After controlling for population and the number of police officers in each county, the study found that a one percent point increase in the local unemployment rate leads to a 6.4 percentage point increase in the number of traffic tickets.
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Ralph Lauren said that as a result of better-than-expected profitability in the first nine months of the year, it now expects operating margin from continuing operations for fiscal 2013 to be about .75 to 1 percent point above the year before.
Ralph Lauren said that as a result of better-than-expected profitability in the first nine months of the year, it now expects operating margin from continuing operations for fiscal 2013 to be about .75 to 1 percent point above the year-ago period.
He's also shooting 39 percent from 3-point range and 82 percent from the foul line in a supporting role behind high-scoring guard Ray McCallum Jr. as Detroit tries to return to the NCAAs.
The Pacers have shot 37 percent from 3-point range, the Heat 34 percent.
Corporate debt expense dropped from over 5 percent to the present low point of 2.67 percent on AAA paper.
Indiana shot 50 percent from the field (25 of 50), 52.9 percent from 3-point range (9 of 17) and 93 percent from the free throw line (13 of 14).
Nomura said that there is now a chance that China will grow at 5 percent at some point between now and 2015.
Asking whether a fair tax rate for dividends is 15 percent or 30 percent misses the point that any double taxation at all is unfair.
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And never mind that the sequester will guarantee that unemployment has no chance of falling below 7.5 percent at any point in the near future.
Eighty percent of the Recovery Act funds targeted for surface transportation was spent out -- the projection was we would have only spent out 55 percent at this point.
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And among those who have cast mail ballots already, 14 percent are African American, Latino, or Latino -- Democrats or independents, up from 12 percent at this point in 2008.
Toyota, whose market share peaked at 17 percent in 2009, as Detroit was on its knees, saw its portion of the market sink as low as 10 percent at one point last year.
Miller is a career 40.5-percent three-point shooter.
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In the U.S., they were just over 5 percent, and in China a point higher at just over 6 percent.
Chrysler will also break even in share over the next few years after pushing its year-to-date share of the U.S. market to 11.6 percent, nearly a full percentage point above its 10.7 percent of last year.
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The spending intentions, which are also 7 percent higher than a year ago, point to an increase of about 3 percent or 4 percent in holiday retail sales, Gallup estimates.
Hardaway is second on the team in scoring (15 points) and shooting about 40 percent from 3-point range.
The Knicks shot 83.3 percent from 3-point range (5 of 6) in the first quarter and took a 38-20 lead.
Jobs increase by an average of 1.3 million per annum while the unemployment rate drops 0.7 percent at its lowest point.
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Overall, Syracuse's four tournament opponents have combined to shoot just 28.9 percent from field (61 of 211) and 15.4 percent from 3-point range (14 of 91).
Curry has rarely practiced this year due to persistent pain in his right shin, but he's averaging about 17 points and shooting nearly 44 percent from 3-point range entering the week.
All because it couldn't find a seam in a Syracuse zone that is allowing teams to shoot 29 percent from the field, including 15 percent from 3-point range, through four NCAA tournament games.
DePaul entered the game shooting 30.1 percent from 3-point range and Syracuse's staunch 2-3 zone defense was tied with Providence for the stingiest against the long-range game in the Big East, allowing 28.9 percent.
The NBA's leading scorer has made just 35 of 110 shots over his last four games and his shooting percentage for the postseason is down to 38 percent overall and 26 percent from 3-point range.
The Fed said it was cutting the federal funds rate, the interest that banks charge each other on overnight loans, to 3.5 percent, down by three-fourths of a percentage point from 4.25 percent.
Denver shot 23 for 41 (56.1 percent) from the field and hit 4 of 5 behind the 3-point line while the Nets made 20 of 40 from the field (50 percent) while hitting 9-of-14 3-point attempts.
Android staked out 69 percent of the market, taking a 5-point hit as iOS jumped to 22 percent through the iPhone 5 launch.
Smith each had 18 points for the Knicks, who were 16 of 27 (59 percent) from 3-point range.
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