And pay, though lower, has broadly tracked the increases in America over the past few decades even as monitoring by shareholders has improved.
They'd point out too that though lower than 2001, the number of Welsh speakers is still higher in 2011 than it was in 1991.
First, though lower income taxes are generally economically better than higher, no recession ever was kicked off primarily by an incremental change in marginal income tax rates.
The real value of renewable energy lies not in low costs (though lower costs are certainly a laudable development), but in its environmental benefits the cleaner air, water, and land that we all enjoy, and the hope of a future without catastrophic climate change.
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Sometimes, though, lower prices mean higher risks to a homeowner.
It is unlikely England coach Duncan Fletcher ate his lunch with a smile, even though two lower-order men included in the side for their batting would accompany Paul Collingwood into the afternoon.
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Over time, though, lower average prices, more configuration options (such as tablets with integrated or detachable keyboards), and better (if not iPad-level) tablet app support, should set up Android tablets to narrow the gap.
That is along the lines of, though a little lower than, previous estimates on the subject.
And though unemployment is lower today than in 2004, inflation is higher: consumer prices rose 4.1% in the year to July.
Even though ROE is lower than its peers, we believe the steady performance of this company will allow it to bridge the gap with its peers.
As I had hoped last week, earnings last week were enough to push stocks higher for most of the week, though stocks turned lower on Friday.
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Joy Global (JOY) announced that earnings increased by 23 percent in the fourth quarter, though it expects lower volumes in 2013 due to weaker demand from China.
As you can see in the chart above, over the long haul, returns really don't suffer that much for the more frequently rebalanced portfolios, even though they showed lower average returns over shorter periods.
In response, he is boosting his FY 2013 unit forecast for the iPad to 94.2 million from 90.8 million, though with a lower ASP to reflect the likely lower price point for a smaller device.
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Some of it involves printing money, disguised by accounting tricks: while the government's net debt is falling its gross debt is rising, and its deficit helps to keep Brazil's interest rates high (though they are lower than a decade ago).
But in the short term, researchers are working on reformers which produce hydrogen aboard vehicles by extracting the gas from methanol or other hydrocarbon fuels -- a process that can release pollutants, though at far lower levels than internal combustion engines, Roan said.
Therefore, even though it was trending lower, it was still very high, as it is today.
The big difference is that inflation today is lower, though food and energy prices have climbed fast until recently.
Moreover, further cuts on local-currency (yuan) deposit rates are feasible, even though they are already lower than equivalent dollar-deposit rates.
Even though gold has settled lower on the week for the past three weeks, the yellow metal still has its adherents.
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Stocks in China were lower, though the reaction was more extreme in Hong Kong, where the Hang Seng Index lost 2% to 22083.36.
The majority of countries, though, prefer a lower target of 1.5C.
The cut is more than meets the eye though, as the lower top-line forecast is largely the result of success in cutting down the size of GE Capital faster than anticipated.
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In the second half of trading on Thursday, the stock is moving lower, though it is not yet at the level where the potential, short-term opportunity to the downside would be triggered.
Even though the major averages closed lower for the week, they were also well off their lows.
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Though consumers may benefit from lower interest rates, they are not necessarily a boon to the credit lenders.
Though ownership of cars is lower in Britain than other European countries, the British use their cars much more intensively.
VMware says it doesn't have plans to change its pricing structure--even though analysts expect it to lower them before Microsoft releases Hyper-V.
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