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April 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 Polish Institute of Houston, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Borderless Europe forever?
Percentage of Austrians opposed to 21 December 2007 enlargement of the Schengen area in Europe (i.e., area without border controls): 75 percent.
Countries admitted to the Schengen areas: the postcommunist countries of Central Europe including Poland, the Baltic Republics, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary.
Source: TV poll, as reported by BBC News (http:llnews.bbe.co.uk/2/hileurope/7154196.stm), 21 December 2007.
The mythology of Vladimir Putin.
Putin's approval rating at the end of 2007: 80 percent.
Health spending as percentage of GDP under Putin (between 2000-2005) and before Putin (1996-1999: 6 percent and 6.4 ...
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DOLLARS & SENSE; Food fares; With some food prices rising 7 to 33 percent...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);
July 31, 2007 ;
Ewoldt, John;
787 words
......being forced to find cheaper sources. Food prices are seeing some...food prices increased nearly 4 percent from June 2006 to June 2007...jumps included ground chuck (7.7 percent), eggs (10.5 percent) and orange juice (33.2 percent...
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Up to 70.8 percent of consumers surveyed in 2007 say they choose...
Refrigerated & Frozen Foods;
May 1, 2007 ;
70 words
...Up to 70.8 percent of consumers surveyed in 2007 say they choose conventional supermarkets instead of supercenters as their primary source for meat, up from 68.3 percent in 2006. Moreover, four in 10 of consumers surveyed say...one in 10 dine on pork as often. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Source: An ...
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Wal-Mart Releases Open Enrollment Data; Survey Results Indicate 90.4...
PR Newswire;
January 11, 2007 ;
787 words
......indicated that 43 percent of associates have...through another source, bringing the total to 90.4 percent for associates...care from other sources cited the following...coverage: * 22.2 percent - Spouse; * 4.5...Medicaid; and * 0.8 percent - Another source than those listed ...
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High-tech industry growing Europe-wide; European market for IT and...
M2 Presswire;
May 8, 2008 ;
787 words
......telecommunications expected to grow three percent in 2008; The European Information Technology...Commissioner Reding: EITO is a principal source of statistics on the ICT sector(C)1994-20...ICT) is expected to increase by three percent to 761 billion Euro in 2008. This is...address: EITO has become a ...
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1ST SOURCE REPORTS EARNINGS UP 13 PERCENT
PR Newswire;
July 18, 1995 ;
787 words
......compared to 1.18 percent for the second...chairman of the 1st Source Board, said the...1995, the 1st Source equity-to-assets ratio was 8.3 percent, compared to 8...compared to 0.36 percent on June 30, 1994. This gives 1st Source a solid reserve...
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Banks Maintain BIS Ratio at 10 Percent The capital adequacy ratio...
Korea Times (Seoul, Korea);
June 1, 2001 ;
147 words
......First Bank edged up 0.61 percentage points to 14.01 percent, followed by Shinhan Bank with 11.62 percent, Kookmin Bank with 10.79 percent and Kwangju Bank with 10.58 percent. A source at the Financial Supervisory Service said that, with the BIS ratio surpassing 10 percent, the ...
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SALES TAX YIELDS HIGHER RETURNS MAIN FUND SOURCE RISES 2.6 PERCENT.(News)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);
August 20, 2005 ;
201 words
......Santa Clarita - the city's key source of funding - increased 2.6 percent in the first quarter over the...revenue contributed about 22 percent of the city's $92 million budget...2004, sales tax increased 8.3 percent in general retail, 7 percent...
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Private sources about 9 percent of loans at MU Larger appropriations...
Columbia Daily Tribune;
October 2, 2007 ;
ABRAHAM MAHSHIE;
440 words
......private lenders. Even so, $12 million, or about 8.8 percent, of student loans at the University of Missouri-Columb...interest rates on federal Stafford Loans to 3.4 percent from the current 6.8 percent over five years. "Increasing the Pell Grant maximum...
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Enasave 97 tyre eliminates nearly all synthetic materials; A standard car...
European Rubber Journal;
March 1, 2008 ;
507 words
......delegates that the new tyre uses only three percent materials derived from non-renewable resources...Wada, the cost of materials is around 40 percent higher than the non-renewable equivalent...renewable content of a 195/65 R15 tyre to 70 percent, from a reference of 44 percent. The new...
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1ST SOURCE REPORTS EARNINGS INCREASE OF 10.6 PERCENT FOR FIRST QUARTER
PR Newswire;
April 23, 1996 ;
787 words
......company of 1st Source Bank, was 13.98 percent compared to 14...deposits were up 9.9 percent over the first quarter of 1995. 1st Source's reserve for loan...1996, and 0.52 percent on December 31, 1995. This gives 1st Source a reserve for loan...
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how - to; DOLLARS & SENSE; Early birds get the bargains; Early-bird...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);
October 10, 2006 ;
Ewoldt, John;
468 words
......952-927-7923, www.lendruskin.com) are now discounted 75 percent, but will go to 90 percent within a few weeks. Premium brands include Seven...952-858-9530, www.kiwibeach.com. Save 40 to 90 percent off brightly colored clothes, sandals, bags and...
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Where zebras roam free, earth's heat is harnessed: Strapped for energy,...
The Christian Science Monitor;
March 21, 2001 ;
624 words
......it could meet 25 percent of that demand. The main source of geothermal energy...energy from geothermal sources. Costa Rica, El Salvador...generate 10 to 20 percent of their electricity...Philippines generates 22 percent from this source. Klaus Topfer, director...
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Yellow River source water dwindles by 23 percent in ten years
Xinhua News Agency;
March 26, 2005 ;
254 words
...Yellow River source water dwindles by 23 percent in ten years XI...Xinhua) -- The source water of the Yellow...has dwindled by 23 percent more in the past...season," he said. Source water for the Yangtze...dwindled by between 10 percent to 4 percent and 4 percent to 7 ...
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Global Procurement Study Finds Companies Unprepared to Manage Increased...
PR Newswire;
February 2, 2005 ;
787 words
......future. By 2009, 72 percent of companies plan to source from China, a rise from less than 30 percent in 1999. Fifty...companies plan to source from Eastern Europe...organization. And just 39 percent have formal plans...base from global sources. Companies are...
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