For tiny investments, the Is are a great deal, paying only half a point less than the tradable inflation-indexed Treasurys.
Economists at the European Commission now put it at around 8%, one percentage point less than in 1997 (though well above America's 5%).
BofA has such scope that it can get away with paying lower interest on deposits, often 0.75 of a percentage point less than peers, says Bankrate.com.
If the turnout of African American voters this fall is just a half-point less than in the last election, Mr. Obama would lose roughly 700, 000 votes.
The different choices made by Renaissance, Brunswick and Troika point less to different opinions over the way investment banking will develop in Russia than they do to the diversity of business waiting to be developed.
So, if US real GDP growth is a half percentage point less than expected and nominal GDP is reduced by a similar proportion (assuming no change in inflation), than tech purchases would be 0.5% to 0.75% lower.
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MySpace received one point less.
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The highest-flying markets in recent weeks have been for bonds issued by the least creditworthy companies: those rated B and lower. (For comparison, the highest is AAA and D stands for default.) The Merrill Lynch index of B-rated corporate bonds now yields 7.4% a quarter of a point less than a month ago, even though Treasury-bond yields are higher.
At which point anything less than the globe just cannot be supported in logic.
In other words the farther out from the center point the less accurate the measurements.
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"Without validation at the 'stepping-stone' point, less confident students are likely to be discouraged from embarking on A-levels in the first place, " it says.
As they point out less often, we also pay them as individuals, rather than as members of a team working together for their patients.
That was their biggest lead at that point, but less than a half-minute later Boynton was out for the rest of the half.
Standard headlights barely cover the length of a football field, so that at 85kph, the most distant point visible is less than six seconds away.
So let me try to make the point in a less abstract and snarky fashion, and see if that clears up some of the confusion.
Playing point forward is less than ideal for Anthony, a six-time All-Star, because it makes him more deliberate and leaves him less opportunity to act as a deadly spot-up shooter.
The point driven system of the FSG allows for a 2 point reduction, less prison time, for acceptance of responsibility when a person agrees to plead guilty or cooperate (not guaranteed but usually given).
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It also earned them a second bonus point for being less than seven points down, but crucially, Aled Thomas missed another conversion leaving the Dragons needing a try in the dying moments which they could not manage.
Finally, Mr Hunt makes the less contentious point that the closure of the News of the World changes plurality in the media universe: that's a definitional point, in that there is, as of today, one less news voice.
Kahn, who was formerly the chief scientific and medical officer for the American Diabetic Association, said it seemed unrealistic to point consumers toward less-processed foods like fruits and vegetables because the intended audience of the Smart Choices program comprises those who might be choosing between a sugary cereal and a doughnut.
Same thing with heading to Wall Street, which is more or less the point of my work here.
Traveling along with her husband, Dimitri Tokmetzis, Nienke made a point to explore the less-touristed corners of the Georgian capital.
In the final result, a higher point total means a less desirable job, and a lower score reflects a more desirable one.
At one point, they were less than 2, 000 feet apart, it said.
They are right up to a point: investors carry less currency risk if some of a bond's return is denominated in domestic currency.
On the other hand, the alacrity with which the two men accepted posts back home makes a less flattering point about the commission.
What would the Indian GDP have been in 2011, in 2000 constant US dollars, if it had grown one less percentage point each year?
Adjacent lenses in O. wendtii are generally attached to the same individual plate of the external skeleton, so they all point in more or less the same direction.
Ged Flynn - from the suicide prevention charity, Papyrus - said the findings support the point that people are less likely to end their lives, if access to harmful things is made harder.
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