While 58 percent of small business owners said they support raising the minimum wage, 71
percent said the states should set it, and 77 percent said they already pay their employees more than the minimum wage.
While 36 percent of business leaders said the state is heading in the right direction, 31
percent said the state is on the wrong track and 21 percent say the state lacks direction.
The right track - wrong track question has taken something of a swing: Last month voters by a margin of 49 percent to 41
percent said the state was heading in the wrong direction — making for a 15 - point improvement in how they are viewing the direction of the state.
Half said they thought New York is on the right track; 42
percent said the state is headed in the wrong direction.
In California, a relatively low - spending state, a PACE / USC Rossier poll that I co-lead found that 77 percent of voters agreed the state should be spending more on its schools (just 21
percent said the state spends enough).
The poll found that 85 percent of voters say states should take action to correct differences in the quality of education within the state, and 84
percent say their states should adjust school funding to ensure greater fairness between wealthy and poor communities.
Franklin said 2016 poll data show 57 percent responding said their public schools received too little money while 30
percent said the state's support is about right.
Nearly half of voters, 49 percent, said the main responsibility for ensuring student success should rest with local educators; 28 percent said local school districts; and 23
percent said the state legislature.
Not exact matches
The Swedish tax structure is favorable to businesses, especially when compared with that of China and the U.S. Sweden has a corporate tax rate of 22
percent — far higher than,
say, Ireland's 12.5
percent, but lower than the United
States» high - end rate of 35
percent.
In California, implementing a «fully operational, legal market» could take years,
said state Sen. Mike McGuire, who represents the «Emerald Triangle» region that's estimated to produce 60
percent of America's marijuana.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon ripped the current
state of the U.S. economy,
saying it would be growing at a 3
percent clip with the proper policies.
This is no small thing: Microsoft's 2016 U.S.
State of Customer Service report revealed that 66
percent of consumers surveyed
said they didn't want to reintroduce themselves every time they interact with a brand.
There are also privacy concerns: 78
percent of those surveyed believe that drones will turn America into a surveillance
state, 60
percent said they will become the new Peeping Toms, 50
percent said they believe drones will be used to hack into wireless networks, and 34
percent believe drones will steal their possessions.
«The UK has other business ahead of that right now which is figuring out its relationship with Europe before it figures out its relationship with the United
States,» Fratto
said, adding that the EU - UK trade represents 40
percent of the U.K. economy.
Back in July, Musk
said the winning
state would need to pony up 10
percent of the Gigafactory's cost, or $ 500 million (most likely in the form of a tax credit).
Researchers who conducted months of aerial and underwater surveys of the 2,300 - kilometer (1,400 - mile) reef off Australia's east coast found that around 35
percent of the coral in the northern and central sections of the reef are dead or dying,
said Terry Hughes, director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University in Queensland
state.
Pollsters surveyed 517 registered Hispanic voters in the
state, and 35
percent said they would vote for Romney in the primary compared to 20
percent for Gingrich.
«Google
says 61
percent of users are unlikely to return to a mobile site they had trouble accessing,» the article
states.
Dziczek
said that Alabama in 2017 was tied for fifth among U.S.
states in auto production, at 9
percent with Tennessee.
As it is, 1,000 full - time employees in the United
States and Canada surveyed by Virgin Pulse in 2015 rated work - life balance as the number one way companies can show employees they care; 40
percent said they wished their employers cared more about this balance.
A report by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR)
stated that 81
percent of trade show attendees surveyed
said they had buying authority; to capitalize on this opportunity yourself, you'll want to invest heavily in early outreach.
Trump followed Abe with even fewer words,
saying in part: «I just want everybody to understand and fully know that the United
States of America stands behind Japan, its great ally, 100
percent.»
Deripaska has also agreed in principle to reduce his stake in En +, which holds a 48
percent share of Rusal, after the United
States said it could remove Rusal from the sanctions list if the sanctioned businessman ceded control.
In response to a trade case filed by the American jet maker Boeing, the United
States Commerce Department ruled that Bombardier's CSeries aircraft, a smaller, regional aircraft that entered service last year, had received subsidies of 219.63
percent of the plane's sales price, and it
said it would begin collecting duties equivalent to that amount.
As we reported last week, Square filed a document with
state regulators in Alaska
saying Dorsey owned 28
percent of the company, which was valued at $ 1.6 billion in its last financing round.
The United
States will account for 60
percent of global oil output growth through 2023, the International Energy Agency
says.
In addition, 39
percent of organizations surveyed in «The
State of Workplace Well - Being survey»
said they use social sharing in their wellness programs.
The four - year - old Mountain View, Calif., company also has deals with Internet service providers and e-mail service providers that account for about 65
percent of all e-mail traffic in the United
States and is negotiating others,
says Charles Stiles, vice president of business development.
The 2017
State of the American Workplace Report from Gallup showed that 53
percent of employees
say it's «very important» to have a job that allows them greater work - life balance and personal well - being.
When lumped in with still - rising federal levies like the Universal Services Fund, they add 12
percent to the average American's cell bill and as much as 19
percent in many of our most populous
states,
says Scott Mackey, economist and partner with government affairs firm Kimbell Sherman Ellis.
A recent
State of Content Marketing report from CopyPress revealed that 51.9
percent of professional marketers
said video marketing has the strongest ROI of all created content.
Causes vary: Lightning is a frequent cause of wildfires in remote wilderness areas, but the National Parks Service
says that up to 90
percent of wildfires in the United
States are caused by people.
While oil - related dependence is down to 22
percent of 2015 government revenue from 35
percent in 2015, the country is still trying to squeeze more dividends out of
state - owned oil and gas player Petronas, he
said.
Research released by Michigan
State University in October revealed that 37
percent of 5,700 employers surveyed
said they plan to increase salaries of entry - level workers 3
percent to 5
percent next year.
The Kauffman report found that 72
percent of entrepreneurs who had left the United
States to return to India
said that the opportunities to start their own business were better back home than in the United
States.
When asked more generally, should the use of marijuana be made legal in the United
States, 54
percent of voters
said yes.
Brown
said the
states and DC cover 140 million Americans, or 40
percent of the country.
Canada and Mexico have threatened retaliation, and the European Union
said it would apply 25
percent tariffs on about $ 3.5 billion of imports from the United
States if Trump carried out his plan.
If he is reversing the past (ratio) 80
percent federal money / 20
percent state money for key infrastructure then just
say so.
Chobani is the No. 1 seller of Greek yogurt in the United
States with 34
percent market share in that rapidly - expanding category, the company
said, citing Nielsen data.
Those payments cover both the loan payment to the
state and 90
percent of the annual debt service on bonds the city issued to build the arena, city Finance Director Todd Hurley
said.
The United
States said it would delay until June 1 import tariffs of 25
percent on steel and 10
percent on aluminum for the EU, Mexico and Canada.
When asked if the
state of the U.S. economy would impact their holiday spending plans, four in 10 (41.4 %)
said yes, down almost 20
percent from last year and the lowest amount since NRF first asked in 2009.
Vesterbacka
said as many as 94
percent of Chinese people know the colorful Angry Birds brand while the ratio in the United
States is also over 90
percent, but he
said there was still room for growth.
Tom Ballinger, the commission staff's director of the engineering division,
said 700 customers of the
state's electric utilities filed comments and that nearly 11
percent of the comments were «positive» about utilities» performance during Irma.
«The 45
percent is a threat that if they don't behave,» Mr. Trump
said at a Republican debate in Miami last month, the United
States «will tax you.»
In return, South Korea agreed to adhere to a quota of 2.68 million tons of steel exports to the United
States a year, which it
said was roughly equivalent to 70
percent of its annual average sent to the United
States from 2015 to 2017.
Donald J. Trump
said he would favor a 45
percent tariff on Chinese exports to the United
States, proposing the idea during a wide - ranging meeting with members of the editorial board of The New York Times.
KS)
said it plans to increase investment in the United
States by 50
percent to $ 3.1 billion over five years and may build a new plant.
Trajano
said fulfillment consumes up to 15
percent of Brazilian e-commerce revenue, compared to as little as 8
percent in the United
States, due to Brazil's lousy infrastructure, high borrowing costs and lower levels of automation.