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THE ECONOMY.(A)
Uncertainty holds back spending
St. Louis Fed President William Poole said companies' tight profits and war and terrorism fears are holding back business spending. But there are signs investment may improve in the future, he said, noting recent increases in spending on computers and software.
Bankruptcies seen at new high
Fitch Ratings sees personal bankruptcy filings rising 7% to 1.65 mil in '03, topping last year's record 1.539 mil. Jan. filing rose 9.2% from Jan. '02. Fitch also said the current pace of layoffs and jobless claims is at recessionary levels.
ECRI growth rate negative again
The Economic Cycle Research Institute's growth rate fell to -0.5% in the week ended Feb. 21 after a flat reading the prior week and small gains before that. The ECRI weekly leading index fell to 118.7 in the Feb. 21 week from 119.4. ECRI still says the U.S. is in a recovery, but it's modest and vulnerable to shocks.
Argentina tops IMF budget target
- Egypt - Orascom Telecom subscriber growth rate to fall.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire February 20, 2004 700+ words
...is forecast to see a fall in the growth rate for its subscriber base in 2004...end-2004. Orascom's subscriber growth rate is forecast to be at least 50-60...divesting assets. Orascom had 7.7 mil subscribers at end-2003. The overall...
- IXOS To Step up Growth Rate.
- Press release article from: Business Wire September 23, 2003 700+ words
...NASDAQ: "XOSY", TecDAX: "XOS") wants to substantially step up its growth rate in the current fiscal year 2003/2004. Consolidated revenues are expected...Obtree and PowerWork, as well as negative currency effects of EUR 2.9 mil
- Canada - Internet growth rate falls to 4% in 2002.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire September 22, 2003 700+ words
...Soledad O'Brien Canada: An estimated 7.5 mil homes had at least one member using the Internet...Internet users in 62% of Canada's 12.2 mil homes in 2002 vs 60% of homes in 2001. Almost 3.6 mil homes which regularly used the Internet from...
- Kagan Projects Latin American Multichannel Subs Will Reach 30 Mil. by 2012.
- Press release article from: Business Wire April 28, 2006 700+ words
...the end of 2005 there were 21.1 mil. households subscribing to multichannel...grow at a 5.6% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR), breaching the 30 mil. subscriber mark by 2012 and reaching 36.3 mil. in 2015. "The past few years have...
- European Multichannel Households Will Reach 170 Mil. by 2016, Says Kagan.
- Press release article from: Business Wire May 3, 2007 700+ words
...year-end 2006 there were 265 mil. TV households in the 27 countries examined, of which 116 mil. or 43.7 subscribed to multichannel...grow at a 3.9 compound annual growth rate (CAGR), breaching the 150 mil. subscriber mark by 2012 and...
- India - Cellular, WLL additions hit 10.2 mil in FY 1st-half.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire October 8, 2003 700+ words
...additions included around 5.7 mil cellular and 4.48 mil WLL mobility customers. This...September 2002. If the current growth rate is maintained the target of achieving...December 2003. There are now over 23 mil cellular and WLL subscribers.
- Spain - TPI net profit up 33% to Euro3.27 mil in 1st-qtr.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire May 9, 2003 700+ words
...Ebitda was up 42% to Euro10.7 mil over the same period. The company...full-year 2003 vs a Euro150.1 mil operating profit and Euro532.8 mil revenue in 2002. The recent launch...the business's as high as 600% growth rate.
- Kagan Forecasts Asia Pacific Pay-TV Subscriber Base Will Reach 356 Mil. by...
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 30, 2005 700+ words
...subscriber base will grow from 188 mil. in 2004 to 356 mil. by 2015, driven primarily by...2015, a 4.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR). --Multichannel revenues...are forecast to rise from 3.6 mil. in 2004 to 87.7 mil. by 2015...
- Thailand - TAC expects to have 6.5 mil users at end-2003.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire February 27, 2003 700+ words
...Thailand), mobile operator, expects its subscriber base to grow by 19% to 6.5 mil users at end-2003 vs 5.45 mil a year earlier. This is around the same growth rate as in 2002. The company has changed the way it accounts for active subscribers...
- Population almost 127 mil. in 2000; foreigners top 1%.
- Magazine article from: Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri November 1, 2001 700+ words
Population almost 127 mil. in 2000; foreigners top 1% Yomiuri The number of foreigners residing...1995, the total population increased by 1,355,597, but the growth rate was only 1.1 percent. This was the lowest rate of change reported...
