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The retreat from retiree health benefits has accelerated since 1993, when a new accounting rule forced companies to reduce their reported income by an amount equal to the present value of future promises for retiree health care.
The entitlement numbers are calculated as the present value of future promises less future taxes (at present rates) to cover them.
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Regarding lower detection limits, single-molecule detection techniques have seen their first application to bioreporters, and preliminary results serve as an indication of future promise.
Although Bitcoin birthed Ethereum, in the past year, Ethereum has eclipsed its predecessor in terms of future promise.
Uganda is a good example of the future promise of eco-tourism as a main driver of economic growth for the African continent.
It is the outcome of an objective and dispassionate assessment by WHO's Executive Board not only of LTB's track record but also of its future promise.
Under the banner of the Koch Institute, the future promises to hold even more astounding advances.
But have you ever wondered why so little of the future promised in TED talks actually happens?
Again, the problem was that much of its future promise was built into its early stock price.
Of course, future promise notwithstanding, big problems remain.
This justifies the scope of a forward-looking approach running throughout the 250-page book, with its 12 chapters focusing on the major "patterns of the future" promised by the book title.
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