SOGGY JUNE HAS PLANTING BEHIND PACE 8 PERCENT TO 15 PERCENT OF CORN,...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  June 19, 2001 ;     355 words ......result, just 92 percent of the state's corn...compared with 100 percent a year ago and a five-year average of 98 percent. Only 85 percent...a year ago and a five-year average of 95 percent. Some farmers may...

POTASH CORPORATION OF SASKATCHEWAN INC. FIRST QUARTER RESULTS UP 24...

PR Newswire;  April 24, 1996 ;     787 words ......or $1.40 per share, 24 percent higher than the $51.5...9 million was up 170 percent compared to $136.0 million...Company earned a record 32 percent of its yearly income, more than twice the average percentage for the previous five...110.8 million was up 52 percent over last year. ...

EIA REDUCES 2002 GAS DEMAND GROWTH FORECAST TO 1.7 PERCENT OVER 2001...

Hart's Petroleum Finance Week;  July 15, 2002 ;     762 words ......downward last week to 1.7 percent over 2001 levels. The...growth forecast to 3.6 percent from 4.7 percent over year-ago levels...demand to climb by 3.5 percent in 2003 from higher...the end of June, 19 percent above the five-year average. "Storage levels are...stay well ...

STATE'S TRAFFIC DEATHS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER WISCONSIN BELOW FIVE-YEAR...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  December 20, 2004 ;     612 words ......fatalities this year and fewer than the five-year average. Safety experts say it's because...state's roads and highways -- about 9 percent fewer than at the same time a year...2003's total of 836 and below the five-year average of 790, Hughes said. Certainly, it...alcohol ...

MANY FIRST HAY CUTTINGS IN SOUTHERN COUNTIES COULD USE SOME RAIN, AND...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  June 2, 2007 ;     610 words ......moisture. About 95 percent of the state...above the 92 percent at the same time last year and the five-year average of 85 percent. The soybean...2006 and the five-year average of 59 percent. Cold weather...

TRAFFIC DEATHS DOWN 30 PERCENT THIS YEAR TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS BELIEVE...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  April 22, 2008 ;     345 words ......this year is down nearly 30 percent from the same time a year...with 188 a year ago and a five-year average of 199, said Dennis Hughes...been consistently below the five-year average. Hughes said there...different economy. Over the past five years, Wisconsin has ...

WATER RATES TO RISE 34 PERCENT IN NEXT TWO YEARS

Wyoming Tribune-Eagle;  March 16, 2004 ;   Michelle Dynes;   460 words ......approved a water rate increase of 34 percent over the next two years. This is...that 2003 water sales were down 23 percent when compared to 2002. While current...assumption that water sales will be at 85 percent of the last five-year average, said John Gallagher of Black and...going ...

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...

Oil price drops 2.5 percent on talk of OPEC production boost

AP Worldstream;  May 10, 2004 ;     523 words ......YORK Crude oil futures settled 2.5 percent lower Monday on the New York Mercantile...gasoline inventories remain nearly 3 percent below the five-year average. Some traders also saw no fundamental...Crude inventories are about 5.7 percent below the five-year ...

Ho, ho, ho! Santa's Stock Portfolio(TM) Up 28 Percent Making It the Most...

PR Newswire;  December 17, 2007 ;     787 words ......2007 portfolio increased 28 percent through December 13. The...thanks to an impressive five-year average return of 34 percent, Santa is hearing those profits...Average has increased 10.9 percent year-to-date, including dividends...Composite Index are up 6.9 percent and 11.3 ...

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...

94% of nursing homes cited as deficient; A federal investigator found that...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 30, 2008 ;   Pear, Robert;   622 words ......ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON - More than 90 percent of nursing homes were cited for violations...in a report issued on Monday. About 17 percent of nursing homes had deficiencies that...homes last year, and they substantiated 39 percent of them, the report said. Levinson said...

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...

CAPITAL EXPENDITURES RISE 14 PERCENT TO RECORD HIGH IN 2006

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 7, 2008 ;     457 words ......spending by all U.S. businesses rose 14.3 percent to a record high $1.31 trillion in 2006...businesses. Mining accounted for nearly 21 percent of the growth in total investment spending...investment spending ($67.7 billion or 221.5 percent) between 1999 and 2006. Mining also saw...

Tentative agreement gives U. New Hampshire faculty 24.4 percent raise over...

University Wire;  October 10, 2000 ;   Melissa Chapdelaine;   462 words ......includes a pay increase for professors of 24.4 percent over the course of five years. This potential...the Trustees offered to raise salaries by 4.5 percent for the next three years, but refused to compensate...priorities." The offer averages out to a 4.88 percent increase for five years, ...