Law enforcement officers assaulted.

Uniform Crime Reports: Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted;  January 1, 2005 ;     714 words ......fights, etc.). * 12.8 percent of the officers assaulted were handling, transporting...prisoners. * 11.1 percent of the officers assaulted were performing traffic...The majority of officers assaulted (80.0 percent) were attacked with...

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...

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...

Capital Expenditures Rises 14 Percent to Record High in 2006.

M2 Presswire;  October 7, 2008 ;     606 words ......Bureau: Capital Expenditures Rises 14 Percent to Record High in 2006(C)1994-2008 M2...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...

College Students Wi-Fi Has Become a Fixture on Campus; 73 percent Say...

PR Newswire;  October 6, 2008 ;     625 words ......have free Wi-Fi. What's more, fully 79 percent said that without Wi-Fi access, college...become a major deciding factor. Sixty percent of those polled agree that widely available...in at coffee shops and restaurants (55 percent), in parks (47 percent), and even in their...

Qld: Four officers assaulted across SE QLD = 2Brisbane

AAP General News (Australia);  June 23, 2007 ;     95 words ......General News (Australia) 06-23-2007 Qld: Four officers assaulted across SE QLD = 2Brisbane An 18-year old man...laid tonight. Police also have identified the officers assaulted in the incident as Constable Grant Sampson...

Despite Economic Pressures, 73 Percent of Non-HDTV Owners Plan to Purchase...

PR Newswire;  October 7, 2008 ;     787 words ......grown significantly over the past two years. Fifty-seven percent of consumers own an HDTV, compared with only 30 percent in August 2006. Today, LCD TV is the preferred HDTV, with 57 percent owning one. Nearly 75 percent of online shoppers who do...

Dubai stocks fall by over 8 percent

Al Bawaba;  October 8, 2008 ;     105 words ......global economic turmoil. Dubai's main index closed the day 8.43 percent lower. At some point of the trading session the index lost over 10 percent. Emaar Properties fell 7.41 percent, dragging the benchmark to 3,085 points. The stock of the giant...

August wholesale prices slide 1 percent.(Brief article)

Industrial Distribution;  October 1, 2008 ;     96 words ...Staff Wholesale prices dropped 0.9 percent in August, according to the U.S. Dept. of Labor, more...producer price index, which follows increases of 1.2 percent in July and 1.8 percent in June, was larger than the 0.4 percent slip predicted...

Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Fell 1.9 Percent in August...

M2 Presswire;  October 8, 2008 ;     787 words ......Transportation Services Index (TSI) Fell 1.9 Percent in August from July(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...Transportation Services Index (TSI) fell 1.9 percent in August from its July level, declining...of 2008, the freight index advanced 2.2 percent, its largest increase for the first eight...

Direct tax collection up 33 percent to Rs.1.47 trillion

The Hindustan Times;  October 6, 2008 ;     408 words ......net direct tax collection up nearly 33 percent to Rs.147,197 crore or Rs.1.47 trillion...055 crore, registering a growth of 32.54 percent. "Continued high growth in TDS (tax deduction...after China and Japan, registered 7.9 percent growth in gross domestic product (GDP...

Law enforcement officers assaulted.(SECTION II)

Uniform Crime Reports: Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted;  January 1, 2004 ;     787 words ......persons (76.8 percent of the Nation...in 2004, 27.9 percent of those officers...had the highest percentage, 32.6, of injuries among officers assaulted. In the Midwest, 28.9 percent of the officers...percent, of its officers injured during...counties, 27.4 ...