Despite the increase in unemployment, the total is 71, 000 lower than a year ago.
In the first three months of 2008 operating profits were 17.5% lower than a year earlier.
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It also said 1Q profit and revenue will be significantly lower than a year ago.
During the six-month period, HMV said its like-for-like sales were 10.2% lower than a year earlier.
Durable-goods orders fell by 0.6% in July, leaving them 11.2% lower than a year ago.
Bond yields have risen, but they are still much lower than a few years ago.
Interest rates are still lower than a year ago, and share prices a lot higher.
But household spending rose 1.5% on year in April, lower than a 2.8% rise forecast by economists.
However, the threshold that will get you a life sentence is much lower than a billion dollars.
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Industrial production fell in June for the ninth month in succession to 3.6% lower than a year ago.
In the first two months of 2006, the steel industry's profits were 75% lower than a year before.
Unit sales were 6.16 million, a 2.2% dip from a month ago and 14.4% lower than a year ago.
Sales were sharply lower than a year ago, but no worse than expected.
The latest national accounts show Irish real GDP in 2012:Q2 is 1.1 percent lower than a year earlier.
In Japan department-store sales in August were 0.9% lower than a year earlier.
People may be tempted to take out an interest-only mortgage, because the monthly payments are lower than a repayment deal.
This week, Schwab said that its profits in the three months to June were 10% lower than a year before.
British corporate tax at a standard rate of 31% is also considerably lower than a continental average of around 40%.
In Germany the value of retail sales declined by 1.7% in September, leaving it 1.2% lower than a year before.
Exxon-Mobil ( XOM), the largest integrated oil and gas company reported 3rd quarter earnings 7% lower than a year earlier.
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The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said the number of people visiting shops last month was 5.2% lower than a year ago.
That's 0.5-percentage points lower than a year ago, and it's a stunning 2.4-points lower than June 2009 when the recovery began.
Meanwhile, industrial output fell in May for the eighth successive month, dropping to a level 2.8% lower than a year earlier.
Despite an uptick in residential construction starts this year, activity is still about 50% lower than a healthy (non-bubble) market requires.
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The share price is more than 17% lower than a month ago but still more than 25% higher than a year ago.
The number of available homes, which is not seasonally adjusted, fell 4.9% from December and is 25.3% lower than a year ago.
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's outstanding wealth-management products were lower than a year earlier, down 12%.
Although the profits of both these banks were much lower than a year ago, they were still better than had been expected.
In later Friday exchanges, the pound recovered some ground against the euro to stand at 1.15000 euros, 1.5% lower than a day earlier.
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Jacob Vignor of Duke figured that cultural assimilation is lower than a century ago, but has been on the rise since the 1980s.
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