Peru's broadband user base increased 23.4 percent in 2007.(MARKET...

XDSL News;  August 1, 2008 ;     165 words ......Peru's broadband user base increased 23.4 percent in 2007. In December 2007, the country...penetration rate still stands at a meager 2.3 percent, which is much below the penetration levels...American region, including Argentina (6.6 percent), Chile (8.8 percent), and Brazil (4 percent...

Peru's broadband user base increased 23.4 percent in 2007.(PERU)

Latin America Telecom;  August 1, 2008 ;     165 words ......Peru's broadband user base increased 23.4 percent in 2007. In December 2007, the country...penetration rate still stands at a meager 2.3 percent, which is much below the penetration levels...American region, including Argentina (6.6 percent), Chile (8.8 percent), and Brazil (4 percent...

Joe Biden 789, 0.08 percent; ...

The Washington Post;  February 13, 2008 ;     25 words ...Joe Biden 789, 0.08 percent; John Edwards 4,973, 0.51 percent; Dennis Kucinich 2,348, 0.24 percent; Bill Richardson 1,057, 0.11 percent SOURCE: Associated Press

APTA: U.S. Public Transportation Systems See More Riders in 2001;...

U.S. Newswire;  October 3, 2001 ;     513 words ......transportation systems have recorded a 2.9 percent increase in ridership over the same period...increase in ridership builds on a 2.8 percent increase for the first quarter of 2001...five years, ridership has increased 21 percent. "This most recent increase is further...

SouthTrust Announces Record First-Quarter Earnings and Earnings Per Share;...

PR Newswire;  April 16, 2003 ;     787 words ......Earnings and earnings per diluted share were up 9 percent compared to the first quarter of 2002. This marks...company's first quarter net-interest margin was 3.69 percent compared to 3.87 percent in the first quarter of 2002. The decrease in the...

Tulsa-based Matrix Service stock plunges 27.9 percent despite record...

THE JOURNAL RECORD;  October 3, 2008 ;   Kirby Lee Davis;   546 words ......margins lifted Matrix Service profits 50 percent for its fiscal first quarter, beating...construction services company plunged 27.9 percent Thursday despite record operating income...Investment Research. Revenue jumped 15.7 percent to $186.7 million from $161.3 million...

IBM reports 2003 second-quarter results; Diluted earnings per share of...

M2 Presswire;  July 17, 2003 ;     787 words ......98 from continuing operations increased 292 percent in the second quarter, or 10 percent excluding year-ago period charges; Income from continuing operations of $1.7 billion grew 288 percent year over year, or 11 percent excluding the...

Inflation slips to 11.99 percent

The Hindustan Times;  October 3, 2008 ;     368 words ......Oct. 3 -- India's inflation rate showed moderation to 11.99 percent for the week ended Sep 20 as against 12.14 percent for the week before, but was calculated finally at 12.53 percent for the week ended July 26. The ministry of commerce and industry...

Manufacturing's 2Q productivity slides 2.2 percent.(Brief article)

Industrial Distribution;  October 1, 2008 ;     196 words ...Staff Manufacturing productivity slid 2.2 percent during the second quarter, the U.S. Dept...manufacturing since 1989, fueled largely by a 4.5 percent decline in productivity for the durable...Manufacturing accounts for roughly 12 percent of employment in the United States business...

Unemployment rate in region rises to 4.8 percent.(Business)

The Virginian Pilot;  October 1, 2008 ;     244 words ......The Hampton Roads unemployment rate rose to 4.8 percent in August from 4.6 percent in July amid scattered cutbacks in jobs, the Virginia...region's rate for August was up sharply from 3.4 percent one year earlier. There have been few mass layoffs...

FEDERAL SPENDING INCREASED 4.4 PERCENT IN 2007

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 2, 2008 ;     616 words ......domestic spending for fiscal year 2007, up 4.4 percent from the prior year, according to the U...accounted for $783 billion (more than 30 percent) of total federal spending. Of that amount, 80 percent, or $623 billion, went to Social Security...

Rates are going up 5 percent at Mayo hospital

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  October 2, 2008 ;     376 words ......Hospital plans a general rate increase of 5 percent to all service areas in fiscal year 2009...in a 10- year average increase of 3.7 percent, according to a press release. The rate...absorbed by the hospital will remain at 4.8 percent of the overall hospital gross patient...

SkyePharma.(acquires 40.2 percent of RTP Pharma Inc.)(Brief Article)

Chemical Market Reporter;  August 6, 2001 ;     9 words ...SkyePharma PLC has acquired 40.2 percent of RTP Pharma Inc.

Inflation slips down to 11.99 percent

The Hindustan Times;  October 3, 2008 ;     223 words ......annual rate of inflation slipped to 11.99 percent for the week ending Sep 20 as compared to 12.14 percent for the week before, according to official...commerce and industry showed a decline of 0.2 percent in the index of primary articles comprising...

CSRA'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 7.0 PERCENT IN AUGUST

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 25, 2008 ;     306 words ......the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) rose to a preliminary unadjusted rate of 7.0 percent in August, up one percentage points over the year from 6.0 percent in August 2007. The increase is consistent with the overall increase in unemployment...