Among girls aged four to ten, 34 per
cent had met the recommended levels compared to no girls aged 11 to 15.
Not exact matches
Chief executive Andrew Mackenzie reportedly told the London annual general
meeting yesterday that BHP
would achieve a 16 per
cent production boost over two years to the end of the 2015 financial year.
Construction contractor Brierty
has announced a full - year profit of $ 9.9 million, a 3 per
cent fall from $ 10.2 million last year, after
meeting revenue expectations of $ 251.1 million.
Tap Oil shareholders
have lodged a big protest vote, with more than 35 per
cent of votes cast against three resolutions at today's annual
meeting, with dissident shareholder Chatchai Yenbamroong accounting for a large share of the opposition.
TPG Telecom
has lifted its stake in Amcom Telecommunications to 19.9 per
cent, making it harder for Amcom to win approval at next week's shareholder
meeting for its planned merger with Vocus Communications.
Jeff Rose of Good Financial
Cents interviewed the couple, who discussed everything from what it's like to go from making ends
meet to
having money to spare to how other people can echo their success.
Jeff Rose of Good Financial
Cents interviewed the couple, who explained everything from what it's like to go from making ends
meet to
having money to spare to how other people can echo their success.
An agreement recognized the province
had already
met Canada's target of a 30 per
cent reduction in emissions from 2005 by 2030.
Still, HP managed to
meet Wall Street's expectations with earnings per share of 36
cents (excluding certain costs) that were in line with what analysts
had expected.
The Task Force concluded that, in 1992, the population included in their analysis
had a savings rate of 10.1 per
cent, which is greater than the 8.9 per
cent target rate that
would allow two earner families to
meet their retirement income target.
The latest proposal for updating NAFTA's automotive rules from the United States
would carry a four - year phase - in to
meet a higher, 75 per
cent regional value threshold as well as new labour rules.Tuesday, May 1, 12:01 am ET
«A number of participants indicated that the stronger outlook for economic activity, along with their increased confidence that inflation
would return to 2 per
cent over the medium term, implied that the appropriate path for the federal funds rate over the next few years
would likely be slightly steeper than they
had previously expected,» the Federal Open Market Committee said in the records of its March 20 - 21
meeting.
At a federal - provincial finance ministers»
meeting in December 2012, the Finance Minister announced that, starting in 2017 - 18, the rate of growth in the Canada Health Transfer (CHT)
would be reduced from 6 per
cent per year to grow in line with a three - year moving average in nominal GDP, with a funding guarantee to grow by at least three per
cent per year.
With funds managers holding about 15 - 20 per
cent of assets in domestic bonds, the change in the composition of household assets
has translated into higher demand for bonds — a demand which is no longer being
met by government issues.
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.
QBE shares jumped by more than 5 per
cent in early trade on reports from German newspaper Handelsblatt that Allianz chief executive Oliver Baete
met with QBE's chief John Neal before Christmas and suggested an offer of $ 15 per share, which
would value the company at $ 20 billion.
Shares of Toronto - based Genworth MI Canada Inc. plunged a record 12 per
cent in two days after the mortgage insurer predicted that over one - third of insured borrowers
would struggle to
meet the new borrowing standards.
The poll found that 47 per
cent of respondents said it
would be difficult to
meet their financial obligations if their paycheque was delayed by even a single week.
Since the beginning of its current tightening cycle in June 2004, the federal funds rate
has been increased from 1.0 per
cent to 2.5 per
cent in increments of 25 basis points at each Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)
meeting.
Against this backdrop, the Federal Reserve
has continued the process of normalising interest rates, lifting the federal funds rate by 25 basis points at each of its last six
meetings, to 2.5 per
cent in February.
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Since we last
met, the Federal Reserve
has increased interest rates twice and the policy rate in the United States now stands at 1 1/4 per
cent.
The 10 per
cent that we cut off
has the most carbon in it, so we put that carbon back in the ground,» chief operating officer Mark Little told the company's annual
meeting on Wednesday.
The Board's assessment of this information at its May
meeting was that inflation remained likely to increase gradually from its current level of around 2 1/2 per
cent, but that upside risks to this forecast
had receded, partly as a result of the March tightening.
The survey found that 35 per
cent of men polled said they hadn't got married because they hadn't
met the right person compared to only 29 per
cent of women.
«
Have you ever
met a real - live, lifetime, 100 per
cent atheist?»
Units in Murray Goulburn's ASX - listed trust plunged 42 per
cent to $ 1.24 on Wednesday after the co-operative told the market it
would struggle to
meet even half of the net profit forecast outlined in its prospectus from less than a year ago.
Europe is already in the vanguard of climate change action: a European Environment Agency report published last month said within five years emissions on the continent may
have been slashed by a quarter on 1990 levels, «
meeting and overachieving» its 2020 target of 20 per
cent.
In the April update, a2 said it was working with Synlait Milk - it
has an 8.2 per
cent stake - to increase supply for the rest of the financial year to
meet rising demand for its Platinum infant formula product.
It is believed Mr Saputo
has no plans to
meet with Lion boss Stuart Irvine on this trip, leaving Saputo stranded just short of the 90 per
cent holding required to mop up minority shareholders and delist WCB from the Australian Securities Exchange.
Street Talk can reveal Rivalea, which
has 17 per
cent of Australia's pork production and 24 per
cent of the processing market, fronted fund managers in a handful of
meetings arranged by stockbroker Morgans last week.
Murray Goulburn's barrister, Christopher Archibald, hinted that the company, as some in the market
have speculated, may drop the minimum 50 per
cent acceptance condition of its bid for WCB if Saputo
meets its own 50 per
cent threshold.
A special
meeting in Auckland of A2 Corp shareholders
has approved a deal to buy up the remaining 50 per
cent stake in Australia's A2 Dairy Products that it does not already own.
MG told shareholders at its recent extraordinary general
meeting, it estimated it
had lost more than 1.6 billion litres of milk, or 45 per
cent of its milk intake, since April 2016.
It is not known whether he also
met representatives of Lion Co, the Japanese - backed beverage and dairy company that retained just over 10 per
cent of Warrnambool,
having declined to accept Saputo's $ 9.40 - a-share takeover offer.
That both United and City go into Saturday's match with a 100 per
cent record this season
has certainly helped raise interest in the fixture, so too that the game represents the first
meeting in English football for the two coaches, Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola — thus renewing a rivalry that dates back to their days in Spain as coaches of Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively.
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Young people said that school
would be the most appropriate venue for such discussions (94 per
cent), followed by youth centres (88 per
cent) and public
meetings (84 per
cent).
The Bank of Ghana increased the minimum capital requirement of universal banks from GH
cents 120m to GH
cents 400m, and all such banks
have up to December 2018 to
meet the minimum capital requirements.
In the initial petition, a litany of allegations
have been levelled against her, including spending GH
cents 3.9 million to partition an office, receipt of a Toyota Land Cruiser from the erstwhile John Mahama - led NDC government, spending about $ 14 million when the Public Procurement Authority
had authorised her to use only $ 7.5 million, as well as attending Cabinet
meetings during the tenure of the President John Mahama, among other issues.
Once this was discounted, aid budgets increased by just nine per
cent in 2005 - making it highly unlikely the G8
would meet last year's target of # 50 billion extra by 2010.
However, international development secretary Hilary Benn insisted: «The government
has set a clear timetable to
meet the 0.7 per
cent ODA / GNI target by 2013 and is fully on track with its plans to achieve this.»
The first
meeting of her 11 - strong economic mini-Cabinet heard even halving the chasm
would make the economy nine per
cent bigger.
Councilman Brad Lander, a leader of the effort to pass the 5 -
cent fee legislation, said he expected any other city legislation
would meet the same fate in Albany.
«Whilst the government
has committed to cutting UK carbon emissions by 80 per
cent by 2050, we need to ensure the actions reflect the words, and that plans to open new coal mines or build new runways are
met with mass resistance,» Susan Nash of NUS said.
Alistair Darling's attempts to simplify the CGT system with a flat 18 per
cent rate of tax
have been
met with fierce opposition by business leaders, prompting speculation the Treasury
would be forced to make some concessions.
A new report into the accessibility of Government websites and services
has concluded that only 57 per
cent are
meeting the minimum standards set by the Cabinet Office e-government unit.
The number of Key Stage 1 classes reported as
having more than 30 pupils, but which
met legal requirements (which allow infant classes of more than 30 in very limited circumstances) on the census day was 1,060 (from a total of 54,790 classes), 1.9 per
cent of all Key Stage 1 classes, up from 1.6 per
cent in January 2010.
Upon arrival at the
meeting point, 50
Cent was said to
have realised it was a set up and an attempt to capture him.
Governor of the Central Bank
has indicated that five banks
have met the new minimum capital requirement of
cents 400 million even before the deadline.