Word: tiered
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...resident demanded to see the raw data, expressing skepticism about the validity of the balancing method. Another said he was confused about the “three-tier system” that survey respondents used to register their preferences. “I don’t know what a tier is in this case,” said the resident...
Karim clarified that the top tier represents the top third of needs in terms of importance to community members...
...quickly, say several Democrats familiar with the planning. There may also be a payroll tax break to speed some extra cash to all. Obama may even postpone his plans to roll back the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and delay any tax hike on top-tier earners until 2011, when the cuts expire under current...
...bankruptcy and didn't pay its trade debts, then the entire domestic auto industry shuts down," says Rodriguez. The system - the domestic auto plants and their interconnected group of suppliers - is far bigger than GM. It includes 54 North American manufacturing plants and at least 4,000 so-called Tier 1 suppliers - firms that feed parts and subassemblies directly to those plants. That includes mom-and-pop outfits but also a dozen or so large companies such as Lear, Johnson Controls and GM's former captive Delphi. Beyond those are thousands of the suppliers' suppliers...
...average capital reserves for Canada's Big Six banks - defined as Tier 1 capital (common shares, retained earnings and non-cumulative preferred shares) to risk-adjusted assets - is 9.8%, several percentage points above the 7% required by Canada's federal bank regulator. That's a little better than major U.S. commercial banks like Bank of America, but significantly higher than an average capital ratio of about 4% for U.S. investment banks and 3.3% for European commercial banks...