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Some 1.6 million passengers flew through London Luton Airport in August, a 6.8 per cent rise compared with August 2016 and the 41st consecutive month of growth.

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The Dow Jones industrials fell 66.79 points to 15,334.59 as the Standard & Poor's / Case - Shiller 20 - city home price index rose 12.4 per cent in July compared with a year ago, the most since February 2006.

Net income attributable to Facebook's stockholders rose to $ 2.05 billion, or 71 cents per share, compared with $ 715 million, or 25 cents per share, a year earlier.

Tang said the wealth gap was actually widening at a slower pace compared with a rise of 0.004 between 2006 and 2011, thanks to the government's increased efforts to help the impoverished, including an increase of over 40 per cent in welfare spending on public housing and medical benefits for the poor.

Investors cheered when same - store sales growth rose to 2.6 per cent in the second quarter thanks to the introduction of new products, but it was a small victory compared to the threat posed by a Canadian market saturated with red Tim Hortons signs.

Total sales rose 7.2 per cent to $ 598 million, compared with growth of 11.8 per cent in the December quarter and 9 per cent in the year ago period.

While still down overall from last year when sales started slumping in the face of fears about the housing market and tighter mortgage lending rules, high - rise condo construction starts came in 22 per cent higher in major urban centres in May compared with April.

Even a half point rise in rates, which have been edging up incrementally the last few weeks, could translate into a 9 per cent slump in sales and a 2.6 per cent drop in prices by 2015, compared to where the market stood in 2012, notes economist Will Dunning in a rates - impact assessment released Wednesday.

In the GTA alone, sales climbed 21 per cent in August compared to the same month a year earlier as investors and homebuyers raced to beat rising interest rates.

For Canada, total agri - food exports to the CPTPP region rise by $ 1.5 B, or 12.45 per cent; this compares to a gain of $ 1.3 B for other goods and $ 556M for services.

Average hourly earnings rose by 3.6 per cent in the year to April, compared with 3 per cent a year earlier.

So far, only a portion of this rise in company profits has been passed on to shareholders in the form of higher dividends; in April, the dividend yield was 3.7 per cent compared with 3.3 per cent in January.

Meanwhile the company sold more product, with volumes rising by 6 per cent during the nine months, compared to the same period last year.

Chinese milk sales will grow just 4 per cent in 2017 compared with last year, while yoghurt sales will rise 18 per cent to almost Rmb122bn ($ 17bn), surpassing plain milk sales for the first time, Euromonitor projects.

It was still early days for Bubs, with sales to China rising by 274 per cent for the three months ended September 30, 2017, compared with the same period last year.

Fuel costs had risen 16 per cent in the first half compared with the same period the previous year and plastic costs were up 24 per cent, although this was partly offset by higher bulk cream prices.

This compared with just a 1 per cent rise in rural values from 2012 to 2014 to $ 98 billion, due mainly to distressed dairy farm sales in the state's south - west.

Analysts believe Woolworths» same - store sales in Australian supermarkets and liquor stores may have risen between 2.5 and 3.5 per cent in the December quarter (compared with 1.1 per cent in the second quarter 2012 and 2.3 per cent in the first quarter 2013).

All these contributed to a scramble for UBA's share, which in turn increased the bank's share price currently standing at about N9.90, representing a rise of over 165 per cent or N6.16 per share compared to N3.74 per share recorded in 2016.

Among young people, this rose to 37 per cent, compared to 17 per cent for the over 55s.

The senior salaries review body (SSRB) recommends MPs vote for a pay rise of 2.56 per cent, noting that they are underpaid compared to people in comparable positions in the private and public sector.

Compared to the hunter - gatherers who preceded them, the farmers had a nearly 50 per cent increase in enamel defects indicative of malnutrition, a fourfold increase in iron - deficiency anemia (evidenced by a bone condition called porotic hyperostosis), a theefold rise in bone lesions reflecting infectious disease in general, and an increase in degenerative conditions of the spine, probably reflecting a lot of hard physical labor.

Killing badgers reduced the number of infected cattle herds within the RBCT study area by some 23 per cent compared with unculled areas, but these gains were offset by a 24 per cent rise in herd losses in a 2 - kilometre - wide ring surrounding the culled area.

In a speech this week, the US Drug Enforcement Administration deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein noted preliminary data suggesting drug overdose deaths rose nearly 20 per cent in 2016, compared with the previous year.

The rise in fossil fuel emissions in 2012 and 2013 was slower compared to the average 2.7 per cent of the past 10 years.

That's equivalent to a 10 per cent rise over what the CO2 level would otherwise have been — small compared to the effect of today's human emissions of around 120 parts per million, but perhaps enough to trigger local change.

At foundation stage, we are seeing a slight rise in purchasing priorities towards ICT with 20 per cent more schools identifying ICT as increasingly important compared with 13 per cent last year.

By Key Stage 1, 38 per cent of teachers see ICT as a priority compared with 22 per cent last year, 51 per cent at Key Stage 2, a slight dip at Key Stage 3 (49 per cent), and then rising again to 54 per cent at Key Stage 4.

The data showed that apprenticeship starts for under - 25s rose by four per cent from 2010 - 14, compared to 17 per cent for over-25s.

And there were 567,795 special consideration requests that were approved this year, compared to 479,565 approved requests in 2016 - a rise of 18 per cent.

There was also a rise of 20 per cent of concerns about exam results, with 1,127 counselling sessions compared to 2014/15.

Total Federal Government funding per student for Australian public schools rose by 115.2 per cent over the past decade, compared with 15.8 per cent for private schools although the total Federal Government expenditure per student is still higher for private school students at $ 6434 compared with $ 1915 for public school students.

It also revealed that 22,456 counselling sessions were delivered to young people dealing with thoughts of ending their own lives - a rise of 15 per cent compared to the previous year.

But today's figures show that the number of School Direct places filled has only risen by 13 per cent compared with this time last year.

Their attainment has risen by just 13 per cent in six years, compared with 22 per cent among Bangladeshi children from similar backgrounds.

The rise in unqualified teachers (4.5 per cent compared with 3.7 per cent in 2013) could be part of the reason the average classroom teacher salary (# 34,300) went down by # 100 in 2013.

Renault Australia has had impressive sales success with its commercial vehicle range in recent times, its portfolio of four vehicles recording a 23 per cent rise in 2016 compared to the year prior.

Domestic sales of the company, however, rose 8.3 per cent to 45,508 units last month, compared to 42,017 units in January 2017.

After excluding some volatile items such as energy, core inflation in December rose to 1.3 per cent compared to 1.1 per cent in November.

The WTM global report unveiled on Monday reported a rapid global increase in tourism with world - wide arrivals rising 12 per cent to around 526million in the first eight months of 2004, compared with the same period last year.

Compared to the same period in 2012, sales revenues grew by ten per cent to # 207 million, while passenger numbers rose five per cent to 2.7 million.

Tourism is an extremely important market to the Maldives and the destination continues to welcome an increasing number of tourists, including a 3.2 per cent rise in UK visitors in June 2017, compared to last year.

The escalation in passenger figures marks the airport's 19 consecutive month of year on year growth, with performance attributed to the busy Christmas period where the airport saw over 720,000 festive travellers arrive and depart, a rise of 1.2 per cent, as well as having over 153,000 extra seats available to popular destinations compared with the previous winter season.

The moving annual total of passengers is currently at 20,624,526, a rise of 5.18 per cent compared to last year.

Latest statistics show a rise of 8.8 per cent in overnight stays for October by UK visitors, compared to the same period for 2011 and January to October 2012 inclusive, shows an increase of 5.1 per cent compared with 2011.

Last year marked another successful year for Jordanian tourism, with UK visitor numbers rising by seven per cent, compared to 2015, with Britain remaining the largest European source market for the Hashemite Kingdom.

This compares with a two per cent salary rise among accountants.

While the combined ratio dropped to 109.1 per cent in third quarter compared to 123.9 per cent in the same period a year ago, the gross written premium for the company stood at Rs 6,385 crore in Q3 of FY 18 as against Rs 5,213 crore a year ago, showing a rise of 23 per cent.

From 2009 - 10, a steady increase in the size of death claims has been seen in this segment (barring 2010 - 11, when there was a 9.38 per cent rise, compared with a 16.26 per cent increase in 2009 - 10).

The premium underwritten by the general insurance sector during April - July 2012 - 13 rose by 18.69 per cent to Rs 22,162 crore as compared to the same period of last fiscal.