The Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC) welcomed the consultation, arguing it was "a vital opportunity for ratepayers to help shape a fairer and more responsive system of non-domestic rating in Scotland".
The majority of analysts think investors should stand pat on Total System, with 11 of 17 analysts rating it hold.
Users of the rating system send in feedback on their own experiences as buyers.
As a group, the aristocrats suffer from subpar operating momentum and rich valuations, averaging quadrix momentum scores (my proprietary rating system) of 47 and value scores of 49.
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Most analysts think investors should stand pat on Total System, with 10 of 17 analysts rating it hold.
These issues and others led to the filing of a class action lawsuit against the USGBC by Henry Gifford, a long time critic of the LEED rating system.
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Regardless of your stance on LEED bashing or the efficacy of the LEED rating system, I would venture to guess that some would agree with my statement that looking at the LEED rating system with a more critical eye is beneficial to the green building industry as a whole.
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It might seem strange that a furniture manufacturer was an integral part of forming the body that developed the ubiquitous LEED rating system, but to us, it was a logical extension of our beliefs.
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To discourage bad behavior, BlablaCar.com operates a rating system similar to that of eBay .
Avon has devised a rating system that takes account of small indices of permanence and responsibility, such as a mobile phone number or a formal address.
It's his rating system for gauging the level of investor interest on a scale of 0 to 10.
Teachers unions have been pushing to keep the evaluations private, an effort that accelerated after New York City released the results of a pilot teacher-rating system.
For other types of funds, the ratings system uses a blend of all up months since June 1999 to get a bull market rating, and a blend of all down months for the down market grade.
Most have also come up with a rating system to give buyers some indication of what they are getting.
In 1968, the Motion Picture Association of America adopted its film-rating system, ranging from "G" for "general" audiences to "X" for adult patrons only.
The fact is that Help Hospitalized Veterans (HHV) and the Coalition to Salute America's Heroes (CSAH) satisfy the minimum acceptable fundraising efficiency percentages of FORBES' own charity-rating system (70%) and the Better Business Bureau's (65%).
Think of credit rating as a simple grading system where the top students perform the best on tests (making money) and those at the bottom are the biggest risk for dropping out of school (defaulting).
Barbara Bruns, an economist at the World Bank who has written a book about Brazilian schools, praises the system, created over the past 15 years, of rating schools on how much students learn and how many of them drop out or repeat grades.
Lowes chose to include a solid but less-than-amazing (4 out of 5) rating from their website review system.
By comparison, the Earth grazing Asteroid 2012 DA14 and the Russian meteor that caught the world by surprise on Feb 15, 2013 are relatively tiny objects, hardly even rating a mention in the solar system scale of asteroid impactors.
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When they wonder why they have been given a negative performance rating, I explain the logic of the system, and this includes asking the leader to introspect when analyzing the data.
The AAA government debt rating is a foundation stone of the world financial system, and when it shifts, even a little, other things may shift as well.
The eco-rating system assesses 15 specific criteria drawn from five general categories of sustainability attributes - attributes include the usage of environmentally preferable materials, minimization of hazardous substances, energy efficiency, responsible end-of-life treatment and environmentally-responsible manufacturing.
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In our ranking system, a buy rating means they are more attractively valued than 80% of the companies in their industries.
The Building Research Establishment says if builders were forced to achieve the "excellent" grading on its rating system, it would put around 1% on the cost of the average home.
Even though the TLC cells have an erase-write rating of only 5, 000 cycles the company says the system provides an acceptable life using wear-leveling, write reduction and overprovisioning. (although we would like to see some field data on this) and provide a total storage capacity of up to 2 TB.
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The system produces reliable power 99.9999 percent of the time, giving it a reliability rating of "six 9s, " according to the bank.
The Forbes fund rating system, which goes back half a century, looks at a minimum of two full market cycles and awards separate performance grades for bull and bear markets.
Such a quality-rating system could also transmit clear signals to consumers regarding the quality and relative benefits of insurance products in your state.
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Our relationship with EPEAT has become stronger as a result of this experience, and we look forward to working with EPEAT as their rating system and the underlying IEEE 1680.1 standard evolve.
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