SUMMER ENROLLMENT UP 2 PERCENT AT CLC

News-Sun, The (Waukegan, IL);  July 1, 2000 ;     292 words ......reached 7,954 students for the summer, a 2 percent increase over 1999 and reversing a two-ye...and full-time equivalency decreased 2 percent. Female students enrolled for summer classes increased 5 percent over 1999 to 62 percent while the percentage...

HOME BUYERS THRIVING ON 7 PERCENT-OR-BELOW LOANS

Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  June 19, 1998 ;     700 words ......128,200. When mortgage rates were at 8 percent, a family with little debt and with income...at today's average mortgage rate of 7 percent or lower, the family would have to earn...after-tax cost of a mortgage taking about 22 percent of income last year, down from a peak...

MANY DISPUTE COUNTY HOME-VALUES SURVEY | MEDIAN HOME PRICE UP NEARLY 10...

News-Sun, The (Waukegan, IL);  November 11, 1997 ;     787 words ......price of an existing home increased 5 percent over the year ending in September to...median price of an existing home up 9.9 percent. Don't run for a "For Sale" sign just...Consumer prices overall rose just 2.2 percent over that period. Lake County showed one...

COUNTY HOME PRICES UP 7 PERCENT | GOOD INVESTMENT: FIRST QUARTER HOME...

News-Sun, The (Waukegan, IL);  May 15, 1998 ;     412 words ......potentially shot up an average of 7.3 percent between January and March, according to...Considering inflation has gone up a mere 1.4 percent in the last 12 months, owning the average...houses in Lake County is $157,800, up 7.3 percent from around the same time last year. Nationally...

RAISES AT ILLINOIS FIRMS WILL HOVER AT JUST ABOVE 3 PERCENT

Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  July 20, 1997 ;     354 words ...About 30 percent of Illinois private employers will provide a pay raise of 3 percent to 3.4 percent for their hourly workers in 1998, with the balance of Illinois employers reporting projected pay plans for their workers ranging from a pay freeze...

JULY JOB CUTS FALL 7.5 PERCENT FROM JUNE

Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  August 23, 1998 ;     519 words ...U.S. job cuts for July decreased 7.5 percent from June, dropping to 50,774 from 54...said. July's job cuts, however, were 5 percent higher than the 48,349 losses in July...sites. The computer company fills about 5 percent of its needs this way, up from 2 percent...

ABBOTT LABS EARNINGS UP 10.2 PERCENT

News-Sun, The (Waukegan, IL);  April 10, 1998 ;     282 words ......045 billion for the first quarter of 1998, up 1.5 percent from the same period a year ago. Net earnings climbed 10.2 percent to $590 million, also a record. Per-share earnings rose 11.8 percent to 76 cents. The North Chicago-based pharmaceutical...

MORTGAGE RATES EDGED BELOW THE 9-PERCENT MARK

Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  September 17, 2000 ;     208 words ......with rates on 30-year mortgages below the 8 percent mark for the fifth week in a row. The average...30-year fixed-rate mortgages slipped to 7.88 percent for the week ending Sept. 15, down from 7.94 percent reached the previous week, according to...

Japan's broadband market likely to grow 9 percent in the present fiscal...

Asia Pacific Telecom;  September 1, 2008 ;     141 words ......broadband market in Japan is likely to grow by 9 percent in the present fiscal year, to around JPY 1...billion ($7.29 billion) in 2008, an increase of 32 percent, whereas DSL would decline 9 percent to JPY 490 billion ($4.52 billion). Cable broadband...

ILLINOIS HOME SALE RISE 4.5 PERCENT IN THIRD QUARTE

Sun Publications (IL);  November 14, 1997 ;     505 words ......sold in Illinois in the quarter rose 4.5 percent, while the median price of homes sold rose 2.8 percent. The IAR survey covers non-seasonally adjusted...of 1997 totaled 27,319, which was up 4.5 percent from 26,143 in the same period a year ago...

HOMES SOLD IN ILLINOIS UP 16.3 PERCENT IN FIRST QUARTER

News-Sun, The (Waukegan, IL);  May 21, 1998 ;     525 words ......first quarter of 1998 increased 16.3 percent, while the number of homes sold in the Chicago area increased by 14.0 percent. The IAR survey covers non-seasonally...figure represents an increase of 16.3 percent over 15,376 home sales posted a year...

RAIN PUTS OFF DROUGHT FORECAST | ADEQUATE MOISTURE: ABOUT 98 PERCENT OF...

Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  April 26, 2000 ;     323 words ......Tuesday. How big a difference? About 98 percent of the topsoil in northeastern Illinois...ago, the service reported that only 12 percent of the topsoil had adequate moisture...farmers had been looking for. About 38 percent of the Illinois corn crop was planted...

STATE JOBLESS RATE BELOW 5 PERCENT

Sun Publications (IL);  June 26, 1998 ;     130 words ......10 metro areas reporting jobless rates under 5 percent, according to statistics released by the Illinois...Chicago area, which includes DuPage County, at 3.6 percent in May 1998 compared to 4.2 percent in May 1997. Unemployment was down in all 10...

AURORA WATER & SEWER BILL TO RISE 7.9 PERCENT

Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  May 16, 1997 ;     474 words ......water and sewer bill here would increase by 7.9 percent in July, and another 3.5 percent next year, under a plan recommended by the City...that the bond issue would drive up rates by 4 percent. The proposed additional increases of 3.9 percent...

TransUnion Healthcare Survey Finds That Nearly Half of Respondents...

PR Newswire;  October 9, 2008 ;     787 words ......Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- An astounding 97 percent of hospital administrators from 22 hospitals...survey respondents experienced a 6-10 percent increase in the uninsured and underinsured...the beginning of 2007 with another 28 percent observing an 11-20 percent increase. The...