"This change in method has led to an initial increase in calls to the ambulance service, " the company said.
Within 20 minutes we saw a 40% reduction in calls as people were re-tweeting us and spreading the word.
The pricing is confusing, especially in calls from mobile phones which can be much more expensive than advertisements suggest.
"It follows, of course, if you are making calls you have still got to physically put in calls, " said Mr Osbourne.
In August, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said it had seen a seven-fold increase in calls sparked by sky lanterns.
Throughout Tuesday, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro participated in calls with NYSE officials about the exchange operator's ability to resume trading Wednesday.
Over the last two years, The Retreat has seen a stunning 96 percent increase in calls to its local domestic violence hotline.
On Friday, West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) said it had seen an increase in calls and some bus services were suspended .
The other concern we have (despite what management has indicated in calls) is when diseconomies of scale occur with further fleet expansion.
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Options on Crocs were changing hands at a fairly rapid clip, with trading in calls outpacing that in puts by more than 3-to-1.
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Mr Parry said the service had been "exceptionally busy" over the weekend, with a 17% increase in calls in the Birmingham area on Sunday.
On Friday, West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) said it had seen an increase in calls across the region, mainly because of slips and falls.
The slowdown in India's growth had resulted in calls from both the government and business for the central bank to lower the cost of borrowing.
The next biggest reason for contacting ChildLine is bullying - and there were substantial increases in calls about depression and mental health and problems with friends.
Mr Pacey said Shop Direct call centres had seen a 55% decrease in calls, while there had been a "rapid increase" in mobile and self-service transactions.
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Serco contract director Mark Pacey said it had a seen 55% decline in calls and it was working to redeploy staff or help them gain new skills.
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The South Western Ambulance Service said it had planned for an increase in calls coming through to them and had planned for it with extra crews on duty.
Recent inspections did show "concerns about stress and fatigue" in aspects of the bridge but did not result in calls for immediate restrictions on the bridge, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said Thursday.
The Washington Post quoted a "senior administration official" in a story Sunday as saying that two top White House officials disclosed the identity of Wilson's wife in calls to at least six Washington journalists.
Two advisers said that in calls to key activists around the country Gephardt is making clear his intention to run and asking them not to commit to other Democrats already publicly courting support -- Sens.
At the peak of WorldCom's success, Sullivan was known for treating subordinates and colleagues well, often personally putting in calls to people many levels below him on the organization chart, a person who worked with him says.
He had campaigned actively, participating in candidate forums, doing interviews on local television and radio and joining in calls for the city Housing Authority chairman's resignation and opposition to the way public school student data is being used in a state database.
But given heightened stress levels among offenders who are home more than before, it's no wonder the state hot line has seen a greater than 20 percent uptick in calls -- the bulk coming from the southern part of the state closest to the Gulf.
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The strain on liquidity will continue, as the private equity partnerships compel Harvard to meet billions in capital calls in future years.
Unison spokesman Simon Newell said there was a 40% rise in emergency calls in the first weekend that the new system was introduced.
"Vanguard experienced a surge in phone calls in the first hour of the day, but volumes considerably moderated as the morning wore on, " said John Woerth, spokesman.
Many of the key points in the plan are in effect calls for action in other institutions, notably the World Trade Organisation.
Big prints in weekly calls on VLO in the early going this morning suggests some traders are positioning for the price of the underlying to extend gains in the near term.
Cold weather is thought to have been responsible for a rise in ambulance 999 calls in Devon and Cornwall.
In these calls lately, Browning has been consistent in his characterization of the U.S. auto market as one that remains somewhat dicey even though trends look pretty good at the moment.
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