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While Chinese cities have recently hit more than 500 micrograms of PM 2.5 per cubic meter, Saudi Arabia, on a per - country average, has the most toxic air in the world.

That won't surprise anyone who's seen the recent New York City Department of Consumer Affairs report on gender pricing in the city, which found that toys and accessories marketed at girls cost an average of 7 % more than similar products aimed at bCity Department of Consumer Affairs report on gender pricing in the city, which found that toys and accessories marketed at girls cost an average of 7 % more than similar products aimed at bcity, which found that toys and accessories marketed at girls cost an average of 7 % more than similar products aimed at boys.

In fact, in Andorra's capital city of Andorra la Vella, a three - star hotel (# 43, or $ 59) is not only just half the cost of the average Airbnb (# 79, or $ 108), but you can book yourself into a five - star hotel for less than the average listing on Airbnb's website too (# 77, or $ 105).

In - house research by the bank showed that Detroit residents, on average, channeled a significantly higher percentage of their spending through small businesses than city dwellers nationwide.

Lewistown ranks second on our list of most expensive cities in Montana for auto insurance with an average cost of $ 1,737, which is 7 % costlier than the state mean.

Based on our research, annual renters insurance quotes in Fayetteville vary by $ 406, which is more than some cities average for renters insurance costs.

On average, home buyers in California cities like Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco make larger down payments than buyers in other markets across the U.S. And when you factor in the relatively high housing costs in the Golden State, this initial investment can seem like quite a hurdle.

Based on our study, the average renters insurance cost in the city is $ 328, which is 24 % more than Massachusetts» average.

And within cities, the Centers for Disease Control found that black Americans are, on average, eight times more likely to be killed by guns than white Americans.

According to researchers at McGill, using the data from the At Home / Chez Soi project, «Support services for homeless people with mental illness in Canada's biggest cities cost more than $ 55K a year per person on average.»

The ACCC considers that the acquisition would be likely to «substantially lessen competition in the retail supply of fuel», noting that «BP prices are significantly higher on average than Woolworths prices in the major capital cities».

City were the first to really dish out the big bucks, che paid big transfer fees but city paid some average English / foreign players more than what some Barca players wereCity were the first to really dish out the big bucks, che paid big transfer fees but city paid some average English / foreign players more than what some Barca players werecity paid some average English / foreign players more than what some Barca players were on.

Our defence is questionable, but would I be more frustrated as a City fan, spending more than the GDP of a small country on 5/6 bang average defenders?

Fans are too used to City, Chelsea and Fifa18 style... where majority of the players and managers do not stay longer than 3 years at the club (on average)

And while Utah isn't truly 42 points better than Oregon on average, it sounded alarm bells in every city in the Pac - 12.

Teams such as Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich all spend on average, 25pc or more of time during a game leading by two goals or more; almost 10pc more than Manchester City, the side deemed the most «dominant» during Premier League games.

No Manchester City player attempts, on average, more passes than Fernandinho, but the 31 - year - old only has eighteen months remaining on his deal and he's not a long - term solution there.

City have averaged 2.7 goals per game on their travels this season and are seven points better off than they were at this stage last season.

And the City of Portland Oregon has already passed a surtax on companies whose CEO's make more than 100 times the average worker.

As mayors prepared to make their case, the state School Boards Association released a survey that found work force costs in schools outside the state's major cities are on track to grow an average of more than $ 1 billion annually by the 2013 - 14 school year; revenues under a tax cap, however, would grow only $ 229 million per year through 2013 - 14, on average.

• Rick «Wall Street Lobbyio» Lazio's taxpayer bailout bonus... $ 1.3 million • One week of unemployment insurance for more than 3,000 unemployed New Yorkers who lost their jobs following the financial crisis... $ 1.3 million • Four average mortgages on homes that were foreclosed on during the financial crisis... $ 1.3 million • Starting base salary for 30 new New York City Police Officers... $ 1.3 million • Starting base salary for 30 new New York City Firefighters... $ 1.3 million • One year of SUNY tuition for 261 New York students... $ 1.3 million

CITY HALL — City workers are paid 17 percent less, on average, than their colleagues in the private sector, according to a new report released Wednesday by City Comptroller John Liu.

On average, a city with at least a million residents can be 1 to 3 degrees C hotter than surrounding areas.

Data from hundreds of U.S. cities show that, on average, larger cities produce more wealth and innovation per capita than smaller ones do

They found that in a hypothetical world in which cities sported highly reflective white roofs, urban temperatures were on average 0.6 °C cooler than in cities with existing, mostly black roofing materials.

Extreme fires during the post-monsoon season can pump on average about 150 micrograms per cubic meter of fine particulate matter into the city, doubling the amount of pollution and increasing total levels 12 times higher than WHO recommendations, and even 20 times higher on some days.

Image courtesy of iStockphoto / guter City dwellers are thought to be, on average, healthier than their rural counterparts.

They base their findings on information from more than 11,500 adults, whose heart health and visible aging signs were tracked for an average of 11.5 years as part of the Copenhagen City Heart Study.

They found that in a hypothetical world in which cities sported highly reflective white roofs, urban temperatures were on average 0.6 °C cooler than in...

At all sites, on average, urban birds sang and called at higher frequencies than their country cousins, with city hipster birds singing 195 hertz higher and calling 90 hertz higher.

In fact, on average, 55 per cent of our members in South Africa are educated to Bachelor's level (or higher)- while in cities like Cape Town more than 15 per cent of our members have post-graduate degrees.

On average a flight to Europe is 40 % cheaper than a return train ticket from London to any other major city in Britain.

While the evidence for the effectiveness of charter schools nationwide is mixed, research has found that the charter schools in these cities are on average more effective than district schools in raising student test scores.

By contrast, Krueger and Zhu concluded, «The provision of vouchers in New York City probably had no more than a trivial effect on the average test performance of participating black students.»

Average per - pupil public revenues (from all sources, including federal Charter School Program start - up grants) across the NewSchools portfolio were more than $ 11,500 in 2010, ranging from about $ 9,000 to $ 16,000, depending on the states and cities where schools are located.

After reading the critics and examining many more studies than Klein names (some inevitably negative), I believe there is simply no doubt that under Klein's leadership, children attending public schools in New York City were, on average, being far better educated at the end of his eight years than they had been nine years before.

The district also struggled to keep new principals on the job; a study of first - year principals in six cities hired in 2007 - 08 found that less than half of those in Baltimore — 41 percent — were on the job three years later, compared to 65 percent, on average (Figure 5).

On average in the three cities, African - American students who switched from public to private schools scored 6.3 percentile points higher than their peers in the control group on the reading portion of the test and 6.2 points higher on the math portioOn average in the three cities, African - American students who switched from public to private schools scored 6.3 percentile points higher than their peers in the control group on the reading portion of the test and 6.2 points higher on the math portioon the reading portion of the test and 6.2 points higher on the math portioon the math portion.

These cities are» jockeying to woo an ever - shrinking pool of qualified candidates for a demanding job that requires one part managerial skills, one part political savvy and one part education - policy acumen for a tenure that, on average, lasts barely more than three years,» Camera writes.

Most recently, multiple analyses of the New York City Choice Scholarships Foundation program found that students who received scholarships as a result of a lottery had math scores that were five percentage points higher on average than the control group.

By contrast, about a quarter of all district enrollments were in «beat the odds» schools, suggesting that, on average, the charter sector is more likely to provide enrollment in a «beat the odds» school than the district sector in the city.

The NFER found that London's teachers are younger on average than in other cities, and the capital has a «steady net outflow» of teachers who move to teach elsewhere, particularly those in their thirties and forties.

Their report found that, on average, charter school students in New York City tend to stay at their schools at a higher rate than do students at nearby traditional district schools.

And they can point to the data here which show that students who attend higher income city high schools, on average, are 37 percent more likely to go straight to college than a student from a low income high school.

Success Academy is New York City's largest charter school network and serves mostly black and Hispanic students, who perform much better on state tests than the citywide averages.

The results for the typical student in a Harlem public charter school — approximately 25 percent of the city's charter students — were even more pronounced in math, on average gaining seven more months than his or her peer in a district public school, but less than a full additional month in reading.

Fewer than a third of students are reading on grade level, and the math proficiency rate among eighth - graders is less than half the city average.

93 % of Jersey City charter high school students graduated within 4 years — higher than the district average of 78 % and on par with the state average of 91 %.

Worse, the best political spin that the reformers could come up with was that after privatizing virtually the entire education system in New Orleans, and giving the corporate education movement total control of the city, the «average composite score on the ACT for students in the Recovery School District (RSD) New Orleans rose by» less than half a percentage point.

But many have questioned throwing money at the problem — Newark schools already spend $ 22,000 a pupil, more than double the national average, and like many inner - city districts has hardly seen a return on that investment at test time (less than half of fourth graders are proficient in English).