They are important because they are used to calculate annual increases in some prices and benefits.
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That change is estimated to bring down annual increases by three-tenths of one percent.
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There are 33 million shares reserved for options, and annual increases are running at a 5 million clip.
In addition the measure of inflation used to calculate annual increases in many benefits would be made stingier.
And annual increases in benefits will be subject to a one percent cap.
Many school districts now face the prospect of major annual increases in the property taxes that fund the districts.
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Annual increases in Dutch jobs have averaged 1.6% over the past 15 years.
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He urged the coalition government to introduce the Liberal Democrats manifesto pledge of changing annual increases to RPI minus 1%.
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In some cases, these guaranteed annual increases were set at a constant 3 percent, the long-term average, regardless of the CPI.
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But the real goal is to have nanoscale transistors ready when silicon chips can no longer deliver annual increases in computer speed.
Those who thought they could not lose in a market that was seeing annual increases of up to 20% are getting their fingers burnt.
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The real money-savers come from lowering the annual increases in benefits - the switch from the RPI measure of inflation to the lower CPI.
With total stored information growth exceeding 50% annual increases, high capacity, low cost storage technologies such as digital magnetic tape will continue to play an important role.
But she won't cure Barbie's blues: All Barbie sales are expected to creep up only 3% in 1998, way below the 18% annual increases in the mid-1990s.
Emerging markets often spring such surprises, but the Morgan Stanley Capital International Emerging Asia Index is up 18% in the year to date, following four consecutive annual increases.
One change Obama has proposed would tighten the adjustment for inflation of benefits such as Social Security, meaning annual increases for future recipients would grow at a slower pace.
While most China watchers cautioned that a rapid appreciation of the yuan was not in the cards, the conventional wisdom was that annual increases of 5 percent could be expected.
Galli now demands 5% annual increases in factory productivity and unleashes dedicated sales teams that work the store floor and talk to the highest levels at Home Depot, Wal-Mart and Lowe's.
He acknowledged a 1% cap was "tough" but said many public sector workers would be helped by "pay progression" - annual increases in salary grades - even when pay was frozen.
If the steady annual increases over the last 10 years are any indication, companies that should know better will still be making embarrassing disclosures about network intrusions that went undetected too long.
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He proposes a one-year freeze on all federal discretionary spending outside of defense and veterans benefits, and he wants to limit overall federal spending growth to 2.4%, about one-third the annual increases since 2000.
Annual increases of a similar magnitude are projected.
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The Social Security and pension fund annual increases based on the CPI made sense four decades ago when inflation was 12 percent and you could earn 12 percent in a plain vanilla bank certificate of deposit.
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Rises of up to 11% this month could be followed by annual increases of up to 13% in the next two years, shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle told MPs during an opposition day debate on 11 January 2012.
According to sources, the deals Fox has with baseball teams are fairly standardized, with 5% annual increases during the length of the deal and an opt-out provision for the team half way through the contract, with Fox having the right of first refusal on any competing offers for the broadcast rights.
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In their last negotiations, Verizon's unions won annual pay increases of 4%, 3%, and 5%.
Teachers are eligible for annual salary increases and bonuses based on the classroom observations and student achievement.
Many civil service contracts require annual pay increases for staff, in line with their seniority and length of service.
While underlying inflation in China is around 2%, average annual salary increases for mid-level and senior managers are now 6-10%.
In recent years, annual cost increases in each program have averaged about 10 percent, although last year saw much smaller jumps.
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