41.   The rise, the fastest rate since March of last year, was unexpected.

42.   The U.S. economy roared ahead in the first quarter at the fastest rate in almost a decade as inflation remained in check.

43.   U.S. construction spending unexpectedly rose in November at the fastest rate since March of last year, the Commerce Department said today.

44.   U.S. inflation accelerated in November at the fastest rate since January as food prices rose and auto costs posted the largest gain in two years.

45.   U.K. retailers increased orders with their suppliers by the fastest rate in more than two years last month according to a business survey.

46.   Worker productivity climbed during the second quarter at the fastest rate in nine years.

47.   Bankruptcies are mounting at their fastest rate since the end of World War II.

48.   Counties that lost at the fastest rate were all in upstate New York.

49.   It comes as primates and their rain forest habitats around the world are disappearing at the fastest rate in history.

50.   The economy has been in a dramatic slowdown since late last year, when it grew at the fastest rate in a decade.