Rising stock prices from 2003 to 2007 may have discouraged share repurchases.
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In the late 1990s, 14m-16m tonnes of lime were being spread on Brazilian fields each year, rising to 25m tonnes in 2003 and 2004.
But things have since changed, with that figure rising to 13 in December 2003, 26 in December 2004, and 38 in June 2005, the most recent date for which figures are available from the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, an industry body.
In aggregate the emerging nations did well, particularly during the boom years of 2003-2007, rising from 20% to 34% of global GDP and from 4% to 10% of global equity markets.
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The number of moral waivers granted to Army recruits with criminal backgrounds grew roughly 65% between 2004 and 2006, rising from 4, 918 in 2003 to 8, 129 in 2006, according to Department of Defense records.
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Measured by consumer price index, the rate was 35.8% in 1998, falling to a low of 12.5% in 2001 and rising to 31.1% in 2003.
In Mexico City, for instance, they show kidnaps rising from 141 in 2000 to 185 in 2003.
Pay is also rising after the relatively lean years of 2002 and 2003, executive recruiters say.
Although pitchers last year spent 29.1% more days on the disabled list than they did in 2003, most orthopedists blame that on overwork, not rising velocity.
After rising for more than half a century, British crisp sales peaked in 2003 and have since slipped by almost 8%, according to Mintel, a research group.
The number of Internet users globally has consistently risen from around 660 million in 2003 to 1, 670 million in 2009 as a result of rising PC penetration amongst consumers and the growing prevalence of internet access.
He believes that "everything is in place" for an economic recovery and a rising stock market, which he believes we'll see in the second half of 2003.
The NAO said the rising birth rate was related to a 6% increase in numbers of women of child-bearing years since 2003, plus older women who did not have babies in the 1990s having them in the 2000s.
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