The best-fit estimate represented by the downward-slopping line in the chart reveals that for each one percentage point of personal income that social welfare spending rises above 10%, net private investment falls by about 1.2 percentage points of personal income.
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Published in Science, that paper gave the best-yet estimate of the true number of words in English a million, far more than any dictionary has recorded (the 2002 Webster's Third New International Dictionary has 348, 000).
The best-informed investors estimate it will take four and a half years for U.S. corporations to get ready for the shift, in line with industry expectations.
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The best-informed observers estimate that 1m people have fled their homes, in addition to the 4m Sudanese already displaced by the country's other, older war (see article).
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It appears likely the decommissioned craft came down between 03:23 and 05:09 GMT - with a best estimate of 04:16.
Intel is already a best-in-class performer, underscored by our price estimate which implies a healthy premium to the market price.
DeSantis: Our best estimate for growth year-on-year this year is -0.5%.
Its best estimate for the timing of the re-entry would have seen UARS come in at a point well out into the North Pacific.
This is their best estimate, from past experience, of credit-card debts that will not be repaid.
Our model takes current after-tax corporate profits and divides by our best estimate of fundamental interest rates.
After adjusting for these factors, the authors argue that the best estimate of the equity risk premium worldwide in future is 4-5 percentage points.
Armed with those answers, they stand the best chance of beating some fairly dire odds: Studies estimate that just two-thirds of all start-ups survive the first two years, and less than half make it to the fourth.
We estimate Samsung's Galaxy S3 was the world's third best-selling smartphone model and it shipped 15.4 million units globally, capturing 7 percent share in the fourth quarter of 2012.
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