Some of the most important gauges for that kind of work are the ones that are the farthest from communities, in rural areas where natural conditions prevail.
A former civil servant from Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's party today became the first woman to win a governorship in Japan in a race seen here as an important gauge of support for Mr. Obuchi.
The consultative group's pledges are an important gauge of international support for economic recovery, and any sign that support is wavering could batter Indonesia's already fragile financial markets.
In another important gauge of labor market health, the four-week moving average for new claims fell to 584,500, from 607,000, the lowest since January.
The total of all transactions except for cars on the eBay Marketplace, an important gauge of growth at eBay known as gross merchandise volume, increased 7percentt from the same quarter last year, after significant declines in previous quarters.
In 1994, Bernstein's 19 analysts occupied 24 of 529 places in Institutional Investor magazine's All-America Research Team survey, an important gauge of sentiment among the money managers who are the audience for the company's research.
HONG KONG — An important gauge of manufacturing activity in China showed a larger-than-expected uptick for October, suggesting that the economy may have picked up some steam.
Resales account for 85percentt of all houses sold and are considered an important gauge of consumer demand.
Sales of previously owned homes, which account for 85percentt of all houses on the market, are considered an important gauge of consumer demand.
The event provides an important gauge of the state and direction of tech advancement globally.
