Amazon has done a really nice job with that last one, offering up a sensitive dimmer switch with 24 notches, and a reminder to use a high setting for brightly lit rooms and a low setting for dark rooms, as unintuitive as that might sound.
The rate is negative even in the present low inflation setting.
Federal Reserve laxness in setting low interest rates allowed a housing bubble to form.
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If they falter, the market must lose some motive power even in a prolonged low interest rate setting.
Setting low expectations seems like a winning strategy for banking executives these days, and Corbat, who announced 11, 000 job cuts in his first major move from the corner office in December, certainly has a hurdle he should be able to clear in the quarters to come.
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The Low Light Shot mode automatically selects the camera's best setting when shooting in low light conditions.
But setting a low base salary and paying a larger part of compensation in performance-related bonuses might not be effective either.
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Some of the most important things people can do to reduce their risks are to keep a low profile and avoid setting routines that kidnappers could follow.
"Apple wanted to sell e-books to the public, but did not want to compete against the low prices Amazon was setting, " the government wrote in its court papers.
So there is no reason to think that setting a low interest rate for remuneration of reserves (or indeed a zero rate) will lead to the Fed losing control of inflation.
Indeed, Chinese megashops are hawking low-rate Android tablets right now for around the same amount, setting a new (low) bar when it comes to pricing on ho hum slates.
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He can then demand justification from individual syndicates that seem out of line in setting premiums too low or terms too loose.
The Freddie Mac 30-Year fixed rate mortgage rose to 3.59% last week from 3.55% after setting a record low at 3.49% two weeks ago.
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Why not set it up so departments inside companies can champion a class of low-income kindergarteners, setting aside college money (in the form of equity in their own company) for whomever stays on to finish high school?
Health plans would rather guess high when it comes to rate setting, than guess low.
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The competition has never been tougher as a new generation of domestic companies is quickly setting the standard for low-cost and good-enough products.
Governments may be able to minimise the damage by setting minimum wages at low levels, with exemptions or reduced rates for younger workers.
In remote and rural provinces, licences may be hard to come by, but demand is so low that it is probably not worth setting up shop.
From setting up central offices in low tax havens such as Nevada, Luxembourg and the British Virgin Islands, to its use of a complex tax structure known as "The Double Irish, " Apple has relentlessly exploited legal tax loopholes.
The two men agree that these are best addressed by requiring all but the smallest companies to provide health insurance for their employees, by the provision of tax breaks for people who can not afford to buy cover and by setting up a (relatively low-cost) federally-backed insurance system that anyone could opt into if they choose not to go the private route.
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Lastly, after the anxiety over Greek elections subside, and the realities of low interest rates for a very long time setting in with investors, I think there will be a significant outflow from bonds, bond funds and money market funds into commodities and stocks.
We should preempt the IMF and directly urge troubled countries like Brazil to adopt pro-growth policies--stable money, low taxes, property rights, ease in the setting up of new businesses--until the IMF gets the message.
Major profit centers like underwriting and investment banking remain at low ebb and trading is problematic in a shaky market setting.
Given that from the outset the accord was criticized by environmental groups for setting its greenhouse gas reduction targets way too low, however, the fact that even the limited targets it did impose are now unlikely to be met suggest that, while not an absolute failure, the Kyoto Protocol is still far from being a success.
NBC's low-rated critical darling 30 Rock garnered a record-setting 22 nominations for a comedy.
The latest setting for minimum wage levels mirrors recommendations from the Low Pay Commission.
Good economic policy, such as low taxes, sound money, property rights and ease in setting up legal businesses, etc.
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