Article: Right now, National has some problems.

Article: Brown's Britishness plea falls on deaf ears SURVEY: NATIONAL IDENTITY SURVEY: NATIONAL IDENTITY Poll shows only 3-per cent of Scots and 13-per cent of English say they're British
The Sunday Herald;  January 20, 2008 ;     637 words ......asked to choose one national identity for themselves, 39-per cent in England said they...73-per cent, up 9-per cent from 2004. The survey...s feelings about national identity are not...supporters, 56-per cent, said that national identity was important...

Article: Qatar National Bank reports Q1 net profit up 10.2 per cent.(Financial report)
CPI Financial;  April 12, 2009 ;     272 words ......March 2009 of QR 1,011 million, up 10.2 per cent on the QAR 917.3 million delivered in March...billion, representing an increase of 5.4 per cent. Customer deposits and unrestricted investment...accounts rose by QAR 12.4 billion (15.6 per cent) to reach QAR 91.9 billion. Net operating...

Article: KOREA'S Q2 GROSS NATIONAL INCOME UP 1 PER CENT.
AsiaPulse News;  September 13, 2001 ;     148 words ......Asia Pulse - The nation's gross national income (GNI) during the second quarter inched up one per cent from a year earlier, while the...domestic product (GDP) rose 2.7 per cent, the Bank of Korea said Thursday...US$103 billion), up 6.3 per cent on year. The GDP deflator rose...

Article: Equality: Women make up nearly half the work-force. So why are only 9 per cent company directors? Andrew Johnson reveals the findings of the first national audit of Sex and Power in Britain
The Independent on Sunday;  January 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Act became law, the first national audit of gender and power...of Britain but only 9 per cent of top company directors...judges are women; and 29 per cent of heads in secondary schools...Welsh Assembly, where 50 per cent of the representatives are...than ever before - 45 per cent of the ...

Article: National Semiconductor reports 34 percent year-to-year revenue growth and record gross margin for fourth quarter of fiscal 2004; Q4 profit is $126.4 million, yielding earnings of 32 cents per share compared to year-ago fourth quarter loss of 1 cent per share;.
M2 Presswire;  June 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ...M2 PRESSWIRE-11 June 2004-National Semiconductor: National Semiconductor reports 34 percent year-to-...to year-ago fourth quarter loss of 1 cent per share; Gross margin reached all-ti...LTD RDATE:06102004 SANTA CLARA, CA - National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE:NSM...fiscal 2004, which ended May ...

Article: Kuwait: National Bank of Kuwait profits up 21 per cent.(Financial report)
TendersInfo;  July 11, 2008 ;     130 words ...Byline: mohammed05 National Bank of Kuwait has reported an increase of 21 per cent in profits for the first half...Egypt, the purchase of a 40 per cent stake in Turkish Bank and the...International Bank of Qatar to 30 per cent, it now aims for international...

Article: Broadband on the up and up Broadband formed 55.7 per cent of all internet connections in the UK in August 2005, up from 54.3 per cent in July 2005, according to the latest monthly report from the Office of National Statistics. Dial-up continued to decline.(Brief article)
Computing;  October 27, 2005 ;     214 words ......the up and up Broadband formed 55.7 per cent of all internet connections in the UK in August 2005, up from 54.3 per cent in July 2005, according to the latest monthly report from the Office of National Statistics. Dial-up continued to decline and now accounts for 44.3 per cent of UK internet ...

Article: The government proposes to increase food processing levels from 2 per cent to 10 per cent; National Seminar on "Food Processing & National Objectives - Challenges in the New Trade Order".
M2 Presswire;  December 21, 2000 ;     649 words ......processing levels from 2 per cent to 10 per cent; National Seminar on Food Processing...four Regional Seminars, a National Seminar to obtain the reaction...Processor`s Association with National Seminar on Food Processing & National objectives - Challenges in...addition in India ...

Article: Wrong message on unemployment ; Tom Arnold in his article More regeneration in city's thriving centre priority for all parties, Echo, April 22, states "the city's economy is healthy with its unemployment level of 1.1 per cent below the national average". What is missing from this statement is a comma or conjunction - such as the word "which" - after "per cent".
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  April 25, 2008 ;     128 words ......unemployment level of 1.1 per cent below the national average". What is missing...Exeter is half or 50 per cent of the national average. The message that...unemployment level of 1.1 per cent which is below the national average of 2.2 per cent...

Article: Sitting comfortably: Arab National Bank has averaged 30 per cent profit growth since Nemeh Sabbagh took over at the end of 1998.(ARAB NATIONAL BANK)
MEED Middle East Economic Digest;  May 20, 2005 ;     359 words ...Arab National Bank (ANB) is comfortably...with profits rising 52 per cent to SR 1,167 million to deliver...2004. Loans were up by 38 per cent and customer deposits rose 21 per cent in the same period, heralding...loan/deposit ratio to 69 per cent. ANB, which celebrates its...jubilee this year, ...

Article: National Australia's Clydesdale and Yorkshire up 10 per cent
Evening News - Scotland;  November 8, 2001 ;     183 words ......Yorkshire Banks, both owned by the National Australia Bank, today recorded a 10.1 per cent increase in underlying profits...total lending was up 8.7 per cent to GBP 14.07 billion compared...volumes grew strongly by 9.5 per cent to GBP 9.97bn, with strong...

Article: NBD warns of record inflation: inflation expected to hit 15-20 per cent.(UAE)(National Bank of Dubai)(Brief Article)
MEED Middle East Economic Digest;  November 11, 2005 ;     222 words ......prices and high money supply, National Bank of Dubai (NBD) said in...will reach at least 15-20 per cent by the end of 2005. Although...consumer price index] at 36.1 per cent, raises considerable fears over...rents in Dubai rose by 40 per cent, giving it possibly the fastest...

Article: BULGARIA: NATIONAL STATISTICAL INSTITUTE REPORTS 0.1 PER CENT DEFLATION IN MARCH
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 12, 2007 ;     40 words ...The government of Bulgaria issued the following news release: The National Statistical Institute reported 0.1 per cent deflation in March. Food prices decreased 0.4 per cent and non-foods- 0.2 per cent. Catering edged up 0.4 per cent and service 0.5 per cent.

Article: FTSE closes above 6,250 mark as National Grid powers ahead 7 per cent
The Scotsman;  November 17, 2006 ;     509 words ......in New York and a surge by National Grid lit up the City yesterday...the usually ultra-defensive National Grid, which gained 7 per cent after it outlined plans to...fallers' board - down 7 per cent or 98p to 1,288p - as investors...Foods coincided with a 7 per cent jump in its share price. ...