However, he was unable to provide exact figures for how many patients were spending too long in secure units.

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The home improvement market, which includes maintenance and improvement spending of both rentals and owner-occupied units, promises to rise at an inflation-adjusted rate of 3.5% per year in the coming years, according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University.

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She defended government spending, despite cuts which include closing schools and special needs units.

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To boost returns, Park says, he'll focus on core brands, boost ad spending, pare the number of wine-stock-keeping units and reduce the low-margin private-brand business for European chain stores.

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Meanwhile, full-year sales of heavy-duty trucks, which are driven principally by industrial production, construction and infrastructure spending, are only expected to reach 700, 000 to 750, 000 units this year, down 15 percent to 20 percent from 2011.

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As incomes ebbed and spending surged, per the Tax Policy Center, 46.4% of family units will pay nothing in 2011.

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