Sentences with phrase «cent have set»

A further 43 per cent have set aside between $ 500,000 and $ 2 million.

Not exact matches

The report says the federation of maple syrup producers in Quebec sets bulk prices and has a monopoly on bulk sales of the product, or 85 per cent of the province's annual yield.

Since last March, WAN has risen 38 per cent from $ 4.78 to recent sales around $ 6.63, with a 52 - week high of $ 6.70 set on January 6.

Our Government has already set an ambitious debt - to - GDP target of 25 per cent by 2021.

The Harper government has set a «target of stabilizing» the debt - to - GDP ratio at 25 per cent by 2021 - 22.

To protect itself from price swings, WestJet has hedged roughly 20 per cent of its planned jet fuel needs for the year through futures contracts, which allow it to buy fuel at set prices down the road.

A statement issued with the decision earlier this month said there was no need for a policy change because market pressures would help inflation fall back toward the bank's 2 per cent target — the Bank is tasked with setting policy to achieve the target.

If policy had been set to ensure that inflation did not rise above 3 per cent, the rise in interest rates would have exacerbated the contractionary shock to foreign demand.

That framework's been in place since the early 1990s, we have hit the target over that 20 year period, the average inflation rate's pretty close to 2.5 per cent, so we regard that as successful by the terms of the definition that we set ourselves and I think that's made a big contribution to economic stability more generally and I don't think it's an accident that that period of fairly low predictable inflation has coincided with pretty good sustained growth in the economy.

So it has no real role in the setting of EI premium rates, given the current legislation, as it has no option but to recommend annual changes of 10 cents.

These programs have set us apart from more traditional business organizations, and have led to a surge in new Members under the age of 35 — 60 per cent of which have been women.»

If a consumer is saying that their costs are going up by 4 per cent because of carbon taxes, gas prices, and so on, you have to ignore that as you do your work around trying to set an interest rate.

It announced that the employee rate for all residents, with the exception of Quebec, would be set at $ 1.83 per $ 100 of insurable earnings for 2012, an increase of 5 cents from the rate for 2011.

The document projects the government to set the growth of program spending at two per cent per year, a target it says would be far below the 4.4 per cent annual average increases of previous Liberal governments.

Speaking after Beach completed the $ 1.585 billion takeover of Origin Energy's Lattice Energy division, the owner of 50 per cent of Waitsia, Mr Kay said Beach is «watching closely» developments at AWE, which has attracted three takeover offers and looks set to agree to a $ 602 million cash bid from Japan's Mitsui.

Engineering construction has risen by 50 per cent over the past year, to reach very high levels, and is set to expand further in the near term, driven by a considerable stock of resource and infrastructure work in the pipeline.

This acceleration is partly due to the very expansionary monetary and fiscal policy settings that have been in place for some time, with the federal funds rate at 1 per cent, and the federal fiscal balance swinging from a surplus of 2 1/2 per cent of GDP in 2000 to a 3 1/2 per cent deficit in 2003.

The two provinces have been embroiled in court battles over rates set out in a decades - old deal, which gives Québec 34 per cent ownership and lower costs to purchase the power.

The children's charity also found that although eight out of ten parents in a YouGov poll said that they knew what to say to their child to keep them safe online, only 28 per cent had actually mentioned privacy settings to them and just 20 per cent discussed location settings.

But while the big - picture structural shifts predicted for the broader Australian retail sector when Amazon sets up its locally based distribution arm and brings a likely 30 per cent price cut to a range of merchandise have belted the share price of many ASX - retailers such as Myer, it's been an own goal that The Reject Shop is still recovering from.

OPINION: Fonterra has produced a solid set of results for the first half of the 2016 - 17 season, with after - tax profit up 2 per cent to $ 418 million.

The company will also look for other acquisitions where it is able to derive synergies with its existing portfolio of businesses, and has set a target of 10 per cent incremental EBITDA for any purchases it makes.

Shares in Treasury Wine have rallied nearly 25 per cent since KKR's bid was made public, signalling investors are expecting a better bid from the US fund or for another player to soon join the auction with a price set at least above $ 5 per share.

Murray Goulburn had offered $ 9.50 cash per share, or $ 533 million, but that hinged on acquiring at least 50 per cent of WCB and gaining approval from the Australian Competition Tribunal, which is set to make a decision by February 28.

With Bega having sold its 18.8 per cent WCB stake already and Murray Goulburn set to follow suit, whether the 90 per cent hurdle is hit will depend on Lion and the hedge funds who own the majority of the remaining stock.

«The established standard for grit removal has been 95 per cent removal at 250 microns, so achieving the same removal efficiency at 105 microns (140 mesh) sets an entirely new benchmark,» said Michael Bambridge, Managing Director of CST Wastewater Solutions.

Having been consistently drafted into the Ireland set - up when not quite 100 per cent,...

Fletcher, Livermore and Yacob have 27, 44 and 57 per cent respectively in the latter category, so it's clear Pulis is gravitating towards Carvalho's excellent presence in the air, which would help them maintain their impressive record of scoring and creating chances from set - pieces, two categories they currently top in the Premier League.

The bill would put into law the government's long - term goal to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 60 per cent by 2050, and set out how it could be achieved.

Surely we should ask if it's fair that the maximum amount that you can get on housing benefit is set at a level that only the top five per cent of earners would otherwise be able to afford.

A memorial trust fund with seed money of Gh cents 500,000 has also been set up by government, President Akufo - Addo announced.

In his Budget statement of March 2012, Chancellor George Osborne, confirmed that there would be no changes to the duty rates set out by his predecessor; therefore rates would continue to rise by two per cent above the rate of inflation.

Alternatively, if the turnover tax rate was set at 10 per cent so that the second vendor paid the same amount of tax as before, the first vendor's tax liability would be double the profit actually made, something clearly unsustainable and out of kilter with ability to pay.

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.»

Unlike his proposal, the measure the Assembly passed last year would provide 12 weeks of paid leave through the state's temporary disability insurance system, and the employee contribution would be set at 45 cents a week.

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.

Upon arrival at the meeting point, 50 Cent was said to have realised it was a set up and an attempt to capture him.

The party on Monday has failed to present the banker's drafts of GH cents 50,000 for its presidential nominee and GH cents 10,000 each for all of its parliamentary nominees by the 12noon deadline set by the EC.

He also reveals to the Super Morning Show that the Gender Ministry has set aside GH cents 6Million of its budget for the project.

It is the first time inflation has been at the government set target of two per cent since November 2009.

Mr Hutton said there would be «severe practical difficulties» in reaching the target as just generating nine per cent of renewal energy by 2020 is set to cost # 4 billion.

«However, contrary to all standards of decency in a democratic setting and in spite of the service of Court process on the Kaduna State government, you have gone ahead to publish on your tweeter handle, a list of teachers who purportedly passed the competency test by scoring 75 per cent and above.

But this 10 per cent cut wasn't a carefully cooked Conservative ploy - it was based on the spending figures the government had itself set out in the budget.

Currently, only 3.5 per cent of the ocean has been set aside for protection with just 1.6 per cent fully protected from exploitation.

The 2030 cuts would be a key step on the road to the government's legally binding target of an 80 per cent cut by 2050, as set out in the 2008 Climate Change Act.

Among those saying they'd be willing to undergo rapid HIV testing in a dental setting, 76 per cent preferred an oral saliva swab, 15 per cent preferred a pin prick test, and eight per cent preferred a traditional blood test that draws blood through a needle.

It would cost US$ 198 million per year, for the first three years, to set aside and reforest enough land to a minimum of 30 per cent forest cover.

They are now running at under 3 per cent and, with maximum increases in the public sector set at 1.5 per cent, many companies have announced that their employees will not receive a rise at all.

If the government set a MUP at 50p, it wouldn't affect pubs or bars and would have no impact on moderate drinkers; the average cost would be # 4 per year and 90 per cent would not be affected at all, the research shows.

I set a number I would like to hit (usually 5 - 10 lbs heavier than my previous 1RM) and work with that in mind as my new 1RM, and typically follow something like this: 8 - 10 x empty bar 5 x 50 % 5 x 60 % 3 x 70 % 1 x 80 % 1 x 90 % 1 x 95 % (depending on how 90 per cent feels, I may skip this set so as to not waste energy) 1 x 100 % (if this feels easy, I may attempt another PR, but this is rarely the case!)