Sentences with phrase «rates than face»

As we all know, online learning suffers from much higher drop - out rates than face - to - face learning.

University of Calgary economist Jack Mintz has argued that the current tax system is unfair because it penalizes single - earner families with higher tax rates than those faced by couples bringing hope the same amount of total pay.

Not exact matches

The managed - care industry faces one of the highest effective tax rates, meaning any tax cuts would likely have a larger benefit to managed care than to other, lower - taxed sectors.

Super earners, or those making more than $ 10 million in 2015, faced by far the highest audit rates.

Although the lack of jurisdiction over Bitcoin and its links to money laundering and illicit marketplaces have raised more than a few eyebrows, the currency offers a simple way for legitimate businesses such as small retailers and professional service providers to accept payments for international sales without facing onerous credit card fees or exchange - rate surcharges.

However it's frustrating to see that African Americans and Native Americans are being killed at significantly higher rates than any other group, especially when the police officers responsible for those deaths — those of Tamir Rice, Michael Brown, Freddie Gray, and Eric Garner to name a few — rarely face criminal charges.

The coffee chain will also attempt to engage active duty spouses, a group who faces an unemployment rate more than double the national average.

With operations around the world — three wholly owned subsidiaries in Europe, majority ownership in a joint venture in Japan, and distribution agreements with independent contractors in other nations — Wind River faces corporate tax rates that can be much higher than those for companies that operate only in the United States.

Jack Groetzinger and Russ D'Souza, both avid concertgoers and sports enthusiasts, were fed up with the unpredictability of the secondary ticket market — reseller pricing that can swing from significantly higher than face value to cut - rate, depending on an event's popularity.

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada says it will likely have to keep interest rates low for longer than it expected in the face of a surprisingly weak economy.

Yelp faces other concerns: Though the company recently announced that customers had rated 1 million local businesses in less than three months — bringing the total number of reviews north of 10 million — the site's monthly unique visits are down 2.97 percent (to 24.4 million) compared to a year ago, according to Compete.com.

Even corporations in high - tax European countries such as Belgium (34 percent), France (34.4 percent), and Sweden (22 percent) face much lower rates than those in the United States.

Employers are adopting resilience training for their employees at a rate faster than any other intervention in the United States.1 Resilience — the ability to use positive mental skills to remain psychologically steady and focused when faced with challenges or adversity — contributes substantially to how workers deal with stress and perform at work.2, 3 Employers are developing resilience to achieve a competitive advantage, similar to how the military trains active duty soldiers and their family members to withstand challenges.4, 5

In these cases, the difference between the bond's issue price (the discounted rate) and its face value would be considered tax - exempt income rather than capital gains.

Deductions and exclusions reduce tax liability more for higher - income taxpayers facing higher marginal income tax rates than for lower - income taxpayers in lower rate brackets.

If you, for example, you have an investment property that you intend to sell during retirement, it's important to remember than any gains made on that property will face tax rates of up to 5.75 %.

You'll face only one fixed monthly payment, and since home equity loans generally carry lower interest rates than revolving credit card debt, that payment is likely to be much more attractive.

If interest rates decline, however, bond prices usually increase, which means an investor can sometimes sell a bond for more than face value, since other investors are willing to pay a premium for a bond with a higher interest payment.

Transitioning military men and women exiting the armed forces face an unemployment rate more than three times the national average.

Long - term gains, those realized after a year or longer, face lower tax rates (no more than 20 percent) than short - term gains, which are taxed the same as earned income.

So you could end up with a higher interest rate on a private parent student loan than on a cosigned a loan, and you might face more limited options.

Sprint also faces higher churn rates than the competition.

The Russian forex has practically halved in benefit considering that the summer as it faces a «perfect storm» of lower oil rates, looming economic downturn and Western sanctions more than Ukraine.

Similarly, the Swedish Riksbank has cut its policy rate by a total of 75 basis points (in two steps) to 2 per cent, in the face of a larger - than - expected fall in inflation.

The most common argument you hear from the pass - through lobby (which includes, notably, lobbying firms themselves, who organize as partnerships) is that pass - throughs face a higher rate than C corporations.

While Madigan would have Illinoisans believe it would only be a tax increase on the rich, recent history and Illinois» spending problems dictate the middle class would face tax hikes under a progressive tax system — where income is taxed at increasingly higher rates, rather than the current flat rate of 4.95 percent.

After repeated episodes stretching back to 2013 when the Fed had failed to deliver predicted rate rises, market participants were now faced with a specific warning from Fed Chair Yellen that policy accommodation would be removed more quickly than in previous years.

This is not unlike the dilemma facing many retirees and other individual investors: holding ultra-safe interest - bearing investments is wise past a certain age; yet when yields are lower than the inflation rate, this strategy erodes buying power and undermines long - term financial security.

Median - and Lower - Income Households Face Higher Inflation Rates Consumer inflation differential vs. household income greater than USD 100K (average per year, 2004 - 2013)

If the bond included a «call provision,» the issuer can redeem it early, too — in order to issue new bonds at a lower interest rate, for example — but usually pays you a little more than the face value to do so.

According to a 2017 analysis of fatal and nonfatal childhood firearm injuries compiled by researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, black children face the highest rates of firearm mortality — a difference largely driven by black youth being more likely to be shooting victims than children from other racial groups.

The more than 500,000 residents of Washington County, Oregon face an average effective property tax rate of 1.17 %.

Companies also are likely to continue to locate valuable intellectual property overseas to pay a lower rate than what they would face in the United States, likely to be around 20 percent, analysts said.

And yet Gulf War II - era vets still face higher unemployment rates than the general population — 15.5 % for female vets, 9.2 % for male vets.

Investors must face a worse interest rate environment than when they made the original investment.

II.m), parallels the concluding concern of Science and the Modern World with «Social Progress» in the face of a technology that has mastered the invention of inventions and accelerated the pace of occupational change well beyond any past rate, which was always less than one generation per major innovation.

Planting the peppers on the south side of ridges that run east and west in the garden will increase the growth rate because the soil facing the sun will be warmer than level soil.

Why did he test so many first choice players?Kos I understand.Ramsey took a knock so that I get.The rest of the team?Bearing in mind they had a full week before facing West Ham it is just another example of Wenger getting even the basic decisions correct.He seems to rate his players more highly than we do.He will never admit his many many wrongs.But it's all catching up with him now.He is just incapable of Managing this Football Club now and he continues to allow himself to be ridiculed by everyone.He is finally getting what he deserves.THE SACK

but, here's a little reminder of his importance (i) upon arrival his was the goal that catapulted into th CL; (ii) when others were tired and unable to respond he has the strength of character to fight to bring us into the game; (iii) he scores the goal to save us face in FAC after last seasons fiasco; (iv) he is without equal our best player so he already earned the right to be in the highest bracket of epl strikers, we need sanchez desperately we've no choice other than to pay # 320K + and build into his deal performance rated enhancements so as we're all able to move forwards.

Let's face it podi is a better finisher and a better player than our C - rated forward welbeck so please no more comparison.

UFC on Fox 3 VS Jim Miller: As you stated above, the ratings back then was still much better than many Fox cards to date, despite facing competition from Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Miguel Cotto boxing pay - per - view event.

Sanders evolved from underused fan favorite to Milwaukee's face of the franchise in less than a year, cutting his fouls while upping his rebounding rate and maintaining his prodigious shot - blocking numbers.

Take Georgetown, which was unbeaten into mid-December after facing only two opponents that finished higher than 300th in Pomeroy's ratings, and none that finished higher than 185th.

In other words, obstetricians are faced with a population that suffers poorer health than other developed countries, yet manage to save the lives of the babies under their care at a comparatively higher rate.

Factors that may have contributed to the success for women who exclusively breastfed were face - to - face contact (rather than contact by telephone), volunteer support, a specific schedule of four to eight contacts and high numbers of women who began breastfeeding in the community or population (background rates).

Those who do give birth vaginally to a baby who is posterior are more likely to have an episiotomy and severe perineal tears than moms whose babies are in the more favorable face - down position, even after taking into account the higher rate of forceps and vacuum - assisted delivery.

Plus, let's face it, as parents of multiples we know our divorce rate is higher than that of a family with singletons.

, and her aura was not one which installed colempte confidence in me of her competence.Eventually, we reached a stage where the lead midwife announced that upon another examination (that we had been told was advisable due to the amount of time my partner had been in labour) that she would be calling in an ambulance as the baby was apparently taking longer to recover it «s heart rate between contractions than it had been previously which was a concern, and that my partner needed to be dealt with in hospital.The reassurance of the surroundings of home was soon replaced by a period of comparative chaos and strange faces which then developed into me travelling with my now scared and distressed partner in a speeding ambulance across a busy city road system amidst late afternoon traffic.

According to WSTA, the rate of alcohol taxation in the UK was now «so out of step with our European neighbours» that visitors to the London Olympics would face paying 50 per cent more for an average bottle of wine (# 4.89) than if the Games were being held in Paris (# 3.26) and triple what they would pay in Madrid (# 1.52).

Health officials say in some Buffalo neighborhoods, 40 percent of kids have been exposed to lead, a rate eight times higher than in Flint, Michigan, a city that faced a water contamination crisis that drew national attention.