Article: New handbags help lift sales 9% at Burberry MARKETPLACE by Bloomberg

Article: July construction down 5 percent
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Article: June construction up 5 percent
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Article: Seagate Cutting 10 Percent of Jobs
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Article: Eurozone retail trade volume falls 0.4 percent in May
Xinhua News Agency;  July 3, 2009 ;     189 words ...Eurozone retail trade volume falls 0.4 percent in May BRUSSELS, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The eurozone's retail trade volume fell by 0.4 percent in May 2009 compared to the previous month...27-member EU, retail trade dropped by 0.5 percent in May 2009 compared to the previous month...

Article: Eurozone industrial producer prices down by 0.2 percent in May
Xinhua News Agency;  July 2, 2009 ;     170 words ......industrial producer prices down by 0.2 percent in May BRUSSELS, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Industrial...in the eurozone dropped in May by 0.2 percent, compared with the previous month, the...with May 2008, the index decreased by 5.8 percent. In May, prices in total industry excluding...

Article: June 1, 2009 Florida Property-Catastrophe Rates Up 15 Percent, According to Briefing by Guy Carpenter.
Investment Weekly News;  June 20, 2009 ;     700+ words ......property-catastrophe reinsurance rates increased by 15 percent at the June 1, 2009, renewal, compared to a decline of 15 percent a year ago. This represents a more modest increase than the 20 percent rise anticipated by many, and is largely consistent...

Article: Kenya's economy up 3.9 percent in first quarter
Xinhua News Agency;  July 2, 2009 ;     460 words ...Kenya's economy up 3.9 percent in first quarter NAIROBI, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's economy is estimated to surge 3.9 percent in the first quarter of 2009, compared with a contraction of 0.6 percent for the same period of last year, the government...

Article: Diabetes facts and figures [] Approximately 17 million people in the United States, or 6.2 percent of the population, have diabetes. Of those, about a third are unaware they have the disease. [] Approximately 7.8 million, or 8.3 percent of all men over the age of 20 in the U.S., have diabetes. [] About 9.1 million, or 8.9 percent of all women over the age of 20 in the U.S., have diabetes. [] Nearly 7 million people, or 20.1 percent of the U.S. population age 65 and older, have diabetes. [] Approximately 2.8 million, or 13 percent of all African Americans, have diabetes. [] About 2 million, or 10.2 percent of all Latino Americans, have diabetes. [] Almost 105,000 Native Americans and Alaska Natives, or 15.1 percent of those receiving care from the Indian Health services, have the disease. [] The most life-threatening consequences of diabetes are heart disease and stroke, which strike diabetics twice more than they do people who do not have the disease. [] The total economic cost of diabetes in 2002 was estimated at $132 billion, or one out of every 10 health care dollars spent in the U.S. Source: American Diabetes Association (www.diabetes.org)
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Article: What does 'p' in music mean? Twenty percent of US students know.(USA)
The Christian Science Monitor;  June 15, 2009 ;     631 words ......participation and achievement. For instance, 57 percent of the students attended schools with...three or four times a week in 2008, and 47 percent had access to visual arts instruction...class at least once during the year - 16 percent in 2008 versus 22 percent in 1997. In...

Article: Brazil's industrial production up 1.3 percent in May
Xinhua News Agency;  July 2, 2009 ;     233 words ...Brazil's industrial production up 1.3 percent in May RIO DE JANEIRO, July 2 (Xinhua...industrial production registered a 1.3 percent increase in May compared with the figure...industrial production accumulated a 7.8 percent increase, which indicates that the country...

Article: Rite Aid Reports 0.6 Percent Same Store Sales Increase for May.(Financial report)
Biotech Week;  June 24, 2009 ;     439 words ......2009, same store sales increased 0.6 percent over the prior year period. May front-end same store sales decreased 1.5 percent while pharmacy same store sales, which...generic introductions, increased 1.6 percent (see also Rite Aid Corporation). For...

Article: Greek annual inflation at 0.5 percent in June
Xinhua News Agency;  July 7, 2009 ;     212 words ...Greek annual inflation at 0.5 percent in June ATHENS, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Greek annual inflation was 0.5 percent in June, compared with the same month...The statistics agency attributed the 0.5 percent increase of the consumer price index to...

Article: Estee Lauder profit surges 17 percent
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Article: VN-Index plunges 4 percent.
Vietnamese News Agency;  July 2, 2009 ;     271 words ......VNA) The VN-Index plunged another 4.08 percent on July 1 to close at 430, as most stocks...on June 30, July 1 edged up less than 1 percent in value to 60,500 VND per share. The...market improved, however, increasing 11 percent over June 30s session to 41.7 million...