11.   Starts fell in the South and Midwest last month, while the Northeast and West registered an increase in new construction activity, according to Commerce Department statistics.

12.   The biggest increase was registered in the Baltic states.

13.   The CPI registers an increase in inflation, because of the higher meat prices.

14.   The price index would register an increase in this case while a consumer, assuming roughly equal satisfaction, would have spent less.

15.   Also in recent year, the canal has registered an increase in the number of Panamax ships, the largest ships that can travel through the waterway.

16.   All sectors of the industry registered increases in written premiums with the motor and miscellaneous sectors recording substantially higher growth rates.

17.   Both the monthly and annual production of the cement subsector registered increases.

18.   But consumers in Italy and Britain registered increases in confidence over February.

19.   But overall, the company registered sales increases in all of its other sectors, including crude oil, petrochemicals and gas.

20.   Four regions registered increases in the number of applicants led by Cagayan Valley including Southern Tagalog, Central Mindanao and the Bicol region.