Sentences with phrase «states by rate»

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In surveys by the UnitedHealth Foundation, Minnesota has ranked among the nation's 10 healthiest states every year since 1990, thanks to a strong statewide health - care network and very high rates of physical activity among residents.

Google states that showing your seller rating in your text ads can increase the CTR of your ads by up to 10 percent.

Some good news in the war on breast cancer: «From 1989 to 2015, breast cancer death rates decreased by 39 %, which translates to 322,600 averted breast cancer deaths in the United States,» according to a new report published by the American Cancer Society.

Before actually buying insurance, check out the insurance company's financial ratings at www.ambest.com and www.weissratings.com, and be sure the company is regulated by the insurance commissioner in your state.

American Express» 2017 State of Women - Owned Businesses Report estimates that from 1997 to 2017, the number of women - owned firms increased by a rate of roughly more than 2.5 times the national average (114 percent vs. 44 percent).

Survival rates for sudden cardiac arrest vary immensely by state and even by county in America.

The other 41 states have either a flat income tax — meaning everyone, regardless of how much they earn, pays the same percentage of their income to the government — or a progressive income tax, which means your tax rate is determined by your income.

That's likely an extreme case, but other investigations by state attorneys general and the Federal Trade Commission have routinely found debt - settlement companies with completion rates of 10 % or less.

Over the past few years, public pensions including California Public Employee's Retirement System (CalPERs) and California State Teacher's Retirement System (Calstrs)-- the largest in the country by assets — have posting mediocre returns due to low interest rates and growing retirement obligations.

But they are going to have to dismantle some of their welfare state, create labour market flexibility, stop being terrorized by organized labour and the farmers, accept real austerity in the offender countries, abandon this imbecility about leading the world, raise the birth rate and develop less meddlesome and authoritarian institutions.

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.

SolarCity and Nevada utility NV Energy, owned by Berkshire, famously have been battling it out in Nevada over that state regulator's decision to change the rates and economic structure for rooftop solar.

But the economic outlook is clouded by rising trade tensions, as well as late - cycle increases in interest rates in the United States and the other major economies.

The annual report by Oxfam found that the number of billionaires rose at a rate of one every two days between March 2016 and March 2017, while in the United States the three richest people own the same wealth as the poorest half of the population.

We measure each state's fiscal health by looking at its credit ratings and outlook, as well as state revenues as compared to budget projections.

«The relationship between lower unemployment rates and higher wages, pronounced dead by some, should begin to reemerge in 2018, beginning in the United States,» its economists forecast.

By the end of 2015, the homicide rate in Guerrero reached 56.5 per 100,000 residents, which was four times the national average of 14.07 killings per 100,000 people, according to state - level data gathered by the Mexican governmenBy the end of 2015, the homicide rate in Guerrero reached 56.5 per 100,000 residents, which was four times the national average of 14.07 killings per 100,000 people, according to state - level data gathered by the Mexican governmenby the Mexican government.

State regulators also provoked the ire of owners of rooftop solar panels by lowering the rates and boosting the fees that solar customers have to pay.

Crescent Electric studied mining costs based on the wattage used by the three most popular mining rigs (the AntMiner S9, the AntMinerS7 and the Avalon 6) and the days each takes to mine a coin (which range from 452 to over 1,800 depending on the machine), then multiplied by the average electricity rate in each state.

Crudely put, the theory states that when inflation rises above a prescribed level (typically around 2 %), central banks must respond by raising interest rates, which quells consumer demand and causes inflation to fall back to «acceptable» levels.

Trump and Republicans in Congress may argue that abolishing the deduction for state and local taxes would be more than offset by cuts in income tax rates.

Update: Symphony, as of Wednesday, is under investigation by the New York State Department of Financial Services for offering services similar to those that were used in previous schemes involving interest rate and foreign exchange interest rate manipulation.

However, the number of nonfarm payroll jobs in the state grew by just 0.6 % over that year, the 10th - lowest rate.

The economy may be recovering and the unemployment rate declining, but jobs are still hard to come by these days, which means states need to work harder than ever to attract new investment.

«If hand hygiene compliance rates increased by 8.7 percentage points across the board during a typical work shift, this could potentially eliminate as many as 1.2 million infections per year, save up to $ 25 billion, and prevent up to 70,000 unnecessary deaths in the United States,» reports Knowledge@Wharton.

According to a new Bankrate survey out Monday, the Grand Canyon state is home to three of the country's best cities for retirees, ranked by metrics like cost of living, weather, crime rate, health care, taxes, walkability and the well - being of seniors living in the area.

Fitch Ratings said on Monday that the House bill could add to the fiscal strain in some states and local jurisdictions by limiting their tax - raising flexibility.

By comparison, in states where the drug did become legal for medical use, the rate of illicit use went from 5.55 percent to 9.15 percent.

Yum Brands, in reporting third - quarter earnings, stated «foreign currency translation remains a strong headwind» and that it expected the exchange rate «to impact full - year earnings per share by about 5 percentage points.»

Despite that, Lunsford said, «a lot of folks think they're not affected by the high rate of uninsured» in the state.

And Medicaid prescription rates jumped by more than 25 percent in expansion states compared to an increase of just 2.8 percent in states that did not expand.

But Kentucky, which ran its own Obamacare insurance marketplace and expanded Medicaid, saw its uninsured rate plunge by 12.9 percentage points, landing at 7.5 percent of all state residents as of 2015.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

Comparing the capital and operating costs of various forms of energy — even factoring in US$ 50 a tonne for carbon emissions (a higher rate than is currently levied by any North American state or province)-- natural gas comes out as a clear winner.

A recent study published by researchers from the University of Iowa, University of Illinois - Chicago, and Arizona State finds that opportunity for advancement is one of the most influential factors impacting both employee morale and turnover rates.

Michael Arone, chief investment strategist at State Street Global Advisors, reckons that new legislation that drops the rate all the way to 20 %, and contains other levy - lowering provisions such as immediate expensing of capital expenditure, could raise EPS for the S&P 500 by 8 % in the first year.

Insurance is regulated state by state, and each state has its own insurance commission to determine how much insurers can raise rates on renewed term policies.

The Berkshire Hathaway - owned NV Energy, the state's largest utility, is required to file its new rate with the PUCN by the end of the year.

The FOMC's policy normalization principles and plans make the temporary nature of the ON RRP clear by stating that it will be discontinued when it is no longer needed to help control the federal funds rate.26 This intention was noted again in the minutes to the January FOMC meeting.

In the post-Volcker period, for example, short - term interest rates in the United States have jumped by more than two percentage points within a one - year period on several occasions.

However, gains realized from real estate sales in Delaware by those who live in another state, are taxed at a rate of 6.75 %.

These features include the availability of physical cash and a behavioral aversion by some money market investors to investing at negative rates, and also encompass certain unique features of money markets in the United States, such as legal and regulatory incentives applicable to money market mutual funds and the ability of the government - sponsored enterprises to leave unremunerated deposits at the Federal Reserve.23

What doesn't play in the state's favor is its high cost of living, bolstered by higher - than - average home prices and middling deposit account rates — and the second - highest median property tax in the country.

The complaint states that in promulgating the final revisions to PTE 84 - 24, which make the exemption available to «fixed rate annuities,» as defined by DOL, but not to one class of fixed annuities — specifically, «fixed indexed annuities» — the Department «acted without providing adequate notice and an opportunity for comment, reflecting arbitrary and capricious conduct in excess of its statutory authority and in clear violation of its obligations to make necessary findings under applicable law.»

The most affordable rate was offered by State Farm at an annual cost of $ 246.

The lawyer who fought to vacate the rule says requests like those filed by the AARP and three states have a low success rate.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; delays in the completion of project sales; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 27, 2017.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 20, 2016.

If the state funds these unproductive workers by borrowing at repressed rates from households, or by otherwise raising direct or hidden household taxes, this way of managing unemployment will indeed serve simply to prevent or even reverse the adjustment process.

The basic idea is that while most economists believe corporate taxes are primarily paid by owners of capital (that is, people who own stock in corporations) in the form of lower profits, a sizable minority, including White House chief economist Kevin Hassett, think that a lower tax rate would spark so much additional investment in the United States that it would bid up wages and leave the middle class better off through its indirect effects.