Still, wealthier households account for a disproportionate share of consumer spending: About 20 percent of Americans account for about 40 percent of spending.
Homes account for 22% of all of the energy consumed in the U.S., according to the Department of Energy, and heating and cooling account for 54% of the total.
Homeland security sales currently account for 48% of revenue, while medical imaging and monitoring bring in 24%, and other applications like photo sensors for industry and laser systems for the military account for 28% of business.
Since returning as CEO in January 2007, Dell has been struggling to revive sales and profit on declining demand for PCs, which account for the majority of revenue.
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European sales account for 9% and Central and South America account for about 10% of revenue.
Chipotle expects the cost of food to account for 33.5% of the sales this quarter up from 32.6% in the third quarter.
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Justice Elena Kagan agreed, adding that while covered jurisdictions hold 25% of the U.S. population, they account for 56% of voting-rights lawsuits.
In Togo, for example, new graduates barely account for 3% of teachers.
During a final hectic night of wheeling and dealing, the chancellor agreed to give a further DM2 billion in tax concessions to Germany's 3.3m small and medium-sized businesses, which make up 85% of all German firms and account for 70% of jobs.
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To be reportable, the foreign financial account must be physically located outside of the U.S. For example, a financial account maintained in a foreign branch of a U.S. bank is treated as a foreign financial account subject to reporting.
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Justice Elena Kagan agreed, saying that while covered jurisdictions hold less than 25% of the U.S. population, they account for 56% of successful voting-rights lawsuits.
Car exhaust emissions in the U.S. account for 5% of worldwide carbon emissions.
Exports, especially of textiles and motor components, three-quarters of them to Europe, now account for 47% of GDP.
In no case was Mr. Hagel ever held to any kind of account for being wrong.
As of now, cable and DSL connections account for most of that growth.
In one case plaintiff Dewey Morgan admitted in his deposition to lying on his questionnaire, and the other case was pulled, says Beisner, because plaintiff Scott Landry had a history of cocaine and alcohol abuse that could account for most of his symptoms.
According to the report, only 1 percent of the world's 3.5 million fishing boats account for half or more of the worldwide catch.
Nearly two of every five U.S. Senators are lawyers, which might account for the adversarial dysfunction of the place.
At three of Third Avenue's four funds they account for 60% of shares.
But a growing proportion, many of them of dubious credit quality, have been lured by the seeming attractions of adjustable-rate mortgages, which now account for 40% of approvals.
And new medicines ultimately yield a legacy of cost-effective generics, which today account for 80 percent of U.S. prescriptions and are actually less expensive here than in other countries around the world.
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Production and distribution of glass wine bottles account for 6.3 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually, or 0.1% of all emissions.
It recommends moving towards a nationwide system of road charging, including road tolls, to account for this loss of revenue.
Renewable energy proponents dream of the days when wind, solar and other clean sources of electricity will account for over half of the U.S. power consumption.
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Female veterans currently comprise 8 percent of the total veteran population in the U.S., and account for 6 percent of all veterans who use the VA system.
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The U.S. and China each import one-half of their oil requirements, and together account for 35 percent of global petroleum consumption.
In fact, consumer goods and cars made up less than 40% of American imports in 1996, while highly sophisticated capital goods account for 41% of exports.
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