British firms also came out bottom for publishing specific targets for improvements (20 per
cent of firms compared with 62 per cent in the US) and in using recycled paper (35 per cent against 80 per cent in the US).
Not exact matches
Most important, a survey last year by WDS, a Xerox - owned
firm, showed that three - quarters
of iPhone users stick with the brand when upgrading their devices,
compared to 58 per
cent for Samsung.
The Venice, California - based
firm posted a net loss
of $ 385.8 million, or 30
cents per share,
compared with $ 2.21 billion, or $ 2.31 per share, a year earlier.
Just five per
cent of companies that have won a Best Managed award have gone out
of business,
compared to an estimated 72 per
cent of average Canadian
firms in a comparable period
of time.
Even the younger set find these benefits appealing, with 82 per
cent of those ages 20 to 37 (millennials) and 81 per
cent of those ages 38 to 52 (generation X) citing the benefits as a critical factor in accepting a job,
compared to 74 per
cent of baby boomers (ages 53 to 71), found the survey by management consulting
firm Accenture.
For office workers, data from Mercer's December Quarterly Salary Review show a slight
firming in the growth rate
of base salaries, to around 4.3 per
cent in year - ended terms,
compared with slightly less than 4 per
cent earlier in 2003.
About one - quarter
of the 1,404 male lawyers in the province are partners in a law
firm,
compared to 12 per
cent of the 854 female lawyers.
Almost 10 per
cent also said they sponsor a pension plan,
compared with a negligible number
of respondents last year, and around four per
cent of firms in 2014.
For one thing, the legal industry spends less than one per
cent on research and development
compared with an average
of 3.5 per
cent for the typical U.S. business, according to Dan Jensen, head
of Nextlaw Labs, a business accelerator focused on investing in, developing and deploying new technologies to transform the practice
of law and an autonomous, wholly owned subsidiary
of global law
firm Dentons LLP.
Compare that with a 2015 University
of Toronto study — «Law and Beyond» — that found female lawyers in Canada earned 93 per
cent of the full - time salary
of their male counterparts — except in the largest
firms, where their earnings were 91 per
cent of men's.
For private insurers, the settlement ratio had gone down to 88.65 per
cent in 2012 - 13, as
compared to 89.34 per
cent during the previous year, Irda said.It further revealed that private sector insurance
firms have been rejecting about 8 per
cent of the claims as against 1.12 per
cent by the LIC.
The value
of funds raised globally by digital coin offerings in January and February fell 43 per
cent to US$ 726 million
compared with November and December when bitcoin, the best known cryptocurrency, hit an all - time high just below US$ 20,000, according to data from research
firm Novum Insights.
He estimates that Trans ‑ Action Group has about 2.5 per
cent of the Montreal market now,
compared to the
firm's 40 per
cent share in areas such as Ste. Hyancinthe and Abitibi.
A new report by realty
firm Re / Max Integra shows that 40 per
cent of 65 districts within the Toronto Real Estate Board recorded detached house price increases in the quarter ended June 30
compared with the first quarter
of 2017, including almost half
of all the districts in the 905 regions surrounding the city
of Toronto.