Many airlines have tried to improve availability, realizing that awards miles bring in billions of dollars, and that a reputation for being stingy with miles can risk losing customers, according to the Wall Street Journal, which published a story outlining the changes in the survey numbers.
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The government has said the changes will allow investment in the service and that staff numbers will be reduced.
The proposed changes include cutting numbers in the force from 13, 500 to about 7, 500.
One of the main reasons for the falling numbers is that changes to fishing practices in the UK have resulted in food shortages for rural gulls, says Rock.
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Reynolds digs deep into the underlying data to show that what has been reported as rising inequality involves primarily changing demographics that reflect changing patterns of work and productive output, as well as misunderstood changes in the meaning and composition of the numbers being reported themselves.
However, he said, the creators of bitcoins had foreseen these changes and built in controls to keep the numbers of blocks completed relatively constant.
Though still in the minority, increasing numbers of people are recognising its widespread benefits and making the sometimes difficult changes in lifestyle.
The changes will also see a reduction in the top management numbers and the bringing in of new recruits to a company that has traditionally relied on internal promotion.
It would be possible for me to dig up the figures on the rise in health care costs over the past four decades, add them to the changes in household size and thus correct those household median income numbers that you present us with.
However, the unexpected changes on the ground have forced an accelerated deployment of African troops mandated by the UN resolution, pledged now in greater numbers than initially foreseen.
Since it is virtually certain that full disclosure of sources and amounts of their conflicting revenues will be required either as a result of growing client sophistication or SEC rule in the near future, firms today are implementing strategic changes intended to blunt criticism once the numbers come out.
The most recent numbers, covering July 2011 to July 2012, also reveal some subtle changes in the Sun Belt pecking order.
The measure had stalled for two weeks when large numbers of House Republicans insisted on changes they said would prevent gaps in the military's use of intelligence and reform immigration and border security.
However, John Williams, an economist at Shadow Government Statistics, thinks those numbers are grossly understated given the changes in CPI calculations.
While most of the uninsured are between jobs--with the gap lasting an average of seven months--these still-too-high numbers underscore the need for fundamental changes in the way health insurance is provided.
The numbers have risen dramatically in recent years because of changes in GCSEs, and the increase will be reflected in the number of requests for re-marks, the watchdog says.
Qantas won't disclose data on performance of the new technology, such as baggage-handling numbers or changes in average wait in airport check-in lines.
Comparing raw numbers across generations has never been particularly useful, given the changes in statistical norms from one era to another.
Army Chief of Staff Gen Edmund Entacher also warned that changes to the current set-up would lead "irreversibly to a drop in quality, numbers and ability".
Because recent technological changes, the way in which you can now work while travelling, have made all of the numbers we currently use incorrect.
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While we knew that some people could not afford to make the home purchases that they did, we did not recognize that their numbers would be swelled by the simultaneous lowering of underwriting standards, changes in accounting rules and a slowing economy diminishing the income potential of both new buyers and current owners.
To compound retail-property woes, there is no guarantee that when an economic recovery does come, there will be significant numbers of brands eager to take on additional space because of changes in the retail environment.
Erichson said the court will be forced to decide the circumstances under which courts can use class actions formed under a rule designed to allow large numbers of plaintiffs to obtain injunctive relief, or court-ordered changes in the way an organization operates.
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