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On Wednesday, the company added that it also intended to cut 40 percent of management posts to streamline decision-making.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Almost 90 percent of the 2,258 eligible union members at the Taoyuan plant voted in favour of strike action, according to figures given by Chen.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
China once accounted for more than a third of Porsche sales, but that share has dropped to nearer 15 percent and is expected to decline further.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Production in the construction sector, which expanded over nine percent in August, was being supported by public contracts for upgrading infrastructure, it noted.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Word spread quickly in the small world of subprime mortgage bond creators and traders: AIG FP was now selling credit default swaps on triple-A-rated subprime bonds for a mere 0.12 percent a year.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
But we’ve had several percents on the mortgage rate in a short period of time,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at KPMG.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2022
“They are not accurate enough. I’m moving not well enough, so everything in my game, there are some percents missing. I don’t really know why.”
From New York Times ● May 30, 2021
"Fifty percent of them want him to, and 50 percent don't want him to. I try to play both 50 percents."
From Reuters ● Jan. 27, 2017
And when you add up all those weeks he’s had to re-do the loan, the yearly interest rate could add up to hundreds of percents.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2016
Wearing it in class when the teacher droned on about fractions and percents.
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
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