The Eye delivered better results than the average smartphone
on benchmarks such as Geekbench 3.
Variable - rate plans have their interest charges based
on benchmarks such as the prime interest rate, interest on U.S. Treasury Bills, the Federal Reserve Discount Rate or other indexes.
The 8 - inch Windows 8 tablet Dell Venue 8 Pro was launched on November 1 last year for $ 299 and quickly became the bestselling 8 - inch Windows 8 tablet, just ahead of Lenovo Miix 2, even though the Lenovo Miix 2 have beaten the Dell Venue 8 Pro in benchmark tests even
on benchmarks such as CPU performance and battery life.
We need economic policies that don't rely
on benchmarks such as increasing the Gross Domestic Product.
The rate paid on these loans is usually based
on a benchmark such as LIBOR plus a broker's internal margin, which typically ranges from about 0.75 — 3.5 %.
Not exact matches
The
benchmarks the industry relies
on,
such as the published average wholesale price, are built
on antiquated data and bear little relation to real costs.
Similarly, some review sites offer detailed customer ratings
on metrics
such as service, value, quality, returns and shipping, which can also be used to
benchmark performance.
Osteryoung suggests that you look for resources in your industry,
such as the annual statement studies
on small and mid-sized business financial
benchmarks from Risk Management Associates, to help you determine whether your profit margin is
on target.
Benchmark spot gold prices were
on course for an over 1 percent decline this week, pressured by a thaw in tensions
on the Korean peninsula and a stronger dollar as investors looked to riskier assets
such as equities.
Priced in yuan and traded
on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange, it's the first
such Asian
benchmark for oil deals.
But
on Twitter, Mr. Gurley of
Benchmark, one of the earliest supporters of Mr. Kalanick at Uber, said of the executive, «There will be many pages in the history books devoted to @travisk — very few entrepreneurs have had
such a lasting impact
on the world.»
The surveys and
benchmark data are supplemented by input from the Compensation Committee's outside consultant
on factors
such as recent market trends.
Corporate Governance of Political Expenditures: 2011
Benchmark Report
on S&P 500 Companiesfinds that corporate accountability and disclosure of political expenditures is
on the upswing, with the boards of 31 % of S&P 500 companies now explicitly overseeing
such spending, compared to 23 % in 2010.
While only a fraction of a city's corporate base will pay
such premium rents, the Tracker does
benchmark office occupation costs
on a like for like basis.
Floating - rate * The coupon
on a floating - rate corporate bond changes in relationship to a predetermined
benchmark,
such as the spread above the yield
on a six - month Treasury or the price of a commodity.
Director Bill Gurley of
Benchmark tweeted «very few entrepreneurs have had
such a lasting impact
on the world.»
Against the backdrop of a slowdown in economic growth, the People's Bank of China cut its
benchmark policy rates
on 21 November after local markets had closed - the first
such move since July 2012.
On the latest episode of Recode Decode, Tavel, who is a partner at
Benchmark, told Recode's Kara Swisher and Teddy Schleifer that there's a big difference between some cryptocurrencies,
such as bitcoin and ethereum, and the tidal wave of Initial Coin Offerings that began flooding the ecosystem late last year.
That the banks well knew how to profit from the joint manipulation of financial
benchmarks, despite any purported differences in interest between and amongst them
on a given day, is confirmed by the fact that this [alleged price manipulation of the London Gold Fix] is just one in a series of
such behaviors.
On the practical side, such a contract would better reflect the crude grades on the Chinese market that often differ from the grades underpinning the Brent and WTI benchmark
On the practical side,
such a contract would better reflect the crude grades
on the Chinese market that often differ from the grades underpinning the Brent and WTI benchmark
on the Chinese market that often differ from the grades underpinning the Brent and WTI
benchmarks.
While floaters may be linked to almost any
benchmark and pay interest based
on a variety of formulas, the most basic type pays a coupon equal to some widely followed interest rate or a change in a given index over a defined time period,
such as the year - over-year change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), plus a fixed spread in basis points (1bp = 1/100 of 1 % or.01 %).
The level of yields — around 4 1/4 per cent at present — looks low not only
on historical comparisons but also relative to normal
benchmarks such as the growth rate of nominal GDP, which in the US is currently around 6 per cent (Graph 16).
In addition, these funds must invest at least 50 % of their non-cash assets in income - generating securities
such that the 3 - year weighted average yield
on the equity component of the fund's portfolio is at least 1.5 times the average yield of the Canadian Equity Fund
benchmark, defined as the S&P / TSX Equity Index.
The usual assertions are (1) that this kind of religion is today
on the defensive; (2) that the defensive posture is occasioned by the flourishing of «conservative churches» (although the alleged liberal enervation is also seen in more autonomous terms); (3) that the growth in religious conservatism and conservative churches is itself the result of widespread reaction against «secular humanist» values and against those who hold
such values; (4) that our society as a whole has been experiencing a breakdown in moral consensus, a loss of moral coherence somehow connected with a decline in oldline Protestant dominance; and (5) that some or all of these happenings have been quite sudden, so that the early 1960s can be taken as a kind of
benchmark — as a time before the fall.
Our product lines include: Autobag ® - The original, and still the industry
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The latest
such planet, announced here
on 6 January at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society, sets not just one but three
benchmarks: farthest from Earth, tiniest orbit, and the first revealed by a promising new technique.
In the paper, they address the prevalence of purportedly green products, the problem of selecting
benchmarks to which they are compared, the limitations of traditional LCA approaches to assessing green products, and the unintended effects
such products have
on markets.
The search options too aren't as efficient as those available
on other sites
such as Millionaire Match, which sets a
benchmark in the industry.
The goals would be to encourage students to work harder during their high school years and to put more emphasis
on achieving national
benchmarks such as the Common Core State Standards.
No standardized local interim,
benchmark, predictive, formative, or other
such tests, including those embedded in commercial
on - line curricula.
Principal leadership in successful schools often set the bar
on expectations for student achievement, and schools with effective district leadership received far more services,
such as onsite support, professional development, and district - provided
benchmark assessments, than unsuccessful schools received.
The government said it did «not accept» the recommendation as the department «does not set national targets», but instead would
benchmark the attainment gap between advantaged and disadvantaged pupils
on international tests
such as TIMSS and PISA.
* Based
on a sample of 214 institutions and more than 230,000 students from across the United States, the
Benchmarks are median course placement values for these institutions and as
such represent a typical set of expectations.
Looking at the percentage of graduates taking
benchmark tests such as the SAT and ACT and overall scores over time, scores on the ACT College and Career Readiness Benchmark have on the whole either held fairly steady or increased slightly since 2009, even as the percentage of graduates taking the ACT exam has continued to rise (in 2005, approximately 40 percent of graduates took the ACT, rising to approximately 59 percent
benchmark tests
such as the SAT and ACT and overall scores over time, scores
on the ACT College and Career Readiness
Benchmark have on the whole either held fairly steady or increased slightly since 2009, even as the percentage of graduates taking the ACT exam has continued to rise (in 2005, approximately 40 percent of graduates took the ACT, rising to approximately 59 percent
Benchmark have
on the whole either held fairly steady or increased slightly since 2009, even as the percentage of graduates taking the ACT exam has continued to rise (in 2005, approximately 40 percent of graduates took the ACT, rising to approximately 59 percent in 2015).
First, education leaders will have to curb the natural inclination to compare the new scores with those from prior years; these are completely new assessments based
on entirely new standards and, as
such, will set a new
benchmark for student performance.
Many of the skills related to learning to make effective decisions and choices are easily linked to state standards and
benchmarks as well as to standards developed by
such entities as the American Counseling Association, the Secretary's Commission
on Acquiring Necessary Skills (SCANS), and the Character Education Partnership.
With the Veyron it was almost as though Bugatti skipped this all - important aspect,
such was the focus
on hitting those once - incredible power and performance
benchmarks, and making sure it was reliable and drivable.
On paper the likes of Ferrari's F40 didn't stand a chance, and as
such, even today the F1 is widely used as a
benchmark for supercar - dom.
In other words, the Audi brand is always striving to set the
benchmark on tech to better serve you,
such as Audi's quattro ® vehicles, that provide you with an all - wheel drive system all - year - round for maximum performance.
On the 3DMark 11 benchmark, the Pro scored 424, on a par with the W700 (412), but well below other Windows 8 Ultrabooks such as the Aspire S7 (608) and the category average of 72
On the 3DMark 11
benchmark, the Pro scored 424,
on a par with the W700 (412), but well below other Windows 8 Ultrabooks such as the Aspire S7 (608) and the category average of 72
on a par with the W700 (412), but well below other Windows 8 Ultrabooks
such as the Aspire S7 (608) and the category average of 725.
On PCMark 7, a synthetic benchmark that measures overall performance, the Acer Iconia W3 - 810 scored a modest 1,415, about half the tablet category average of 2,877 but on a par with other Atom - powered Windows 8 tablets such as the ASUS VivoTab Smart (1,399) and the HP Envy X2 (1,428
On PCMark 7, a synthetic
benchmark that measures overall performance, the Acer Iconia W3 - 810 scored a modest 1,415, about half the tablet category average of 2,877 but
on a par with other Atom - powered Windows 8 tablets such as the ASUS VivoTab Smart (1,399) and the HP Envy X2 (1,428
on a par with other Atom - powered Windows 8 tablets
such as the ASUS VivoTab Smart (1,399) and the HP Envy X2 (1,428).
On PCMark 7, a synthetic benchmark that measures overall performance, the Tablet 2 scored a modest 1,428, less than half the tablet category average of 3,488, but on par with other Atom - powered Windows 8 tablets such as the HP Envy x2 (1,428), the Dell Latitude 10 (1,440) and the Acer Iconia W510 (1,305
On PCMark 7, a synthetic
benchmark that measures overall performance, the Tablet 2 scored a modest 1,428, less than half the tablet category average of 3,488, but
on par with other Atom - powered Windows 8 tablets such as the HP Envy x2 (1,428), the Dell Latitude 10 (1,440) and the Acer Iconia W510 (1,305
on par with other Atom - powered Windows 8 tablets
such as the HP Envy x2 (1,428), the Dell Latitude 10 (1,440) and the Acer Iconia W510 (1,305).
As
such, feel free to head back to our Hands -
on and Unboxing post to see a whole collection of
benchmark results
on both the Transformer Prime and the original Transformer.
Having set the
benchmark for a generation of tablet devices, the iPad 2 is now almost uninspiring in terms of core specs
on - paper, with its A5 dual - core CPU outstripped by the dual and quad - core offerings that feature in a number of the tablet's rivals
such as the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime and the Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition.
Perhaps you evaluated the success of your portfolio based
on a common
benchmark such as the performance of the overall market.
Unlike balanced funds, which typically focus
on meeting or beating a
benchmark, multi-asset class funds are composed with the aim of achieving a certain investment outcome,
such as exceeding inflation.
Hedge funds which
benchmark against an index
such as the S&P 500 and can go anywhere, invest in bonds, loans, distressed debt, currency, etc is not what the Prof is talking about and hence, perhaps, some of the confusion surrounding returns
on an index and the word «collectively».
If we must regularly assess performance, let's focus
on performance relative to expectation distributions,
such as a strategy's tracking error of returns relative to its
benchmark.
In addition, these funds must invest at least 50 % of their non-cash assets in income - generating securities
such that the 3 - year weighted average yield
on the equity component of the fund's portfolio is at least 1.5 times the average yield of the Canadian Equity Fund
benchmark, defined as the S&P / TSX Equity Index.
The plaintiff argues that determining the price that would be available
on a flat per - participant basis, or the price available under other fee models requires soliciting bids from competing providers: «In billion - dollar plans with over 36,000 participants,
such as the Plan here,
benchmarking based
on fee surveys alone is inadequate.