Sentences with phrase «than a certain percent»

Under rent regulation, the maximum rent for an apartment can increase no more than a certain percent every year, based on inflation, improvements to the building or apartment, as well as other costs.
To get organic certification it has to have a pesticide residue less than a certain percent so it may still contain pesticides.

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While less than 1 percent of individual taxpayers are audited, certain aspects of your tax return can spark scrutiny from the IRS.
Community and online bank dominated the savings account rates category with certain institutions offering more than 1.00 % APY — quite high considering many big bank savings rates are closer to zero percent.
Fogel pointed out that transport was only a small percent of GDP and that the railroad was only a certain percent cheaper than canals so the contribution to economic growth had to be small.
On July 23, 2014, we entered into an Amended and Restated Investors» Rights Agreement, or IRA, with certain holders of our common stock and the holders of our outstanding convertible preferred stock, including Yahoo!, Teradata, entities affiliated with Benchmark and Index Ventures and Hewlett - Packard Company, which each hold more than five percent of our outstanding capital stock.
In the past three years, the US steel industry has brought more than a dozen such cases to the Commerce Department and the US Trade Commission — some leading to tariffs of more than 500 percent on certain Chinese steel products used to make cars and appliances.
Section 16 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires directors and certain officers of FedEx and persons who own more than ten percent of FedEx's common stock to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission («SEC») initial reports of beneficial ownership (Form 3) and reports of subsequent changes in their beneficial ownership (Form 4 or Form 5) of FedEx's common stock.
In our new Apartment List analysis, we concluded that Amazon will increase rents in any metro it chooses for its HQ2, but certain metros are more sensitive to its impacts than others, with rents expected to rise an additional 0.3 percent to 2 percent a year in cities across the country.
We have entered into a sixth amended and restated stockholders» agreement, dated as of April 20, 2010, with holders of our preferred stock and certain holders of our common stock, including some of our directors, executive officers and holders of more than five percent of our voting securities and their affiliates, pursuant to which the holders of preferred stock have a right of purchase and co-sale in respect of sales of securities by our founders and common stockholders party to the agreement.
Is not leveraged (except certain short - term loans equal to less than 15 percent of the fund's aggregate capital contributions and uncalled committed capital, for a non-renewable term of no longer than 120 calendar days);
(Reuters)- Acorda Therapeutics Inc (ACOR.O) will cut nearly 20 percent of its workforce as part of a cost reduction plan, the company said on Wednesday, less than a week after losing certain patents for its multiple sclerosis (MS) drug, Ampyra.
Finally, some float - downs only give you the lower rate if it's a certain percent lower than the rate you locked.
People with disabilities demonstrate the same passion, independence and self - direction as all Americans, and given certain characteristics — including being on average older and less educated — it is not surprising that the rate of self - employment for people with disabilities in the labor force in 2011 was about 50 percent higher than the corresponding rate for people without disabilities -LSB-...]
The central bank can not buy bonds that yield less than the deposit rate, currently -0.4 percent, and can not own more than a certain proportion of each bond issue.
Under European conditions, organic agriculture performs better than conventional agriculture with regard to certain parameters: for example, 30 to 100 percent higher microbial activity3 and a significantly higher biomass (+30 to 40 percent), density (+ 50 to 80 percent) and species diversity of earthworms, a key soil - macro faunal species4.
The study found that, after controlling for certain factors, black quarterbacks were 38.5 percent more likely than white quarterbacks to change positions.
Furthermore, a child who is obese by age 12 has more than a 75 percent chance of becoming an obese adult, at risk for Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, hypertension, high blood pressure, gallbladder disease, asthma and certain cancers.
Studies have shown that babies whose moms smoke during pregnancy are at a 20 to 70 percent higher risk of having certain types of congenital heart defects than babies whose moms do not smoke.
DiNapoli also said actual state spending rose 4 percent, rather than the 2 percent touted by Cuomo, if certain fund shifting and other measures are included.
In the case of competitive House races, the largest Republican groups, such as Congressional Leadership Fund and the American Action Network, spent more than 25 percent of their persuasion media budgets on digital, while certain Democratic groups spent 4 percent.
Whether that's true or whether he is just trying to stop the red ink, one thing is certain: Oscar will enter its fourth year in the New York market asking the Cuomo administration to raise premiums an average of 16 percent — and by as much as 30 percent on some plans — while telling customers they have far less choice than they had one year ago.
Dating back at least to 2006, advocates have tried to close an anomaly in housing aid to certain clients of the city's HIV / AIDS Housing Administration (HASA), by providing sufficient support so that their out - of - pocket rents are no more than 30 percent of their monthly income.
Dating back at least to 2006, advocates have tried to close an anomaly in housing aid to certain clients of the city's HIV / AIDS Services Administration, by providing sufficient support so that their out - of - pocket rents are no more than 30 percent of their monthly income.
Still, certain elements of that strategy, which is more focused on later - stage technology than early - stage research, would receive some plus - ups — including DOD's Strategic Capabilities Office, which would receive a more than 30.0 percent increase.
The story starts shortly after the Big Bang, which left a universe where matter was spread more or less, though not exactly, evenly: Certain regions of the cosmos started out slightly denser than average by a mere 0.001 percent.
Along the banks of certain rivers, the round gobies already account for more than 70 percent of the entire fish population in some places.
Of 32 patients participating in the trial, 11 had a partial response to the drug regimen, meaning a decrease in the extent of the cancer, and 53 had a very good partial response, meaning the level of certain myeloma - related proteins in the blood declines by more than 90 percent.
«Moreover, our initial data suggest that subtypes of AML with a poor prognosis are likely to be sensitive to this new therapeutic approach,» she says, adding that less than 10 percent of patients with certain forms of AML achieve long - term survival.
Additional energy savings were achieved through operational settings to certain components, yielding total savings of more than 75 percent.
Already, the planet's average temperature has warmed by 0.7 degree C, which is «very likely» (greater than 90 percent certain) to be a result of the rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, according to the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Doubling certain types of cardiovascular fat can lead to a more than 50 percent increase in coronary events.
I'm certain not more than 1 percent of this city has a clue.
Dating past a certain point in life becomes increasingly difficult because we're so set in our ways, and far less flexible when it comes to accepting other people's peculiarities that we'd sometimes rather be alone than put up with a person who's not 100 percent to our liking.
Money from a $ 26 million reward fund, averaging about $ 2,000 a teacher, will be divided among the 38 percent of the state's schools that improved by more than 10 percent on certain measures over the past two years.
No less than 81 percent of all respondents support requiring students in certain grades to pass an exam before they proceed to the next grade, and 85 percent support requiring students to pass an exam before graduating from high school.
The researchers were only 91 percent certain (statistically) that the better performance of voucher - program students was due to the program rather than chance, and they had to be 95 percent certain.
When it comes to their new proposed education agenda, it is bad enough that Malloy and Wyman plan to give more money to the privately owned but publicly funded charter school industry while making the deepest cuts in state history to Connecticut's public schools, but in a little understood piece of proposed legislation, the Malloy administration is trying to sneak through legislation that would give his Commissioner of Education and the political appointees on his State Board of Education a new mechanism they would use to punish taxpayers in certain communities where more than 5 percent of parents opt their children out of the wasteful and destructive Common Core SBAC testing program.
While the percentage of Latinx students is high and growing, less than 8 percent of the nation's teachers identify as such.5 The recent increase in the Latinx population means that the teacher diversity gap — as measured by subtracting the percentage of teachers6 of a certain race or ethnicity from the percentage of students7 of that same race or ethnicity — is largest for Latinx students.
The setup, which will be made available as an option on select A-class models in certain markets, is claimed to be up to 25 percent lighter than rival systems owing to a design that sees the multi-plate clutch housed within the rear axle assembly.
The amount of cash I invested is greater than 25 percent because of closing costs and certain prepaid items like taxes and insurance.
The portfolio contains all tax - qualified REITs with more than 50 percent of total assets in qualifying real estate assets other than mortgages secured by real property that also meet certain minimum size and liquidity criteria.
You might earn more getting 1.5 percent back on all purchases rather than 1 percent back on most purchases and 5 percent back on certain items.
If the mortality fees are not added, then the yearly charges of certain ULIPs come to be less than 1.7 percent.
Certain struggling homeowners can qualify to take a new loan for 25 percent more than their home's value, securing lower interest rates.
Sign - up bonuses — More than 60 percent of the cards surveyed offered sign - up bonuses — of up to $ 200 cash back — after spending a certain amount within a specific timeframe.
Hip dysplasia, an abnormality of the hip joints that causes pain and loss of mobility, is another common issue that seems to target certain breeds; the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals has found that 61 percent of Bulldogs and 80 percent of Pugs are troubled by it, although in general, large breeds have worse rates of hip problems than small breeds.
For those dogs who can not tolerate more than 12 percent fat, this may mean that the fat content needs to be increased very gradually, or perhaps that certain types of fat may be tolerated better than others.
Of the 52 - card sample, 27 cards had a flat percent of cash back on every purchase, and 22 cards had a tiered system, where certain purchases earned more cash back than others.
Sign - up bonuses — More than 60 percent of the cards surveyed offered sign - up bonuses — of up to $ 200 cash back — after spending a certain amount within a specific timeframe.
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