Across all subjects, those where students performed exceptionally well included chemistry (up two percentage points to 34% gaining grade A), French (up three percentage points to 34% at grade A), German (up one percentage points to 34% at grade A) and economics (up 6 percentage points to 33% at grade A).
Result: Today in the U.S. 150 million cell users (up fivefold since 1995) talk an average of eight hours a month (up fourfold) while paying a dime a minute (down by a factor of four).
We tallied the average costs of some key elements of a first date: alcohol (specifically, a 1.5 liter bottle of Livingston Cellars, Gallo Chablis or Chenin Blanc wine), food (a 11- to 12-inch pizza from Pizza Hut), entertainment (an evening movie ticket), grooming (a barbershop visit), suiting up (a dry-cleaning bill) and transportation (price per gallon of gasoline).
Among the largest underlying components of BIK, in trading today Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. ( NYSE: PBR) is up about 2%, Banco Bradesco S.A. ( NYSE: BBD) is up about 0.7%, and Vale S. A. ( NYSE: VALE) is up by about 2.6%.
With a Parajet on your back, you can fly up to 2, 500 meters (8, 000 feet), traveling a distance of 160km (100 miles) at a speed of up to 75kph (46mph).
Internally, the unit now packs enhanced bracing for better durability, 4GB of storage (up from two) and a 550Mhz processor (up from 400).
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The special status of the dollar makes it easier to borrow (a good thing) and easier to run up a huge foreign debt (a bad thing).
Among the largest underlying components of BIK, in trading today Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. ( NYSE: PBR) is up about 0.4%, Banco Bradesco S.A. ( NYSE: BBD) is up about 1.3%, and Vale S. A. ( NYSE: VALE) is higher by about 0.8%.
Costs of operations were up: Fulfillment was up to 10% of revenues (versus 8.7% a year ago), Technology and Content was up to 6.4% of revenues (versus 5.1% a year ago) and Marketing was up to 3.3% of revenues (versus 3.1% a year ago).
Among the largest underlying components of VEU, in trading today Royal Dutch Shell Plc ( NYSE: RDS.A) is up about 0.8%, GlaxoSmithKline Plc ( NYSE: GSK) is up about 0.7%, and Total S.A. ( NYSE: TOT) is up by about 1.7%.
Among the largest underlying components of VEA, in trading today Toyota Motor Corp ( NYSE: TM) is up about 1.2%, Royal Dutch Shell plc ( NYSE: RDS.A) is up about 0.7%, and Total S.A. ( NYSE: TOT) is up by about 0.5%.
O'Leary has similar clients try a horizontal pull-up at home with a pull-up bar in a doorway (from lying on ground) or with a similar setup at the gym (lying on a bench with a fixed horizontal bar set up above).
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Among the largest underlying components of GWX, in trading today Corus Entertainment, Inc. ( Toronto: CJR-B) is up about 0.7%, Dundee Corp ( Toronto: DC-A) is up about 0.7%, and Guardian Capital Group Ltd. ( Toronto: GCG-A) is up by about 1.7%.
We even get to see a (relative) close-up of a "barred spiral galaxy" (above) called NGC 1365.
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Cloud adoption is moving top down (SaaS applications) and bottoms up (Infrastructure as a service like Amazon).
Plans to put up a 20m (67ft) high statue of a naked pregnant woman by artist Damien Hirst in a seaside town have passed their final hurdle.
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After years of study, thousands of hours of congressional testimony, hundreds of hearings, uncountable public comments, the DOL issued their final Reg 408(b)2 and 404(a) (who makes up these names, anyway?) designed to force better disclosure.
Sales increased in the Nurse and Allied Healthcare Staffing (up 13%) and Physician Permanent Placement Services (up 9%) segments, partly mitigated by a sales decline at the Locum Tenens Staffing segment (down 6%).
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Since the bear market lows the Dow Jones Airlines Index ( DJUSAR) is up a whopping 221% versus a 125% gain in the Spyder Trust ( SPY).
Among the largest underlying components of VEU, in trading today Royal Dutch Shell Plc ( NYSE: RDS.A) is off about 0.2%, GlaxoSmithKline Plc ( NYSE: GSK) is up about 0.5%, and Total S.A. ( NYSE: TOT) is up by about 0.8%.
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Among the largest underlying components of ILF, in trading today Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. ( NYSE: ITUB) is up about 0.8%, Banco Bradesco S.A. ( NYSE: BBD) is up about 0.2%, and Companhia de Bebidas das Americas-AMBEV ( NYSE: ABV) is up by about 1.1%.
Among the largest underlying components of ILF, in trading today Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. ( NYSE: ITUB) is up about 0.4%, Banco Bradesco S.A. ( NYSE: BBD) is up about 0.4%, and Companhia de Bebidas das Americas-AMBEV ( NYSE: ABV) is higher by about 0.2%.
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Among the largest underlying components of ILF, in trading today Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. ( NYSE: ITUB) is up about 0.6%, Banco Bradesco S.A. ( NYSE: BBD) is up about 0.6%, and Companhia de Bebidas das Americas-AMBEV ( NYSE: ABV) is up by about 0.7%.
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He is not universally liked, though: behind his back, many of his fellow politicians call him Cicciobello (nice little fatty) or Piacione (a suck-up), for his apparent desire to please everyone.
But things pick up when the adult Tony (also played by Ogata), a technical illustrator who has grown up thinking nothing of his isolated existence, meets Eiko (Rie Miyazawa), a sweet young woman with an insatiable lust for couture clothing.
But now, the controversial app in question has been beefed up, adding the ability to send encrypted files (up to 60MB) with a set "burn" (read: deletion) time.
But the users with the older version of the Xbox can still play all the newest games (up to a certain point) while only making a small sacrifice on the gaming experience (i.e. graphics and maybe performance).
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Among the largest underlying components of VEU, in trading today Vodafone Group Plc ( NASD: VOD) is up about 0.9%, Royal Dutch Shell Plc ( NYSE: RDS.A) is up about 0.9%, and BHP Billiton Ltd. ( NYSE: BHP) is up by about 1.6%.
After leaving office, in 2002, he started a consulting firm, Giuliani Partners, and embarked on a series of highly lucrative lecture tours, commanding the transportation (Gulfstream IV), the accommodation (a two-bedroom suite, plus four rooms for his entourage), and the remuneration (up to a hundred thousand dollars per appearance) accorded only to the highest tier.
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