While Friendster has sputtered out in the U.S. (it's a distant runner-up to social networking groups like Facebook and MySpace, controlled by U.S. billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Rupert Murdoch, respectively) it is doing well in Asia, where 90% of its daily site traffic originates.

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In India and China, the percentages of citizens who think that it is a good time to find a job is 40% and 36%, respectively.

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In Hong Kong, it is 15% and 16.5% respectively with no capital gains tax.

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As for Citigroup, it is off 82 percent and 94 percent, respectively.

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The reason Centrica's British Gas business recently pushed up what it charges for gas and electricity - by 18% and 16% respectively - is clear from its results for the first half of the year.

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It is a symbol among the grassroots of the ruling Workers and Peronist Parties in Brazil and Argentina respectively, and the Movement of Popular Participation (MPP), one of the largest sectors in Uruguay's ruling party, the Broad Front.

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