Proxies in place, the team dove into the data and came up with surprising results: Between 2002 and 2007 (the years covered by the database), public firms increased their gross fixed assets (as a percentage of total assets) by 4.0 percent a year on average versus 9.7 percent at similar private firms.
They say U.S. policymakers will need to lift taxes and cut spending to balance the federal budget, which has swung from a surplus of 2.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2000 to a deficit of just under 4 percent in 2003.
Today an investor can obtain the same net return with a lower gross (expected) return because that portion required as compensation for costs has been reduced.
Ohio Congressman Donald Pease proposed the amendment that caused taxpayers whose adjusted gross income (AGI) exceeded a threshold to lose 3% of their itemized deductions for each dollar they earned above the threshold.
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Thus, it would appear that any payment that your constituent received on account of such treatment would be excluded from gross income under section 104(a)(2), even though the United States made the payment rather than Iraq.
For instance, Spain, a country which accounts for 12.0% of the euro zone's gross domestic product (GDP), had a relatively large, 5.0% rise in wages.
They can get paid in two different ways: either by a percentage (usually about a third) of the gross fares, or by renting the cab by the day or week and paying all fuel costs.
Not only are the emerging economies growing rapidly, they also save a higher percentage of the Gross Domestic Product (a standard measure of economic output for an economy).
Gross domestic product (GDP) grew at a revised 6.1% during the first three months of this year.
Japan spends twice as much (as a percentage of gross domestic product) on public works as America.
Later this month, the Department of Enterprise will begin publishing a composite economic index which will effectively produce a separate gross domestic product (GDP) figure for Northern Ireland.
Nowadays, people just jump out of the dark all of a sudden and screech (cheap scare) or creatively disembowel screeching second-string actors (more gross than actually frightening.) Couple that with a veneer of macho stylishness, and you've got yourself a relative facsimile of a motion picture.
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Meanwhile, despite a headline GDP deflator that appears benign, the gross domestic purchases deflator (prices for what we buy) rose at a 4.2% rate in Q2 and is up 3.5% versus a year ago.
The largest B2C online shopping site, Taobao, has reached a record high gross merchandise volume (GMV) of 1, 000 billion RMB year-to-date.
Total investment as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the lowest it has been since those records began in 1965.
The Jolly Nero is almost 240m (787ft) long and has a gross tonnage of nearly 40, 600 tonnes.
The gross margin expanded 450 basis points (bps) on a year over year basis to 33.9% in the quarter, reflecting the improving product mix.
The blue line shows how much federal, state, and local governments directly contribute to economic activity, measured as a share of overall gross domestic product (GDP).
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The goal of the exercise was to reduce the ratio of debt to Gross Domestic Product (a standard way of measuring red ink) to 60 percent.
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He said that spending on education as a proportion of the gross domestic product (GDP) was "lower now than it was for the majority of the period of the last government".
The new study by Robert Polin, Michael Ash and Thomas Herndon from University of Massachusetts, which was made public this week, found coding errors in spreadsheets used in the 2010 study, which they said meant that growth did not fall as fast as was claimed when debt passed 90% of a country's gross domestic product (GDP).
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Google reports its revenues, consistent with GAAP, on a gross basis without deducting traffic acquisition costs (TAC).
Google Inc. reports advertising revenues, consistent with GAAP, on a gross basis without deducting traffic acquisition costs (TAC).
Google Inc. reports its revenues, consistent with GAAP, on a gross basis without deducting traffic acquisition costs (TAC).
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Italy already has an accumulated public debt equivalent to more than a whole year's gross domestic product (GDP).
They don't consider deficits of that size (3.6% of gross domestic product) a problem, particularly if they're financing pro-growth tax cuts.
In some states, however, the caps can be defeated if the plaintiff can prove gross negligence (i.e. reckless behavior) or a violation of another statute.
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In addition to providing a steadier revenue stream, rented equipment seems more affordable to cash-strapped customers, and provides a higher gross margin (61% versus 36%).
The irresistible lure: a fat and rising gross margin (now 36%).
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