Next, we looked to rule out vehicles with quality or reliability not quite up to snuff, by removing any that had less than three stars according to J.D. Powers latest IQS Mechanical scores, which gauge issues in the first few months of ownership, or below-average Consumer Reports scores for reliability, which assess a models likelihood of staying trouble-free over the longer term.
Gauge correctly in the first place.
With a third-quarter reading of 55.3, up from 50.7 in the last quarter before HSBC made its EMI index public, the index showed a growing number of purchasing managers are taking a more positive view on economic conditions in the manufacturing and services, with an increase in the surveys employment gauge for the first time in 12 months and the best output figures in a year.
When the researchers compared the model's predictive powers with a model based on age alone, they found that it was about 1000 times more accurate in gauging success in the second round of IVF.
The reason for the apparent discrepancy lies in the smaller gauge volume used in the second set of measurements, which causes the evaluated residual stress values to be dominated by the microscopic (Type II + III) residual stress components.
The growth in spending was less than the median forecast of 0.7percentt, partly because a price gauge fell for the first time in seven months.
It owed its importance to its role as the Pacific coastal terminus of the White Pass (2,913 feet [888 metres]) through the Boundary Ranges and of the White Pass and Yukon Route (WP&YR) narrow-gauge railway (the first railway in Alaska) from Whitehorse, head of navigation on the Yukon River in Canada.
Additionally, the GRE may be most relevant for gauging potential for acceptable performance in the first year of course work (Burton and Wang, 2005).
Contracted foreign direct investment, a gauge of future projects, rose 38percentt in the first half of the year to $33.4 billion.
China's retail sales, a gauge of domestic demand, rose 14.7percentt in the first two months compared with the same period a year earlier, the government said.
