The 100 percent known method, though, was advertising, clear to all from day one, including to those now claiming entitlement.

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Duke says that its 4.3 percent dividend yield is the method by which it attracts and retains shareholders who are financing its modern power facilities and upgrading its transmission grid.

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If we want to receive the recognition we deserve, we must fall into that top 8 percent of the workforce, regardless of the method employers implement to measure, rank, and rate their employees.

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This method outperforms active fund selection by over one percent per year, and a disciplined rebalancing strategy generates returns that have outperformed the markets nominally and on a risk adjusted basis.

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That method worked well for Google, which rose less than one percent in its first day of trading, and a month later was up by a healthy but not unsustainable 20%.

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All three models also feature ECO Mode, an advanced new method that manages power consumption and extends battery life by approximately 30 percent, when enabled, allowing you to shoot more photos for a longer amount of time.

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If one were to use the former method of calculating CPI, consumer-level inflation would be running north of 4 percent.

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