1.   Contractor recordable and lost time accident rates were also a fraction of the industry average.

2.   And one of the main reasons the Fed cut rates three times last year was to help the world financial system.

3.   Any interest rate cuts would likely be small, as the Fed has already cut rates six times this year.

4.   Argentina reports the unemployment rate two times a year, in May and December.

5.   Counties with the highest levels of lead and manganese pollution typically have crime rates three times the national average, Masters says.

6.   Even so, the central bank is still seen raising rates some time soon.

7.   For about a year and a half before that, the central bank raised rates seven times in an effort to cool the economy and control inflation.

8.   Half of them were taking drugs for arthritis by the end of the tracking period, a rate five times higher than among those who had not been hurt.

9.   In addition, rising interest rates -- the Federal Reserve has raised rates six times this year -- have not yet inhibited consumer borrowing.

10.   In Boston, the police said bomb threats were coming in at a rate eight times higher than normal.