According to American Management Services, a consultancy, 81% of small-business owners think the economy is in recession.
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Small Business Saturday for example, drew 100, 000 shoppers to independent retailers last year, according to American Express.
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And their spending on jewelry increased 27% in 2011, according to American Express Business Insights.
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The Obama administration and EU are continuing to study the Iranian offer, according to American and European diplomats.
According to American military figures, civilian deaths in airstrikes increased from 116 in 2006 to 321 in 2007.
In the nine months since then, the number has more than tripled, to 1, 690, according to American officials.
And, a lot of these statements are protected opinions according to American law.
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Reducing meal service on flights is another way for the airline to save money, according to American spokesman Todd Burke.
U.S.-led forces also captured a prominent al-Sadr aide, according to American military officials and a spokesman in the cleric's office.
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The evidence, according to American officials close to the inquiry, appears to implicate Afghan officials and businessmen at the highest levels.
All passengers got off the smaller plane while officials inspected the damage to both, according to American Eagle spokeswoman Mary Frances Fagan.
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According to American Rivers, the National Marine Fisheries service continues to down play the importance of dam removal by underestimating dam-related salmon mortality.
According to American Rivers, dividing the navigation season is necessary to restore Missouri river fish and wildlife, which have suffered from past management policies.
North Korea's missile program is based on Scud technology provided by the former Soviet Union or Egypt, according to American and South Korean officials.
According to American officials, the Moroccan authorities have also arrested a Saudi national called Abu Zubair, who they believe is a key al-Qaeda recruiter.
Twenty-nine percent of consumers are planning to carry balances on their credit cards in order to finance the holidays this year, according to American Express.
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This, according to American officials, means there is no need to seek a further resolution to disarm Saddam by force, even though it may be desirable.
About 750 million passengers ride passenger and tour buses each year, compared with round 800 million passengers on airlines, according to American Bus Association spokesman Dan Ronan.
If the federal government is a customer, women-owned businesses are 23 times more likely to be million-dollar businesses, according to American Express OPEN research about government small business contracting.
According to American Sports Data, "3.8 million people are over 300 pounds, over 400, 000 people (mostly males) carry over 400 pounds, and the average adult female weighs an unprecedented 163 pounds!"
According to American press reports, China's negotiator in the discussions about Mr Chen's fate at one point angrily said he did not want to talk to his American counterpart any more.
Businesses have also become less reliable defenders of China, rankled by measures such as an edict last autumn which, according to American technology companies, virtually shuts them out of Chinese government procurement.
According to American College of Endocrinology literature, the range of normal TSH level is broad, from 0.5 to an upper limit of near 5, depending on a patient's gender, age and other factors.
The immediate effect of the targeting of Osama Bin Laden following the 11 September attacks in the US was that the Taleban appeared to be getting rid of the heroin stockpile, according to American officials.
The 10 megawatts of power that will be generated by the Sound of Islay turbine farm pales into insignificance when compared to the output of a large nuclear or coal power station, which according to American hydro energy non-profit the Ocean Energy Council, can produce up to 100 times as much electricity.
Idris has pointedly excluded some extremists from the coalition, including Al Nusra and another collection of hard-line Islamist groups, the Syrian Islamic Front. (Al Nusra, for its part, never asked to join up.) But, according to American officials and nongovernmental groups that work in the region, the overwhelming majority of the rebels are fighting for an Islamic republic.
Shortly afterwards and in direct response to the court's ruling, the NY state legislature, in an unprecedented show of cross party solidarity, unanimously voted to enact the Libel Terrorism Protection Act which prevents the enforcement of foreign libel judgments over American authors and provides the opportunity for the claim to be tried in the US, on its merits, and according to American principles of free speech.
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The South Koreans even considered commercial inducements to China, according to the American ambassador to Seoul.
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