Its cost-income ratio, a common measure of efficiency in the industry, is a giddy 78%.

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In a review of the Swedish supercar the Koenigsegg Agera R, I displayed ignorance regarding a common measure of an engine's volumetric efficiency, the Brake Mean Effective Pressure.

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As part of its most recent five-year plan, Beijing set an ambitious goal to reduce its energy "intensity"--a common measure of a country's energy efficiency--by 20% from the 2005 level by 2010.

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The consumer electronics industry supports AB 1850 as a common sense measure that will provide greatly needed checks and balances, which include requiring the CEC to use only the most recent data available for all proposed regulations and to eliminate unnecessary and outdated regulations.

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We also agree on the need for a common approach to measure progress against previous commitments in all policy areas.

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How to measure ROI on social media has become s a common question.

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As a check, he compared our ranking to a more common yardstick, the number of published patents (arguably an even cruder measure).

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The measure would end the common practice of re-registering banks under a new name.

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But although firms can now measure this sort of thing in a more sophisticated way, basic rules of thumb are still the most common way of setting price.

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