States with the highest increases were Pennsylvania, Florida, Louisiana and Alabama.
The highest increases in required credit scores have been for pickups (which have plummeted in value) and economy cars.
The highest increases occurred among black and Hispanic adults, and those who live in low-income neighborhoods.
The highest increases came in syndicated television, up 5.1percentto to $1.62 billion from $1.54 billion, and cable television, up 4.6percentto to $5.52 billion from $5.28 billion.
And Hispanic workers -- who now make up 12.4percentt of the state's work force, with 543,000 people, showed the highest increases in minority unemployment rates, he said.
The energy managers, the Public Utilities Commission, said the highest increases, based on a tiered rate system to go into effect in May, would go to "electricity hogs".
The largest monthly decreases were registered in Portugal (-5.8%), Spain (-3.6%) and Germany (-2.5%), and the highest increases in the United Kingdom (+2.6%), Malta (+2.0%) and Ireland (+1.4%).
The number of applicants from outside the UK is up 11.1%, with Singapore (24.5%) and Belgium (25.5%) showing the highest increases.
And what you are seeing in southern Europe, Greece, is one of the highest increases in rates of cardiovascular disease, so there's been a switchover.
Customers considered the most likely to file claims -- based more on their records and their perceived riskiness than on the terrorism threat -- face the highest increases.
Adopting the highest increases since 1996, the New York City Rent Guidelines Board last night approved 4percentt for one-year leases and 6 for two-year leases.
