hpe08102010 by High Point Enterprise

WEATHER, BUSINESS 6D www.hpe.com TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2010 THE HIGH POINT ENTERPRISE

High Point Enterprise Weather Wednesday

Thursday

Saturday

Friday

Local Area Forecast

Sunny

Mostly Sunny

Isolated T-storms

97º 75º

98º 75º

96º 74º

94º 71º

90º 68º

Kernersville Winston-Salem 96/75 97/76 Jamestown 97/76 High Point 97/75 Archdale Thomasville 97/75 97/75 Trinity Lexington 97/75 Randleman 97/74 97/75

North Carolina State Forecast

Elizabeth City 94/75

Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

Asheville 90/65

High Point 97/75

Denton 97/76

Greenville 96/76 Cape Raleigh Hatteras 98/77 88/78

Charlotte 96/73

Almanac

Wilmington 91/77 City

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ALBEMARLE . . . . . .97/74 BREVARD . . . . . . . . .87/67 CAPE FEAR . . . . . . .91/77 EMERALD ISLE . . . .87/78 FORT BRAGG . . . . . .97/76 GRANDFATHER MTN . .79/65 GREENVILLE . . . . . .96/76 HENDERSONVILLE .89/67 JACKSONVILLE . . . .93/75 KINSTON . . . . . . . . . .96/75 KITTY HAWK . . . . . . .92/80 MOUNT MITCHELL . .88/63 ROANOKE RAPIDS .98/75 SOUTHERN PINES . .97/75 WILLIAMSTON . . . . .96/76 YANCEYVILLE . . . . .98/72 ZEBULON . . . . . . . . .98/75

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Sunrise . . Sunset . . Moonrise Moonset .

Hi/Lo Wx 98/73 88/67 91/77 88/77 98/77 81/63 96/75 91/68 95/75 97/75 92/78 90/64 99/75 99/74 98/74 99/74 99/75

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Across The Nation Today

City

Hi/Lo Wx

ALBUQUERQUE . . . .95/61 ATLANTA . . . . . . . . .96/73 BOISE . . . . . . . . . . . .91/59 BOSTON . . . . . . . . . .85/69 CHARLESTON, SC . .89/77 CHARLESTON, WV . .99/77 CINCINNATI . . . . . . .94/72 CHICAGO . . . . . . . . .86/74 CLEVELAND . . . . . . .86/71 DALLAS . . . . . . . . .102/78 DETROIT . . . . . . . . . .90/74 DENVER . . . . . . . . . .90/64 GREENSBORO . . . . .97/76 GRAND RAPIDS . . . .91/71 HOUSTON . . . . . . . . .96/79 HONOLULU . . . . . . . .89/74 KANSAS CITY . . . . . .99/80 NEW ORLEANS . . . .94/83

Wednesday

Hi/Lo Wx

pc 96/61 pc s 95/75 pc s 88/56 s t 80/65 s pc 91/78 s s 98/75 s pc 93/73 t t 89/75 t pc 85/74 mc s 102/80 s mc 90/71 t s 91/66 s s 98/76 s pc 91/70 t pc 98/79 s s 89/74 s s 98/79 s t 93/81 t

Today

City

Hi/Lo Wx

LAS VEGAS . . . . . .103/78 LOS ANGELES . . . . .80/59 MEMPHIS . . . . . . . .100/82 MIAMI . . . . . . . . . . . .89/79 MINNEAPOLIS . . . . . .86/72 MYRTLE BEACH . . . .90/78 NEW YORK . . . . . . . .93/76 ORLANDO . . . . . . . . .92/78 PHOENIX . . . . . . . . .106/85 PITTSBURGH . . . . . .89/67 PHILADELPHIA . . . . .96/75 PROVIDENCE . . . . . .86/69 SAN FRANCISCO . . .64/53 ST. LOUIS . . . . . . . . .97/79 SEATTLE . . . . . . . . . .69/55 TULSA . . . . . . . . . . .102/80 WASHINGTON, DC . .99/77 WICHITA . . . . . . . . .102/75

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UV Index

.6:34 .8:16 .7:08 .8:30

a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m.

UV Index for 3 periods of the day.

8 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Noon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 4 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Hi/Lo Wx 104/80 80/60 101/82 90/81 90/70 89/78 88/73 94/78 110/88 89/70 95/74 84/65 65/54 99/79 78/58 100/79 98/75 102/76

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First 8/16

New 9/8

Last 9/1

Full 8/24

0-2: Low The higher the UV 3-5: Moderate index, the higher the 6-7: High need for eye and 8-10: Very High skin protection. 11+: Extreme

Lake Levels & River Stages Lake and river levels are in feet. Change is over the past 24 hrs. Flood Pool Current Level Change High Rock Lake 655.2 653.3 +0.3 Flood Stage Current Level Change Yadkin College 18.0 1.35 +0.08 Elkin 16.0 2.03 -0.02 Wilkesboro 14.0 2.71 -0.02 High Point 10.0 0.58 -0.03 Ramseur 20.0 0.77 -0.11 Moncure 20.0 M M

Pollen Forecast

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Wednesday

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Statistics through 6 p.m. yesterday at Greensboro

Wednesday

Around The World

ACAPULCO . . . . . . . .89/76 AMSTERDAM . . . . . .72/61 BAGHDAD . . . . . . . .118/93 BARCELONA . . . . . .83/71 BEIJING . . . . . . . . . .89/70 BEIRUT . . . . . . . . . . . . .98/80 BOGOTA . . . . . . . . . .65/49 BERLIN . . . . . . . . . . .77/62 BUENOS AIRES . . . .62/43 CAIRO . . . . . . . . . . . .97/78

24 hours through 6 p.m. . . . . . . .0.00" Month to Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.30" Normal Month to Date . . . . . . . . .1.11" Year to Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27.37" Normal Year to Date . . . . . . . . .26.95" Record Precipitation . . . . . . . . . .2.30"

Wednesday

Weather (Wx): cl/cloudy; fl/flurries; pc/partly cloudy; ra/rain; rs/rain & snow; s/sunny; sh/showers; sn/snow; t/thunderstorms; w/windy

City

Precipitation (Yesterday)

Sun and Moon

Around Our State Today

Temperatures (Yesterday) High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Normal High . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Normal Low . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Last Year’s High . . . . . . . .95 Last Year’s Low . . . . . . . . .72 Record High . . . .101 in 2007 Record Low . . . . . .55 in 1989

87/78 69/57 118/89 82/69 81/68 97/78 66/49 78/62 57/46 98/78

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Today

City

Hi/Lo Wx

COPENHAGEN . . . . .70/64 GENEVA . . . . . . . . . .82/60 GUANGZHOU . . . . . .99/82 GUATEMALA . . . . . .79/62 HANOI . . . . . . . . . . . .91/78 HONG KONG . . . . . . . .90/82 KABUL . . . . . . . . . . .87/67 LONDON . . . . . . . . . .68/54 MOSCOW . . . . . . . . .97/73 NASSAU . . . . . . . . . .90/81

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Wednesday

Today

Hi/Lo Wx

City

70/59 78/59 96/80 75/63 91/79 88/76 88/67 72/55 93/67 90/82

PARIS . . . . . . . . . . . .80/63 ROME . . . . . . . . . . . .89/70 SAO PAULO . . . . . . .67/55 SEOUL . . . . . . . . . . .86/78 SINGAPORE . . . . . . .87/76 STOCKHOLM . . . . . . .71/58 SYDNEY . . . . . . . . . .67/49 TEHRAN . . . . . . . . . .95/76 TOKYO . . . . . . . . . . .86/79 ZURICH . . . . . . . . . . .76/60

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Wednesday

Today: Lows

Hi/Lo Wx 71/55 89/68 72/58 86/76 87/77 73/57 64/48 94/77 88/80 72/58

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Pollen Rating Scale

Today

Air Quality

Predominant Types: Weeds

100 75

151-200: 201-300: 301-500:

50 25

0 0

Today: 20 (Good) 0-50: 51-100: 101-150:

Trees

10 Grasses

15 Weeds

0: Absent, 1-25: Low, 26-50: Moderate, 51-75: High, >75: Very High

Good Moderate Unhealthy (sensitive) Unhealthy Very Unhealthy Hazardous

Air quality data is provided by the Forsyth County Environmental Affairs Department.

BUSINESS

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Little relief seen in public sector jobs

FILE | AP

People make their way past the McDonald’s restaurant at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. McDonald’s Corp. posted its biggest monthly increase of U.S. sales in two years on Monday.

Cool drinks heat up McDonald’s sales in July CHICAGO (AP) – McDonald’s lesson from July: If you want to start selling cold, fruity drinks, pick one of the hottest months in U.S. history. The fast-food giant posted its biggest monthly increase in more than a year in an important U.S. sales figure as U.S. as the fast-food chain’s new fruit smoothies and ice-cold frappes got a warm reception from customers. The increase shows just how much the behemoth is outpacing its competitors as customers keep flocking to the world’s largest hamburger chain while competitors post anemic U.S. sales. Shares touched an all-time high Monday morning. “They were pretty impressive results,” said Morningstar restaurant analyst R.J. Hottovy. “It just shows that the smoothies product

has been a big win for the company and a big hit among consumers. They did well with the timing of the product.” July sales at restaurants open at least 13 months climbed 5.7 percent – the biggest monthly increase since it recorded a 6.1 percent gain in April 2009. At the same time, the National Weather Service said the month was one of the the hottest on record nationwide, shatterring records in many East Coast cities. Overall, McDonald’s Corp. said the sales measure rose 7 percent around the globe and outpaced expectations. It climbed 5.3 percent in Europe and 10.1 percent in the rest of the world. The figure is considered an important gauge of a restaurant chain’s performance because it

excludes the effects of restaurants that open or close during the year. McDonald’s said U.S. consumers flocked to its roughly 14,000 restaurants during the month, seeking its new drinks that are part of the restaurant chain’s rapidly expanding beverage lineup. In addition to the highly profitable smoothies, which launched nationwide in mid-July and cost a little over $2 for a small, and frappes, customers also sought out the company’s value meals. It’s those type of menu items that have kept McDonald’s a step ahead of competitors in recent years, particularly in the U.S. where its value menu helped insulate it from much of the economic weakness that hurt Burger King Corp. and Wendy’s/Arby’s Group Inc.

WASHINGTON (AP) – An injection of $26 billion in federal aid won’t be enough to save the jobs of more than a half million people who work for state and local governments or for companies that do business with them. Economists say state and local budget gaps are so vast that up to 30,000 public jobs will be cut each month at least through year’s end. And private companies that contract with states and localities are likely to cut even more deeply. All told, 600,000 to 700,000 jobs will likely vanish over the next 12 months at states, localities, private contractors and other businesses that depend on government business, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a Washington think tank. The July unemploy-

ment report, released Friday, showed state and local governments cut 48,000 jobs last month – the most in a year. State and local governments already have shed 169,000 jobs this year. And since their peak in 2008, state and local payrolls have shrunk by 316,000; that figure does not include private sector jobs tied to government spending. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned last week that cuts in state and local spending and jobs were helping to slow the economic recovery. The cuts stem from shrinking state income and tax revenue resulting from the recession. Total state revenue fell 11 percent from fiscal year 2008, when the recession began, to fiscal 2010, the National Association of State Budget Officers has estimated.

BlackBerrys will stay welcome in Bahrain DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Bahrain’s foreign minister said Sunday the country has no plans to follow its Persian Gulf neighbors in banning some BlackBerry services because security fears do not outweigh the technological benefits. His comments come as device maker Research in Motion Ltd. is facing opposition by Saudi

Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to the way its encrypted e-mail and messenger services are managed. Bahrain’s Sheik Khaled bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told The Associated Press the handheld devices raise legitimate concerns, but that his nation has decided that banning some of the phones’ features is “not a way of dealing with it.”