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Thanks to her efforts, Alperton Community School is now in the top one to five per cent of the country in terms of qualifications and accreditations.

Not exact matches

The number of Canadian homes sold in March plunged 23 per cent and the national average price was down 10 per cent from the same month last year amid double - digit plunges in most housing markets across the country, according to the latest monthly sales data released Friday.

Home sales across the country have dropped in the wake of several government policy measures, including a stress test for home buyers with a down payment of more than 20 per cent, that were implemented to cool the country's hot housing market.

There are now about 470 studios operating in the country, and 85 per cent of them are Canadian - owned.

While 19 additional cents for the extra large may seem marginal, it adds up when you sell eight out of every 10 cups of coffee served in the country.

There is an almost universal belief that the world's biggest businesses have cheated and polluted their way to success — with barely ten per cent of respondents in all seven countries surveyed thinking big businesses are «clean».

«While the so - called «value - added» data transmission sector of the Australian telecommunications market is growing rapidly — at rates of up to 25 per cent per annum — the demand for new high - speed services is not being met in rural and remote regions of the country,» Mr Woods said.

As China battles the seeming inevitability of a 19 per cent price hike in iron ore prices, the country's largest iron ore importer is moving quietly to stitch up more long - term supply from Western Australia.

This sharp decline in investment is worth 2 per cent of GDP, with the full force of this shock across the country likely to be felt in 2016.»

Many were already heavily in debt and needed «sustainable finance» and private investment, he said, adding that the countries» average liability and debt ratios had reached 35 and 126 per cent, respectively, far above the globally recognized warning lines of 20 and 100 per cent.

The 7/22 FT reported: «Across countries that use the euro, average debt to gross domestic product reached 92.9 per cent in the first quarter of 2015, up from 92 per cent in the previous quarter and 91.9 per cent in the same period last year, according to figures from Eurostat, the EU's statistical agency.»

Canada is one of four countries in the red zone on this metric along with Hong Kong, China and Switzerland, at 30.7 per cent, 16.7 per cent and 16.3 per cent, respectively.

Last October, T - Mobile announced that it would eliminate international roaming fees by offering unlimited data and texting abroad in over 100 countries while offering a global flat rate of 20 cents per minute on voice calls.

Canada is one of five countries in the red on this metric, again along with Hong Kong and China at 6.9 per cent and 5.1 per cent, respectively.

For example, nearly half the Jews in America live in New York City alone, and the fact that the city of New York is so important to the life of the country taken together with the fact that 30 per cent of the population of that city is Jewish has the effect of throwing its 1,765,000 Jews into very high relief.

In recent years, rich countries have not kept their promises to provide aid to the developing world at a rate of 0.7 per cent of GDP, and although aid has not declined, it has remained flat for some time.

Thanks to falling technology costs — which dropped 58 per cent between 2010 and 2015 — solar is emerging as the leading source of new electricity in countries around the world.

By way of a comparison, this ratio peaked at about 6.1 per cent in the U.S. in the mid-2000s at the height of its housing bubble, and toward the end of the 1980s in Japan, when that country was nearing the end of its own property boom.

All the major countries had reduced interest rates to unprecedented levels in the early part of this decade — 0 per cent in Japan, 1 per cent in the United States and 2 per cent in the euro area — and they maintained this position for a prolonged period.

In the Fall Update, the government will not only be able to show the elimination of the deficit (something no other G - 7 country has achieved) one year earlier than targeted, but also to show a declining debt ratio, rapidly approaching the government's target of 25 per cent, the lowest since the 1960s

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.

The 2009 Edelman goodpurpose Consumer Study, which surveyed 6,000 consumers in 10 countries, revealed that 57 per cent of consumers chose a brand or company because of its CSR initiatives.

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.

Small business provides nearly 55 per cent of all private - sector jobs in British Columbia, the highest rate in the country.

Those tariffs, and other smaller ones in countries such as Japan (6.3 per cent) will be eliminated after a phase - out period of 10 years.

After years of double - digit growth, the country's gross domestic product will expand by 6.8 per cent in 2015 and 6.3 per cent in 2016, according to the IMF.

More than 80 per cent of the retailer's products are designed and developed in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and China, countries known for innovation.

Florida was one of seven states to raise gas tax prices in 2017 — overall, Florida's gas tax is also one of the highest in the country at 34.77 cents per gallon, priced to restore and maintain the state's aging infrastructure.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced today that Malaysia has recorded a 6.2 per cent growth in GDP in the third quarter of this year, an achievement that proves that the country's economic management is on track.

Its gas tax of 17 cents is also one of the lowest in the country.

Indonesia is the largest country in the 10 - member Asean bloc, with more than 260 million people and economic growth of 5 per cent last year.

«[We'll provide immediate and permanent help for Canada's hard working small business people, who are the backbone of the local communities and the creators of 80 per cent of all new jobs in this country,» Mulcair said, in announcing the nearly 20 per cent tax reduction.

Headquartered in Mumbai, Kwench serves more than 500 companies and 40,000 employees across 63 countries, turning in a revenue growth of 60 per cent year - on - year.

Record rainfall last year in Saskatchewan, which produces almost all of the country's lentils, reduced quality supplies by more than 15 per cent, Agriculture and Agri - Food Canada said.

The OECD further suggests that a halving of trade barriers across the G20 would result in a 0.3 - to 3.3 - per - cent boost in jobs for low - skilled workers (the impact varies by country) and a 0.9 - to 3.9 - per - cent expansion in higher - skilled employment opportunities.

Exports to other east Asian countries have fallen by over 10 per cent over the past year, reflecting the economic difficulties in some of those countries in the early part of that period.

Among other English - speaking countries, the Bank of England has increased official rates by 100 basis points in four steps to 6 per cent, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand has increased rates by 200 basis points to 6.5 per cent, and the Bank of Canada has increased rates by 125 basis points to 5.75 per cent, with the past four increases immediately following the US Fed (Table 3).

In some countries, the size of the adjustment in the external position was as much as 10 — 15 per cent of GDIn some countries, the size of the adjustment in the external position was as much as 10 — 15 per cent of GDin the external position was as much as 10 — 15 per cent of GDP.

In its latest assessment of the international outlook, released in late April, the IMF forecasts that growth in the G7 countries will pick up from 2.2 per cent in 2003 to 3.5 per cent in 2004, which is well above the trend rate of around 2 1/2 per cent (Table 1In its latest assessment of the international outlook, released in late April, the IMF forecasts that growth in the G7 countries will pick up from 2.2 per cent in 2003 to 3.5 per cent in 2004, which is well above the trend rate of around 2 1/2 per cent (Table 1in late April, the IMF forecasts that growth in the G7 countries will pick up from 2.2 per cent in 2003 to 3.5 per cent in 2004, which is well above the trend rate of around 2 1/2 per cent (Table 1in the G7 countries will pick up from 2.2 per cent in 2003 to 3.5 per cent in 2004, which is well above the trend rate of around 2 1/2 per cent (Table 1in 2003 to 3.5 per cent in 2004, which is well above the trend rate of around 2 1/2 per cent (Table 1in 2004, which is well above the trend rate of around 2 1/2 per cent (Table 1).

In response, the Bank of England upgraded its 2014 growth forecast for the country to a healthy 3.4 per cent.

This is true not only in our market, but also in another seven of the 27 countries that the OECD identified, using two different measures, as having housing stock that is over-valued by 20 per cent or more.

According to Progress Alberta's research, of the five Canadian provinces that subsidize private schools — the others are B.C., Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec — Alberta's subsidy of 70 per cent of the amount paid per public and Catholic school student is the highest in the country.

Prices rose by an average of 5.2 per cent a year between 1981 and 2012 in the country as a whole, or 1.3 percentage points a year faster than average incomes.

China is the fifth largest source country in respect of the stock of foreign direct investment, accounting for around 4.4 per cent of the total stock.»

Whether an 8 3/4 or 9 1/2 per cent mortgage rate is a real bargain in a country with an underlying rate of inflation of 2 per cent is an open question, but the public seem to think it is.

The smartphone subscriber base in the country saw a 52 per cent y - o - y growth and now accounts for four per cent of the total subscribers base, according to Informa.

Gas prices remained in a holding pattern over the past week but could drop 5 to 15 cents a gallon over the next six weeks as winter keeps demand low throughout most of the country, travel club AAA said.

Canadian online retail, in short, looks a lot like Canadian retail did 20 years ago: unimpressive, outdated and at threat of being thrashed by American retailers — many of which are already making steady progress in better serving this market.Despite the country's reputation as one of the world's most wired and digitally social people, Canadians only spent $ 18 - billion online in 2010, or 3.4 per cent of total retail sales, according to Boston Consulting Group — well behind other developed countries such as the U.S. at 5 per cent and the United Kingdom at 13.5 per cent.

According to a recent national survey commissioned by the Business Council of Canada and conducted by Ipsos, Canadians themselves are nearly unanimous in wanting to see this country's companies held to the highest ethical standards, both at home and abroad (93 per cent agree).

The latest Consensus forecasts are for GDP growth in the G7 group of countries of 1 1/2 per cent in 2003, similar to that achieved last year, rising to 2 1/2 per cent in 2004 (Graph 1).