The direct failure rate, therefore was 14 out of 381 products, or .036.
Even though Kickstarter has no enforcement mechanism to prevent con artists from using the system to raise funds for fake projects, it is clear that with a direct failure rate well below 5%, founders take their obligations seriously.
As for foreign direct investment, the rate again surprises people at being just under 10%.
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Competitive retail providers, like NewEnergy or Direct Energy, offer rate plans that allow customers to lock in current rates for all or almost any portion of their usage.
The market should be anticipating more resistance by threatening further rate cuts and direct spot intervention by the central bank.
Paul Hayes, a director of the firm, says there is no direct evidence that the accident rate among Asian airlines is growing worse.
The lower the interest rate the lower the direct cost of investment for US firms.
Ultimately, your conversion rate will be in direct proportion to the marketing process you put in place to capture the name and contact information of these people, and the follow-up marketing you engage in to inspire repeat purchases.
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So last week's unexpected interest-rate cut by the Fed was of direct help to Argentina.
The Fed's decision means that the discount rate, the interest rate that the Fed charges to make direct loans to banks will be lowered to 5.75 percent from 6.25 percent.
In addition to cutting the funds rate, the Fed announced it was reducing its discount rate, the interest it charges to make direct loans to banks, by a quarter-point, as well, to 4.75 percent.
Overall, direct-to-consumer revenues grew at an average annual rate of 27% during 2007-2012.
This was the highest first-quarter growth rate in six years, buoyed by surging foreign direct investment (up 56.7%) and exports (up by 33%).
That used up the traditional interest-rate channel of monetary policy, but not the more direct channel of money supply growth.
Qualcomm says the setup enables bright colors in direct sunlight, weeks-long battery life and an image refresh rate fast enough to support video.
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The Republic of Ireland attracts a large share of EU foreign direct investment (FDI) due to its 12.5% flat rate of tax on profits.
Vanguard typically pays managers a low rate per dollar managed, but its marketing clout lets it direct a lot of dollars managers' way, giving them significant revenue.
Reducing the rate of colon cancer would reduce healthcare costs and thus have a direct economic impact on the interstate healthcare market.
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One argument in favour is that, by eliminating exchange-rate uncertainty, it would boost trade with Australia and make foreign direct investment more attractive.
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At any rate, study of the petitions makes one sympathetic to the view of the Founders that direct democracy was maybe not such a hot idea.
Trading Direct, for instance, lends investors who are willing to assume a heavy debt load at a variable rate of 1.25 percent.
His groundbreaking 2002 study "Murder and Medicine" (PDF) may have been the first to identify the direct connection between the impact that medical technology and related medical support services have had in suppressing the homicide rate.
The current U.S. exchange rate with the British pound, euro and other currencies could also be an explanation for renewed foreign direct investment.
Mr DeVoretz calculates that the rate of return for a doctor who gets an education at a first-rate Canadian university and then goes to work in the United States is around 45% on the direct costs of his or her education.
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