Article: 8.4 million still unemployed. (business currents).

Article: Labor market stable. (business currents).
Pool & Spa News;  September 20, 2002 ;     309 words ... ... significantly. At 5.9 percent in July, national joblessness maintained its steady pace. Meanwhile, the private business sector also showed little change, except for the construction sector's 30,000 job drop. [GRAPHICS OMITTED]

Article: Business currents.
Pool & Spa News;  November 15, 2002 ;     351 words ...Housing Starts by Region (in thousands of units) [GRAPHICS OMITTED] Nationwide Housing Starts Starting a new trend [GRAPHIC OMITTED] Housing starts in September experienced their greatest month-to-month rise since 1986, climbing 13.3 percent from the August level, as builders broke ground on 1.84

Article: Whispers.(business currents)
Asset Securitization Report;  December 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Bill Bartmann, co-founder of Consumer Financial Services, was found innocent last Wednesday after a four-day jury deliberation, according to published reports. Bartmann had been charged with money laundering and conspiracy to commit fraud. The CFS securitizations - which were backed by charged-off

Article: Growth curve. (business currents).
Pool & Spa News;  September 6, 2002 ;     682 words ...Here's a look at the nation's 25 fastest-growing countries, based on the most recent population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau between 2000 and 2001. Rank/County State 2001 2000 1. Douglas Colorado 199,753 175,766 2. Loudoun Virginia 190,903 169,599 3. Forsyth Georgia 110,296 98,407 4.

Article: Drought watch. (business currents).
Pool & Spa News;  July 12, 2002 ;     321 words ...No precipitation, low humidities, high winds and above-normal temperatures provided ideal conditions for wildfires in central Alaska and the Southwest--17 were large and active as of June 18. Drought conditions edged westward into Southern California, while severe thunderstorms erupted in the Great

Article: Going online. (business currents).
Pool & Spa News;  November 29, 2002 ;     554 words ...More Americans are going online now than at the end of last year, and more users are satisfied with their online experience, but trust remains a major concern, according to the Consumer Internet Barometer, a new quarterly measure of who's doing what on the Internet. The new survey goes beyond who's

Article: Rates remain reliable. (business currents).
Pool & Spa News;  July 26, 2002 ;     324 words ...Most regional and state unemployment rates either were little changed or declined from April to May, but remained markedly higher than a year earlier. The Midwest region had the lowest unemployment rate in May, 5.3 percent. The West continued to report the highest rate, 6.1 percent. While none of