Peru's broadband user base increased 23.4 percent in 2007.(PERU)

Latin America Telecom;  August 1, 2008 ;     165 words ......Peru's broadband user base increased 23.4 percent in 2007. In December 2007, the country...penetration rate still stands at a meager 2.3 percent, which is much below the penetration levels...American region, including Argentina (6.6 percent), Chile (8.8 percent), and Brazil (4 percent...

APTA: U.S. Public Transportation Systems See More Riders in 2001;...

U.S. Newswire;  October 3, 2001 ;     513 words ......transportation systems have recorded a 2.9 percent increase in ridership over the same period...increase in ridership builds on a 2.8 percent increase for the first quarter of 2001...five years, ridership has increased 21 percent. "This most recent increase is further...

Inflation slips to 11.99 percent

The Hindustan Times;  October 3, 2008 ;     368 words ......Oct. 3 -- India's inflation rate showed moderation to 11.99 percent for the week ended Sep 20 as against 12.14 percent for the week before, but was calculated finally at 12.53 percent for the week ended July 26. The ministry of commerce and industry...

Manufacturing's 2Q productivity slides 2.2 percent.(Brief article)

Industrial Distribution;  October 1, 2008 ;     196 words ...Staff Manufacturing productivity slid 2.2 percent during the second quarter, the U.S. Dept...manufacturing since 1989, fueled largely by a 4.5 percent decline in productivity for the durable...Manufacturing accounts for roughly 12 percent of employment in the United States business...

Unemployment rate in region rises to 4.8 percent.(Business)

The Virginian Pilot;  October 1, 2008 ;     244 words ......The Hampton Roads unemployment rate rose to 4.8 percent in August from 4.6 percent in July amid scattered cutbacks in jobs, the Virginia...region's rate for August was up sharply from 3.4 percent one year earlier. There have been few mass layoffs...

FEDERAL SPENDING INCREASED 4.4 PERCENT IN 2007

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 2, 2008 ;     616 words ......domestic spending for fiscal year 2007, up 4.4 percent from the prior year, according to the U...accounted for $783 billion (more than 30 percent) of total federal spending. Of that amount, 80 percent, or $623 billion, went to Social Security...

Rates are going up 5 percent at Mayo hospital

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  October 2, 2008 ;     376 words ......Hospital plans a general rate increase of 5 percent to all service areas in fiscal year 2009...in a 10- year average increase of 3.7 percent, according to a press release. The rate...absorbed by the hospital will remain at 4.8 percent of the overall hospital gross patient...

Inflation slips down to 11.99 percent

The Hindustan Times;  October 3, 2008 ;     223 words ......annual rate of inflation slipped to 11.99 percent for the week ending Sep 20 as compared to 12.14 percent for the week before, according to official...commerce and industry showed a decline of 0.2 percent in the index of primary articles comprising...

CSRA'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 7.0 PERCENT IN AUGUST

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 25, 2008 ;     306 words ......the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) rose to a preliminary unadjusted rate of 7.0 percent in August, up one percentage points over the year from 6.0 percent in August 2007. The increase is consistent with the overall increase in unemployment...

Revenue for Health Care and Social Assistance Up 4 Percent, Census Bureau...

U.S. Newswire;  February 7, 2001 ;     372 words ......social assistance industries increased by 4 percent between 1998 and 1999, from $964 billion to...revenues for physicians' offices increased 5 percent, to $202 billion; dentists' offices, 6 percent, to $56 billion; and hospitals, 4 percent...

HEART OF GEORGIA-ALTAMAHA'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE CLIMBS TO 7.7 PERCENT IN...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 25, 2008 ;     316 words ......in the Heart of Georgia-Altamaha area rose to a preliminary unadjusted rate of 7.7 percent in August, up 2.3 percentage points over the year from 5.4 percent in August 2007. The increase is consistent with the overall increase in unemployment...

New-home sales fall 3 percent in August

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  October 4, 2000 ;   ASSOCIATED PRESS;   189 words ...WASHINGTON (AP) - New-home sales fell 3 percent in August despite cheaper mortgage rates during...the Commerce Department said Tuesday. The 3 percent decrease was smaller than the 5.8 percent decline many analysts were expecting. In July...

SDI: Top 20% of Endocrinologists Write 95 Percent of New-to-Brand Oral...

Health & Beauty Close-Up;  October 2, 2008 ;     374 words ......Top 20% of Endocrinologists Write 95 Percent of New-to-Brand Oral Diabetes Prescriptions...pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, 20 percent of endocrinologists who wrote prescriptions...through August 2008 were responsible for 95 percent of new-to-brand prescriptions in that...

METRO VALDOSTA'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE CLIMBS TO 5.8 PERCENT IN AUGUST

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 25, 2008 ;     335 words ......the unemployment rate in metro Valdosta rose to a preliminary unadjusted rate of 5.8 percent in August, up 1.8 percentage points over the year from 4.0 percent in August 2007. The increase is consistent with the overall increase in unemployment...

August wholesale prices slide 1 percent.(Brief article)

Industrial Distribution;  October 1, 2008 ;     96 words ...Staff Wholesale prices dropped 0.9 percent in August, according to the U.S. Dept. of Labor, more...producer price index, which follows increases of 1.2 percent in July and 1.8 percent in June, was larger than the 0.4 percent slip predicted...