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in operating costs, which, at nearly two-thirds of total costs, represent the biggest barrier to more affordable access to credit services by microfinance clients. In the 2002–2005 period, for example, global yields on microcredit portfolio rates dropped nearly three percentage points, without loss in profitability, backed by declines in operating costs. Productivity gains played an important part in these gains in efficiency. In the beginning of the 2006–08 period, operating costs leveled off at a

widen this year with 63 percent of the computers sold in 2009 expected to be laptops, the CEA said. Apple has sunk a full position in the US computer market during the spring, according to early estimates by IDC. The Mac producer is expected to have dropped from fourth place in the winter to fifth in the spring, as it should have shipped 12.4 percent fewer computers than it did a year earlier, falling to 1.21 million Macs. Its market share is poised to remain the same at 7.6 percent but will have been

director describes her transition to this role: “I used to speak more softly, with a higher pitch. Sometimes my vocal cadences went up instead of down. I realize that these mannerisms lack the sense of authority. I strengthened my voice. The pitch has dropped… I have stopped trying to be everyone’s friend. Leadership is not synonymous with socializing”. Quotas: checked. Now, where are the women? Because of the quotas and sometimes because of their commitment in social causes, companies are implementing

accompanied by the domination of Anglo-American language, which manifests itself most on the Internet. In 1996, there was an almost exclusive presence of English on the Internet, with 75% of web pages in the world in English. In 2003, this proportion dropped to 45%. So there is some diversification of languages on the Internet. 3. Disadvantages of the globalization The negative effects of globalization are manifold and affect almost all areas until the area of disease. I will present in this

disabilities in southern Ontario were identified. Children who received a clinical diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorder but were untestable or achieved a mental age score less than half their chronological age on psychometric testing were dropped from further consideration. The remaining children, including those without psychometric data, entered the study; written informed consent was obtained from the parents of each child. The children’s assent was also obtained on the basis of their willingness

rates are zero in the short term for some time when the economy suffers from a shortage of credit). 2. The consequences of the crisis A. Stock market crash On October 27, 1997, the International Marketplace has crashed. In Asia, markets dropped by 1.9% for Tokyo to 5.8% for Hong Kong and 3.3% for South Korea. From west to east, U.S. Dow Jones lost 7.2%. Many countries from South America lost more than 10%, like Mexico (13.3%), 13.7% for Argentina, and yet 15% in Brazil. European countries

commercialisé plus intelligemment. (Voir les iPhone Apps le avec des fleurs.) Nokia's momentum has stalled. Impulsion de Nokia est bloqué. According to Boston-based tech consultants Strategy Analytics, its share of the global smart-phone segment has dropped from 49% in 2007 to 37% in the first quarter of 2009. Selon basé à Boston Conseillers tech Strategy Analytics, sa part du Global Segment Smart-Phone a chuté de 49% en 2007 à 37% au premier trimestre de 2009. RIM, meantime, has boosted its share from

Remaining members gain independence After World War II, the British Empire was gradually dismantled to just 14 British overseas territories, still held by the United Kingdom today. In April 1949, following the London Declaration, the word "British" was dropped from the title of the Commonwealth to reflect its changing nature.[11] Burma (also known as Myanmar, 1948), and Aden (1967) are the only states that were British colonies at the time of the war not to have joined the Commonwealth upon post-war independence

even among industrial-goods companies [5], a substantial percent of firms, exceeding, at times, 50%, still use the percent-of-sales and the affordable approaches [5 and 27]. Hung and West [17] argue that the affordable method cannot ever be fully dropped as “all firms have to bear in mind whether or not their budget is affordable”. Previous research on promotion budget setting has mainly revealed an interest in the optimization of sales and/or profits [5, 15 and 26], market share [19, 32 and 24]

Besides, Canadian imports dropped sharply in the third quarter of 1998 owing to slower domestic demand growth and a depreciation in the Canadian dollar. Strong foreign demand for Canadian products boosted real exports 5.7% in the third quarter of 1998. The increase in exports was largely confined to trade with the United States. Stronger growth in that country and increased Canadian cost competitiveness were two of the factors explaining this strength. Moreover, imports dropped by 8.1% in the third quarter