Sentences with phrase «high as the average»

New Jersey schools were also less restrained than New York's this year: Last month, Jersey districts were seeking average tax levy increases of of 4.8 per - cent — half again as high as the average in New York this week.

Across the network, graduation rates at Green Dot schools are nearly twice as high as the average in neighboring schools (74 percent versus 42 percent).

Theft rates for these vehicles are 3 to 5 times as high as the average for all vehicles.

It's called Few Investors Enjoy a Lifetime Stock Return as High as the Average Stock Return.

Meanwhile the yield of 1.9 %, while not enough to make this stock suitable for living off dividends during retirement, is more than twice as high as its average yield of 0.8 % over the past 22 years.

This marginal rate is usually twice as high as the average retired person's average tax bracket.

The number of tornadoes in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2017 was twice as high as the average for the years 2005 through 2015.

Last year's runoff was almost twice as high as the average for the past half century: 530 gigatonnes of ice were lost, compared to 274 gigatonnes on average over the period between 1958 and 2009.

Not exact matches

«In general, higher income households receive larger average tax cuts as a percent age of after - tax income, with the largest cuts as a share of income going to taxpayers in the 95th to 99th percentiles of the income distribution,» TPC's report said.

Gold, meanwhile, hit a six - week low of $ 1,307.40 an ounce, as the dollar strength and bets on higher interest rates kept it on the slide having already gone dropped through its 100 - day moving average.

«For most of the last 80 years, venture as an asset class has been really difficult for the average investor to get in, unless you are a high net worth individual, unless you get the deal flow, you are part of an angel group or you invest into VCs, you just didn't have access into this asset class,» Wang says.

The average interest rate on a savings account is a mere 0.17 percent, but top - yielding savings account are now as high as 2 percent, according to Bankrate.

Shares whipsawed before settling up 3 percent after hours as investors digested the good news of an earnings beat and higher average iPhone sales price, mixed with disappointing news around forward guidance.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed 238.51 points higher at 24,322.34, with Visa as the best - performing stock in the index.

When emotional intelligence (EQ) first appeared to the masses, it served as the missing link in a peculiar finding: people with average IQs outperform those with the highest IQs 70 percent of the time.

One study, which looked at Canada's hotel industry, found a 25 % average return on investment for training programs, with some participating companies reporting returns as high as 300 %.

With a smaller marketing budget, you are forced to analyze each click for key metrics such as click - through rate, bounce rate and average time on site which ensures higher - quality traffic.

Meanwhile in the U.S., the Dow Jones industrial average finally edged above the elusive 20,000 threshold and continued higher as investors digested a host of earnings reports.

Meanwhile, in the U.S., the Dow Jones industrial average and broader S&P 500 continued higher on Wednesday as equities remained on track to post a 16th record high since the election.

We prefer owning — even though, at $ 366,000, the average Canadian home today costs more than twice as much as its U.S. equivalent; even though a small increase in the lending rates will push scores of over-leveraged homeowners into crisis; even though Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney is practically guaranteeing that those higher rates are coming.

Apple, hard to characterise as an out and out manufacturer or pure technology play, currently trades at 13.5 times its estimated earnings for the next twelve months, higher than its five - year average of close to 13.

A recent study by McKinsey found that not only is email three times more likely to result in conversion than social media, but the average purchase price is 17 percent higher as well.

Net profit rose 17 percent to 542 million euros ($ 650 million), ahead analysts average forecast of 510 million euros as higher prices helped offset currency headwinds and an increase in marketing spending.

At more than $ 26,000 per capita, the average Canadian's non-mortgage debt is as high as it has been since at least 2004, according to Transunion, a credit bureau.

According to a Payscale report, which calculated ratios based on the cash compensation of CEOs at the 100 highest - grossing public companies in the United States in 2013, CVS CEO Larry Merlo has the highest pay compared to his employees: $ 12,112,603 — 422 times as much as the average CVS employee, who earns $ 28,700 per year.

The fintech app Acorns may be backed by high - net - worth investors including billionaire trader Steve Cohen, but its customers are far more average: Regular investors who make as little as $ 25,000 per year.

In March, San Francisco's median two - bedroom rent of $ 3,040 was about two and a half times as high as the national average.

The company relies heavily on its Manhattan locations, where average volume is almost twice as high as U.S. locations outside of that region.

A pilot at Lufthansa earns on average 180,000 euros ($ 190,000) a year before tax, though a captain on the highest pay level can earn as much as 22,000 euros a month before tax.

Check out the key chart on page 2 — as usual, Canadian carriers have the highest average revenue per user at $ 57.09 and the second highest profit margin at 46.4 %.

«Nowadays,» say the two experts, «valuations are much more sober: the average NASDAQ - listed company today trades at around 21x PE, and even high - flying companies such as Apple, the most valuable company ever, trades at only 15x PE.»

The S&P 500 Index had gained about 16 percent this year, as of Nov. 24, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was about 19 percent higher.

When the concept of emotional intelligence was introduced to the masses, it served as the missing link in a peculiar finding: people with average IQs outperform those with the highest IQs 70 percent of the time.

When emotional intelligence (EQ) first appeared to the masses, it served as the missing link in a peculiar finding: people with average IQs outperform those with the highest IQs 70 % of the time.

Feb 7 - U.S. stocks overturned early losses to trade higher on Wednesday as some buyers returned to a market still shaking from a record fall for the Dow Jones Industrial Average earlier this week.

«For decades, households in Ontario had incomes as much as 20 per cent above the Canada average, and 10 per cent higher as recently as the turn of the century.

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average hit a record high on Monday as Wall Street cheered on what's been a strong earnings season.

The most expensive projects, on an operating - cost basis, are the integrated mining operations (a few bottom - tier thermal sites may be higher, but on average the mining sites have the highest costs) such as Suncor, Syncrude, Shell and CNRL.

says this Wilson wedge was a perfect addition to a set of clubs purchased earlier, as the set did not ship with a sand wedge, which is common for sets of clubs aimed at average to high handicap players.

Amazon reviewer Craig says this Wilson wedge was a perfect addition to a set of clubs purchased earlier, as the set did not ship with a sand wedge, which is common for sets of clubs aimed at average to high handicap players.

Average volume is almost twice as high at Manhattan restaurants than at U.S. locations outside of that region.

Marin County has the most expensive real estate in California, on average, so it should come as no surprise that it has the highest (or among the highest) average property taxes too.

Still, the expensive price of high - end VR devices like the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift — they cost $ 799 and $ 599, respectively — as well as the powerful computers required to operate them has made VR seem beyond the reach of the average consumer.

Pavlovsky said Chanel still relied on about 15 different tanneries and noted that the average price of high quality lamb leather was rising as people were eating less meat and demand kept growing — a trend which also applied to calf hides.

As you've no doubt heard, the Dow Jones industrial average recently hit a new high, and at press time the S&P 500 was surging toward a new record too.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose to an all - time high on Thursday as investors bet economic growth would pick up steam.

Google's high - speed network, known as Fiber, delivers the internet at speeds of up to one gigabyte per second, 100 times faster than average broadband

The response rate has averaged at least 20 %, and on some days it's as high as 35 %.

There are plenty of people out there who have pretty positive self - assessments: Ninety percent of drivers think they have above average skills behind the wheel, an even higher percentage of college professors think they're better than average teachers, and, as we all know, every single child in Lake Wobegon is above average.

As local educational institutions go, the WA School of Mines has a higher - than - average representation of 40under40 First Amongst Equals winners.