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This model exists in many other countries, and we see local food - based businesses, bars and pubs, art and creative studios and other product based companies taking advantage of these models and raising on average about $ 700,000.

That month, the combined supply at all of California's biggest reservoirs stood at about 78 % of their average levels, but officials remained cautiously optimistic, saying there was no guarantee that the state would see enough storms to fully raise water levels.

In total, Seth Quest, and his business partner, Juan Cespedes, raised $ 35,004 from 440 backers — an average of about $ 80 for each investor.

Of course, if the Fed were truly concerned about hitting, or better yet, exceeding its inflation target, which is supposed to be an average, not a ceiling, they wouldn't be raising in the first place.

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You must not of heard the one about how Bill Gates walking into a bar raises the average wage to a million dollars.

At the same time the Bank decided to raise the annual pace of JGB purchases from about 50 trillion yen to 80 trillion and to extend the average remaining maturity from about 7 years to a flexible range of 7 - 10 years.

The average rent of an apartment in Manhattan is now almost $ 3,500 a month, and though the figure is raised by the astonishing rents in many of the wealthier neighborhoods (we were reading about one apartment overlooking Gramercy Park that rented for $ 30,000 a month), rents are high even in the poor neighborhoods.

Last year, the levy on farmers raised over $ 30m — amounting to about $ 7,000 for the average farmer.

- Veteran Dad The average cost of raising a child to age 18 is about $ 180,000.

That would raise the average tax bill in the subdivision by about $ 400 a year.

The average of money raised by the two losers is more than the total raised by the 3 winners put together, and the average of the 3 winners is just about what Derrick has raised.

Cuomo raised about $ 6 million over the last half year, giving him a rough average of about $ 1 million raised a month.

So, for example, when Tony Blair committed the New Labour government to raise UK health spending to the EU average (from about five per cent of GDP to about eight per cent at the time) that was a significant commitment.

New York State insurers selling plans on the individual market are asking the Cuomo administration to raise average premiums by more than 17 percent, a consequence of rising medical costs, decreasing federal funding and misplaced assumptions about the health of consumers.

Step raises for so - called exempt workers, many with political ties, averaged about 4.4 percent in 2016, Newsday has reported.

Day's proposed budget includes a 1.2 percent tax increase, but that would only raise the average homeowner's tax bill by about $ 13 dollars a year.

The Warming Meadow's radiators raise average soil temperatures by about three degrees Fahrenheit, decrease growing season soil moisture by up to twenty percent and advance the spring snowmelt date by up to a month in order to simulate predicted effects of climate change.

The campaign was founded in 2003 by 30 people with AU$ 54,000 in donations and has grown more steadily over the last 10 years to about 5 million global members, raising AU$ 136 million in 2014 with an average annual growth rate of over 100 % (ref.

By thinking about their thinking, a practice called metacognition, these students raised their final exam scores by 10 percent on average — a full letter grade.

The USDA's Economic Research Service recently found that a targeted 20 percent price reduction for fruits and vegetables would raise the average SNAP participant's daily consumption of these foods by about a quarter of a cup.

Any reforms to come from the process, starting next week, would affect about 62 percent of New York state's population, the proportion estimated to reside now in areas that could be hard hit as rising land and ocean temperatures raise average sea levels around the globe.

This has raised AIDS - affected families» average annual income from the equivalent of just $ 43 to about $ 230.

A lot of times I see the average joe or jane spending about 15 - 30 minutes of their total workout just doing tons of pointless repetitions of crunches, situps, leg raises, or some other «abs pumping» exercise.

I refuse to give this game a grade lower than 10 because I am really excited about avp, and it will raise the average rating.

According to the Times, «replacing a poor teacher with an average one would raise a single classroom's lifetime earnings by about $ 266,000, the economists estimate.»

The Chetty, Friedman, and Rockoff study finds that, on average, a 1 standard deviation improvement in teacher value added (equivalent to having a teacher in the 84th percentile rather than one at the median) for one year raises a student's earnings at age 28 by about 1 percent.

But 56 percent of independents thought teacher unions had «done more harm than good,» 54 percent supported school vouchers, and only 34 percent favored raising teacher salaries, once they had been informed about average salary levels in their state.

School systems would have to raise their annual budgets by an average of about 20 percent in order to respond to three of the major recommendations of the National Commission on Excellence in Education: extending the school day to seven hours, extending the school year to 200 days, and making teachers» starting salaries «market sensitive.»

But the absence of a relationship between average school test scores and incumbents» electoral fortunes in the 2002 and 2004 school board elections raises important questions about the assumptions underlying accountability systems.

This is a resource designed to raise discussions using averages about which driving instructor to choose from a newspaper advert based on the number of hours that students take to pass with each driving instructor.

On average, a 1 - standard - deviation improvement in teacher value added (equivalent to having a teacher in the 84th percentile rather than one at the median) in a single grade raises a student's earnings at age 28 by about 1 percent.

The local and national unions surely realized, after an onslaught of negative coverage, that complaining about 16 percent raises on top of $ 75,000 average salaries was not a winning argument during a period of 8 percent unemployment.

The third problem, Ho explains, raises concerns about achievement gaps — for example, average differences between test scores of white or higher - income students and minority or poor students.

In 2014, parents of students at Horace Mann Elementary School in Northwest Washington, D.C., spent over $ 470,000 of their own money to support the school's programs.1 With just under 290 students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income families.6

In schools that average 500 students, savings are about $ 500,000 a year, which is used to raise teacher salaries, to extend the school day and to allow Rocketship to build its own facilities — quite a luxury in the charter - school world.

What's worse about the new situation, though, is that it raises the uncertainty level for the average classroom teacher.

Since 1993, when the state imposed limits on how much districts can raise revenue, average teacher salary and benefits in Wisconsin have increased more than 4 percent a year, even though revenue limits have increased about 3.5 percent a year.

Subtract the average teacher salary plus benefits of some $ 85,000, and Oregonians should ask where the additional $ 300,000 are going before even thinking about raising taxes to address the alleged «inadequate funding» of public schools.

Reforms raised relative funding in the low - income districts by about $ 500 per pupil, which implies that increasing funding by $ 1,000 per pupil — about 10 percent of average funding over the period — raises test scores by 0.16 standard deviations.

Atkinson's 10 percent pay raise, which amounts to about $ 4,700 a year for the average teacher in North Carolina, would cost the state roughly $ 540 million, the superintendent's office said.

Replacing a poor teacher with an average one would raise a single classroom's lifetime earnings by about $ 266,000, the economists estimate.

Increasing the gas tax by, say, just 20 cents per gallon, potentially generating billions in road - repairing funds, would raise the average cost of a tank of fuel by only about $ 3.

That makes living here affordable to most residents, which is why the average age is only about 33 years old — many people choose to raise families here.

Despite the company's solid track record of raising its dividend for 26 consecutive years, we can see below that dividend growth has only averaged about 3 % for most the past decade.

Brian Bollinger of TheStreet wrote about 10 Dividend Aristocrats To Buy Now where he chooses 10 aristocrats with an average dividend yield of 3 % that he feels (1) have the strength to continue raising dividends and delivering income to their shareholders, and (2) operate strong and steady business models.

To add some perspective on this month's dividend increases, the $ 97.06 in my expected annual dividend income that came about totally organically, via those dividend raises, was the equivalent of investing $ 2,773 in fresh capital at a 3.5 % yield (approximately my portfolio's average yield).

However, a cash bid is always hard to beat (especially if the bidder has the fire - power, and the desire, to raise it), and CQB shareholders may soon realise even a $ 13.00 cash bid could be far superior to a ChiquitaFyffes share price that could trade anywhere... As for Fyffes shareholders, at this point referencing a stand - alone intrinsic value might be a good idea again: Adjusted EBITA's notched a little higher to 3.8 %, but again operating free cash flow (Op FCF) has only averaged about 55 % of adjusted EBITA in the past few years.

There are so many places to raise the pulse rate that the average visitor's guide won't know about.

To do this, they'll need to raise nearly $ 5 million, as the costs to capture, transport, quarantine and release these animals will average about $ 45,000 per Rhino.»