Included in this report is a recently released evaluation by Dr. Thomas Gunton and Sean Broadbent, who evaluated the Kinder Morgan's spill risk assessment method in 2013, concluding that the expansion proposal has a 99 per
cent risk of pipeline and tanker spills, when it is examine using standard methodology.
The Queensland DET's #codingcounts discussion paper predicts 40 per cent of Australian jobs are at more than 70 per
cent risk of being automated in the next 10 - 15 years.
An age difference increased to ten years shows a thirty - nine per
cent risk of that marriage failing.
The scientists found an extreme rainfall event that would normally happen once every 100 years (i.e. there's a one per
cent risk of it occurring in any given year) is now happening more like once in 80 years (or a 1.25 per cent risk).
That's because there is up to a 3 per
cent risk of bleeding or stroke from the surgery and the risk of infection is up to 5 per cent.
Every time a woman has sex with a man infected with syphilis, she faces a 30 per
cent risk of becoming infected.
Elderly people run a 20 per
cent risk of developing pneumonia after major surgery, particularly if the operation is on the brain.
Not exact matches
PwC, for example, estimates nearly 40 per
cent of jobs in the U.S. are at
risk due to automation, especially in the transportation, manufacturing and retail industries.
With 90 per
cent of Australians at
risk of developing a chronic disease and the workplace being where most
of us spend up to half our waking hours, it's only right employers become drivers
of change.
Austbrokers Holdings has expanded into the Western Australian broking sector with the purchase
of a 50 per
cent interest in Bunbury - based insurance broker NEXUS
Risk Services.
The author
of this study, Joni Hersch, finds that after controlling for other factors that determine wages, women employed in jobs with an average probability
of being sexual harassed are paid a compensating differential
of 25
cents per hour relative to women employed in jobs with no
risk of sexual harassment.
Men employed in jobs with an average probability
of being sexual harassed are paid 50
cents per hour more than men employed in jobs with no
risk of harassment.
At about 50
cents a pop, the aforementioned VIX call options expiring in 13 days have only been this cheap on a couple
of occasions since the start
of 2011, and not in three years, according to data compiled by Macro
Risk Advisors.
The debt - service ratio in both Russia and Turkey were also showing signs
of risk, at 1.8 per
cent and 6.1 per
cent, respectively.
It's great that you're so committed to your workout routine, but if you're spending all your free time sprinting and lifting you're not giving your body enough time to recover and rebuild, which can increase your
risk of injury and actually hinder your progress, explains Jay Cardiello, a fitness and nutrition expert who has sculpted the bodies
of some
of the music scene's biggest superstars, including 50
Cent and J.Lo.
For its ACH service, WePay is charging 1 percent plus 30
cents per transaction, and that covers «the full spectrum
of risk - management» and additional merchant services that WePay's platform provides to the small businesses that use it to accept digital payments, White says.
If you're talking about a new project with no significant investment already deployed, building a new mine if you expect today's prices to hold in the long term is a tough call — a 50 year oil sands project is a lot
of risk for less than a 10 per
cent rate
of return — but even there, you can see the impact
of the lower Canadian dollar and the hedge provided by a royalty regime which lowers rates when prices are low.
The Bank's Governing Council judges that the overall balance
of risks remains within the zone for which the current stance
of monetary policy is appropriate, and the target for the overnight rate remains at 1/2 per
cent.
The Update incorporates the October average private sector economic forecasts and an increased «adjustment for
risk» for 2011 - 12 to 2013 - 14, as well as an increase in employment insurance rates
of only 5
cents (employee rate) for 2012, rather than the 10
cents set in legislation As a result, the balanced budget target is delayed from 2014 - 15 to 2016 - 17, prior to the inclusion
of the Targeted Strategic and Operating Review Savings (now called «Deficit Reduction Action Plan Saving Target»).
While the $ 2.36 per share offer only implies a «small» 15 per
cent takeover premium to Deutsche's $ 2.05 price target, the research team points to «recent operational
risks in the hospital portfolio, the execution
risks of the Northern Beaches greenfield project and our lower revenue growth outlook for the private hospital industry.»
Some 5.7 %
of corporate junk bonds from emerging markets are trading at prices below 70
cents on the dollar, more than double the rate for higher -
risk U.S. bonds, according to JPMorgan.
It found 89 per
cent of managers agreed energy transition
risks - such as increasing emissions regulations or growing competition from clean tech alternatives - will significantly impact the valuations
of the oil companies in the next five years, compared to 46 per
cent when the survey was conducted in 2017.
In fact, over half
of asset managers reported that reputational
risks are already negatively impacting oil company valuations, and a further 25 per
cent predicted they will impact value in the next two years.
In our view running annual deficits approaching 2 per
cent of GDP would be «imprudent» and would put at
risk the government's commitment to a «sustainable» fiscal framework.
A report in February last year from the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association suggested default funds for defined contribution (DC) pensions - which 90 per
cent of DC savers subscribe to - are vulnerable to a range
of environmental, social and governance
risks (ESG), including substantial climate
risk.
Over the same period, the Canadian dollar appreciated from a record low
of around 62
cents U.S. to above parity, helping to reduce the inflationary
risks that came with the stronger growth and increased income.
A bill introduced by the B.C. Liberal government will break apart the Agricultural Land Reserve, removing protections from 90 per
cent of B.C. farmland and putting it at
risk of industrial development, say New Democrats.
So, at the
risk of ruffling a few feathers among the bitcoin enthusiasts and staunch supporters, I will put forth my two
cents on why the latest rally in bitcoin is looking bubbly.
Historically, accepting market
risk in the 8 %
of history matching the present market return /
risk classification has turned a dollar into about 7
cents over time.
While these entities» total Australian dollar raisings typically represent a small share
of their overall raisings — around 5 per
cent in the case
of supranationals — they are an important source
of credit diversification (without currency
risk) for local investors.
This amounts to a «prudence» factors on total revenues
of about 0.6 per
cent in 2011 - 12 and only 0.3 per
cent in 2015 - 16, hardly significant given the uncertainty and
risks described above.
Stating that the
risk of a substantial fall in inflation was greater than the
risk of a substantial rise, the Fed lowered the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 1 per
cent in June.
If it raises rates too quickly, the bank
risks choking off economic growth, falling short
of its ideal inflation target
of two per
cent and could lead to the type
of financial stability
risk it's trying to avoid, he said.
In particular, the market has scaled back its view
of downside
risk, with the expected likelihood
of a fall
of 15 per
cent or more over the next three months dropping from 8 per
cent to 3 per
cent.
The Board's assessment
of this information at its May meeting was that inflation remained likely to increase gradually from its current level
of around 2 1/2 per
cent, but that upside
risks to this forecast had receded, partly as a result
of the March tightening.
Moreover, 7.2 per
cent growth, which is the other way to look at not taking early benefits, plus indexation, is hard to achieve on a long term basis in income stocks or with federal government bonds with no
risk of default.
He highlighted that more than 60 per
cent of Balama's future production was not yet contracted under a binding offtake contract, and a possible
risk that graphite could be replaced in battery anodes by silicon.
So how do conservative investors and pension funds, who require an average
of 8 per
cent return to remain viable, balance their portfolio without adding more
risk?
It comes as a new study shows nearly 80 per
cent of the British public see no signs
of improvement for hundreds
of thousands
of vulnerable children who are at
risk of serious issues such as neglect, poverty, bad health or homelessness.
According to Covenant Eyes, 56 per
cent of divorce cases involved one party having an obsessive interest in porn, and in my survey
of those struggling with sex and porn addiction, 46 per
cent had lost a relationship and 71 per
cent knew they were at
risk of doing so.
Last year St Columba's Lochside Mission and Outreach youth programme provided more than 150 lunches daily to local children after church staff learned that the 95 per
cent of children in one local primary school, who receive free school lunches and breakfasts during the school term, were at
risk of hunger during the summer holidays.
Several studies
of young unmarried mothers have found that between 20 and 25 per
cent became pregnant again within two years (with the rate going much higher among certain minority groups) The repeat
of pregnancy appears to be related to a lack
of knowledge about the
risks of sexual intercourse, limited opportunity for further education, boredom with homelife, and the unavailability
of a strong female support group.
«All vegetarians together had on average a 22 per
cent reduction in the
risk of developing colorectal cancer, compared with non-vegetarians,» said Orlich.
In fact, those living in remote areas are at greater
risk of food insecurity than their urban counterparts as, on average, food is up to 50 per
cent more expensive in remote communities,» he stated.
Losing just five per
cent of body weight has been shown to significantly improve health, including lowering the
risk of heart disease, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes.
Murray Goulburn thinks there is a
risk Saputo will not achieve its control hurdles given 46 per
cent of WCB stock is owned by industry players.
While Australian SMEs rank among the most innovative in the world, FIAL has found that only 5 per
cent of our employing food and agribusinesses are «businesses
of tomorrow» that actively pursue new markets, take
risks, connect well to end markets and continually invest in capability and knowledge.
After controlling for age, sex, education, exercise, smoking, blood pressure, cholesterol levels, diabetes and cancer, a two - point increase in the Mediterranean diet score was linked with a 21 per
cent reduced
risk of death.
Raising the levels
of «good» potassium salts in foods could reduce heart disease
risk by up to 11 per
cent, according to new research.
The
risk of setting a bad price forces most online sportsbooks to use a 30 or 40 -
cent line on props with low wagering limits.