Sentences with phrase «such as the percent»

Finding the discounted names might be a little more difficult as you mentioned but there are other interesting ways to find value such as Percent Above Average Yield (PAAY).

Past comparisons among coral reef survey methods have demonstrated that while there are some biases among methods, most provide comparable results when comparing among similar types of observation such as percent coral cover or disturbance [44], [45].

CMAs give an overview of what is actually happening in a particular area, such as the percent of list price that sellers are receiving, current inventory in the area and days on market for similar properties.

Not exact matches

LONDON, April 30 - The 10 - year U.S. Treasury yield's rise above 3 percent last week for the first time in over four years may be cause for concern across wide swathes of financial markets, such as equities and emerging markets.

About 30 colleges and universities may pay a 1.4 percent tax on their endowment investment returns, including Harvard, Yale and small liberal arts colleges such as Amherst and Williams.

Companies such as Uber and Instacart stand to save a ton of money on labor costs — up to 40 percent, according to one study — by continuing to classify their workers as independent contractors rather than as employees.

In fact, 41 percent of the on - demand workers we surveyed had faced a personal financial hardship in the past year (such as a job loss, health emergency or unexpected major expense).

Including an offer, such as «10 percent off your first order» can more than double your revenue per email.

Non-permanent workers such as freelancers have grown from 17 to 36 percent of the U.S. work force over the past 25 years and are expected to comprise 43 percent of the work force by 2020, according to Alex Chriss, vice president and general manager of Self - Employed Solutions at Intuit.

A stronger dollar also intensified pressure on some commodity - linked currencies such as the New Zealand dollar which tumbled 0.3 percent to 0.7129 per dollar.

There are no such restrictions in Dandong, the main gateway into North Korea in northeastern China, where listed prices of apartments in some projects seen as most likely to gain from an economic opening up of North Korea have jumped by as much as 50 percent since Kim's Beijing visit in late March, according to five real estate agents and three local residents.

But some of the most chattered - about ideas — such as 20 percent time and mind puzzle interview questions — have come from experiments at search behemoth Google.

In sectors such as tourism, catering and food, around 50 percent of employees have one, with other big users being retail and the care industry.

By taking steps such as moving the coupon field to the end of the sales process, Bonobos» rate of abandonment could fall 10 percent, adding about $ 20,000 a month in sales.

Even allowing for uncontrolled factors such as diet, previous night sleep quality and mood, employees» overall sharpness fell by an average of 15 percent when CO2 levels reached «moderate» levels of about 945 parts per million (ppm).

The Harvard Business Review reported that such high - pressure environments have employee turnover as much as 50 percent higher than other organizations.

Another culture that treats women as less than men (such that female infanticide still happens regularly), India, nevertheless, finds females in 30 percent of programming jobs, compared with 21 percent in the U.S.

In fact, according to Nielsen, 92 percent of consumers around the world say they trust earned media, such as recommendations from friends and family, above all other forms of advertising.

Tax rates at banks such as JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley dropped to between 17 and 23 percent.

However, mutual funds may also invest up to 15 percent of fund assets in non-liquid investments, such as privately held startups.

But it is not a 25 percent return and should not be marketed as such.

Passive income limitation: You can't have more than 25 percent of gross receipts from passive activities, such as real estate investment.

An accomplishment resume, on the other hand, emphasizes accomplishments and results, such as «Cut costs by 50 percent» or «Met quota every month.»

While the literacy rate in Ethiopia is 50 percent for males and 23 percent for females, 100 percent of people in most high - income countries, such as Canada and Norway, can read.

The gaming company, which makes titles such as «Farmville,» said on Wednesday that it was moving from a multi-class structure to a single class, reducing Pincus» control to about 10 percent, down from about 70 percent.

Already in 2014, major advertisers such as P&G and Unilever have announced their intention to accelerate their programmatic spending, with P&G saying it wants to buy 70 - 75 percent of its U.S. digital media programmatically by the end of 2014.

Other countries, such as the U.K., have gender diversity champions who have made excellent use of the bully pulpit, notably Lord Mervyn Davies, who is calling for 33 percent board participation by women by 2020.

«Even in the last 20 years which have been a long bear market [for Japan], there have been several periods of rebound, such as between 2003 and 2005 when the market rebounded by 100 percent.

In September 2015, Biz2Credit conducted a study that showed Latino small - business loan applications grew 18 percent, yet their owners lag behind in the necessary factors needed to secure financing, such as annual revenue, age of business and credit scores.

Some still advocate sticking to a policy of nudging down interest rates further, such as by scrapping a 0.1 percent floor set on money market rates.

Google did something along these lines in its early days; it was called «20 Percent Time» and gave birth to enterprises such as AdSense, Gmail and Google News.

Total said it expected to exceed its 6 percent production target for 2018 thanks to the start - ups and ramp - ups of new projects, such as Kashagan in Kazakhstan, Kaombo in Angola and Ichthys in Australia, later in the year.

Over seventy percent of U.S. companies are structured as pass - through entities, such as S - corporations and limited liability corporations (LLCs).

Core earnings per share, which excludes certain items such as the temporary impact of the tax law, were $ 1.19, an increase of 10 percent versus the prior year.

Thirteen percent of Web traffic to major web portals such as Yahoo, MSN and AOL came from Facebook.

«Try to have a metric in your value proposition, such as your clients increase their Web traffic by 25 percent.»

While FundersClub may operate a platform for companies to seek investment, they only select a single - digit (1 to 2 percent) of startups to appear on the platform, with top venture capital firms such as Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz already investing nearly $ 1 billion in companies that they've funded.

The company, based in Fullerton, California, retrofits large diesel - powered vehicles such as garbage trucks and off - road construction equipment with a system that cuts smog - causing emissions by as much as 90 percent.

Sales rose 3 percent in its personal care segment, which includes brands such as Huggies and Pull - Ups, and 9 percent in its consumer tissue segment which includes Kleenex and Scott.

In fact, they «were 50 percent less likely to engage in prosocial behavior such as volunteering to help customers, listening actively, and making suggestions,» reports Christopher Bergland on Psychology Today (hat tip to Science of Us).

Social media is used by 58 percent of U.S. marketers to drive engagement during events in real time, primarily through posts that highlight aspects of the event such as presentations or performances.

While it's in a few large chains such as Bed Bath & Beyond, independent retailers account for 80 percent of sales.

Nearly 20 percent of people who own cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin went into debt to buy it, or bought it on margin.

More complicated products, such as variable annuities and fixed index annuities, can have upfront commissions of 7 percent or more.

Other forms of travel, such as trains, buses and cruises, will see a slight bump — up 1.1 percent to 1.48 million travelers.

At No. 42 on this year's Inc. 5000, the tablet and computer maker for companies such as Groupon and LivingSocial has a three - year growth rate of 5,866 percent and 2014 revenue north of $ 6 million.

The Big 3 control almost 85 percent of the domestic pickup market, according to LMC Automotive, despite competitive products from foreign brands such as Toyota and Nissan.

And these investors are dipping into some dogs of the market this year, such as telecom — 27 percent of million - dollar accounts said telecom was among the sectors with the most potential in the fourth quarter, up from 18 percent in Q3.

Pass - through entities, such as S - Corps and LLCs, would have taxes capped at 15 percent as well.

Other currencies which have borne the brunt of the dollar's rally in the last two weeks such as the Australian dollar, Canadian dollar and the Swiss franc stabilised on Wednesday, rising between 0.2 to 0.4 percent.