In contrast, the yield on German 10-year bonds, considered the safest in the eurozone, fell to 1.45% from 1.55%, meaning that the gap or "spread" in borrowing costs between the two countries rose half a percentage point to 3.44%.
Crunching out November data, the Labor Department found that the national unemployment rate fell to its lowest point in more than two and a half years.
The Welsh club opened a six-point first-half lead through two Hook penalties before Ulster's young fly-half Niall O'Connor, making his first Heineken Cup appearance, reduced the deficit to three points with a 17th minute penalty.
Second-half tries from Matt Banahan and Tom Croft helped England achieve the Rugby Football Union's pre-series target of two victories from the four matches, but only after Paul Williams' score had opened up a two-point lead for Samoa early in second half.
The recovery from the lowest point to above a previous peak took two and a half years on average, he says.
But the wait endured by people seeking to clear immigration at Heathrow, the world's busiest airport for international visitors, topped two-and-a-half hours at one point last week.
Based on some crude assumptions, and on the expectation that other big emerging economies will copy it, China's economic integration could boost annual growth in developed economies by half a percentage point over the next two decades.
The Bernanke Fed has also modified its guidance, noting its ultra-accommodative stance will remain in place until the unemployment rate falls below 6.5% and inflation projections remain no more than half a percentage point above 2% two years out.
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Chen keeps the action charging forward breathlessly, for more than two and a half hours, and at a certain point you begin to realize that the obvious theatre-versus-life ironies are only a small part of what the movie is about.
During that time a gap of around half a percentage point opened up between the two.
Hodgson's second penalty brought England to within a point and two quick-fire tries saw them lead at half-time.
More to the point, Thompson has disclosed that two-and-a-half years ago, he was diagnosed with, and treated for, non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NHL).
It turns out that April was the weakest month for new jobs in two years, and the unemployment rate rose one point to four and a half percent.
Two Paterson kicks early in the second half gave the Scots a six-point lead.
Ulster new boy Schifcofske went on to reduce the half-time gap to just a point when he converted two out of four penalties as indiscipline crept into the Scarlets play.
Karpathos is small, stretching seven and a half miles in length and a mere two miles at its widest point, yet it manages to squeeze in a great variety of landscapes, making it perfect for outdoor pursuits: world-class surfing beaches, roads with soft hills ideal for cycling, and shimmering, glass-blue water for swimming and snorkelling.
And Alan Greenspan's decision this week to raise interest rates by just a quarter of a point, never mind that it was the first increase for two and a half years, will do little to disturb their equanimity: the change had been widely expected and when it came the markets applauded politely (see article).
Els makes the green in two, but is forced to settle for a par-four and the half point when his 15-foot putt runs along the edge of hole.
Olly Barkley impressed at fly-half and after kicking two early penalties, he fired a pin-point cross-field arrow to Andy Beattie on the wing who had the simple task of touching down.
Kadji made two 3s during the Hurricanes' first-half spurt, then capped it with a three-point play.
In the first half, Creighton attempted 24 shots from beyond the arc and only six from two-point range.
Hodgson added two more penalties in the second half before Michael Stephenson's try secured Leeds a losing bonus point.
Two successive Robinson penalties put the home side in front for the first time and a three-point half-time lead.
Four wickets fell for 12 runs as Salman Butt (23) cut Chigumbura to point while Nasir Jamshed (32), who hit half-centuries in the first two games, holed out to mid-wicket off Mupariwa.
In the lethal U.S. market, where makers scrap to gain a tenth of a point in market share, Nissan and its Infiniti luxury brand have picked up nearly two and a half points, rising to 6.3% since Ghosn took over.
Sutton won three-and-a-half points out of five on his reappearance in 1999, and bagged one point from two in 2002.
She scored the Irish's first two points on free throws and didn't have another point until getting a steal early in the second half and converting it for the easy layup to make it 42-35.
Two first-half tries from Jordan Crane and one apiece from Scott Hamilton and Alesana Tuilagi sealed the bonus point.
The Rockets got good looks the entire game, shot 53.8% in the first half and held a 14-point lead, 56-42, over the Knicks after two quarters similar to the 15-point advantage they had against the Knicks at the break a month ago.
Kansas eventually built an 11-point lead in the second half, but couldn't put Western Kentucky away until McLemore's two foul shots with 11 seconds left.
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