The number of students from multicultural families reached 99,000 last year, also
sharply up from 20,000 in 2008, which accounted for 1.7 percent of the total students at elementary, middle and high schools in the country.
Foreign population doubled to 2 million in decade; 4% of total population
Cotton market opened after Eid holiday and on first day of trading session, the prices dropped
sharply by Rs 300 to Rs 6100 per maund, said chairman Cotton Ginners Forum, Ahsanulhaq from Rahim Yar Khan.
Cotton prices in local markets drop
According to the IMF
sharply higher interest rates around the globe could combine with weaker growth in emerging markets to reduce global growth by up to two percentage points over the next five years.
Global growth shock could be triggered by sharp interest rate hikes
And it is down from an annual rate of 455,000 in June, which was revised
sharply lower from a previously reported rate of 497,000.
US new-home sales plunge as mortgage rates rise
Shares also dropped
sharply in major European markets.
U.S. stocks plunge on looming fiscal concerns after Obama's win
HSBC, the biggest supplier of credit to other banks, also cut its exposures the most
sharply with a 40% overall decline in interbank loans to the region.
UK banks sharply cut lending to periphery eurozone
Bank stocks Shinsei Bank, Sumitomo Trust & Banking, Mizuho Securities, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Chuo Mitsui Trust, Shizuoka Bank and Mizuho Trust & Banking are trading
sharply higher.
Japan : Japanese Market Trades Higher On Corporate Results, Weaker Yen
plummeted
sharply in April-June 2009, according to the latest quarterly report on state revenue collections issued today by the Rockefeller Institute of Government.
State taxes across U.S. take second consecutive record plunge
Summary: The import bill of basic foodstuffs and vehicles has decreased
sharply during July 2009 compared with the same period last year.
Sharp decrease in food and vehicle import bill in July 2009
MANUFACTURING pay settlements have fallen
sharply to the historically low level of 1%, with nearly two-thirds of manufacturers freezing pay, according to the latest figures from EEF, the manufacturers' organisation.
Freezing pay; Inbrief
OPTIMISM over a speedy end to the recession has increased
sharply over the past month, according to a poll released on the eve of the Budget.
British allowing themselves to be optimistic
Amid
sharply declining equity markets in 2008, initial public offering activity fell
sharply in 2008, although the year saw the biggest ever offering by credit card network Visa.
IPOs drop sharply in 2008 but Visa gets biggest initial offering ever
Manufacturing output fell more
sharply than services activity.
Economic output contracts yet again; IN ASSOCIATION WITH Rensburg Sheppards
Firms are also cutting investment plans
sharply as worries about future demand intensified.
Hospitality sector being hit as economic crisis gathers pace; Business plummets at bars, hotels and restaurants
Epstein of the School of Social Work, University of Nevada presents Psychotherapy as Religion: The Civil Divine in America, a studious yet
sharply critical look at the flaws of America's modern system of psychotherapeutic treatment (drug therapy and psychopharmacology are not covered).
Psychotherapy as Religion