Almost half of the fast-food outlets in England are in the most deprived parts of the country, figures show, raising fresh concerns about child obesity in poorer areas.
The faster growth in 2013 can explain just under half of the faster growth in revenues this year, which could suggest that only around £4 billion of the £9 billion strengthening in revenues might persist into future years.
Gartner research predicts that 85percentt of customer interactions will be managed autonomously by 2020; that 20percentt of business content will be machine-authored by 2018; that 3 million workers will be supervised by a "robo-boss"; and that smart machines will outnumber employees at nearly half of the fastest growing companies.
Almost half of the areas fast-tracked for new housing development by George Osborne are on floodplains, a Greenpeace investigation has shown.
There are two solar winds: a fast, uniform, and steady wind, blowing at 800 km (500 miles) per second, and a slow, gusty, and sporadic wind, with about half the speed of the fast one.
At least half of the cars raced as fast or faster than Rosberg, who tried to preserve his tires and did not push his car to the limit.
Fasting glucose was monitored by about two-thirds of the respondents before start, and about half of the respondents monitored fasting glucose one to three times during the first 6 months and thereafter once a year during maintenance treatment.
Half of the calves were fasted for 14 h (FAS), whereas the other half remained well fed (FED).
More than half of the world's fastest 100 marathon men today are Kenyan, many from the country's highlands, where the small town of Iten, some 250km (six marathons) north-west of Nairobi, the capital, has become a mecca for long-distance runners.
But with Indonesia forecast to account for half of the region's fast-growing internet economy, the startup is at least starting out at ground zero.
In the earliest levels of Jerimalai, dated to 42,000 years ago, about half of the fish are fast-swimming species, such as tuna and sharks, that live in deep waters.
