Stronger home sales can bolster activity by spurring construction and purchases of durable goods like home appliances and furniture.
This has helped bolster activity in the fixed-income divisions, which at Goldman rose 10% on a year earlier.
High overseas demand and lower costs bolstered activity, said the Institute for Supply Management, a trade group.
Universal, a unit of the Seagram Company, signed a long-term pact with Bagdasarian Productions in 1996 to secure "classic characters" to populate its theme parks, bolster licensing activities and begin new projects, the suit said.
OrderWithMe plans to use the investment to build out its infrastructure, add employees, and bolster marketing activities.
The $36 million boost would bolster several activities, notably an undergraduate program to train more science and math teachers and a research program to help "have-not" states become more competitive for NSF grants.
Q Besides a stable job market, what else has helped bolster leasing activity?
Moreover, the Federal Reserve has recently been lowering short-term interest rates to bolster economic activity and head off recession.
"If the past is any guide," said Mr Greenspan, this "should bolster economic activity over coming quarters".
In late March, Wells College and Ms. Rowland announced plans to create the Aurora Foundation, a limited liability company intended to "bolster economic activity in the heart of the village".
Today's rate reduction was intended to build consumer and business confidence, create some optimism among investors and bolster economic activity by reducing borrowing costs.
