31. Surprisingly, France is creating high-tech jobs at the fastest rate on Earth. 32. That was the fastest rate in a decade. 33. The CBI said costs per unit of output rose at the fastest rate for nearly four and a half years in the second quarter. 34. The CBI said export prices fell for the seventh consecutive quarter, and at their fastest rate ever. 35. The central bank is said to view that as the fastest rate at which the economy can grow without causing inflation to pick up speed as well. 36. The fastest rate of growth will come from Currys, where Dixons has closed some unprofitable high street stores and opened out-of-town superstores, Jones said. 37. The global economy is growing at its fastest rate in almost a decade with little trace of inflation and the outlook is for more good news ahead. 38. The Labor Department reported that worker productivity grew at the fastest rate in the fourth quarter in three years as labor costs slowed. 39. The most recent Confederation of British Industry survey released last week said the volume of sales rose at the fastest rate in eight years. 40. The reports suggest economic growth will cool, having grown at its fastest rate in two years in the first quarter. |