The service industry saw very strong gains, by nearly doubling its average growth for the previous 12 months. ... The amount of unemployed Americans dropped from 5.5 million people and the unemployment rate also dropped from 4.1 % to 3.9% of the eligible working population. ...
Athens is the capitol of Greece and about 40% of the country's population resides here. ... For this statistic to mean anything you must first look at the population of the country. The population of Greece, as of July 2002, was 10,645,343. 1,580,218 of the whole population are from the age of 0-14. ... Compared to its imports at $30.3 billion, Greece appears to be spending more than double what they are making. ... The religion breakdown in Greece is as follows: 98% of all citizens are Greek Orthodox, 1.3% is Muslim, and 0.7% is unaffiliated or other. 97% of the Greek population is lite...
President Barack Obama was telling Americans in his January 2011 State of the Union address that the United States needed to double its exports, Germany had quietly become the world's second-largest exporter (after China). ... Population growth migration is causing tension with the country's welfare system; complications occurring. ... With Germany's population shrinking and aging, which is one reason their pension system is already running into problems. ...
Married women in Britain and Germany were forced from the work place by legislation because they were said to be "double earners" as their husbands also had an income. ... Japan, due to its rising population began to import food but found they could not pay for it therefore leaving its people with little available food and a rise in prices. ...
One day as I was driving to my sister's house in Ravenswood, I saw an elderly man standing at the end of the off-ramp. The gentleman was holding a sign that read: "Homeless will work for food. God Bless."" As I rolled to a stop, I rolled down my window and offered him my last five dollars. To m...
