Word: rising
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...study by the Michigan State University (MSU) Placement Services predicts a 1- to 2-pre-cent rise in the total number of college graduates hired this year and starting salary increases of up to 8 per cent...
...stiff rise from the current official maximum of $23.50 per bbl. now seems increasingly likely when the cartel meets in Caracas on Dec. 17. So too do market-tightening cutbacks by a number of cartel members eager to keep oil prices high even as the world economy slows...
...have more of it. So joke some shoppers trying to elbow their way through the crowds that are thronging the stores. K mart has rung up a sprightly 13.7% increase in retail sales so far this year, and even laggard Sears, Roebuck reported a 3.7% monthly rise in November, its biggest gain in more than a year. So where is the recession? Like a mugger, it could be lurking around the next quarter if it has not already pounced. Real personal earnings are down nearly 5% from last year, and there are signs that consumer spending is still powered largely...
...from 5 billion to 8 billion bbl. (The U.S. has proven reserves of 28.5 billion bbl., and Mexico has 16 billion bbl.) Most significant, Alberta has huge additional "unconventional" sources of energy that are not yet economical to tap but will become increasingly feasible -and necessary-as oil prices rise. The basic sources are heavy bitumen oil and the tar sands, which together could provide as much as 320 billion bbl., or enough to supply the entire world demand for some 15 years at current rates...
Koivumaki said the recent rise of South House spirit reflects the University's efforts to improve House life at the Quad. He added that the new centralized dining room made it easier for House Committee members to get out the South House vote...