In addition to internet-based measures, the agreement also seeks to curb trade of counterfeited physical goods.
And we have supported the possible use of market-based measures to control capital inflows, for instance along Chilean lines.
It is too early to determine if the initiative is the reason that we are meeting out desired outcomes, but early data does support that Phase One teachers are seeing increases in student learning from state test scores to performance-based measures.
Unlike opinion polls or other qualitative-based measures of reputation, however, these metrics speak to the behaviors of its various stakeholder groups, and correlate factors like earnings multiples, pricing, employee productivity and retention, vendor terms, supply chain sustainability, and other operational indicators.
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Richard Lugar, Indiana Republican, stressed the importance of not having a hiatus in treaty-based verification measures.
But what if those bonuses are based on other measures besides profits and share price?
But measures based on stockmarket values are subject to the same wild fluctuations as the market itself.
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However, some analysts have other reasons for preferring alternative measures of shareholder income to measures based on earnings.
Europe needs to stop bailing out the countries that have no ability to pay their bills when the bailouts are based on austerity measures.
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The rest comes from a salary and some kind of bonus usually based on performance measures, such as earnings, and drawn straight from the published accounts.
The answer in almost every case is for such institutions to redefine their scope based on clear measures of effectiveness--in other words, work where you can add value.
Approximately 1, 700 stocks are ranked relative to one another, based heavily on measures of earnings momentum and price momentum, and given a "timeliness" grade of 1-5 (the lower the better).
Existing models are based on indirect measures of how infectious an animal is a cow with high levels of the virus in its blood, for instance, is assumed to be able to infect other animals.
The foundation and others have estimated that it could cost between 1.5% and 2% of the overall budget for teacher compensation and benefits to implement a feedback and evaluation system based on multiple measures of teaching performance.
According to government statistics, there were 3.2 million children living in families with three or more children in 2010-11 and families with more than two children are more likely to be living in poverty based on standard measures of comparative income.
The 2011 Index of Economic Freedom, which is a joint project of The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal, ranked 183 countries based on 10 measures that evaluate such things as openness to trade and investment, government size, fiscal soundness, business and labor regulation, property rights, corruption, monetary stability and financial competition and transparency.
Most of these measures are based on real threats or incidents that have occurred, such as the shoe bomber in 2001 or underpants bomber on Christmas day, 2009.
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The RVP is based on a test that measures vapor pressure of the gasoline blend at 100 degrees F.
It seems strange that such drastic measures should be based on a formula from the 1940s that nobody believes is fair.
The decision was based on "increased security measures that have impacted travel from the area, " NWSL executive director Cheryl Bailey said.
The necessary measures could be based on Article 126 and Protocol 12 of the Lisbon Treaty and could be achieved by the end of 2012.
For this gamble to pay the sorts of long-term returns the Bush Administration hopes for, however, it must be rooted in hard-headed realism, based on transparency and practical measures.
Section 249 authorizes the President to declare a state of cyber emergency if critical infrastructure (CI) is deemed to be in serious jeopardy of a network-based attack and institute emergency measures to protect it.
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But in both measures this price is based on the cost of renting a similar property, using a method that many economists reckon is distinctly dodgy.
It also measures my sleep (based on movement, not brain activity) and has a Web interface and smartphone app for logging what I eat and checking calories burned.
The initial security measures imposed on airlines were based on hunch rather than serious analysis of costs and benefits.
Once we get over the glut of shrinking spreads, these stocks will rise based on the new macro-prudential measures the government announced this month.
Asia remains an underweight as a whole, though China, Thailand and South Korea as individual nation are definitely an overweight based on price valuations, among other measures.
Denmark will also implement new measures to reduce gender-based violence, focusing on increasing the awareness on violence in the family and capacity-building among municipal authorities and front line staff.
These reconciliations adjust the related GAAP financial measures to exclude stock-based compensation, amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, other acquisition-related costs, a contribution expense, a legal settlement charge, and the associated tax impact of these items, where applicable.
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