Stocks got a small lift early Thursday from a report on business activity in the Chicago area before drifting lower.
In its monthly report on web activity, the ratings firm Comscore revealed that Pinterest was the third fastest growing site in the United States, with its audience rising from 7.5 million unique visitors in December to 11.7 million in January.
The Mitchell Committee report calls for a freeze on settlement activity, including what the Israelis call the "natural growth" of the settlements.
The report created an unexpected flurry of activity on both sides of the Atlantic, putting extra strains on desks in Europe, where staffing was particularly low.
Ms Crowther said drivers were being briefed to report "suspicious activity" on the network amid evidence that thieves were pretending to be engineering staff in order to gain access to the railway.
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The report also called on Treasury to develop guidelines to explain social welfare activity -- the primary factor in obtaining tax-exempt status.
The report also called on the Department of Treasury to develop guidelines to explain social welfare activity -- the primary factor in obtaining tax-exempt status.
The report assumes that the recent financial crisis has had an impact on the level of economic activity, but none on long-term growth trends.
However, it seems that credit markets were most influenced by weakness in the construction market here a report showed building approvals fell by 7.4% on the month with annual activity 21.8% lower.
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But a reading on manufacturing in the Chicago area weighed on stocks, sparking a brief turn lower after a report on activity in March came in below expectations.
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The world market place was impacted late in the week by a weaker-than-expected U.S. business activity report from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve on Thursday morning.
Following those announcements, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia with report on January manufacturing activity.
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Separately, the Fed's "beige book" report on regional economic activity added to a narrative of a moderately strengthening recovery.
On average, 20% of start-ups fail within their first year, according to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, which also conducts an annual study on entrepreneurial activity in the U.S. Its newest report, due out next month, is expected to show that start-up volume in the U.S. increased by just a few percentage points in 2011, just as it did in 2010, 2009 and 2008, says E.
And as we covered in our recent report on the state of private equity, two supply-side factors also could drive deal activity in the months ahead.
The scientists have had to rely on the results of questionnaires sent out to 122 countries in which people self-report their levels of activity.
German service sector activity also moderated in June according to a PMI report out Tuesday, leaning heavily on sentiment across the region.
Eastern Europe's Georgia was last year's top reformer, according to the World Bank's 2007 Doing Business report, which ranks countries based on regulatory reforms that enhance business activity.
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