1.   Bradstreet survey released today showed business confidence slumped to its lowest level in more than three and a half years.

2.   The announcement of the Westcott redundancies came as monthly figures were released showing unemployment coming down across the region.

3.   Automakers are building vehicles with fewer defects and trucks are moving closer to cars in quality, an industry study released today showed.

4.   A separate business confidence report released today showed a rise in December from November amid expectation exports will increase.

5.   Coupled with reports released Friday showing strong consumer confidence and healthy factory orders, the jobs figures suggested the economy has plenty of steam behind it.

6.   Fewer U.S. business executives expect to see an increase in sales and profits for the third quarter, a new survey released today showed.

7.   Highlighting that point, Labor Department figures released today showed the number of workers applying for state unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week.

8.   In January, statistics were released showing that crime last year had dropped to record levels.

9.   Just this year, said White, a commerical was released showing a busload of happy skiers showing up at the lodge.

10.   Later this month, government analysts are expected to release projections showing that the federal budget surplus will be much smaller than they had forecast only weeks ago.