Sentences with phrase «years higher because»

But a voter might push 12 Years higher because he feels like he's doing a good deed, even if he didn't like it enough to give it his number one spot.

Manufacturers and consumers alike better brace themselves: memory chip prices have hit a two - year high because of a major fire in a massive Chinese production plant.

Not exact matches

Last year, a high school in Ohio named more than 200 kids in the graduating class «valedictorians» because they didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings.

It has been on an upward price track for years, in part because the Chinese — compelled by the lack of a social safety net to save rigorously for things like higher education and in case of illness — have few other investing vehicles with which to protect their savings from the ravages of inflation.

The decline is noteworthy because you'd think the stars were aligned for a boom in the construction of dream homes: the economy has been churning out jobs steadily for a year, real - estate prices are high, and interest rates are low.

In the post about her year at Uber, Susan Fowler said the company's human resources department ignored her complaints because her boss was a high performer.

Whitman is something of a surprise choice for the job because her name has been bandied about in recent years for high - profile positions in both the technology sector and politics.

American Airlines stock drops after the company trims its full - year outlook because of higher fuel prices.

Because a few extra years of work will boost your retirement income more than higher investment returns will, once you take the risk into account.

Option grants end up being worth more and more every year — simply because an option on a share with a high nominal value is more potentially lucrative than an option on a share with a low nominal value.

Try to make a case that with X years of experience, you deserve receiving a salary which is X % higher because of what you can offer.

Reps who opted for 100 % commission and who perform at the highest level stand to increase their pay by 25 % this year because Artis also increased the commission rate they can earn.

The practice means that each new year's grants tend to end up being potentially more valuable than the previous year's, just because stock prices tend to drift higher over time.

«We do think that in the first quarter of next year, this could potentially be a stumbling block, because there's very high unemployment, the Five Star Movement is neck - and - neck with the democratic party so there's nothing to suggest that the political risk in Italy has abated,» Nossek said.

Battered by nearly a year of off - and - on declines from record highs because of fears of a slowdown in iPhone sales, Apple «s stock now is valued closer to IBM, which has disappointed Wall Street for the past four years with declining revenue, than to Silicon Valley technology pioneers Alphabet and Tesla Motors.

Two years ago, Lou Hoffman, president of a $ 5 - million public - relations firm in Silicon Valley, was in the enviable position of being able to grow without necessarily adding new business, mostly because his high - tech clients were growing so quickly.

In fact, the comments section of the above mentioned article has many stories of people who did sell in past years because they thought house prices were too high, only to subsequently watch from the sidelines as prices continued to march upward.

Corporate investment - banking fees were down 4 % from the year - ago quarter because of lower advisory and equity issuance fees but partly offset by higher debt - issuance fees, according to the firm.

While industry analysts aren't calling for sharply higher prices, they say the market is vulnerable to more erratic pricing because global supply has drained dramatically over the last year as demand has grown.

Because the average salary for a woman still lags behind men's (the American Association of University Women says women earn 82 cents for every dollar a man makes one year after graduation) and lenders favor two - income households over single earners, Lautz says women are «making the most sacrifices to get into a home, but they're still placing a high value on owning a home of their own.»

One of them, Berkeley's Emmanuel Saez, said the incomes of the richest Americans surged last year in part because they cashed in stock holdings to avoid higher capital gains taxes that took effect in January.

In senior year of high school, Brady said he felt out of place because his teammates were always faster and stronger than he was.

Looking at the Toronto Blue Jays this season, the team has seen the highest attendance tally for its first three home games since 1994 — the year after the Jays won their second World Series (not counting years with weekend games, because they always draw larger crowds).

Policy makers favor the manufacturing sector because it has historically provided good paying jobs for middle - skill workers, or those folks who have more than a high school education but not a four - year college degree.

But because your Social Security benefits are based on your top 35 years of earnings, it is possible that higher income in later years can help boost your benefits, he said.

During an interview on CNN's «The Lead» Jake Tapper called out President Donald Trump for falsely stating that the murder rate is the highest it has been in 47 years, and for saying that the media deliberately didn't cover some terrorist attacks because it didn't serve their agenda.

Timmer: You know, the last two years until the January high, were really extraordinary times for the market, and I fear that investors got spoiled by that, because the S&P was up I think 52 % in two years and in 2017 the volatility — the standard deviation of those returns — was at an all - time low of 3.9.

She might equally assume the five - year bond is less volatile because it has the higher coupon rate.

I wouldn't have taken out a loan with high interest without knowing that I can repay it, because if you're paying that interest rate for six years, yes, it's ridiculous.

Each year, Gartner's Hype Cycle, highlights «a set of technologies that will have broad - ranging impact across the business... It features technologies that are the focus of attention because of particularly high levels of hype, or those that may not be broadly acknowledged but that Gartner believes have the potential for significant impact.»

Because of my high profile over the past few years, the government officials, the rich people, have not liked to interact with me.

Crude - by - rail shipments are expected to ramp up in the second half of this year and into the first half of next year to «very material volumes of oil,» Pourbaix said, adding price discounts will improve but will likely remain higher than usual because rail costs more than pipeline transport.

In recent years, the country's largest carrier has been hamstrung by high costs, in large part because of its labour agreements.

For instance, agriculture has produced record levels for the past few years and yet inventories are the lowest in 40 years because consumption keeps going higher and higher, faster than production does.

This week, Germany's business pages have been full of little warnings about the Return of Inflation, the biggest bogeyman in the Teutonic economic lexicon, all because the annual consumer price index rose to its highest level in over three years in December, a shocking 1.7 %.

But she also argues that it's important to have people with a variety of training, because areas that are in high demand right now may not be 10 years down the road.

While they have higher costs than Spirit because they target business travelers and must maintain multiple types of planes, lower fuel prices in the past year have let them profitably chop their fares.

Maestri told Reuters that the company's seasonal drawing down of iPhones sitting on store shelves accounted for some of the difference because it was concentrated on higher - end iPhone models this year.

If you plan to sell «high - ticket» items this year, you need to change your tune because what used to work won't in the future.

That's because the three - year - old Vancouver - based luggage maker has perfectly captured a clean canvas esthetic that probably feels familiar to anyone who attended high school before 1990.

It's largely because of this that world debt has been allowed to soar to astronomical highs in recent years, threatening the stability of the global economy.

But because it was a smaller loss than a year earlier, showing the shrinking retailer is at least cutting costs efficiently as its core business dwindles, shares went up 5 % though they remain down 70 % from their 52 - week highs.

This is particularly true because gold has already broken above its six - year trend line, going all the way back to those 2011 highs.

If you want to be free of your mortgage sooner you can always refinance to a 15 - year mortgage, but few people do this because it involves higher monthly payments.

The rich are getting richer because the middle class can't buy property, they can't buy property because the cost of normal things are exponentially higher today than 10 year ago, rents keep going up because people can't buy property making it harder to get away from renting.

But it has failed to recover in recent years because of a series of policies that increase the burden on small - business owners — higher taxes, increases to health - care costs, more costly regulations, and now the minimum wage increase proposal

Because of these efforts, the country boasts the highest amount of foreign investment in the Middle East — $ 141 billion in the past five years alone.

Also, a more recent exploit presents a higher risk than a 15 - year - old exploit because of the potential attack surface that still exists.

«It's important think through whether or not they're going to be in a higher tax bracket in future years, because if they are, then it may not make sense to take the whole benefit in the first year.»

Benjamin Graham was fond of averaging profit per share for the past seven years to balance out highs and lows in the economy because, if you attempted to measure the p / e ratio without it, you'd get a situation where profits collapse a lot faster than stock prices making the price - to - earnings ratio look obscenely high when, in fact, it was low.