The gauge climbed to 89.3, the highest level in 16 months, from 88 in December,
the Washington-based organization said today. The advance left the measure
close to the 2009 low of 81 reached in March, which was second only to a 1980
reading as the lowest on record. “The good news was less
The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped 103.84 points (1.04 percent)
to end at 9908.39, as a late-day selloff accelerated in the final hour. The
Nasdaq composite shed 15.07 points (0.70 percent) to 2126.05 and the
broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 9.45 points
Yanukovych, 59, took 48.68 percent over 45.73 percent for Prime Minister Yulia
Timoshenko , with 98.97 percent of the ballots counted, according to the
Central Electoral Commission’s Web Site. Timoshenko, 49, refused to recognize
the election, while Yanukovych urged her to concede and
Yanukovych, 59, led with 48.53 percent of the vote versus 45.88 percent for
Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko , after 98.09 percent of the ballots were
counted, according to the Central Electoral Commission’s Web Site. The vote was
too close to call, said Timoshenko, 49, while Yanukovych
By Monika Rozlal The government raised its growth forecast to 3 percent this
year from an earlier 1.2 percent estimate, said the official, who declined to
be named because the forecasts haven’t been officially approved. Output may
expand more than 4 percent in 2011 and 2012, helping
Shipments abroad increased 75.8 percent from a year earlier, the Ministry of
Finance said in Taipei today, beating the median of five estimates in a
Bloomberg survey for a 62.9 percent gain. Imports advanced 114.7 percent for a
trade surplus of $2.49 billion. The rise in overseas sales,
Yanukovych, 59, led with 48.29 percent of the vote versus 46.08 percent for
Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko , after 94.33 percent of the ballots were
counted, according to the Central Electoral Commission’s Web Site. The vote was
too close to call, said Timoshenko, 49, while Yanukovych
By Monika Rozlal The government revised up its growth forecast to 3 percent
this year from an earlier 1.2 percent estimate, said the official, who declined
to be named because the forecasts haven’t been officially approved. Output may
expand more than 4 percent in 2011 and 2012, helping
By Louisa Fahy An index tracking construction improved to 36.1 last month, the
highest since August, from 33.1 in December, Ulster Bank Ltd. said in a report
published today. A reading below 50 indicates contraction. Ireland’s economy is
showing some signs of recovery as the
Yanukovych, 59, led with 48.48 percent of the vote versus 45.86 percent for
Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko , after 84.43 percent of the ballots were
counted, according to the Central Electoral Commission’s Web Site. The vote was
too close to call, said Timoshenko, 49, while Yanukovych
The gauge climbed to 89.3, the highest level in 16 months, from 88 in December,
the Washington-based organization said today. The advance left the measure
close to the 2009 low of 81 reached in March, which was second only to a 1980
reading as the lowest on record. “The good news was less
