Middle-income earners did less well during the 1990s than those at the top and, to a lesser extent, the bottom (where people saw their incomes rise for the first time in many years).
These traders added to their net-long position by bumping up gross longs and cutting gross shorts, allowing the net-long position to rise for the first time since April 26.
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The Milwaukee-based company saw domestic retail sales rise in the second quarter for the first time in five years.
The big five SOE banks saw loan defaults rise quarter over quarter for the first time since 2005.
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He began hitting the ball the other way more last season and saw his average rise above .300 for the first time since 2007.
And according to a recent Commerce Department report, they failed to rise for the first time in 20 months.
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Or at least it was last year, for the first time, after a steady rise in rank over the past few years.
This is the first time optimism that stock prices will rise over the next six months has been above its historical average of 39% since February 17, 2011.
Stack had been making positive comments about the markets' rise off of the October lows for a few months now, but today was the first time I heard him state that he believes that markets won't breach the October lows.
Spending last year on housing, the biggest expense for most Americans, continued to rise, but shrank as a proportion of overall spending for the first time in three years.
Unemployment began to rise in 2007 for the first time in four years.
For the first time in years, there was a sustained rise in the price of enriched uranium.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) Filipinos in Asia's largest predominantly Roman Catholic nation attended Mass on Sunday with their church awkwardly having no pope for the first time in 600 years and prayed for the smooth rise of a successor to Benedict XVI to lead an embattled institution.
Following decades of illegal deforestation and poaching, the number of gorillas at Bwindi has steadied at around 340, and for the first time in years, it is very slowly on the rise.
In this recession there has been a sharp fall for the first time in financial sector employment and a rapid rise in unemployment in London and the Southeast.
Overnight camping at Caracol will be allowed for the first time, allowing winter solstice campers the chance to witness the sun rise on a new B'ak'tun (or cycle) from a very historical spot.
Leicester flyer Varndell returns to Test rugby for the first time since an unhappy tour of Australia in 2006, while the rapid rise of Care continues after a superb second half of the season with Harlequins.
People living in Hull are set to face a rise in their council tax bill for the first time in three years.
French-Singaporean school Insead shoots up seven places to third, a rise assisted by the fact it has, for the first time, an eligible EMBA program, rated ninth in the world and fifth in Europe by the FT.
This is the first time in four weeks that the percentage of individual investors who expect stock prices to rise over the next six months fell below the historical average of 39%.
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With our open borders, low tariffs, strong protections for intellectual property, low energy costs, integrated supply chains, and, most importantly, our skilled work force, our nations are working cooperatively to bring jobs back from remote shores, which is one reason why, for the first time in a decade, U.S. manufacturing job growth is again on the rise.
Some of the rise in renting reflects credit constraints, particularly on first-time buyers.
The number of loans granted to first-time buyers did rise slightly in April compared with March, up 4% to 18, 500, but this was still 36% lower than a year ago, the CML said.
For the first time since 1978 the number of teenagers is on the rise-and is expected to grow 25% by the year 2010.
"With mortgage rates continuing to rise, first time buyers are finding it increasingly difficult to afford the massive mortgages they now require to get on the ladder, " said RICS economist David Stubbs.
Lending support to the markets, shares of many Chinese property developers continued to rise two days after the People's Bank of China pledged more support to first-time home buyers.
There was a 19% annual rise in loans for house purchases to first-time buyers in October, the figures show.
Glasgow captain Kellock will lead Scotland out for the first time in his career and Robinson is sure the powerful lock will rise to the occasion.
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He proposes that Japan should first set a target for the level of consumer prices, one that would rise over time to allow for a small positive inflation rate.
For the first time in its history Phnom Penh's skyline is being pierced by modern high-rise towers, offering new office space and luxury apartments.
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