As 2009's variables are so scary, capitalizing the market at 15 times earnings, even with 10-year Treasuries yielding below 4%, is whistling in the dark.
Like McDonald's, Grote takes variables out of the cooking process whenever possible.
According to a study by the Council of the Americas of countries in Latin America, of which the U.S. was included in at least half of the variables involved, the U.S. usually reaches the top 3 except on one issue, government responsiveness.
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If success for the Tesla Model S relied on so many variables being controlled, the very premise of the drive was questionable.
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The U.S. was present in seven variables, scoring a relative score of just 43.3.
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Finally, Applied slaps a decay factor on each company's earnings that it calculates with variables like firm size and the magnitude of the economic margin.
Tegmark's strategy is to measure these variables as precisely as possible.
Court records say it was often difficult for trucking companies to track how much money they were entitled to in Pilot rebates and discounts because there were so many variables in the company's diesel price discount program.
His formula involves adding two main variables: the dealership's assets minus overall debt (also called "net tangible book value"), plus what Hall calls the "blue sky" value, equal to the dealer's pretax income times some multiple between one and six, depending on the health of the operation.
To identify such factors, the researchers analysed how much an applicant's competence score was affected by nine different variables, including sex and whether or not the applicant knew a member of the reviewing committee.
Fair Isaac weighs up to 20 variables when modeling a small fry's risk profile.
As most risk assets rallied, the U.S. dollar, one of the most important variables affecting the value of gold, fell.
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The authors, Charles Fleischman and John Roberts, tease out the economy's potential by analysing how inflation, unemployment and other variables have behaved.
ExactTarget sports a roster of high-profile customers who pay on a subscription basis according to variables such as use, including Angie's List Inc.
He identified a number of variables that could have affected the pilot's decision to fire on what turned out to be British troops.
But NHTSA told CNN on Tuesday it no longer uses that chart "as there are many variables" that contribute to an individual's level of intoxication.
The 43.3 score is hard to truly compare to the other nations as a whole, simply because they were ranked on all 15 variables, many of which the U.S. were not included.
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But especially with hybrids such as the C-Max, he says, variables such as temperature, a driver's behavior and the engineering choices Ford makes to balance mileage and performance can make a big difference.
Dr. Kleissl praised Aidan's work, but added that even if Aidan had measured the right variables, "I'm certain that he will not find that his arrangement is better, " he said.
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The real challenge is figuring out whether a particular storm or flood was due to climate change or natural variables, said Chris Field, founding director of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology.
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In contrast with more sophisticated statistical analyses, which require laborious research to correlate voting patterns with variables such as race, wealth or historical precedent, Dr Mebane's test can be applied to data without further ado.
According to Ravid's research, PG- and G-rated flicks tend to earn more money, all other variables--including release dates and budgets--being equal.
This cliquey if democratic approach was later augmented by other algorithms that weight sites by other variables--news sites get a higher ranking than a 16-year-old's personal Web log.
The company's algorithm draws on information from more than 100 databases and social networks, looking at an array of variables such as users' locations and the number of personal connections.
But there's also something here for do-it-yourselfers who can do their own screening, using a number of variables.
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