Article: Families Report Traveling Farther, Spending More and Taking Shorter Vacations, According to Best Western International Poll.

Article: When asked, only 17 percent of all Americans have ever heard of NAM.
Manufacturing & Technology News;  June 16, 2009 ;     467 words ......Interactive if they knew about NAM, only 17 percent said yes. More people have heard of PhRMA...Research and Manufacturers Association (19 percent); APTA, the American Public Transportation Association, (19 percent); the Heritage Foundation (27 percent...

Article: Study Shows Today's Generation Losing Touch with Nature on Family Vacations.
Business Wire;  April 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ......generations. Twenty-five percent of the Silent Generation...of their childhood family vacations included some interaction...compared to only 15 percent of families traveling...now 20 percent of family vacations - up from 8 percent during the Silent...for nature-oriented ...

Article: 22 percent of men always or often keep their resolutions in the new year, versus 14 percent of women.(take 5)
New Hampshire Business Review;  January 2, 2009 ;     42 words ...According to a survey by Dorthy.com and conducted by Harris Interactive, 22 percent of men always or often keep their resolutions in the new year, versus 14 percent of women. Howewer, 74 percent of women say they're making resolutions as opposed to 58 percent of men.

Article: 1/4tMOSCOW (AP) _ Dmitry Medvedev has won Russia's presidential election with more than 70 percent of the vote, according to final official results released Friday. 1/4tRussia's Central Election Commission said Medvedev won Sunday's election with 70.28 percent of the vote. Turnout was 69.81 percent. 1/4tCommunist Party chief Gennady Zyuganov trailed with 17.72 percent, while ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky had 9.35 percent and little-known candidate Andrei Bogdanov captured 1.3 percent. 1/4tMedvedev's landslide victory was virtually assured by a blessing from Vladimir Putin, the popular incumbent who said he would retain clout by becoming Medvedev's prime minister. Medvedev has repeatedly pledged to pursue Put_ ef policies. 1/4tPutin captured about 53 percent of the vote in 2000 and won a second four-year term in 2004 with more than 71 percent, just above Medvedev's result. But the turnout in these elections _ 60 and 64 percent, respectively _ was significantly lower than the hefty 70 percent on Sunday. 1/4tWhile Putin won about 49.5 million votes in the 2004 election, Medvedev was backed by more than 52.5 million voters, according to the final tally released Friday by Central Election Commission. 1/4tMedvedev ty leader. He said he would discuss possible "consequences" with Beck. 1/4tChancellor Angela Merkel, whose conservative Christian Democrats govern Germany in a tense "grand coalition" with Beck's center-left party, has accused the Social Democrats of breaking promises to steer clear of The Left and suggested that will be an issue in next year's national election campaign. 1/4tIn Hesse, which includes Germany's financial center, Frankfurt, the two parties fought to a bitter stalemate in a January electmber Yevgeny Kolyushin harshly criticized campaign violations and official efforts to boost turnout on the election day and demanded a recount. 1/4tThe commission shrugged off the criticism and endorsed Medvedev's election.
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Article: New Hampshire's unemployment rate in May fell to 3.9 percent, down from 4.0 percent in April.(Concord)
New Hampshire Business Review;  June 22, 2007 ;     32 words ...Concord: New Hampshire's unemployment rate in May fell to 3.9 percent, down from 4.0 percent in April. The New Hampshire rate was more than a half-point lower than the national rate of 4.5 percent in May.

Article: French Polls: Sarkozy Gets 53 Percent
AP Online;  May 6, 2007 ;     15 words ...PARIS - Polls say Nicolas Sarkozy got 53 percent of vote, to 47 percent for Socialist Segolene Royal.

Article: Arkansas' unemployment rate rose one-tenth of a percent in June to 5.6 percent. (Business Briefs).(Brief Article)
Arkansas Business;  July 14, 2003 ;     29 words ...* Arkansas' unemployment rate rose **-tenth of a percent in June to 5.6 percent. U.S. unemployment advanced three-tenths of a percent to 6.4 percent. *[Text unreadable in original source]

Article: New Hampshire's jobless rate in November rose to 4.3 percent, up two-tenths of a percent from October.(Concord)
New Hampshire Business Review;  January 2, 2009 ;     33 words ...New Hampshire's jobless rate in November rose to 4.3 percent, up two-tenths of a percent from October. New Hampshire's rate was more than two points lower than the national jobless rate of 6.7 percent for November.

Article: Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families says the share of Arkansas children not covered by health insurance has declined from 19.4 percent in 1996 to 11 percent in 2002, lower than the national average of 12 percent.(Business Briefs)(Brief Article)
Arkansas Business;  December 20, 2004 ;     52 words ......share of Arkansas children not covered by health insurance has declined from 19.4 percent in 1996 to 11 percent in 2002, lower than the national average of 12 percent. The group credits the ARKids First program for the improvement but said about...

Article: The state's unemployment rate in December was 3.5 percent, the same as in November and a full point lower than the national unemployment rate of 4.5 percent.(Concord)(Brief article)
New Hampshire Business Review;  February 2, 2007 ;     24 words ...The state's unemployment rate in December was 3.5 percent, the same as in November and a full point lower than the national unemployment rate of 4.5 percent.

Article: Labor Ready June sales up 73 percent; same-store sales up 36 percent; second-quarter sales up 82 percent; second-quarter same-store sales up 38 percent; year-to-date sales up 92 percent; same-store sales up 37 percent.
Business Wire;  July 9, 1996 ;     212 words ......1996 of $14.8 million, an increase of 73 percent on sales of $8.5 million for June 1995. Same-store sales for June 1996 increased 36 percent over same-store sales for the same period...1996 were $36 million, an increase of 82 percent on sales of $19.8 million in the like...

Article: Labor Ready September sales up 143 percent, same-store sales up 38 percent; third-quarter sales up 155 percent, same-store sales up 49 percent; year-to-date sales up 146 percent; same-store sales up 37 percent.
Business Wire;  October 12, 1995 ;     214 words ......1995 of $13.1 million, an increase of 143 percent on sales of $5.4 million for September...sales for September 1995 increased 38 percent over the same-store sales for September...were $30.1 million, an increase of 155 percent on sales of $12.1 million in the like...

Article: Zogby poll: 65 percent rank Ronald Reagan "great" or "near great" president, compared with 41 percent for George W. Bush, 44 percent for Bill Clinton, 33 percent for George H. W. Bush, and 32 percent for Jimmy Carter.(for the record)
National Review;  December 13, 2004 ;     149 words ...* Zogby poll: 65 percent rank Ronald Reagan great or near great president, compared with 41 percent for George W. Bush, 44 percent for Bill Clinton, 33 percent for George H. W. Bush, and 32 percent for Jimmy Carter.... Clinton's presidential library...

Article: Arkansas' jobless rate rose two-tenths of a percent in October to 5.7 percent, but that's a full percentage point below last year's October rate.(Business Briefs)(Brief Article)
Arkansas Business;  November 15, 2004 ;     32 words ...* Arkansas' jobless rate rose two-tenths of a percent in October to 5.7 percent, but that's a full percentage point below last year's October rate. U.S. unemployment rose one-tenth of a percent to 5.5 percent.