In December, when heavy snow disrupted building work, the index read 49.1.
This is the only way the "risk adjusted" format of the index can work properly.
Some investors might not understand how index funds work, says Yale University finance professor James Choi.
When you look at the Consumer Price Index, perhaps 20 percent is tied to oil and food so the inflation in the index must work higher.
The BBC understands he is to work with venture capital firm Index Ventures, before moving into the educational technology industry.
Patients are weighed and measured, to work out their body mass index.
Phase two will involve collaborating with a consortium of research universities called the Sustainability Index Consortium to work with suppliers, retailers, non-governmental agencies and government to develop a comprehensive, global database on the lifecycle of the products that Wal-Mart carries.
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Take, for example, iTap gloves, the thumb, index and middles fingers work on a touchscreen.
There is no weighting for part-time work in the U-3 index.
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The Shift Index is a great piece of work that certainly indicates, yes, major companies do decline.
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Heading the list of the unhappiest industries to work in is retail trade, with an index score of 3.71.
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You may ask yourself why that would matter, since if it tracks its index properly each day, it should work over any extended period of time.
There is a risk that price rises will peak after the first quarter of next year, if the past effects of higher oil prices start to work their way out of the consumer-price index.
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The CLSA index also looks at health, relationships and work for the year to come.
The index indicated firms were working through backlogs of work to sustain output growth.
The third unhappiest city to work in is Wichita, Kansas, which earned an index score of 3.65.
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Even with all the work NetFlix has done in 2012, their score moved just one point last year on the index.
Index options, traded at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board Options Exchange, work like options on individual stocks.
That work led to the launch of a pilot last fall, the feedback from which has been incorporated into the index.
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That logic seemed to work in January 2001 when the ratio hit a high of 0.97, suggesting that investors thought the index was ready to take off.
"Workers are being asked to work a little bit longer and to pay a bit more but they will be guaranteed a pension which is index-linked and inflation proof, " she said.
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With an index score of 4.25, Pfizer employees said they are more than satisfied with the people they work with, the way they work and their daily tasks.
With an index score of 3.92, these workers said they are more than satisfied with the people they work with and the control they have over their daily tasks.
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