Basically, the increase or decrease in spending by Napa wine fanatics at the auction portends a similar movement in the Dow for the year.
Our rule of thumb is that every one percentage increase or decrease in nominal GDP translates into one-to-one-and-a-half percentage point increase or decrease in tech spending by the private sector.
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If we increase energy conservation, we can decrease consumption by 1 billion barrels.
According to Fuller, the Connected Urban Development pilots helped to show how cities can accelerate their transition to sustainability, reduce CO2 emissions, increase energy efficiency, and decrease waste, all by harnessing the basic information and communications technology available in wireless networks.
The primary driver of this increase was a decision taken by the company to decrease the number of articles a non-paying user could read to 10 from 20.
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The 0.5% decrease compared with economists' expectation for an increase by the same percentage.
One problem: The benefit didn't translate to a mortality advantage, partly because a decrease in cardiac deaths was outweighed by a surprising increase in other deaths.
To prevent double taxation, shareholders are required to increase their basis in the S corporation stock by income and decrease it by losses, distributions, and nondeductible expenses.
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Otherwise, they risk getting fooled by hidden expenses or gains that artificially decrease or increase reported earnings.
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Some say you increase audit risk by going on extension, while others say you actually decrease audit risk by doing so.
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Last week, the Indonesian government announced an amendment in its regulations which would require foreign companies to gradually decrease their stakes in mines and increase domestic ownership to at least 51% by the 10th year of production.
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For those who call such supply-demand projections folly, one need only look at the 50 percent decrease in the cost of natural gas brought about by a 20 percent increase in supply.
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This requires both an increase in examination capacity achieved by increasing strategic hiring and creating better working conditions to decrease attrition, and improved efficiency achieved by streamlining the examination process and providing better tools and IT infrastructure.
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The increase was the result of an improved sales mix, partially offset by a 3 percent decrease in volume of carats sold during the quarter.
After determining the initial sex ratios of a series of clutches, the researchers added or subtracted chicks to increase or decrease the father's workload (a standard trick in avian ecology, made possible by the fact that parents do not recognise their own young until close to the time at which they leave the nest).
The most persuasive evidence that Voyager 1 has crossed the termination shock is its measurement of a sudden increase in the strength of the magnetic field carried by the solar wind, combined with an inferred decrease in its speed.
These avatars are designed for businesses to quickly and efficiently deploy state-of-the-art chat to answer customer questions instantly and accurately, decrease staff costs, increase sales and customer engagement, and find out what customers are really thinking by capturing the analytics of the interaction.
The change in net earnings and operating cash flows is primarily due to a 36% increase in the number of silver equivalent ounces sold, which was partially offset by a 24% decrease in the realized price per silver equivalent ounce, the company said in its quarterly statement Thursday.
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Patients on Lipitor saw their artery plaque decrease by a median 0.4% after 18 months, compared with a statistically significant increase of 2.7% for patients on Pravachol.
The increase in revenues is primarily due to the same store sales growth partially offset by revenues associated with the net decrease of 50 stores compared to last year.
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