Sentences with phrase «rates reached a new high»

Click - through rates reached a new high of.88 % during the second quarter, while at the same time costs per click slipped to $ 0.46 from $ 0.53 in the first quarter of the year.

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When Best Price Nutrition discovered that the questions they answered on Yahoo! Answers had a higher click - through rate and resulted in more new customers than their company blog, they retooled their online strategy to focus more on reaching out to customers through Yahoo! Answers.

The four critical factors are: (a) businesses with recurring revenue bases — like a renewable subscription — are far better than ones dependent on constantly securing new customers; renewals are much easier and less expensive to secure than new sales; (b) customer retention is absolutely critical — all customers are very costly to acquire and very easy to lose in a world of almost infinite choices; (c) businesses based on products that require constant replacement or renewal (the «razor blade» model) are much more attractive than durable goods businesses (like selling refrigerators) where the products have very long repurchase or replacement life cycles and where the market could even fairly quickly reach saturation points; and (d) businesses that offer products or services that had a predictably high rate of obsolescence were much more attractive than those where the products had long, useful lives.

These benefits would (i) largely go to developers and contractors for infrastructure projects like new pipelines that would happen even without new incentives and so be highly regressive; (ii) raise costs by failing to reach the tax - free pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and international investors who are the most plausible sources of incremental infrastructure finance; (iii) not encourage at all the highest return maintenance projects like fixing potholes that do not yield a pecuniary return for investors; and (iv) by offering credits at an unprecedented 82 percent rate, invite all kinds of tax shelter abuse.

On that occasion, mortgage lenders were making very high returns on new mortgage loans, with the spread between the mortgage rate and the cash rate reaching around 4 3/4 percentage points.

Western allies press Trump to maintain nuclear deal with Iran: Reuters US intelligence monitors Iranian cargo shipments into Syria: CNN A trade war is a major risk for China's debt - ridden economy: CNBC Federal judge orders gov» t must accept new DACA immigration applications: WaPo Unification of Koreas still unlikely as leaders prepare to meet: Reuters US Consumer Confidence Index rebounded in April after March decline: CB New home sales in US increased to 4 - month high in March: MarketWatch Richmond Fed Mfg Index turns negative for first time since 2016: Bond Buyer S&P Case - Shiller Home Price Index surged in Feb, up 6.3 % y - o - y: CNBC Federal Housing Finance Agency: US house prices continued to rise in Feb: HW Corp bonds with lowest investment - grade rating look vulnerable: Bloomberg 10 - year Treasury yield reaches 3.0 % for first time since 2014: CNN Monew DACA immigration applications: WaPo Unification of Koreas still unlikely as leaders prepare to meet: Reuters US Consumer Confidence Index rebounded in April after March decline: CB New home sales in US increased to 4 - month high in March: MarketWatch Richmond Fed Mfg Index turns negative for first time since 2016: Bond Buyer S&P Case - Shiller Home Price Index surged in Feb, up 6.3 % y - o - y: CNBC Federal Housing Finance Agency: US house prices continued to rise in Feb: HW Corp bonds with lowest investment - grade rating look vulnerable: Bloomberg 10 - year Treasury yield reaches 3.0 % for first time since 2014: CNN MoNew home sales in US increased to 4 - month high in March: MarketWatch Richmond Fed Mfg Index turns negative for first time since 2016: Bond Buyer S&P Case - Shiller Home Price Index surged in Feb, up 6.3 % y - o - y: CNBC Federal Housing Finance Agency: US house prices continued to rise in Feb: HW Corp bonds with lowest investment - grade rating look vulnerable: Bloomberg 10 - year Treasury yield reaches 3.0 % for first time since 2014: CNN Money

These benefits would (i) largely go to developers and contractors for infrastructure projects like new pipelines that would happen even without new incentives and so be highly regressive; (ii) raise costs by failing to reach the tax - free pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and international investors that are the most plausible sources of incremental infrastructure finance; (iii) not encourage at all the highest return maintenance projects like fixing potholes that do not yield a pecuniary return for investors; and (iv) by offering credits at an unprecedented 82 per cent rate, invite all kinds of tax - shelter abuse.

While more modest in comparison to these movements, the recent new lows reached by gold reflect a renewed expectation for higher real interest rates as the Fed starts to raise rates.

Furthermore, with US equity markets reaching new highs and the interest - rate environment looking negative for bonds, we believe investors will seek out product offerings from alternative managers that can offer access to alpha2 across alternative asset classes.

The new rate of 163 percent is higher than the peak reached by the United States prior to the recession.

In fact, a new baby's heart rate can reach as high as 150 beats per minute — and that's not cause for concern.

«New York State's economy continued to expand in March as we reached a new, all - time high private sector job count and remained at our lowest statewide unemployment rate since before the recession,» said Bohdan M. Wynnyk, Director of the New York State Department of Labor's Division of Research and StatistiNew York State's economy continued to expand in March as we reached a new, all - time high private sector job count and remained at our lowest statewide unemployment rate since before the recession,» said Bohdan M. Wynnyk, Director of the New York State Department of Labor's Division of Research and Statistinew, all - time high private sector job count and remained at our lowest statewide unemployment rate since before the recession,» said Bohdan M. Wynnyk, Director of the New York State Department of Labor's Division of Research and StatistiNew York State Department of Labor's Division of Research and Statistics.

The mayor sought to make clear that the problems at Rikers were «decades in the making» and compared today's problem - plagued Correction Department to the New York Police Department in the early 1990s, when the murder rate reached historic highs.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's approval rating reached its highest point in a year, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released TuesdNew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's approval rating reached its highest point in a year, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesdnew Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday.

Meanwhile, New York's attorney general's office is also going after RD Legal Funding, a lawsuit - cash - advance firm accused of exploiting 9/11 first responders and brain - injured NFL players by ensnaring them in high - interest contracts with rates that court papers say reached up to 250 percent.

Wang invented a novel statistical method that was able to take advantage of new kinds of data from the fossil record, which reached the conclusion that early birds had a high rate of evolution.

Washington — Although the federal Chapter 1 program bypasses some schools with high poverty rates and some students with low achievement levels, it generally reaches the disadvantaged children it was meant to benefit, a new Education Department study concludes.

Nation's high school graduation rate reaches new record high washingtonpost.com/news/education...

New research reveals that for the first time in our nations history we are on track to reach the national goal of 90 % high school graduation rates by the class of 2020.

Nationally, the Hispanic high school dropout rate reaches a new low.

The 2016 report provides a new national and state - by - state analysis of low - graduation - rate high schools; the number of additional students it will take for the country and each state to reach 90 percent; a look at the validity of graduation rates; and policy recommendations for change.

At 82.3 percent, the national graduation rate is at a new all - time high, but the 2013 - 14 school year marks the first time in four years that the country is not on track to reach its goal of a 90 percent on - time high school graduation rate by 2020.

National studies indicate that around 20 — 30 percent of new teachers leave the profession within the first five years, and that attrition is even higher (often reaching 50 percent or more) in high - poverty schools and in high - need subject areas.20 Studies of teacher residency programs consistently point to the high retention rates of their graduates, even after several years in the profession, generally ranging from 80 — 90 percent in the same district after three years and 70 — 80 percent after five years.21

Last week, the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) released the four - year graduation rates for the class of 2017, which reached a new statewide high of 82.7 percent overall.

While the Model X has finally reached significant production volumes, the Model S has sold at a higher rate on the basis of new versions, including a cheaper 60 kWh variant.

New Mexico House Rep. Michelle Grisham (D) acknowledges that «the cost of college is increasing at an alarming rate, keeping higher education out of reach for far too many.»

MCLEAN, Va., May 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ®), showing that after plateauing in recent weeks, mortgage rates reversed course and reached a new high last seen seven years ago.Sam Khater, Freddi... More

• The average credit score for a new - vehicle loan dropped 3 points in Q4 2014 to reach 712 • The average credit score for a used vehicle loan increased 2 points in the quarter to reach 648 • In the fourth quarter of 2014, the average monthly payment for a new vehicle hit $ 482 — its highest level on record • Interest rates for new - vehicle loans crept up in Q4 2014 to 4.56 percent • Loan terms for new and used vehicles increased from a year ago to reach 66 months and 62 months, respectively • Captives were the only lender type to see an increase in market share year over year

Average card APR rises to all - time high of 15.59 percent: Weekly Credit Card Rate Report — March 22, 2017: The national average APR on new credit card offers climbed to another all - time high this week, reaching 15.59 percent, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report... (See APRs)

Rate survey: Average card APR climbs to record high of 15.63 percent — March 29, 2017: The national average APR on new card offers inched closer to 16 percent this week, reaching a record high of 15.63 percent, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report.

Rate survey: Average card APR climbs to record high of 15.63 percent — March 29, 2017: The national average APR on new card offers inched closer to 16 percent this week, reaching a record high of 15.63 percent, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report.

Average card APR climbs to all - time high of 15.83 percent: CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report — June 7, 2017: The national average APR for new card offers reached another all - time high this week, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report... (See APRs)

CreditCards.com Weekly Rate Report, Sept. 28, 2011: Credit card rates reach another record high — Interest rates on new credit card offers edged up to another record high this week, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report... (See Rate report)

Rate survey: Average card APR soars to record 16.13 percent — August 1, 2017: The national average APR for new card offers climbed again this week, reaching an all - time high of 16.13 percent, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report.

Average card APR rises to all - time high of 15.59 percent: Weekly Credit Card Rate Report — March 22, 2017: The national average APR on new credit card offers climbed to another all - time high this week, reaching 15.59 percent, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report... (See APRs)

Weekly Credit Card Rate Report: Credit card interest rates unchanged as turbulent year closes — Interest rates on new credit card offers remained unchanged this week, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report, as banks wrapped up a turbulent year in which interest rates reached record highs.

The national average annual percentage rate for new credit cards pulled back to 14.77 percent, according to CreditCards.com's database of card offer information, after reaching record highs in the prior two consecutive weeks.

This week, the national average interest rate on new credit cards reached 14.78 percent — a new record high — according to CreditCards.com's database of card offer information.

- the game's shading mechanism has changed, which allows for increased gear texture quality - all graphical aspects and programming mechanisms have been built up from scratch for this sequel - maximum resolution is 1080p in TV mode - a bigger focus for Nintendo was the 60 frames per second - occasionally the resolution will be scaled down when there is too much ink displaying on the screen - Nintendo reduced the CPU load and refined the way to use CPU power effectively to maintain 60 fps in all matches - weapons were tweaked to let players be more creative by thinking about unique weapon characteristics and their best uses - weapons are designed to be effective when they are used during the right occasion - Special weapons are stronger than the original ones when used in the right situation, but weaker otherwise - the damage and effect of slowing down your movement when you step in the opponent's ink are reduced from original - you can jump up in rank if you're good enough, but only up until S - you can't jump up from C, B or A to S + - when you win battles in Ranked mode, the Ranked meter fills and your rank goes up when its fully filled - when you lose a battle, the gauge does not decrease, but the meter starts to crack - once the meter reaches its limit, it breaks - when the meter breaks, you have to start over again from the beginning or from a lower rank - highest rank is still S +, but if you fill up the Ranked meter, you get numbers after the alphabet such as «S +1», «S +2» and so on - maximum number is «S +50», but this number will not be displayed to your opponent - you are the only one to see it, and you can check it on your own status screen - Ranked Power is calculated by an algorithm to measure how strong each player is with minuteness - this will determine if a player's rank is worthy of receiving a big jump (like from «C» to «A»)- Ranked Power has no relation to your splat rate, and is more tied into to how well you lead your team to victory - you won't drop off more than one rank even if you play poorly - stage rotation time was changed to two hours - this was done because the devs expected people to play for an hour or so, but they found people play much longer - with Salmon Run, Nintendo considered how to implement a co-op oriented mode in a player - versus - player type of game - the devs will monitor how users are playing this mode to see if there's some tweaks they can throw in - more Salmon Run maps will be added in the future, but Nintendo wouldn't comment on adding more enemy types to the mode - rewards are changed each time Salmon Run is played - you can obtain rewards when playing locally, but not gear - originally Nintendo had an idea for this mode, but had no background setting, enemy designs, etc. - Inoue suggested that it should be salmon - themed - when Nintendo hosted the Splatfest that pit Callie against Marie, the development of Splatoon 2 had started - the devs had already decided to have the result reflected in the sequel - they even had an idea to announce the Splatfest with a phrase «Your choice will change the next Splatoon» - the timing to announce a sequel wasn't right, so they decided against this - they eventually released a series of short stories about the Squid Sisters to show how the Splatfest affected the sequel's story - Nintendo wouldn't say if Marina is an Octoling, and noted that Inklings are not paying attention to this too much - Inklings don't care about appearances, as long as everyone is doing something fresh - the Squid Sisters had composers who produced their songs, but Off the Hook are composing their music by themselves - Pearl is genius artist, but she couldn't find a right partner because she's a bit too edgy - she eventually found Marina as a partner though, and their chemistry is sparkling right now - Nintendo is planning a year of content updates for Splatoon 2 - when finished, the quantity of stages will be more than the original - some of the additional stages are totally new and some will be arranged stages from the first game - not all original stages will return and they are choosing stages based on the potential for them to be improved - Brella is shotgun-esque weapon, so the ink hits your opponent more if you are closer - it can shield damage when you open it, but the amount of damage has a limit and once it reaches it, it breaks - you can shoot ink, but you can't use the shield feature when it breaks - the shield won't prevent your allies ink - there are more new weapon categories which haven't been revealed yet - there are no other ranked modes outside of the three current options - the future holds any sort of possibility, but the devs didn't get specific about adding more content like that - for the modes, they adjusted the rule designs so that players will experience the more interesting aspects

Postwar and Contemporary Art Evening Sale held on November 12 at Christie's New York reached the sales total of $ 852,887,000, with a very high sell - through rate of 97 % by value and 94 % by lot!

It is just a delaying effect whereby the surface temperature increases until the increase in surface / space temperature differential in turn increases the rate of radiation to space and a new but higher temperature equilibrium is reached.

Even though the rate of emissions of greenhouse gasses slowed down temporarily for some regions of the world, those gasses stay in the air after they are released, so this year greenhouse gas levels reached new record high levels

Given the level of activity in the sector perhaps it is unsurprising that the California - headquartered company's growth rate is so high: with offices in cities including London and New York (and developers in Cairo), Seal now sits between 200 - 220 staff and Gidney says: «We're expanding all the time and would like towards the end of the year to reach 300.»

Home prices posted the highest annual rate of increase since 2005, with 10 states and the District of Columbia reaching new all - time price peaks, CoreLogic reports.

The vacancy rate at neighborhood and community centers reached another new 17 - year high, hitting 10.3 percent.

With office occupancy rates steadily rising and asset prices reaching new highs, investors are looking for the next best bet for office investment, especially in high - demand central business district (CBD) markets.

Demand should be high — the multifamily vacancy rate in Charleston has fallen steadily in recent years to reach 5.2 percent in the first quarter, according to New York - based data firm Reis Inc..

«With the S&P CoreLogic Case - Shiller National Home Price Index rising at about 5.5 percent annual rate over the last two - and - a-half years and having reached a new all - time high recently, one can argue that housing has recovered from the boom - bust cycle that began a dozen years ago,» said Blitzer in a statement.

Fairfax — While 2017 homeownership rates have reached the highest level since mid-2014 according to Census Bureau data, and 2017 home prices reached new highs for the past decade, we are starting this year off with solid rises in home values, said Lorraine Arora, the 2018 NVAR Chairman of the Board and Weichert, Realtors ® Fairfax regional managing broker.

2000 — America's homeownership rate reaches a new record - high of 67.7 percent in the third quarter of 2000.