Sentences with phrase «cent return as»

The researchers from the Roper Center at the University of Connecticut chose 2,000 such professors at random and received an impressive 57 - per - cent return as 1,112 took time to answer 200 questions.

Not exact matches

Personal income tax will hit a 20 - year high of 12.5 per cent of GDP by 2020 - 21 under the budget forecasts as the government relies on bracket creep and an increase in the Medicare levy to return the budget to surplus.

«Several decades back, a return on equity of as little as 10 percent enabled a corporation to be classified as a «good» business — i.e., one in which a dollar reinvested in the business logically could be expected to be valued by the market at more than 100 cents.

When you exchange points for cash or as a statement credit, generally the best return you can get is one cent for each point applied towards the price of the ticket when you booked it.

The September crude contract rose 48 cents to settle at US$ 107.33 a barrel as supply concerns returned following the renewed unrest in Egypt.

While we used to think of new mines as projects that required WTI prices near $ 100 per barrel to be viable, we can see 10 per cent rates of return on investment at WTI prices below $ US65 per barrel for a new build.

If everything stayed as it is today... it would probably be around a 15 - year full payback, and then over the life of the panels, you'd expect to make a four or five per cent return on your investment.

Returning the rate to that level, combined with the most recent uptick in the top marginal personal income tax rate, would mean that Ontario investors would pay as much as 40 per cent tax on capital gains.

Valeant CEO Joseph Papa took home US$ 62.7 million in 2016 as the stock dropped, providing an 85 - per - cent negative return for shareholders.

With an end - date in sight, the wealthy can take advantage of various means to defer their income until the top tax rate returns to 14.7 per cent, thereby undermining the ability of the new tax to raise as much revenues as it should.

Gaurav Mendiratta, founder and CEO, SocioSquare, said, «Everyone is facing common problems of return on investment (ROI) from social ads, as well as their content reaching to only a few per cent of their followers / fans.

As for executive compensation, all of the company's five named executive officers received 17 per cent more in 2017 than they did in 2016; meanwhile its total return was down by 46 per cent.

Forties crude differentials to dated Brent have fallen to minus 70 US cents, from a premium of 75 US cents at the start of the year as the Forties pipeline returned to normal operations.

Even more astonishing, between Dec. 31, 1998, and the end of last year, a portfolio of laddered GICs — a strategy in which an investment is staggered over short - and long - term GICs and then rolled over as they mature — generated an average annual return of 3.9 per cent.

Under the proposed cash - for - cans scheme, consumers will be given a 10 cents refund when they return a bottle or can to a depot, as is the case in South Australia and the Northern Territory.

Forty per cent of Australian production is exported, so as the dollar falls the returns to dairy farmers will get better.

The popularity of the Labour party would slip three per cent if Blair returned as leader, a poll has revealed.

Under first - past - the - post, they have fared less strongly in general elections, typically recording around one per cent of the UK - wide vote (although a slightly higher average in the seats they contest); in 2010, the Greens won 0.96 per cent of the vote (1.81 per cent in the seats where they put up a candidate), and returned an MP to the House of Commons for the first time, as Caroline Lucas wrested Brighton Pavilion from Labour.

As a result this sector is expected to see a fall of three per cent in 2011 and four per cent in 2012 before a return to growth in 2013.

And as John Rentoul, from his eagle - eyed perch, summarised at the weekend, forty per cent of voters think likely Cameron will return as Prime Minister, forty three per cent believe him to be better at managing the economy, thirty six per cent prefer him to handle immigration and forty two per cent believe he has «the qualities needed in a leader».

For example, if someone needs to file a 2016/17 tax return to tell HMRC about a new source of taxable income and the reason they did not tell the tax authority by the 5 October 2017 deadline was neither deliberate nor concealed (for example, it may have been careless or a genuine mistake), then HMRC can charge them 30 per cent of the tax due, as a penalty.

That adds up to 65 per cent of those polled expecting David Cameron to return to Downing Street as Prime Minister after the next general election.

Mr Clegg is understood to be particularly keen to see the return of one of his party's few heavy hitters as the Liberal Democrats have been slumping in the polls, falling as low as 10 per cent in one YouGov survey last week.

So what will I do when I finally vote in the referendum on May 5th where on the one hand we have the incumbent First Past the Post System which we know at a national level to be unrepresentative and unfair as it returns governments with overwhelming majorities in the House of Commons even though they only have forty per cent of the vote or less, or AV which is not a representative system but more complicated with it's opaque results making it more open to election fraud or the suspicion of.

N2O could become 50 per cent more destructive as stratospheric CFCs return to pre-industrial levels.

The number of wolves in France will be allowed to increase by 40 per cent, as wilderness continues its return to Europe

Drew Barrymore leads the pack as the most overpaid actress in Hollywood not necessarily because she earns more than most, but because for every $ 1 she's paid, her films return a mere 40 cents.

Recent Upturn By the time 2012 arrived, BESA's quarterly survey of the school's digital content industry in association with the Education Publishers Council (EPC) showed a return of market confidence as procurement across UK primary and secondary schools increased by 8.6 per cent in quarter one, compared to the same quarter in 2011.

However a government spokesperson argued: «Teaching has a lower turnover rate than the economy as a whole — 90 per cent of teachers in state schools stay in the profession from one year to the next while the number of teachers returning to the classroom continues to rise year after year.»

(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.

The Toyota Fortuner offers an average of 85 per cent return in 3 years, whereas SUVs / MUVs such as the Renault Duster, Mahindra Scorpio and Mahindra Xylo offer between 72 - 76 per cent.

Although Kindle Countdown promotions were set up as a means of discounting your pricing in increments and gradually returning to the retail price, the preferred method with most authors has been to discount to 99 cents for one to five days (typically three days) and then return to retail.

You note that print returns «20 cents of profit on each dollar» versus 52.5 cents for ebooks, more than 2-1/2 as much.

An index that weighted stocks based on sales outperformed the benchmark by 53 per cent, an index that weighted stocks based on earnings outperformed by 77 per cent and an index that weighted stocks based on return - on - equity outperformed by 114 per cent — an astounding difference when you consider that it still draws from the same 500 stocks as the benchmark index.

Seventy - seven per cent believe the fear of poor market performance is driving investors to boost their cash holdings, even though 67 % view cash as ultimately leading to «a guaranteed negative return.»

The good news is that, as a self - employed taxpayer (or their spouse or partner), you actually have until June 15, 2018 to file your return; however, any taxes owing for 2017 must still be paid by April 30, 2018 to avoid non-deductible arrears interest, charged at the current prescribed rate of 6 per cent.

This approach paid off handsomely, dragging Keynes's lifetime track record with the Discretionary Portfolio up to a 16 per cent annual return, well above the 10.4 per cent of the market as a whole.

Total CPI inflation is expected to remain around 1 per cent in the near term before rising gradually, along with core inflation, to the 2 per cent target in the second half of 2014 as the economy returns to full capacity and inflation expectations remain well - anchored.

The S&P 500 index, for instance, had a one - year return of 6.5 per cent, while the Nikkei Index's one - year return was 32.48 per cent as at last Monday, says Mr Mok, citing Bloomberg data.

Remember, that's assuming Pete can generate the same 5 per cent annual return as Eddy did in our first example.

As before, higher returns would mean more modest savings targets: 6 per cent returns would require annual savings of $ 4,500 if you start at 30, $ 9,100 starting at 40 and $ 21,500 at age 50.

If I'm off 10, 20 or even 100 per cent in estimating some aspect of a technology company, it doesn't kill my returns so long as the trend behind my investment has massive growth.

That fund has a compound annual return of 6.27 per cent since inception, as of Nov. 30, 2017, which is certainly more than today's GIC rates.

As a result, the full $ 5,000 is invested in his RRSP, grows to $ 9,031 (also compounded at a three per cent rate of return) and is ultimately taxed in 20 years» time at 40 per cent, netting Jake exactly the same after - tax amount as Isaac, or $ 5,41As a result, the full $ 5,000 is invested in his RRSP, grows to $ 9,031 (also compounded at a three per cent rate of return) and is ultimately taxed in 20 years» time at 40 per cent, netting Jake exactly the same after - tax amount as Isaac, or $ 5,41as Isaac, or $ 5,418.

This isn't surprising as the S&P / TSX composite index delivered a 7.4 - per - cent annual return over this period compared to the S&P 500's paltry 3.3 per cent.

The grocery store inventory can increase turnover and returns if the stocks purchased are cheap enough (i.e. buying a 50 cent dollar over and over again can result in very profitable returns, even after taxes, as the profits are reinvested back into more opportunities).

For example, a government bond might pay 3 per cent as a return.

Twice as many cats are dumped in shelters compared to dogs, and whereas 68 per cent of stray dogs are reunited with their owners, only 10 per cent of cats are returned home.

Furthermore, apps are being designed to keep in contact with the customer after they return from their holiday, with 37 per cent planning to use their app as part of the post-holiday follow - up strategy.

Clearly the best return is airline miles, assuming you value them at 2 cents each as I do.