It announced a 16% rise in full year profits in April, and its share price has tended to rise on speculation that the deal will be blocked.
Managers are loath to cut dividends when earnings fall and rarely raise them to the full extent that earnings rise.
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The pay rise for full-time workers was a modest 3% a year, less than the average pay settlement in America currently.
British aerospace company Rolls-Royce has reported a higher-than-expected rise in full-year profits.
But while worldwide prices have improved 40% year-on-year, UK Coal has been unable to take full advantage of the rise thanks to long-term contracts.
The situation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is in contrast to that in Scotland, where officers have received the back-dated pay rise in full.
They seem to rise to their full capability, and in the long run you get more done.
As a result, FEMA has only been able to make partial payments to many who are legally entitled to full claim payments, giving rise to the need for the additional money.
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Of course, no dam ever runs at full capacity and because of the rise and fall of Amazon rivers during the dry seasons, the Belo Monte dam is expected to average around 4, 500 megawatts, making it still one of the most powerful generators of electricity in the country, and very important for mining operations in Para state.
His spare style, full of threatening silences, has given rise to the adjective "Pinteresque".
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Since it takes time for exchange-rate changes to affect trade, the gap is likely to widen further: the full impact of the dollar's rise over the past two years has yet to be felt.
Number crunchers at the Congressional Budget Office are predicting that number will rise by as much as a full percentage point in the coming year.
With the rise of opposition parties to a full voice in parliament and, indeed, to power in several states, Malaysia enters a delicate and potentially fractious period.
The age to receive full benefits is 66 now and is scheduled to rise to 67 in 2027.
President Clinton on Friday said he was "frustrated" and "quite concerned" about the rise in gasoline prices and promised a full investigation.
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Minutes of a meeting where the pay rise was agreed were presented to the full council in October without any concerns being raised.
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Some economists argue that as China gets richer it needs to allow its real exchange rate to rise, in order to reap the full gains of its economic success.
Each morning, rise like the desert sun for an included full American breakfast for two.
Over the full year, the plan had been for spending to rise by almost the same amount (which would still have meant a real terms cut.).
The teaching union said that although the first part of the agreed pay rise has already been put in place, full implementation of McCrone was still a long way off.
But, according to George Buckley of Deutsche Bank, the base rate would have to rise from its current 38-year low of 4% to around 7.5% to precipitate a full-scale bust, and he is expecting rates to rise to no more than 5%.
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The routine rise in patrols as the Christmas party season gets into full swing comes as the Welsh government launches its campaign.
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"We are on the cusp, really, of that full-speed rebuild, " he said from the high-rise city council building near the downtown disaster area.
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