Sentences with phrase «when fixing on»

Film «is a medium most acute when fixed on what happens next; whereas literature, sooner or later, is about the meaning behind events.»

Not exact matches

Based on our experience, we initially thought this was due to a combination of two factors: a normal, temporary performance impact when upgrading the operating system as iPhone installs new software and updates apps, and minor bugs in the initial release which have since been fixed.

Jennifer Fix, an associate at private consultancy Dialog, was working on a large infill project for the City of Regina when she met the principals of a boutique firm known as H.B. Lanarc.

When she didn't find that company, she applied to Harvard Business School and started working on the idea for Stitch Fix during her second year there.

But Kelly stood with his eyes fixed on the floor when Trump veered off - script at his Manhattan office tower on Tuesday.

Bernanke noted that when the Fed launched its first round of bond buying in late 2008, the average rate on a 30 - year fixed - rate mortgage was a little above 6 percent.

Leaving out the middleman when you're working on your own code tends to mean fewer mistakes and faster fixes.

The one - stop shopping cart of retirement vehicles, they are designed to put you on a comfortable «glide path» toward retirement — owning more equities when you are young, more fixed income and cash when you are older — while keeping investors from having to make potentially wealth - destroying decisions about timing the market.

Comcast's customer care on Twitter apologized for the outage and said that the company was trying to fix the problem, but it did not say when it would be solved.

When the company demonstrated fixing one picture of a woman, opening her eyes and tacking a smile on her face, the audience gasped and burst into applause.

It's very easy to roll one's eyes at the earnest «we're gonna fix it, for real, this time» proclamations of politicians when history has proven this to be an issue that sits, perennially, maddeningly, pretty low on the priority list of the people most equipped to solve it.

ON RESISTING THE TEMPTATION FOR A QUICK FIX WHEN HIRING Over the long term, you're really only going to be better off if you get someone really good.

There still isn't a clear delineation between that and 4G, but the next generation's upside potential could be fixed download speeds in the 1 Gbps neighborhood and downloads at 100 Mbps when you're on the move.

With fewer fixed - asset investments, they can more easily pounce on new opportunities and exit when changing costs and benefits warrant.

When Bootcamp begins, each new engineer is assigned a senior engineer as a mentor and given a variety of tasks to perform, such as fixing bugs scattered across the site or on one of the company's apps.

When I reached out to a Dell senior technical consultant known as SteveB on Twitter to see if there was any updates, he replied, «We do have a root cause and the problem is fixed.

When labor is purchased for each job on a contract basis, the full cost is agreed upon in advance, which helps keep your costs fixed.

It's helped me to become a much better entrepreneur — I can dive in when my team needs to fix a few bugs on the site.

When we were raising our young kids at home, we would try to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary, just for the experience of it all — gingerbread house kits at Christmas, school projects on the kitchen table, taco night with all the fixings prepped in bowls.

Poirier, who is another Thiel protege — the two met when Poirier was studying computer sciences at Columbia University — started out at Lehman Brothers on the fixed income analytics and research side.

When a business owner buys a fixed asset, that asset loses its value over time, and so its most current value must be accounted for on the company's balance sheet.

When you retire, you'll be living on a fixed income.

When a customer comes to you on live chat with a bug fix or a product suggestion, your agents can use a simple command to initiate a data transfer.

When politicians want to cut a program, do not let them get away with their favorite euphemisms, like «reform,» «fix,» «overhaul,» and so on.

Most calculators indicate that I'm on track to retire in 3 years (when I turn 50) and reviewing the Financial Samurai Method table, my current net worth is just above the 55 age bracket, but I have more in real estate equality with what might be a balance ratio of 50/50 (fixed to liquid).

The Citi ® Double Cash Credit Card gives a fixed 1 % back on everything you buy, and then another 1 % when you pay charges off.

At this point, you know enough about what happens when you default on a student loan, so let's talk about how to fix it.

On July 8, the public got its first view into how the U.S. Department of Labor will defend its fiduciary rule when it filed a cross motion for summary judgment, asking the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to dismiss a law suit brought by the National Association for Fixed Annuities.

Ultimate Rewards (earned from the Sapphire Reserve / Preferred) can be used at a fixed - value when booking through UltimateRewards.com but can also be worth more when transferring to travel partners like Hyatt or United where you pay a fixed number of points in those programs which are not dependent on the cash cost of that room / flight otherwise.

The evaluation on each ad can point to weaknesses that, when fixed, can improve each Quality Score.

Why leave money in equities, and risk another year of lost opportunity, when fixed income securities seem to be on the road to higher (and less risky) returns?

Pressed on why he didn't inform users, in 2015, when Facebook says it found out about this policy breach, Zuckerberg avoided a direct answer — instead fixing on what the company did (asked Cambridge Analytica and the developer whose app was used to suck out data to delete the data)-- rather than explaining the thinking behind the thing it did not do (tell affected Facebook users their personal information had been misappropriated).

Constant Maturity - The constant maturity takes place when there is a quoted return, or yield, on a financial instrument, that is fixed and it involves comparing the instrument in question with other financial instruments that are also fixed, but that have different maturities, which is the given date the debt become due for payment.

-- The majority of 401 consultants support additional services in defined contribution retirement plans as participants rely more heavily on such funds when they retire, according to according to the 12th annual PIMCO Defined Contribution Consulting Support and Trends Survey published by PIMCO, one of the world» s premier fixed income investment managers..

And when they failed, business owners fell back on expensive, inefficient break - fix solutions, the only option available at the time.

On the flip side, you will pay more in interest with a fixed - rate when compared to the initial interest rate with an adjustable - rate mortgage.

If you've taken out a fixed - rate loan on your home when interest rates were high, there's always a concern that rates will drop.

Small and medium - sized businesses (SMBs) especially used to rely on an in - house «computer guy» who might not even work with technology full - time but knew his way around a server, or a «break - fix» vendor who'd come around when the system crashed — if you could reach him.

However, when you send money using your credit card, debit card, or PayPal credit you will be charged the new flat fee per transaction depending on the recipient's country + 2.9 % of the transaction amount + a fixed fee based on the currency.»

«Despite the constant pressure to submit to quick fixes, you stand a far better chance of delivering strong quarterly results year after year when you focus on strengthening your competitive advantage and growing only when your business model offers a proven competitive alternative.»

Here are a few common «lack of focus» examples I see amongst founders all the time: — Doing shit that makes them look busy, but doesn't have significant impact — Trying to do too many things instead of one thing really well — Getting things done themselves instead of taking time to build the team — Fundraising when it's not time — Acquiring users when existing ones keep churning — Adding features instead of fixing or removing the ones they have — Having multiple audiences, rather than one very targeted — Paying attention to vanity metrics or too many metrics instead of core KPIs — Following the competition's every move — Obsessing with getting up on TechCrunch (or other press)-- Attending multiple networking events a week

When we opened the Fund to investment in 1995, we naively assumed as our base case that the Fund would average 6 % yields on its fixed income allocation.

«We rarely use much debt and, when we do, we attempt to structure it on a long - term fixed rate basis.

Where we are now: When this story was published, on May 24, 2015, the average rate for a 30 - year fixed mortgage was 3.84 %.

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Feb 02, 2017 When it comes to buying a home or a property that you plan to rehab and resell, a fix and flip loan may be just what you need if you're not sitting on a huge pile of cash.

Or my favorite: the Customer Happiness Fixit, when we fix all those little things that bug our users and make them sad — for example, when the hotkeys aren't just right on mobile phones.

When living on a fixed income in retirement, it is very important to make sure that your income does not exceed expenses.

The FHA 203 (k) mortgage has a lot of advantages if you are short on cash and want to buy a fixer - upper or get cash for improvements when you refinance.

The fixed rate assigned to a loan will never change except as required by law or if you request and qualify for the ACH interest rate reduction benefit (s); ACH interest rate reduction (s) apply when full payments (including both principal and interest) are automatically drafted from a bank account and will remain on the account unless (1) the automatic deduction of payments is stopped (including times during deferment or forbearance) or (2) there are three automatic deductions returned for insufficient funds within the life of the loan.