Manufacturing activity in China expanded for a third month in a row in December.
The Minister drew attention to the labour market statistics, announced on 14 March, which shows that employment in Wales has continued to rise for a third month in a row.
New home sales declined again in February for the third month in a row, hitting its slowest pace on record, according to a Commerce Department report Wednesday.
New export orders in Germany fell for the third month in a row, and at the fastest pace in 2 years.
Thirteen percent of respondents plan to increase employment and 7 percent plan reductions, for a net job-planning percentage that declined for the third month in a row.
But private construction spending on commercial projects fell for the fourth month in a row, and spending on manufacturing construction declined for a third month.
In September, the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) fell for the third month in a row and is now 3, 500 lower than in June.
And the Kansas City Fed survey was up for the third month in a row.
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Non-mortgage borrowing by individuals shrank for a third month in a row - the first time since records began in 1993.
There was more gloom in the services sector, which represents about 80% of the US economy, which shrank for the third month in a row in December.
Even taking into account interest added to people's accounts, July was the third month in a row that savings balances held by building societies customers had fallen.
Confidence among both businessmen and consumers rose for the third month in a row in January, according to the Commission's latest regular survey, with the upturn in business sentiment stronger than had been expected by many economists.
Euro-zone inflation held steady for a third straight month in July, just above the ECB's target rate.
America's trade deficit shrank for a third consecutive month in November, as exports grew faster than imports.
With 14 wins and two losses in the 2004 regular season, the Pats are on track later this month for a third Super Bowl title in four years.
This was Jenna Bush's second alcohol-related offence in just over a month in a state that imposes mandatory prison sentences for a third offence.
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The U.K. emerged from a nine-month recession in the third quarter, when GDP grew by 0.9 percent.
Though they tend to be minorities within broader political groupings, together they scooped up about a third of the vote in last month's elections to the European Parliament, with Mr Pasqua's lot unexpectedly winning 13%, a shade more than Mr Chirac's own mainstream Gaullists.
The last official PMI reading, the government's gauge, came in at 50.6 for December, a third month of expansion.
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Indeed, it was the third such operation in less than a month.
An Australian man has been seriously wounded in a shark attack off the country's west coast, in the third such incident this month.
Car sales in India fell for the third straight month in January to 173, 420 units from 198, 079 a year earlier.
Earlier in the day, SIAM reported that car sales in India fell for the third straight month in January to 173, 420 units from 198, 079 a year earlier.
It is just a month since the third round in a series of talks between Mr Sabri and Mr Annan in Vienna ended with no progress.
Financial services sector activity expanded but there was a decline in travel, tourism and leisure for the third month.
The Commerce Department upped its estimate on second-quarter growth to 1.3% in its third reading on GDP, from 1% a month ago. while the Labor Department said initial jobless claims dropped to 391, 000 last week.
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Federer, whose return to action in Madrid after a two-month break ended with a third-round loss to Japan's Kei Nishikori, also eased through to the third round after beating Italian wild card Potito Starace 6-1 6-2.
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Kelly this month said he wants to launch service in a third big market in 2009.
Chinese consumers showed a lack of interest in Apple products last month when the third-generation iPad was released.
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