July construction down 5 percent

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June construction up 5 percent

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Seagate Cutting 10 Percent of Jobs

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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...

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...

NEWS IN BRIEF; Monthly NWA traffic declines 4.3 percent.(BUSINESS)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 4, 2008 ;     97 words ......Friday that its traffic for September declined 4.3 percent from a year ago. The Eagan-based carrier flew...flown one mile. Load factor for the month was 84.8 percent, down 0.3 of a percentage point from a year ago. Capacity was 6.52 billion...

Estee Lauder profit surges 17 percent

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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...