Not exact matches
The investment indicator in the Business Outlook Survey weakened significantly from the summer
report, as the balance of opinion between firms
planning more spending on machinery and equipment versus those predicting less dropped to 17 per
cent from 29 per
cent in the summer and 35 per
cent at the start of the year.
At first glance, the
planned $ 600 million expansion of Perth's Karrinyup Shopping Centre seems to run counter to the relentless march of internet retailing, especially as a fresh
report predicts that 50 per
cent of all retail sales will be made over the internet in less than 10 years.
In the 23rd Actuarial
Report on the Canada Pension
Plan (OCA, 2007), the Office of the Chief Actuary (OCA) certified that, in spite of the substantial increase in CPP benefit payments that would result from the retirement of the baby boom generation, the current legislated contribution rate of 9.9 per
cent for employers and employees combined would be more than enough to pay for benefits through 2075.
Suncorp has
reported a 1.3 per
cent uptick in first - half profit, as it continues to roll out its transformation
plans.
Retail Food Group shares shed half their value when the stock resumed trading on Monday after
reporting December - half losses of $ 88 million and unveiling
plans to close at least 10 per
cent of its Australian stores.
That same study
reported that over a third of Canadians believe the travel insurance offered through their credit card (37 per
cent) or their employer benefits
plan (37 per
cent) is all that's required.
In a speech that pleased anti-rape campaigners, the Tory leader last month set out
plans to increase the rape conviction rate, highlighting that three - quarters of raped women do not
report the crime and only 5.7 per
cent of
reported rapes result in a conviction.
The Financial Times's story links back to an earlier piece in the paper which
reported Nick Boles's speech in which the
Planning Minister declared that the percentage of green land that should be built on should increase from 9 to 12 per
cent.
One important moment came in last year's pre-Budget
report, when Darling announced a
plan to bring in a new 45 per
cent rate of income tax on earnings above # 150,000 a year in 2011.
«This is due to the
planned recruitment of 700 additional staff in 2017 and salary review by 30 per
cent approved by the Salary, Wages and Income Commission,» the
report of the Senate Committee on Finance on the FIRS budget, which was approved by the lawmakers, read.
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Thirty per
cent of survey respondents found applying to university difficult, 40 %
report receiving little support from their school in
planning their application, and 38 % say they felt intimidated when applying for university — highlighting the value of supporting young people during the process.
The ballot also discovered that: 96 per
cent of respondents lacked confidence in proposed Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA) measures to reduce workload in the 2016 - 17 session; 94 per
cent of respondents said they lacked confidence in the SQA's
plans to reduce workload; and the Tackling Bureaucracy
Report, a Scottish government initiative from March 2015, had failed to reduce teachers» workload in 96 per
cent of schools.
Seven out of 10 teachers said they «very rarely» taught
planning strategies and 57 per
cent reported including teaching revising strategies in their weekly allocated time for writing instruction.
Schools Week revealed last week that Ofsted had saved more than # 3 million by delaying inspections, under what it called a «slow start», and the
report reveals the extent of this, with just 67 per
cent of
planned inspections of maintained schools having gone ahead between April 2015 and March 2016.
(hh) If the unencumbered amount of cumulative surplus revenue from tuition held by a charter school at the end of a fiscal year, less (i) the amount of the fourth quarter tuition payment, (ii) the amount held in reserve for the purchase or renovation of an academic facility pursuant to a capital
plan, and (iii) any reserve funds held as security for bank loans, exceeds 20 per
cent of its operating budget and its budgeted capital costs for the succeeding fiscal year as is
reported in a capital
plan to be submitted in the school's most recent annual
report, the amount in excess of said 20 per
cent shall be returned by the charter school to the sending district or districts and the state in proportion to their share of tuition paid during the fiscal year.
Noting that only one - third of the Canadian work force is currently covered by a registered pension
plan, and that savings rates have gone down in recent decades, a
report by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce earlier this year warned that those born in the 1980s could face a 30 - per -
cent drop in their standard of living upon retirement.
And more than half
reported saving just five per
cent or less of their paycheque versus the 10 per
cent recommended by financial
planning experts, while 79 per
cent expected to delay retirement until age 60 or older, up from an average of 70 per
cent over the past three years.
The alternative mining
plan would have raised production costs for Arch subsidiary Mingo Logan Coal Co. by 55
cents per ton, about 1 percent of the expected per - ton sales price, according to the
report obtained under the federal Freedom of Information Act.
The positivity will soon be felt in corporate law departments as well, with 77 per
cent of the 117 chief legal officers and corporate law department heads that responded
reporting plans to raise their lawyers» average salaries next year.
Although 97 per
cent of large U.S. firms sponsor a women's initiative, only 42 per
cent report their women's initiative is part of the firm's strategic
plan.
And the final highlight of the
report shows in the
reporting provinces and territories, even though almost 10,000 lawyers — private lawyers: 87 per
cent; legal aid
plan staff lawyers: 13 per
cent — provided legal aid assistance in 2009 - 10, those numbers are down two per
cent from the previous year.
The
report also shows that legal aid
plans across the country received $ 721 million in funding, of which 93 per
cent came from the provincial / territorial and federal goverments.
According to an American Lawyer
report on the top 200 firms in the country released in December, 39 per
cent of managing partners said their firms de-equitized partners in 2011, and 38 per
cent planned to de-equitize more in 2012.
Firms are
reporting or
planning an increase of four per
cent in standard hourly billing rates for 2011.
n a
report releasted today by Robert Half, 50 per
cent of executives interviewed
plan to add to the number of full - time employees who are legal professionals in the third quarter of 2011.
Only 26 per
cent of legal departments have a succession
plan in place, and the vast majority of legal departments do not have a formal mentoring program; only six per
cent reported having such a program in place.
Currently 60 per
cent of the total accumulated corpus can be commuted as compared to one - third of total accumulated corpus allowed for pension
plans from life insurers,» the
report said.
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reports on audit procedures to comply with ISACA and other industry standards, Communicated risks and other issues to executive management
The
report says that while 35 per
cent of people
planning and those who would consider buying a cottage have budgeted approximately $ 100,000 to $ 300,000 for their recreational property, only five per
cent of those
planning to buy have budgeted $ 300,000 to $ 500,000 — the range encompassing the average cottage.
A
report by Royal LePage found that 64 per
cent of Canadians view cottage ownership as a sound investment, and
plan to pursue their...
A
report by Royal LePage found that 64 per
cent of Canadians view cottage ownership as a sound investment, and
plan to pursue their dream of buying a recreational property.