudick, Jennifer;   280 words ......yesterday it has requested a 5.5 percent rate increase for all of its interisland...would help offset costs of a 10-year, $186 million plan to improve...The fee, implemented late last year, covers 37 percent of increased...government affairs. A fifth straight year of increases is likely in ...

WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURERS SEEK 42.6 PERCENT RATE INCREASE

The Boston Globe;  November 16, 1989 ;   Charles Stein, Globe Staff;   604 words ......insurance yesterday asked for a 42.6 percent rate hike for the coming year, an increase that, if approved...employers an extra $600 million a year. The burden would fall heaviest...rates increased 20 percent last year and 14 percent the year before...