Still, she cautioned that the data reflect only one year of change, meaning it does not necessarily point to a trend.
The one investment change per year rule in 529 college savings plans may well be the epitome of bad college advice.
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However, somewhat limited investment options within 529 plans and the fact that only one investment change per year is permitted, can make 529 plans less attractive to more sophisticated investors with knowledge of various tax-savings tactics that can be employed on taxable accounts.
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His qualifications do not change from one year to the next.
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The likely fate of the Amazon under climate change came under focus early last year when, as one of a series of attacks on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Sunday Times newspaper accused the panel of having included an unsubstantiated claim that up to 40% of the forest could be affected by climate change in future.
One thing is for sure: a year and change from now, we will have a clearer picture.
While those dreaded fees and excess charges won't be going anywhere in 2012, one welcome change to air travel this coming year is that airlines will be required to list mandatory charges in their advertised prices as of 24 January.
This number calculates the change in sales for locations opened one year or longer.
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One thing that's bound to change next year: This year's Hennessee survey reports that 82% of respondents were not affected in their investment decisions by whether a hedge fund was registered.
But the decline is a lot bumpier than the rise: the pH difference from one year to the next is frequently greater than the change in average pH levels over 20 years.
We talk to one friend and change our budgeting plan for the next year, without thinking about the consequences.
"I signed a contract as manager for at least one year, so there is no indication they want to change that, " he said.
Doncaster admitted that the loss of one Champions League qualification spot next year would increase the pressure for change.
Investors mulling retail stocks have well-established metrics to look at, among them inventory turnover (cost of sales divided by inventory), same-store-sales growth (the change in sales for stores open at least one year) and sales per square foot.
This cliffhanger is reminiscent of the federal estate tax law change that eliminated the federal estate tax for just one year in 2010.
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If one of your New Year's resolutions involved spending a massive chunk of change to kick out as many frames per second as technologically possible, you may want to put the brakes on that impending NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX purchase.
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The requirements for that component change every year, and if you can't get one that fits, the car won't run.
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While 66% of workers stated that they are generally satisfied at work, one in four (25%) said they plan to change jobs this year or next.
Tiny Saarland proposes a timid one-year extension of primary school, but may fail to enact the needed constitutional change.
With the current dismal state of our economy, perhaps one of the most important areas people should look to make a change this New Year is professionally.
Last year, authorities discovered 22 fake Apple Stores in just one city and ordered them to either change their names or shut down.
Amidst the frantic end-of-year efforts to avoid the fiscal cliff, the Senate approved the House bill with one change (involving pending patent applications filed before 1995).
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More recent data is weighed more heavily. (This was a recent change.) If you had picture A, B, and C up for one year, and then took them down in favor of pictures X, Y, and Z, then within just a couple weeks your score would be determined mostly by X, Y, and Z.
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Because of your willingness to advocate for change, all of you here, some really important progress has been made in just one year.
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Again, the strike years of 1972, 74 and 84 have been smoothed because they cause a big, one-year drop in the size of the industry, and we want to see the trend of permanent change, not temporary change.
"The branch has been identified as one that could potentially be partnered with a retailer between the autumn of this year and spring of 2015, with any change being subject to a six week public consultation to gather the views of the local community, " said a spokesperson for the Post Office.
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