Rising top-lines, with margin improvements, result in geometric improvement in earnings, which results in higher multiples.
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Back in February, Pacquiao adviser Michael Koncz sparked some controversy when he told Yahoo Sports that his fighter would likely eschew the bright lights of Vegas for his next bout due to the rising top U.S. tax rate, which increased from 35 percent to 39.6 percent on January 1, 2013.
Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of SanDisk, won more than 70 patents earlier in his career, before rising into top management at the maker of flash-memory devices.
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With tablets, Android is clearly rising as a top choice for manufacturers, but it's not alone.
Nancy McKinstry of Dutch based publisher Wolters Kluwer takes a hands on approach to making sure women are rising to the top.
She has been hailed as a model for immigrant communities, rising to the top as the daughter of a Moroccan father and an Algerian mother.
At least according to this study, it would appear that those guys hold the secret to rising to the top, while ethical guys suffer a disadvantage in the workplace.
All three tax rates would go up, too, with the top rate rising to 45% from the current 40%.
Probably partly because of higher unemployment, which meant more insecurity, and made people feel the need to show their dedication to the job, and partly because lower tax rates and rising pay at the top of the scale made working harder more worthwhile.
Top incomes were rising as part of a long-term economic trend, leading economists to overestimate the beneficial impact of tax cuts.
Should the cuts expire, income tax rates will increase almost across the board with the top two rates rising to 36% and 39.6%.
Goalkeepers have complained about balls moving in the air too much but Ballack's free-kick was pure power and was still rising as it hit the top corner.
Of the top 10 fastest rising economies -- Nigeria, India, Iraq, Bangladesh, Vietnam, the Philippines, Mongolia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Egypt, respectively -- all but three are in the region.
The top marginal tax rate for dividends is rising from 15% to 44.6%, but the top rate for capital gains is increasing from 15% to 25%.
Shirt and kit sponsorship fees have also been rising sharply in value for the top soccer brands.
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That compares with other global sports leagues where rising player salaries have seen the top players gravitate to the bigger clubs as they are the only ones that can afford their wages.
In the flush of early excitement, it is all too easy to forget that a relationship may turn sour and the figures for turnover at the top suggest a steeply rising corporate divorce rate.
Those who regret not ponying up more into their retirement accounts said their top concerns are the rising cost of health care, not having enough money to last through retirement and not being able to afford the lifestyle they want in retirement.
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This makes Showtime the top destination for the sports rising stars like Alvarez, Garcia and Adrien Broner.
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The ruling looks like a clear victory for subscribers of cable services, long frustrated by awkward set-top box technology and perpetually rising subscription fees.
Debt is rising fast: a survey of the top 16 companies by share value showed that their debt-to-equity ratios have tripled over the past three years.
Official figures for Santa Clara County (which, however, go up only to 1993) show incomes for both the top and the bottom quartiles rising in tandem.
On top of that, a rising population, droughts and climbing commodity prices underscore how food security and supplies will be a major challenge in the coming decades.
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Whether the 1920s, 60s or 80s, tax revenues increase in concert with top earners accounting for a rising percentage of federal receipts whenever the headline tax rate on the rich declines.
At the top of my list: Rising food prices.
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At first those selected for the deliberately multiethnic teams were rising stars a few rungs below the top, but the programme has now been extended to executives such as Mr Banavar, a former head of IBM's research in India who is now chief technology officer for the firm's global public-sector business.
The unions protest, blaming top management for falling productivity, rising loan defaults and organisational chaos.
The CEO has spent two decades at the agency, rising through the ranks to finally assume the top spot.
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Brazilian Alves offered a glimpse of his enigmatic talent with a powerful run and rising drive that was only just over the top with Given beaten.
Adam Johnson once again settled quickly to his task and gave Switzerland an anxious moment when he cut inside and struck a rising 25-yard drive just over the top.
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