Last year, says the bank, real disposable incomes scarcely grew (in part because the introduction of self-assessment brought about an unexpected increase in tax payments).

ECONOMIST: The housing market

Average new car mileage in the U.S. has increased up to 24.5 miles per gallon in the last year, a large part due to the introduction of electric and hybrid electric cars.

FORBES: Connect

The company saw sales drop in notebooks, gaming, digital imagining, and televisions caused, in part, by customers waiting for the introduction of new products.

FORBES: Best Buy: Is This the Last Public Gasp?

The growth was driven in part by recent product launches that include 3D White toothpaste in Brazil and the introduction of a low-priced razor Gillette Guard in Egypt.

NPR: Procter & Gamble Fiscal 2Q Profit Jumps

Further 20mph zones could be introduced in other parts of the city as part of a phased introduction over the next four years but those decisions are not being taken at this stage, the council said.

BBC: Brighton and Hove city centre to become 20mph zone

This is ViaSat's first appearance in such a report, due in no small part to the company's recent Exede broadband introduction, which followed the ViaSat-1 satellite launch in late 2011.

ENGADGET

The introduction of the Cayenne as part of its brand diversification is, in this enthusiast's mind, a dangerous step.

CNN: Office talk: Have your say

He kept working on his game, and his introduction to the side during qualification was the final, vital part in Argentina's jigsaw.

BBC: Sorin soars to fresh fields

The company wanted to fly in new tyres from its factory in France, but International Automobile Federation (FIA) rules introduced this season, prohibit the introduction of a new tyre part-way through a Grand Prix weekend.

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