Sentences with phrase «cent of its value even»

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Magazines and newspapers, meanwhile, became obsessed with counting links and eyeballs, the words on the screen being incidental except as bait for mouse clicks valued in thousandths of a cent (and, journalistically speaking, often overpriced even then).

But a year after its launch last April, industry observers remain unconvinced that Ontario's 15 per cent non-resident speculation tax had the right target in its crosshairs and, home buyers and sellers — caught mid-transaction by the ensuing plunge in home values — say the government hasn't even acknowledged the casualties caused by its manipulation of the market.

One may argue that Bitcoin as a store of value may even be better than some of the national currencies, especially in countries where the local economy is turbulent as is the case with certain Latin American countries where $ 1 today may be worth just 50 cents the next day.

Even though they were attracting fruit flies, had a combined value of no more than 17 cents, and numbered too few to make a batch of banana bread, the thriftster in me didn't want to throw them away.

CCA's share of the bottled water market by value has fallen from 40 per cent in 2009 to about 25 per cent, while its share of water volumes has fallen from about 25 per cent to just 12 per cent, even though CCA has reduced prices to better compete with cheaper brands and private label.

much like when a country can't divulge highly classified information publicly for obvious economic and military reasons, a professional soccer organization must keep certain things in - house so they don't devalue a player, expose a weakness, provide info that could give an opposing club leverage in future negotiations and / or give them vital intel regarding a future match, but when dishonesty becomes the norm the relationship between cub and fan will surely deteriorate... in our particular case, our club has done an absolutely atrocious job when it comes to cultivating a healthy and honest relationship with the media or their fans, which has contributed greatly to our lack of success in the transfer market... along with poor decisions involving weekly wages, we can't ever seem to get true market value for most of our outgoing players and other teams seem to squeeze every last cent out of us when we are looking to buy; why wouldn't they, when you go to the table with such a openly desperate and dysfunctional team like ours, you have all the leverage; made even worse by the fact that who wouldn't want to see our incredibly arrogant and thrifty manager squirm during the process... the real issue at this club is respect, a word that appears to be entirely lost on those within our hierarchy... this is the starting point from which all great relationships between club and supporters form... this doesn't mean that a team can't make mistakes along the way, that's just human nature, it's about how they chose to deal with these situations that will determine if this relationship flourishes or devolves..

Even though women used an average of four pads (two per eye), they're a good value at about 15 cents per pad.

Government changes to the discount rate (a rate of interest used to value the Teachers» Pension Scheme) mean that even though the scheme benefits have been cut and employee contributions increased, employer contributions have risen from 14.1 per cent to 16.4 per cent.

At half a per cent of the car's value, it'd also be small change for the eventual owner — if that owner was even paying at all, since Tom Hartley will offer the car with the Platinum Plus warranty included.

Consider that R8s debuted costing little over # 82,000, and even the cheapest models have lost little over 40 per cent of their value in eight years.

However, residuals aren't as good as the Volkswagen Golf and you'd probably be lucky to get even 40 per cent of its value back after three years and with average mileage.

The entry - level Cayman 2.0 is actually the biggest depreciation - buster — holding on to 55.36 per cent of its value, while even a top - spec Cayman S with the PDK gearbox will keep 50.58 per cent.

The non-S model lost around 55 per cent of its value after three years and 30,000 miles, which is a hefty chunk of cash, even if you can afford the initial outlay.

Even with finances being at the forefront for many working Canadians, only 28 per cent of those polled said a higher salary is their top priority compared with 48 per cent who said they value a better work - life balance and healthy work environment more.

In fact, according to The Points Guy valuation chart, these card valuations are both currently valued at 2.1 cents each, even though they are worth less if you use them to book travel directly with Chase instead of through its travel partners.

If you transfer your points to partners with valuable award charts, it is not very difficult to achieve redemption values of at least 2 cents / point (often 3 - 4) which widens the value disparity even more.

Well, if you're really so worried that you need to be sure that every single cent of your money is always rock - solid secure — that is, you simply can't countenance the possibility that the value of any of your savings could drop, even temporarily — then you should probably stick to FDIC - insured savings vehicles like savings and money - market accounts.

Most banks offer loan of up to 80 per cent of the value, while some can even stretch to 85 per cent in case you earn well, have a clean financial record and have no other financial liabilities.

You can get more than 2 cents per point in value at some high - end Wyndham properties, but even at your average Days Inn or Howard Johnson, the Go Fast (cash + points) rate seems to provide a pretty consistent baseline of at least 1 cent per point.

While usually followers of prevailing trends, traders employing leveraged ETFs are now refusing to turn bullish even as the S&P 500 jumped 14 per cent in a rebound that restored US$ 2.5 trillion in values since the Feb. 11 low.

Not only does redeeming your Ultimate Rewards points for travel through Chase's portal gain you significant value — up to 1.25 cents per point with the 25 % discount for travel redemption — but you can often get even more pow for your point by transferring them to any of Chase's 10 travel partners.

Even though the Amex Platinum has more transfer partners, the Reserve also has the ability to redeem points for travel at a rate of 1.5 cents apiece, guaranteeing that you can get some great value out of the program.

However, a redemption rate of 1 cent per point is as high as it gets, with many merchants offering an even lower value.

Even when you take into account the higher value of the Preferred card's points (we value them at 1.26 cents per point), the Preferred card can't match the value of Bank of America's relationship bonus.

However, a redemption rate of 1 cent per point is as high as it gets, with many merchants offering an even lower value.

The value of Ultimate Rewards points can range as high as 1.5 cents per point if you redeem them for travel through the Ultimate Rewards portal and even higher if you transfer them to airline partners to redeem for airfare.

Even at 30,000 points per night, that's still around 2.33 cents per point in value, which exceeds our target of 2 cents per point, indicating it's a good deal.

It could even pull ahead against the Citi Prestige ® American Airlines benefit that offers a value of 1.6 cents each, but it all just depends on what value your TrueBlue points return when you do a simple award search.

When you transfer points to any Chase reward travel partners, the redemption value of each point can be worth even more with some redemptions at up to 5 - 8 cents per point for international first and business class options.

You can usually get a value of over 2 cents per point and sometimes even close to 3 cents.

However, a redemption rate of one cent per point is the best you'll get, and some merchants offer even less value.

Even credit card point fledglings can get at least $ 1,500 in travel by using the Chase Ultimate Rewards travel portal (a value of 1.5 cents per point).

I feel I should lower the value of United's currency due to these added restrictions even though I still see myself finding plenty of opportunities to get around 2 cents of value.

If you're one of those people who values United miles at a lower rate, say 1.7 cents, then it's an even better deal.

Not only does redeeming your Ultimate Rewards points for travel through Chase's portal gain you significant value — up to 1.25 cents per point with the 25 % discount for travel redemption — but you can often get even more pow for your point by transferring them to any of Chase's 10 travel partners.

Out - of - pocket, even in low season, you're looking at around $ 900 per person from the East Coast, giving you a 2.3 cent value for your miles.

As a general rule, we like to try to get at least 1.5 cents in value out of every mile, which should be possible even for domestic economy flights.

Or you can use the points for 6 GoFast cash & point reward nights, sometimes getting you an even higher point value of up to 5 cents per point!

Even though the taxes and fees on premium cabins are naturally higher, first class flights still pack a powerful punch in terms of cents - per - mile value:

If you transfer your points to partners with valuable award charts, it is not very difficult to achieve redemption values of at least 2 cents / point (often 3 - 4) which widens the value disparity even more.

It's not even published, so the airline may charge a point value akin to 1 cent per mile or worse in relation to the price of purchase of that ticket in cash.

If you're only going to redeem for a fixed value of 1 cent per point — or even 1.25 cents per point — you might as well skip having a premium credit card and instead use a card like Barclays Arrival Plus World Elite card or the Fidelity Investment Rewards American Express, since either of those cards will give you 2 cents per dollar spent on everything.

Most airfare redemptions on the American Express redemption travel portal will only net you 1 cent of value (and points are worth even less if you try to redeem points for other travel options).

Doing so can elevate the value of each point well beyond the average 1 cent you'd get when redeeming points through the Amex rewards website, even with a changeover fee of $ 0.0006 per point.

That's true even if you're transferring points to travel partners and redeeming at that average value of 1.8 cents per point.

And based on TPG's most recent valuation of ThankYou points at 1.6 cents apiece, you can get $ 1,200 in value by transferring the points for potentially even greater redemptions to any of the 15 partners in the ThankYou program, which includes 13 airlines (like Singapore, Air France / KLM, Cathay Pacific and JetBlue), as well as the Hilton Honors hotel chain and Sears Shop Your Way.

In general, you should still be able to redeem Avios at 3 - 4 cents per point or more, which is more value than you'll get from most hotel point redemptions, and this is why I'd recommend this card above most Chase hotel cards apart from the Hyatt Visa, even if you have no intention of spending $ 20,000 on the card to earn the full 100K bonus.

As you can see you could use these 15,000 points to redeem a room at the Ramada Downtown Dubai which is currently going for 999 AED = $ 273 USD giving you a value of at least 1.82 cents per point although there are many more examples which provide even more value.

That's actually why I suggest the Barclaycard Arrival as one of the top travel credit cards out there, because you earn 2X miles per $ 1 on all purchases and you can redeem them for travel — pretty much any travel that you can't normally redeem airline miles or hotel points for, such as rail tickets, car rentals, even the fees and taxes on award tickets — at a fixed rate of 1 cent per mile plus a 5 % mileage refund, and know you're getting a very decent fixed value or 2.2 % back on your spending.

Taking the referral points out of it, which are worth $ 1500 (valuing Amex points at 1.5 cents — the valuation with a 35 % bonus refund when booking revenue tickets through Amex travel) I'm still breaking even on the card.