Somini Sengupta at The New York Timesreported last week that a Pew Research Center survey showed that half of all adults in the United States said they use a social networking site.
While many new businesses fail within their first two years, the research by Duport Associates showed a net gain of 163 businesses in Wolverhampton between July and September.
Francis Gilbert of the Local Schools Network, which opposes free schools, said that his researchshowed the majority of free schools were not in areas where significant numbers of new places were currently required.