However, they still might care if higher dividend payouts boost the share prices of their investments.
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If higher inflation shows up sooner than 2012 or the economy falters, Obama is Jimmy Carter.
Additionally, the lack of a dividend could be a major factor if higher energy prices curb risk appetite.
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If higher capital gains and income taxes go into effect, the tax-deferred accounts will become much more attractive.
Chinese authorities have not indicated if higher-level officials would be held accountable.
Queen's University vice-chancellor Prof Sir Peter Gregson said he would prefer if higher education and further education remained linked and in a department "that is focused on the economic development".
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If higher gas prices and lower income levels represent a new normal, consumer spending is in trouble and with it, the fortunes of both Wal-Mart and the U.S. economy at large.
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We've heard about Netflix's efforts to team up with ISPs on bandwidth management before, it will be interesting to see if higher quality streaming or bundled packages become part of the deal.
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Check the prevailing wage, as determined by the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), for the position and the location of employment and be ready to pay that wage or the actual wage, if higher.
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If higher equity and property prices make individuals feel wealthier, they will spend more, and if the economy is close to full capacity, that will eventually push up the prices of goods and services.
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If higher expenditure on public services comes to be seen as payday for public-sector workers, Labour will lose the reputation for prudent economic management which it struggled so hard to win in its early, parsimonious, years.
If the iPhone share has stabilized at 53% of iPhones sold in the March quarter (vs. 50% in the December quarter) with a higher mix of 64Gb vs. 16GB in the December quarter it could lead to at least stable if not higher gross margins for the company.
Again, absent action, the costs to the city of inaction will likely be far higher if flooding is coupled with higher sea level.
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Young voters turned out at the same level, if not higher, than in 2008.
If someone higher up removes their content then they should republish it on their personal blogs.
He said standards in Scotland are as high, if not higher, than other countries that have salmon fishing.
I'm sure the statistics for career men are fairly similar if not higher.
Even if the higher savings rate is achievable, the most important question yet to ask is whether the goal is meaningful.
The reduction in jobs for youths might be an acceptable price to pay if a higher minimum wage delivered other important benefits.
If the higher sales and profits that are forecast do indeed materialize, you can expect the payout to keep pace and rise again.
The SEC filing did not say if the higher share was based on the December 2011 quarter (56% Apple share) or the September 2012 quarter (46% share).
"Low-risk stocks, unlike what conventional wisdom would say, deliver if anything higher returns than high-risk stocks, " says Baker, who was an Olympic rower on an eight-man crew in the 1992 games.
Greenfield wonders if the higher ticket prices are in part a result of an ongoing dispute between theater owners and Sony about who is supposed to pay for the glasses at 3D films.
Subsequent follow-up work might examine if a higher level of abstraction exists such that more general purpose properties of an antibiotic can be determined to be effective against entire bacterial diseases (i.e. penicillin).
And if the higher-yield, riskier extremes of the market sometimes remind you of a horse race, here's a common link: Betcris, a Costa Rican bookmaking Web site, has also posted odds on Lay's and Skilling's fates.
The people who are stuck are those who already used the asset shifting strategy and were surprised by the new age limits put in last year--they'll be hit with another surprise if the higher limits are put in this year.
Regulators had focused on firms' ability to operate without unsecured credit for as much as one year, and it was basically assumed that secured credit would always be available, even if at higher rates--a focus that was, in retrospect, inadequate to handle a crisis, Cox said.
The model exits the position as the risk goes higher even if the rewards are going higher.
The same is true if it thinks that higher minimum wages will feed into higher retail prices, especially if that prompts compensatory wage demands.
This would leave you 40% in cash if the market moves higher, or 60% in cash if we get a drop below key support.
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