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As Cloud becomes more widely adopted, there will be an increasing need for well-understood benchmarks that offer fair evaluation of such generic systems, not least to determine the baseline from which it might be possible to optimize for specific purposes.

The comments came in the minutes from the bank's monetary policy meeting last week, when it increased its benchmark lending rate for the sixth consecutive month, by a half-percentage point, to 18.75percentt a year.

The Reserve Bank of India, the nation's central bank, increased its benchmark interest rate for the fourth time this year to rein in inflation even as the Indian economy continued to expand at a furious pace.

The bank's governing council increased its benchmark -- the minimum rate for two-week loans to commercial banks sometimes known as the repurchase rate -- by a quarter-point to 4.75percentt.

The accord is increasing concern that the raise might become a benchmark for other unions, with increases that far exceed the inflation rate.

A 3% increase has become what I would consider a solid benchmark for what many consider a normal year," said Bremen.

They increased the benchmark federal funds rate by 0.25 percentage point in December after keeping it near zero for seven years in an attempt to boost the recovery.

Indeed, this agreement is an important benchmark for the ssLNA.

The proposals the lawyers find most upsetting would require them to provide data on what their firms charge in other specialties and submit budgets at the outset as a benchmark for any fee increases later in the process.

In fact, the percentage of programs meeting NIEER benchmarks increased for 8 of the 10 policies even though the number of programs increased.

What is a benchmark for a good margin?