Sentences with phrase «higher as percent»

Because the loan is larger, we then expect the profits to be higher as percent of loan balance or even property value.

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.

NEW YORK, April 23 - The U.S. dollar rallied to a four - month high on Monday as the 10 - year Treasury yield's climb toward the psychologically important 3 percent level spurred buying of the greenback, leaving the euro and yen lower.

May 1 - High - end handbag maker Tapestry Inc reported lower third - quarter margins and a steeper - than - expected decline in same - store sales at its newly - absorbed Kate Spade business, sending its shares down as much as 14 percent.

Aluminum products maker Arconic slashed its 2018 forecasts for profit and free cash flow as it expects prices of the metal to remain high this year due to sanctions on Russian supplies and a 10 percent duty on aluminum imports.

The main stock index dropped by as much as 2.4 percent earlier, while the benchmark 10 - year government bond yield rose to 6.944 percent, the highest since August 2017.

NEW YORK, May 1 (Reuters)- Oil prices slid more than 1 percent on Tuesday as the dollar remained near a four - month high, but worries that U.S. President Donald Trump will pull out of the Iran nuclear deal underpinned the market.

The change is key as Fed officials consider 2 percent to be a healthy level of inflation and a key for continuing to push rates higher.

PARIS, May 3 - France's Thales posted a 7.2 percent underlying rise in first - quarter sales, lifting its shares to record highs, as growth in defense and transport systems boosted turnover.

Shares of the company, which makes aluminum products used in airplanes and trucks, fell 17.8 percent as the company also said high prices squeezed margins across its businesses in the first quarter.

Currently, top - yielding savings accounts could be as high as 2 percent, according to Bankrate.

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.

April 23 - Canadian National Railway Co on Monday posted a 16.2 percent fall in quarterly profit as operating expenses shot up during the harsh winter, and the country's largest railroad cut its 2018 outlook as capacity limits strained its ability to meet high demand.

The Harvard Business Review reported that such high - pressure environments have employee turnover as much as 50 percent higher than other organizations.

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.

Using Ontario as an example, in 2008 the marginal tax rate (the tax owed on the last dollar of income) was 21.1 percent for the lowest tax bracket (up to $ 40,700 of taxable income) and 46.4 percent for the highest tax bracket (above $ 126,300 of taxable income).

Net tax rates (treating transfers as negative taxes) are -47.7 percent for the lowest income group and 34 percent for the highest income group.

At one point the beat rate was as high as 80 percent, a record, according to Bespoke.

That's because under current law, profits from a small business «pass through» to the owner and is taxed at his or her individual rate, which can be as high as 39.6 percent.

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.

The proof is in the metrics: According to a study by Workboard, 69 percent of high - performing companies surveyed rated companywide communication of business goals as their leading tool for stacking a team of top performers.

While the literacy rate in Ethiopia is 50 percent for males and 23 percent for females, 100 percent of people in most high - income countries, such as Canada and Norway, can read.

In January, Miller said a rise in the 10 - year Treasury yield above 3 percent «will propel stocks significantly higher, as money exits bond funds for only the second year in the past 10.»

The manufacturing company Lafargeholcim appointed Jan Jenisch as its new chief executive officer, which sent the company's shares over 6 percent higher.

As a result, the three bank stocks largely held their own Wednesday, and the CAC - 40 in France was 1.4 percent higher at 2,934.

By most accounts, Beats controls about 70 percent of the high - end headphone market, and has helped accelerate a redefinition of studio - size, over-the-ear headphones as a lifestyle item.

Stocks have surged in 2017, with the S&P 500 advancing nearly 20 percent to all - time highs as investors await the passing of the new GOP tax plan.

Its shares were 2.8 percent higher as the French media giant Vivendi said earlier this week that it intended to extend its share in the Italian company until the 30 percent threshold.

That comes following two consecutive quarters of 3 percent growth or higher and estimates that the fourth quarter could hit that level as well.

(A previous Procera estimate went as high as 16 percent of Netflix subs, or nearly 5 million.)

But when he directly asked the same filers, in a survey, the number was even higher, with 25 percent citing medical bills as a factor in their decision to file bankruptcy.

As of last June, less than 2 percent of active participating security SBICs had losses high enough to be considered «impaired,» compared with 20 percent a few years ago.

Yet its persistence and volatility — from as low as 1.8 percent to as high as 13 percent — indicate how a market that's captured Wall Street's attention can still be slow to homogenize.

The S&P / TSX Composite index, the main index for Canadian stocks, traded 0.2 percent higher at 15,668.93 as of 1:39 p.m. ET, which was the last update for the benchmark.

And it could raise its own city tax to as high as 15 percent.

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.

Higher prices paid to farmers, combined with lower imports, may increase grocery and restaurant costs for baked goods and cereals as much as 4 percent next year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday in its first forecast of food - price inflation for 2018.

Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook received a 74 percent increase in his annual bonus for fiscal 2017 as the iPhone maker posted higher revenue and net income, after a rare decline a year earlier.

Although it is true that higher volumes will make up for lower prices to some extent, unless you can sell as much as a Kmart or Wal - Mart, you absolutely need at least a 50 percent markup (keystone) to survive in a small retail shop.

An Aberdeen Group study revealed organizations using democratized methods had 30 percent higher levels of customer retention and revenue increases as large as 55 percent.

Down Under, the S&P / ASX 200 edged higher by 0.49 percent to 5,982.70 as the utilities and heavily weighted financials subindexes advanced, canceling out slight declines in the materials and energy sectors.

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.

The latest U.S. proposal for updating NAFTA's automotive rules would carry a four - year phase - in to meet a higher, 75 percent regional value threshold as well as new labor content rules requiring substantial work at hourly wages of at least $ 16.

That's bad compared with the U.S. and the European Union, where the rates of inflation are 2.7 percent and 3.1 percent, respectively, but economists not affiliated with the government say the real figure is at least twice as high.

However, prices of services were only 1.0 percent higher, compared with a 1.5 percent increase in March Core inflation measures of inflation, which the ECB also looks to as a guide, were also below expectations.

Annual interest rates may run as high as 98 percent on advances, which are unregulated in most states.

The downside to an LLC, however, is that it forces the business owner into higher tax liabilities, as distributions from an LLC are taxed as ordinary income with rates as high as 37 percent, at the federal level, and 13.3 percent at the state level, for a combined federal / state tax of 50.3 percent!

Last quarter it grew 19 percent year over year, faster than any other category, as the App Store logged its highest - ever revenue amid game craze «Pokemon Go.»

U.S. two - year Treasury yields reached 2.453 percent on Friday, the highest level since September 2008 as the two - year's spread versus two - year German Bunds grew to 302 basis points, the widest in more than three decades.

Bitcoin was trading more than 2.7 percent higher near $ 8,500 as of 4:10 p.m. ET.