Another positive sign: Established stores, such as the Book Stall at Chestnut Court in Winnetka, Ill.
Meanwhile, the Japanese yen weakened further on Tuesday, another positive sign for the economy.
His militia's swift release of a British journalist seized in Basra was another positive sign.
Another positive sign coming from the Beige Book was the improvement in real estate markets.
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Another positive sign is the emphasis on infrastructure spending in many of the national fiscal stimulus packages.
On Thursday, Spanish and Italian bond yields fell slightly, in another positive sign the EU debt crisis is now stable.
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Another positive sign for construction is that publicly-traded construction companies seem to be on the leading edge of the real estate industry recovery.
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Another positive sign, says Collins, is that the popularity of denim is driving growth at the company's Hollister stores, which has boosted margins at that division.
Another positive sign it that manufacturers are continuing to clear the backlog of stock which built up as the slowdown hit, clearing the way for new production.
Still, we'll take this as yet another positive sign that the world's tech companies are just about done with their legal bickering and keeping the smack downs where they belong -- on TV.
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In another positive sign for the U.S. auto industry, General Motors took the top spot in China sales in 2011, displacing Japanese automaker Toyota to take a dominating share of what the Detroit automaker called its biggest international market.
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Another good sign: The positive results come from both developed markets as well as emerging markets.
This is not a positive report by any means, but another sign that the economy in the third quarter is worse than the dismal second quarter, when GDP grew at only a 1.6% pace.
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