Eligibility for free school meals (FSM) is used as a key measure of poverty.
Operating margins, a key measure of efficiency, rose from 13.5% to 15.1% since he took over.
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First, he says that the key measure of browser usage is actual browser activity, or pages viewed.
Today's results were most encouraging on one key measure: the achievement gap between white and minority students.
Traders use earnings per share as a key measure to value companies listed on the stock exchange.
Cost per average seat mile (CASM), a key measure of unit costs, rose 10.5% to 12.26 cents.
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Bond interest costs are a key measure of Europe's effort to keep its debt problems in check.
The same day a key measure of consumer confidence dropped to recessionary levels.
One key measure of the humbling of British banks is that their profit has slumped 58% from its peak four years ago.
One key measure of reform bills in Congress is that they would give the FDA more money to conduct these kinds of analyses.
On the way they are expected to approve the other key measure in the bill, which would allow gay couples to adopt children.
The first key measure of how much the political ground has shifted could come as early as Tuesday, when senators consider an amendment from Sen.
South Carolina was seen as a key measure of Obama's support among black voters and he won huge, getting more votes than all his rivals combined.
The results will be a key measure of support for the country's vying political coalitions and could boost the victors' chances heading into next year's parliamentary elections.
Then it's back to government legislation, with the third reading of the Public Service Pensions Bill - the startlingly low-key measure to cut the cost of public-sector pensions.
In 2012, the European advertising network saw its "organic revenue" -- a key measure of growth and a barometer in the advertising industry -- grow less than 3%.
Since an investor is contemplating a fund or funds to be a core, long-term holding, one key measure is the 3-year, 5-year or 10-year return compared to the benchmark.
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Airline stocks fell sharply after Delta Air Lines Inc. said a key measure of revenue was hurt last month by government spending cuts, a technical glitch and attempts to get passengers to pay more.
Two interesting wrinkles to the latest version of these tests: banks get a one-time do over if the Fed rejects their capital plan and a key measure of risk-weighted assets has gotten more stringent.
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Traders will keep an eye on data for U.S. factory orders later Tuesday in the run-up to Friday's release of the monthly jobs figures, a key measure of the health of the world's largest economy.
The bank's profit number beat consensus forecasts by about 5 per cent, and the core tier one capital ratio -- a key measure of financial strength -- was also slightly ahead of expectations at 12.3 per cent.
Michael Trippitt of Oriel Securities said HSBC had been looked at unfairly by the market for having a relatively low core capital ratio, a key measure of a bank's reserves to back up its lending and investment portfolio.
Merrill (nyse: MER - news - people ) is among the more aggressive Wall Street banks in buying back its shares, and the action announced Tuesday should help it boost return on equity, a key measure of performance.
Mr Laws told delegates it was "quite literally intolerable" that in some schools and certain areas of the country almost eight in 10 children on free school meals - a key measure of poverty - failed to get five good GCSEs, including maths and English.
You can find strong statistics, and useless investment signals from butter production in Bangladesh, the US population of 9 year old kids, and now, in a dramatic breakthrough, relating average penis size to GDP growth, a key measure of stock market returns around the world.
The central bank has also expanded a key stimulus measure aimed at keeping long term interest rates low.
These stocks are strong performers, but a key technical measure indicates risk may be high for new buying.
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