Would-be immigrants will be judged according to a points system, with permits given only to those who possess skills that the government deems to be in short supply.
"Gov. Cuomo has restored a sense of pride and credibility in New York state government, " SUNY Plattsburgh President John Ettling said at Mr. Cuomo's Feb. 3 stop on his tour, according to Cardinal Points, a student newspaper.
On Wednesday credit default swaps that insure GE Capital's debt jumped 110 basis points, to 500 basis points, according to pricing service Markit Intraday.
The competing yachts receive points according to their position in each leg with half points awarded at scoring gates along the route and for the seven in-port races.
The 189 contract towers handle approximately 20% of all airport operations, but less than 2.5% of commercial operations, according to the talking points.
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The margin among registered voters was lower: eight points according to Time and one point according to Gallup.
Players receive points according to their finish in officially recognized tournaments world-wide.
For junk bonds, the jump is even more dramatic: 275 over Treasurys at the end of 2006 to 341 points as of Monday, according to Sanford Bernstein research.
Performance data show that sponsor-to-sponsor deals did underperform other types of deals slightly on an absolute return basis by 3 percentage points, on average, in the years prior to 2004, and by 8 percentage points since then, according to PERACS, a PE performance analytics company (see Figure).
The gross margin at Credit Suisse's wealth management business meanwhile fell to 114 basis points last year from 122 basis points in 2011, according to a regulatory filing.
In the second leg, horses can earn 100, 40, 20, or 10 points, according to where they finish.
Obama also beats Texas congressman Ron Paul by 10 points and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum by 8 points, according to Rasmussen.
The Democrat leads by 14 points, according to the most recent poll.
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But the outlook for Stevens was bad even before the charges: He trailed his Democratic challenger in November's election by 9 points, according to a Rasmussen poll released last week.
The news comes ahead of an all-important ECB meeting in which consensus estimates are that the institution headed by Jean Claude Trichet will hike its main policy rate by 25 basis points, according to Nomura. (Read Portuguese Parliament Rejects Austerity Plan, PM Socrates Resigns).
Colorado, Montana, Nebraska and Virginia had an increased unemployment rate of 0.2 percentage points in April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, while Massachusetts' unemployment rate fell by 0.2 percentage points.
Between 1952 and 2009, shares of the largest companies in their sectors by market value each year tended to underperform peers over the following decade by more than three percentage points a year, according to Robert Arnott, founder of Research Affiliates, a Newport Beach, Calif.
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So far the French seem to like what he is doing: in November, his popularity climbed eight points to 49%, according to Ipsos, a pollster.
It'll also tell you points of interest according to your preferences, which could include the nearest McDonald's restaurant, Hilton Hotel or even a speed camera.
The average 2015 target-date fund allocated roughly 40% to stocks at the end of 2012, down nine percentage points from the end of 2008, according to Lipper.
In the past four months, support for Mr Humala has more than tripled to 22%, placing him second just three points behind Lourdes Flores, a conservative, according to Apoyo, a polling firm.
According to RBC Capital markets, industry data points continue to show signs of deceleration.
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Mr de Villepin's popularity rating jumped by 11 points in July, according to Ipsos, another pollster, to 44% well ahead of Mr Chirac's lowly 32%.
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New York's financial difficulties and the governor's apparent impotence have left Paterson with an approval rating of 21%, according to a recent poll--five points lower than Spitzer's current standing.
If the Heat go on to win the title, it would be the lowest scoring output for a championship team's No. 2 scorer since 1954, when Jim Pollard of the Minneapolis Lakers contributed 12.3 points per game, according to Stats LLC.
Kidd also illustrated an uncanny ability during the regular season to make clutch shots in key moments. (Not so much in the postseason, granted.) He was a team-best 50% (11-for-22) from the floor in the final five minutes of games that were separated by five points or less, according to NBA.com.
Costa Rica, the United States and Honduras each have four points, but are placed according to goal differential.
Mr Maduro won by a margin of 1.49 percentage points over Mr Capriles, according to official figures released by the electoral council.
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