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And where the best corporate bonds once yielded less than a percentage point above Treasuries, new-issue spreads have now widened to almost three percentage points.

And despite the rand's weakness, South Africa has seen a slump in exports and its trade deficit widened to almost 3 billion rand ($468) in August.

TRADE, EXCHANGE RATES AND BUDGETS America's visible-trade deficit widened to almost $35 billion in January; the 12-month total ballooned to $358.5 billion.

Spain's current-account deficit widened to almost 10% of GDP by last year; Greece's shortfall was 12% of its GDP (see chart 2).Italy has not followed exactly the same path, but shares some of these ills: a high real exchange rate, a current-account deficit and a weak economy.

The irregular lot at 224 West 18th Street also offered a challenge: 36 feet in the front, widening to almost 100 feet at the rear.

Heart and Capital owner Global Radio saw losses widen to almost £30m for the year to the end of March, thanks to a substantial payment to shareholders, while operating profits grew by a healthy 11% to £37m.

In 2015, this widened to nearly 100percentt.

This means the gender pay difference for full-time employees (excluding overtime) has widened to 15.7% – an almost 1% rise on last year's 14.8% gap.

Russia's trade surplus widened to $120.1 billion in 2005, up by almost 40% from $85.8 billion in 2004.

Excluding utilities, output rose by 0.7%.America's trade deficit in goods and services widened to a record $726 billion in 2005, almost one-fifth bigger than in 2004.

Thanks to higher oil prices, Russia's current-account surplus widened to $69.3 billion in the year to March, almost twice as large as a year ago.