Plus, the bank's Tier 1 common ratio was increased to 10.7% from 10.3% in the last quarter.
The percentage for gold was increased to 20% in March 2012, then 25% in June and finally 30% by August.
Last week, however, the shareholder threshold was increased to 2, 000 under a new law aimed at relaxing some securities rules for smaller companies.
As he noted, until 1969 the top capital gains tax on long-term capital was 25%, but in the same year, the aforementioned rate was increased to 50%.
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Hamer, who was 14 at the time of the murder, was ordered to serve a minimum of 12 years, which was increased to 15 years at the Court of Appeal.
Reimbursement for travel between January 1 and June 30, 2011 is set at 19 cents per mile, and travel between July 1 and December 31, 2011 was increased to 23.5 cents per mile.
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North Yorkshire Police said the rise was due to increased public confidence in reporting race crimes.
The number was increased in February to take advantage of the expected upsurge in travel ahead of the World Cup.
The lesser drop today versus January was due to increased comfort in Cook and certainty around the future direction of Apple.
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The corporate tax rate was also slightly increased to 12% from 11%.
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The remaining was attributable to increased volume and higher price realizations across all industrial businesses of the company namely, construction, mining and power systems.
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He said water security was fundamental to increased farming production.
Comedy offers a dual advantage that genres like reality and drama do not: a cheaper price tag and the ability to repeat in syndication. (The genre's stand-alone 30-minute episodes--22 minutes without commercials--seem almost tailor-made for the otherwise distracting pre-dinner or pre-bed syndication blocks.) Though the latter is hardly the lucrative revenue stream it once was due to increased entertainment options, ailing advertisers and narrower fare, it can still deliver many millions--in some cases billions.
This is a dramatic change from the 1990s when Japan experienced zero EPS growth for the decade, compared to 100% growth for the U.S. The recent return to growth is a clear reflection of the improvement in Japanese productivity, which was spurred by increased pressure to cut costs in order to compete with China and South Korea.
In November 2007, Correa announced his intention to grant the Chinese access to Manta in efforts to strengthen Sino-Ecuadorian relations at a time when China was looking to satisfy its growing demand for natural resources while Correa was looking to finance his increased social spending.
The decline in earnings was largely due to increased expenses from credit losses, says Bair.
It added that the disparity was likely to have increased over the following months.
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The increase was primarily due to increased production volumes and higher realized prices.
It was estimated to have increased the known existing orbital debris population at that time by more than 15%.
Female circumcision is illegal in the UK. The maximum penalty for carrying it out was recently increased from five to 14 years.
According to the peace deal, Macedonia was to pass increased rights for the ethnic Albanian minority in return for the weapons' surrender.
Particular attention was drawn to the increased pressure on hospitals during this period as they struggle to serve the increased demand in their services.
The plaintiffs say their overtime (which was about 25-30% of their income) was cut and their workload was increased after reporting Haag to management.
He said uncertainty caused by the eurozone crisis was "contributing to increased funding costs for UK banks and tighter credit conditions for households and businesses".
In results from a late-stage trial released in August, Vidaza was shown to have increased the survival of patients with a high-risk type of MDS from 15 months to 24 months.
On the components business side, demand for PC DRAM remained weak but growth of high value-added products such as server and mobile DRAM was constant due to increased sales of mobile devices.
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Concerns over the jab's safety were raised in the late 1990s when surgeon Andrew Wakefield published a since discredited paper in The Lancet suggesting MMR was linked to an increased risk of autism.
Concerns over the safety of the MMR jab were raised in the late 1990s when a surgeon published a since discredited paper in The Lancet suggesting MMR was linked to an increased risk of autism.
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