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However, in the last two years, the practice has decreased (falling down to just 30 percent of purchases in 2013) as businesses have found more effective ways to fight back.

- Republicans are twice as likely to decrease precious metals holdings (13 percent) compared to Democrats (6 percent).

(The marinas also had to contend with a 10 percent decrease in vacancy rates in the year following Sandy, as some tenants whose boats were damaged during the storm did not return.)

As for million - dollar homes in the 90210 zip code, they've decreased by nearly 8 percent since 2016.

Some distractions can't be avoided, but minimizing their amount still helps, as multitasking decreases productivity by 40 percent.

Additionally, the number of closed transactions reported in the first quarter decreased by 36 percent as compared to the same time period in 2008.

A 2008 study published in the Journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics concluded that inactive individuals who normally complained of fatigue experienced increases in energy of up to 20 percent and decreased fatigue as much as 65 percent by participating in regular, low - intensity physical activity.

According to BizBuySell.com's data tracking the health of the small business market, the first quarter showed a 36 percent decrease in the amount of business - for - sale transactions as compared to the same time in 2008.

Fuel prices have been in a downtrend since June, losing nearly 50 percent of their value, on the back of a price war waged by OPEC (the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) against the U.S. shale producers and as demand from China decreased amid slowing growth.

The use of isoproterenol, key to monitoring and treating heart - rhythm problems during surgery, decreased 35 percent as the price per milligram rose from $ 26.20 to $ 1,790.11.

In its trading business, income from its markets business decreased 4 percent to 1.35 billion pounds, as macro income fell 14 percent due to a weaker performance by its U.S. rates business and the impact of exiting energy - related commodities.

Marketing and selling expenses decreased 5 percent to $ 228 million primarily due to lower advertising and consumer promotion expenses, as well as the benefits from cost savings initiatives, partly offset by investments in e-commerce.

In the current - year quarter, the tax rate decreased from 42.9 percent to a negative 35.1 percent reflecting the one - time favorable net tax benefit recorded as part of the Act.

Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier announced Tuesday he approved an average 1.8 percent decrease in 2018 rates as a result of the federal tax overhaul approved in December.

As of Friday afternoon GMT, spot gold showed a decrease of around 5.5 percent for November.

The Bay Area, as it usually does, dominated all other metros in total capital raised, snagging $ 1.74 billion in Q1 of 2016 — a decrease of 19.48 % percent from last year's $ 2.16 billion mark.

Additionally, as expected, SG&A as a percent of revenue, decreased 20 basis points and landfill operating costs as a percent of revenue also decreased.

The decline was led by a 4.3 percent drop in production of investment goods such as factory machinery and a 5.3 percent decrease in construction output.

In a recent interview, Bobby Lee, the CEO of BTCC stated that: «We are seeing very high trading volumes -LRB-...) The block halving will dramatically decrease the bitcoin being added as we approach 75 percent of all bitcoin issued.

Following the investing guideline that portfolio risk should decrease — although not too fast — as a person approaches retirement, let's assume ex-ante portfolio risk of roughly 11 percent for the 50 year old, 9.5 percent for the 55 year old and slightly below 8 percent for the 60 year old.

In this period, the dollar's trade - weighted exchange value decreased 4.5 percent as measured by the Federal Reserve Board's major currencies index.

Fuller's regional campus enrollment decreased by 30 percent over the past four years, with the slipping numbers hurting the sense of community at various locations as well as their financial viability, he said.

Research has proven that yoga lowers blood pressure, increases musculoskeletal health and circulation, and decreases stress (prison yoga programs have reduced recidivism by as much as 80 percent in their participants).

The tool that has led to a decrease in employee turnover by as much as 20 percent, significantly cutting Panda's training and rehiring costs.

As many consumers move toward a more natural and holistic approach to nutrition, skim / low - fat dairy milk sales have decreased 28 percent in the last five years and shelf stable dairy milk sales have decreased nine percent.

Whey protein concentrate has anywhere between 29 to 89 percent protein, and as the protein level decreases, the amount of fat and lactose increases.

However, they also discovered that the germination performance of seed from the red pods decreased as the season progressed; the 81 percent germination at 150 days dropped to 63 percent at 240 days.

Through educational newsletters / meetings as well as facility container improvements, reductions allowed for a decrease to one trash pickup per week and solid waste to landfill was reduced by 42 percent compared to the previous year.

According to the AAP, the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is decreased by as much as 50 percent by sharing the same room.

For example, one hundred percent of an apple's quercetin (an antioxidant that has been linked to lower inflammation levels as well as decreased risk of prostate and lung cancers) content is in its skin!

Room - sharing decreases the risk of SIDS by as much as 50 percent.

But co sleeping can be safe and, as American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP) states, room - sharing decreases the risk of SIDS by as much as 50 percent.

At the close of 2016, water conservation efforts came to fruition as annual water consumption decreased by 52 percent, one year earlier than planned.

Subsequently, the Clean Air Task Force of the DEC reports that since this time, illnesses such as asthma, bronchitis, heart attacks, hospital visits, and death related to these pollutants have decreased statewide by 87 percent.

«Under Mayor Miner's leadership and Colleen Deacon's assistance as Sen. Gillibrand's point person in the region, the infrastructure in our city is crumbling, there is decreased police presence on our streets, the poverty rate is skyrocketing, and the high school graduation rate hovers around 50 percent,» O'Connor said.

As reforms are made, felony crime has decreased more than 4 percent since last year, according to NYPD statistics through Dec. 21.

The mayor often touts his neighborhood policing initiative, a 93 percent drop in the use of stop - and - frisk policing and a decrease in marijuana possession arrests even as critics claim an increase.

In the first 16 weeks of a new law that downgraded penalties for minor offenses such as public urination, public drinking and littering, the city has seen a 90 percent decrease in criminal court summonses issued citywide, according to new data.

The town has lowered its outstanding debt by $ 12 million and cut the tax rate by 3 percent — both over two years — as well as proposing a 1 percent decrease in the 2018 budget, he said.

On Monday, Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan took the wraps off her 2017 budget, a $ 176 million spending plan that boasts a 2 percent decrease in spending from last year, which the mayor touts as the largest annual spending decrease in more than 15 years.

«Under Mayor Miner's leadership and Colleen Deacon's assistance as Sen. Gillibrand's point person in the region, the infrastructure in our city is crumbling, there is decreased police presence on our streets, the poverty rate is skyrocketing and the high school graduation rate hovers around 50 percent,» she said.

The decrease would start in 2018 and eventually reach as low as 5.5 percent by 2025, the lowest middle class tax rate in the state in 70 years, according to officials.

But the bottom line is that aside from what anyone can say about what this administration has been doing here in Central New York — it's working: No region of the state has seen as large a decrease in the unemployment rate than Central New York over the past three years: 8.6 percent in December 2010, 6.5 percent today.

R&D programs at the Department of Commerce would also take significant reductions, decreasing 46.3 percent, as would R&D at: the Department of Energy (nondefense), down 44 percent; the Environmental Protection Agency, down 31.9 percent; and the Department of the Interior, down 29 percent.

Carl Ade, assistant professor of exercise physiology, and collaborators partnered with the Johnson Space Center to find that astronauts» exercise capacity decreases between 30 and 50 percent in long - duration spaceflight because the heart and small blood vessels are not as effective at transporting oxygen to the working muscle.

By taking a high - cost drug with a low - fat meal — instead of on an empty stomach, as prescribed — prostate cancer patients could decrease their daily dose, prevent digestive issues and cut costs by 75 percent, according to a new study in the March 28, 2018, issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO).

As the speed of information has increased, so has the amount of information, meaning that while the shelf life of a juicy rumor may have decreased by, say, 80 percent, there are now four fresh, juicy rumors waiting to take its place, thus enabling women in salons to keep wagging their tongues with no noticeable interruption.

The proportion spent on gambling as a part of the leisure expenditures has decreased from 9.4 to 7.7 percent.

Changes in forest structure and species composition alone decreased water yield by as much as 18 percent in a given year since the 1970s after accounting for climate.»

This age is a critical juncture in a child's life, as kids typically decrease their activity levels by 50 percent between fifth and sixth grades, said Rod Dishman, the study's lead author and a professor of kinesiology in the UGA College of Education.