Yemen ranks 146th out of 178 in the "corruption index" issued by the pressure group Transparency International.
Sales over all rose 2.8percentt for the month, according to the Goldman , Sachsretail composite index issued yesterday, but sales at many department stores fell, as expected.
Gap shares plunged $4, closing at $15. Retail sales over all rose 2.8percentt for the month, according to the Goldman , Sachsretail composite index issued yesterday.
Almost one-third of the companies in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock issuedissuearningsngs reports last week, and technology companies turned in strong performances.
The Flash Germany Composite Output index issued by Markit fell to 48.8 in April from 50.6 in March, a six-month low.
Turkey is ranked 138th out of 178 countries in the "world press freedom index" issued by the Paris-based advocacy group Reporters Without Borders.
In a good-governance index issued this month by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, it came top of Africa's mainland countries (it was pipped by three island states).
While the January index issued by the Chicago affiliate of the National Association of Purchasing Management showed it slipped to 55.6 from 56 the month before, readings higher than 50 indicate businesses are expanding.
According to the index, issued last December by the institute, a nonprofit group that works for world peace, in 2011 Thailand had 173 terrorist incidents that resulted in 142 fatalities (Iraq topped the index with 1,228 incidents and 1,798 fatalities).
According to the Global Terrorism Index issued by the Institute for Economics and Peace, the countries suffering the most from the impact of terrorism include familiar places such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Somalia.
