Sentences with phrase «cent cut of»

But in a statement of defence and counterclaim also filed with the court, Nguyen denies the claims and demands $ 1.1 million from BTZ, alleging the firm still owes him for work he did on the Indcondo file, as well as a 25 - per - cent cut of any fees the firm collects on the matter.

It could enhance this with its own tablet because it could take its own 30 per cent cut of in - app purchases.

And taking a 20 per cent cut of the $ 300 - a-throw action for every «babysitting» appointment she secures.

And Real have also negotiated a 33 per cent cut of any transfer fee over the $ 50m they sold him for two - and - a-half years ago.

Fasten differentiates itself by taking a 99 - cent cut of every ride facilitated on its service, unlike Uber and Lyft, which both take percent cuts of every fare.

Not exact matches

St. Louis - based Anheuser - Busch, the largest U.S. brewer, said earlier this month it had cut its water use by 32 per cent in the last five years by sponsoring preservation initiatives in water basins critical to its breweries, and by installing U.S. Department of Agriculture real - time weather and crop water - use data meters on suppliers» farms.

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (TSX: POT) cut about 18 per cent of its workforce late last year in response to the soft demand.

Excluding items, the company reported earnings of 78 cents per share, which included a 13 - cent impact from tax cuts signed into law by U.S. President Donald Trump late last year.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has left the cash rate unchanged at 2.25 per cent after cutting it in February.

The bonus subsidies paid to employers of mature aged apprentices was cut by 11 per cent to 1,300.

The fund had managed to reduce expenditure by cutting the number of payments made to subsidise apprenticeships; it paid out 5,199 subsidies to employers of apprentices, down 6 per cent.

A 2013 survey conducted near its Tasiast mine in Mauritania by local sociologists found that the number of households living below the poverty line had been cut by more than half since 2011 and the unemployment rate had declined from 47 per cent to 24 per cent.

Users of Cumberland Farms SmartPay save 10 cents per gallon at the chain's stations, for example, while Exxon customers using its SpeedPass + app can redeem Plenti reward points to cut the total price of their fill - up.

We rage against out - of - control CEO pay, demand stricter corporate governance, and yet we love the dominant leader who cuts through the noise, gives us something we didn't know we wanted and creates the most valuable company in the world in an industry — consumer electronics and entertainment — that commands just two or three per cent of household budgets and GDP.

But his «safe hands on the economy» message cut through in the end, with the coalition winning a majority of seats in 1998 despite Labor winning 51 per cent of the two - party vote.

Failure of prices to recover raises the prospect of even deeper cuts to investment by oil and gas companies next year and would likely result in Canada's economy remaining on a slower growth path than the 2.2 per cent pace we are expecting.»

«From 1980 to 2007, in that period, revenues from the top 1 per cent of income earners went from 1.6 per cent of GDP, to 3.1 per cent of GDP, a huge surge of revenues from the highest income earners,» he said, crediting tax cuts with generating that wealth during those years.

Cenovus reported one - time severance costs of $ 43 million as it cut its staff count by 15 per cent in the first quarter, and a $ 59 - million non-cash expense for Calgary office space that exceeds current needs.

Finance Minister Carole James says only five per cent of businesses will be paying the full tax rate and those covering the existing health premiums for their employees will see savings as the fees are cut in half and then eliminated.

WestJet (TSX: WJA) says its entry into a new market typically lowers fares by up to 50 per cent and the arrival of Encore is already causing Air Canada to respond with its own fare cuts on some of the routes.

The company completed a 15 per cent cut to its workforce in January and February, eliminating between 500 and 700 jobs, as part of its plan to trim $ 1 billion in cumulative capital, operating and administration costs over two years.

The defence contractor will cut 4,000 jobs, about 3.5 per cent of its workforce, amid vastly reduced government spending.

The results also showed that Uber cut its fourth - quarter net loss by 25 per cent from the third quarter as new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi moves to make the company profitable ahead of a planned initial public stock offering sometime next year.

For those in the service industry, estimating that tips amount to 10 to 15 per cent of a server's salary no longer cuts it.

The company recently announced a plan to cut about 40 per cent of its global workforce, or 4,500 jobs, as a way to save money.

Last week, Shell Canada Ltd. said it was cutting its workforce of 3,000 at its Albian Sands mining operation north of Fort McMurray by less than 10 per cent.

The price was above BlackBerry's recent value on public markets, following the company's announcement Friday that it will cut about 40 per cent of its global workforce, about 4,500 jobs, and record a writedown of nearly $ 1 billion.

Or what about this one: A young woman is in the middle of giving a presentation, when her male co-worker cuts her off in order to offer his two cents.

When correcting the model to include current profit margins, the effects of cord cutting, the impact of Turner's current contracts with pay - TV companies and other factors, Petrocelli said, Shapiro's model shows that cable bills would actually decrease by 54 cents per month per subscriber.

But instead of increasing spending on post-secondary education, Advanced Education Minister Murray Coell recently announced he's saving $ 16 million by cutting college and university budgets by 2.6 per cent.

Unless, of course, you are talking about the families of the wealthy and privileged who have received about 70 per cent of federal personal tax cuts over the past 10 years.

A new Melbourne hotel will set new design standards in energy efficiency to help cut as much as 25 per cent of its energy consumption, drawing on a $ 39 million investment commitment from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC).

The US export sector is getting the benefit of a lower dollar; there's a significant fiscal package in the pipeline, which will add more than 1 per cent of GDP to private spending power; and sharp cuts have been made in US official interest rates, with financial markets expecting more to come.

They've come a long way in a short time: it was just over four years ago, April 2, 1993 to be precise, when Philip Morris cut the price of Marlboro cigarettes by 40 cents a pack.

Although Australia avoided the recession that engulfed many developed countries at the start of this decade, it was not totally unaffected by world events, and the Bank found it necessary in 2001 to cut the cash rate to 4.25 per cent in a series of steps.

Under the Canada Economic Action Plan the deficit will be eliminated by 2015 - 16; although total net public debt will have increased by $ 150 billion, the debt ratio will have declined to 33.0 per cent in 2015 - 16 and reach the government's target of 25 percent by 2019 - 20; program spending will fall to below 13 percent of GDP and will continue to fall thereafter; public sector jobs have been eliminated; and income and corporate taxes have been cut.

To achieve a cap of 1 per cent would most likely require an absolute cut in wages and salaries.

The Star reports Tuesday that BlackBerry has cut its smartphone production by another 10 per cent on top of a 50 per cent drop in June that lowered output to one million units a month.

NDP commitments include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (already implemented by the Conservatives (but with a different phase in); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; and, increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI).

NDP promises include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented in the budget by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (also already implemented by the Conservatives); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI); and restoring the 6 % annual escalator to the Canada Health Transfer.

However, in this case, the pay of the Prime Minister, Ministers of State and deputy ministers would be cut by 5 per cent.

Another announcement that will benefit Greater Vancouver Board of Trade Members is today's affirmation that the Provincial Government will cut the small business corporate income tax rate from 2.5 per cent to 2 per cent, which will make B.C. the second-most competitive tax environment for small business in the country.

«The [U.S. Department of Energy] expects the Obama administration's recent drilling moratorium to cut U.S. production by an average 70,000 [barrels a day] next year, which is equal to only about 1 per cent of current OPEC spare capacity.»

While we were pleased to learn of the government's September 2017 announcement to cut the small business income tax rate from 2.5 per cent to 2 per cent, we note it was accompanied by an increase to the general corporate income tax rate of one percentage point (to 12 per cent).

Of the total $ 5.2 billion in ongoing cuts, $ 1.5 billion, or nearly 30 per cent, comes from defence and the International Assistance Envelope.

This contrasts with proposed tax cuts for those in the middle of the income distribution of $ 1,000, or about 2 per cent.

The IMF last week openly discussed the possibility of stagnation, as it cut its outlook for global economic growth to a meagre 3.1 per cent.

Fidelity - owned funds cut their stake by 2.54 per cent in PC Jeweller last week and one of the company's promoters Balram Garg believes the continuation of the sharp fall in PC shares this week could be due to further selling by the foreign investor of its remaining stake.

It also confirmed it would introduce a 3 per cent tax on company dividends, increase wealth and inheritance taxes and abolish a tax «shield» — or ceiling — for the wealthy in its effort to meet its targets of cutting the budget deficit to 4.5 per cent of gross domestic product this year and 3 per cent in 2013.

«With inflation set to stay outside the RBA's target band until at least mid-2017, we expect to see another cut in the cash rate in August to a low of 1.5 per cent.»