Clinton promises to put 10,000 welfare recipients to work in federal jobs;...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  April 11, 1997 ;     700+ words ......rolls by 20 percent over the past four years and promised...showed a 9 percent decline over four years. Ramsey County registered a 5 percent drop. The decline...recipients, or a 20 percent drop. The welfare...the past four years as they increased...

Struggling to Pay the Mortgage on My Mind; Saddled with loans and tied to...

Newsweek;  February 7, 2005 ;     700+ words ......lowest rates in history: 2.8 percent. I dialed the 800 number...already consolidated at 7.4 percent, I'm afraid you're ineligible...education. After spending five years working odd jobs and traveling...and extend my term up to 30 years. She suggested a plan of...neglected to mention that two ...

A Gold Mine in Low Fund Fees; If you're smart enough to save on broker...

Newsweek;  January 31, 2005 ;     700+ words ......fund earning 7 percent a year for 15 years. With annual costs of 2 percent, you'd wind up...fund. After 30 years of parsimonious...retire with 64 percent more. All because...average: 0.94 percent) for the first six to 10 years. If you sell...

CONSUMER PRICES JUMP 3.3 PERCENT \ BIGGEST INCREASE IN LAST FOUR...

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  January 20, 2005 ;     480 words ......consumer prices up by 3.3 percent in 2004, the biggest jump in four years, but relief may be on the...Price Index edged down 0.1 percent last month, reflecting the...acceleration from a moderate 1.9 percent rise in consumer prices in...were dominated by a 16.6 percent surge in fuel bills, ...

Home Price Erosion Hits Hard in Region; Property Values Slip 8 Percent in...

The Washington Post;  December 23, 1995 ;     700+ words ......were down 0.7 percent. "During the past two years, home values have...there rose 15 percent over one year and 72 percent over five years. The bottom of...values fell 28 percent. TRW isn't the...time. For several years, the Federal Home...

How Much Do College Presidents Earn? A new report says their salaries have...

U.S. News & World Report;  November 17, 2008 ;     489 words ......increases in tuition in recent years. But a new report from...last year, a gain of 35 percent over inflation in five years. Presidents at the big...available), up almost 19 percent more than inflation in five years. Presidents of smaller...

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN INCREASES TUITION AN AVERAGE OF 4.9 PERCENT...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 29, 2006 ;     414 words ......average of 4.9 percent over the next two years, increasing the...increase of 4.9 percent. The university...covers the next two years to aid students...said. About 24 percent of the tuition...deregulation three years ago. Students from...

DTH players likely to capture 72 percent of the 25 million new customers...

India Weekly Telecom Newsletter;  September 5, 2008 ;     163 words ......are likely to grab around 72 percent of the 25 million new users over the next three years, benefiting tremendously from...TV is expected to grab a 40 percent share of the new DTH users...percent over the next three years. India currently has four...

Bank of Israel: Unemployment to fall to 8.5 percent in 2007: ?The...

Globes (Tel Aviv, Israel);  September 27, 2006 ;     353 words ......The Bank of Israel predicts GDP growth for 2006 is 4.6 percent, and for 2007, 4 percent. Business sector product is expected to increase by 5.3 percent in 2006, and by 5.1 percent in 2007, so that most of the forecast drop in the GDP...defense expenditure will rise steeply in the next two ...

Oct. sales of homes lowest in 6 years: Area's average price crept up 3.15...

Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD);  November 11, 2006 ;     700+ words ......sold fell by more than 22 percent. It was the weakest October...surrounding counties crept up 3.15 percent from October 2005 to $307...values routinely rocketed 20 percent or more over a year earlier...seller's market of the past few years has been shifting to favor...year-over-year basis, in more ...

Police to get 15 percent raise over 4 years Arbitrator splits difference...

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 1, 2005 ;     648 words ......will get a 15.5 percent pay raise over four years in exchange for...union wanted a 19 percent pay raise over four years and no change in...city offered a 12.5 percent pay raise and wanted...percent and 2.47 percent, respectively. So...reach top pay at 25 years instead ...

3.3 PERCENT CONSUMER PRICE JUMP IN '96 IS BIGGEST IN 6 YEARS.(Business)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  January 15, 1997 ;     30 words ...Consumer prices rose 3.3 percent in 1996, the biggest increase in six years. But aside from higher energy and food costs, the underlying inflation rate turned in its best performance in 31 years.

ARTERY-TUNNEL COSTS NOW SET AT $4.4 BILLION OFFICIAL ESTIMATE INCREASED 40...

The Boston Globe;  September 3, 1988 ;     700+ words ......soared almost 40 percent in the past two years, to $4.43 billion...attributed the 39.7 percent increase -- more...carried out every two years, the Federal Highway...is guaranteed 90 percent federal funding...would require 32 years' worth of those...those for steel 33 percent, ...

UK mobile ownership will reach saturation point, 79 percent, in 2008,...

M2 Presswire;  July 3, 2003 ;     700+ words ......up from today's 10 percent, but UMTS will remain...marginal for the next 5 years(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...year and rise to 48 percent in 2008. In the intervening years net-enabled phones...this year and 54 percent in 2004. In two years, GPRS will become...

Recruitment Advertising Online To Grow At a Compound Annual Growth Rate Of...

M2 Presswire;  January 5, 2007 ;     638 words ......Growth Rate Of 10.3 Percent over the Next Five Years, Approaching $10...first chapter. In 12 years, these sites have...now accounts for 25 percent of Internet advertising...growth rate of 10.3 percent over the next five years, approaching $10...