1st Ld-Writethru: Chinese share prices up more than 3 percent

Xinhua News Agency;  January 5, 2009 ;     368 words ......Chinese share prices up more than 3 percent BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shares soared more than 3 percent in the first trading day of the new year...Composite Index gained 59.84 points, or 3.29 percent, to 1,880.72. The Shenzhen Component...

Inflation rate in Chile 7.1 percent in 2008

Xinhua News Agency;  January 6, 2009 ;     181 words ...Inflation rate in Chile 7.1 percent in 2008 SANTIAGO, Jan. 6 (Xinhua...an accumulated inflation rate of 7.1 percent, the Chilean National Institute of...Consumer Price Index (CPI) dropped 1.2 percent in December. However, the CPI without...

Rate hold boosts lenders, builders Countrywide stock rises 16% to lead...

Rocky Mountain News (2007-Current);  December 7, 2007 ;     273 words ......on some subprime rates. Countrywide rose 16 percent while MGIC Investment Corp., the largest insurer of U.S. mortgages, gained 12 percent. Lennar Corp., ranked No. 1 among builders climbed 16 percent, its best showing in a decade. Subprime lender...

Rate hold boosts lenders, builders Countrywide stock rises 16% to lead...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  December 7, 2007 ;     281 words ......on some subprime rates. Countrywide rose 16 percent while MGIC Investment Corp., the largest insurer of U.S. mortgages, gained 12 percent. Lennar Corp., ranked No. 1 among builders climbed 16 percent, its best showing in a decade. Subprime lender...

1st Ld-Writethru: Chinese share prices 3 percent higher upon regional...

Xinhua News Agency;  January 6, 2009 ;     260 words ......Ld-Writethru: Chinese share prices 3 percent higher upon regional rises BEIJING...Index gained 56.42 points, or 3.00 percent, to 1,937.14. The Shenzhen Component Index rose 160.46 points, or 2.42 percent, to 6,795.34. Combined turnover jumped...

82 Percent of Israeli Youth: Another Holocaust is Possible.

Israel Faxx;  January 7, 2009 ;     268 words ......Institute for the Study of the Holocaust finds that 82 percent of Israel=92= s=20 youth believe another Holocaust...94 Among the older=20 respondents, more than 70 percent did not agree. Only 26 percent of the younger respondents agreed that =93most...

Staple food prices up over 20 percent in Brazil in 2008

Xinhua News Agency;  January 7, 2009 ;     175 words ...Staple food prices up over 20 percent in Brazil in 2008 RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan...price of staple foods jumped more than 20 percent in nine Brazilian state capitals last...Paraiba state, where costs rose 29.3 percent in 2008. In Natal, Rio Grande do Norte...

Consumer Reports Risk Survey: 58 Percent of Cyclists Never Wear a Bicycle...

U.S. Newswire;  January 5, 2009 ;     532 words ......5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Some 58 percent of Americans never wear a helmet when riding a bicycle, 70 percent never wear hearing protection when using a gas lawn mower or leaf blower, and 27 percent never use sunscreen when they're in the...

Data Breaches Up Almost 50 Percent, Affecting Records of 35.7 Million...

The Washington Post;  January 6, 2009 ;     423 words ......educational institutions reported nearly 50 percent more data breaches last year than in 2007...from 446 in the previous year. Nearly 37 percent of the breaches occurred at businesses, while schools accounted for roughly 20 percent of the reported incidents. The center...

Chrysler sales plummet 53 percent in December

Charleston Gazette;  January 6, 2009 ;     242 words ......says its December U.S. sales plunged 53 percent and blames a tough economy for driving...drop, the months sales were up about 5 percent from November levels. Company officials...based company said car sales tumbled 59 percent, while truck sales dropped 51 percent...

Local jobless rate rises to 4.8 percent in November.(Business)

The Virginian Pilot;  January 7, 2009 ;     316 words ......Virginian-Pilot Hampton Roads' jobless rate jumped to 4.8 percent in November from 4.4 percent in October partly because of layoffs in Williamsburg...division. In the Richmond area, the rate climbed to 5 percent from 4.5 percent in October partly because of...

BSP targets 4.5 percent inflation rate for 2010.(Business News)

Manila Bulletin;  December 9, 2008 ;     454 words ......Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has finalized its inflation rate target of 4.5 percent plus-or-minus one percentage point for 2010, while forecast is 3.5-5.5 percent also in the same year. This is lower than 2009's forecast of 6-8 percent and...

China-based telecom vendors win 90 percent of the TD-SCDMA tender worth...

Asia Pacific Telecom;  December 1, 2008 ;     95 words ......tender worth $4.4 billion, accounting for nearly 90 percent of the total deals. Staterun Datang Telecom Group...Fiberhome emerged as the biggest winners, grabbing 38 percent to 40 percent of the tender, according to local media. China Mobile...

China's external trade estimated to grow 18 percent in 2008

Xinhua News Agency;  January 4, 2009 ;     177 words ......s external trade estimated to grow 18 percent in 2008 BEIJING, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- China...trillion U.S. dollars last year, up 18 percent from 2007, according to an analysis released...was 2.38 trillion U.S. dollars, up 20.9 percent year-on-year. The growth rate was 2.6...

56 Percent of Americans Think U.S. Needs To Help Citizens More In Tough...

Targeted News Service;  December 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......in these tough economic times. Only 17 percent of those polled said the government needs...financial institutions. In the poll, 29 percent said the government went too far in bailing out the financial industry. Thirty-nine percent were unsure. The Consumer Reports National...