Sentences with phrase «against peers of»

: They are in the top quarter of academic achievement in New Jersey, according to the state, and the top 1 percent when measured against peers of the same demographic.

Not exact matches

The dollar index, which tracks the U.S. currency against a basket of six major peers, was little changed at 95.693, holding above Friday's 95.384, its lowest since July 5.

Then an open conversation with employees could discuss why they want people to work with one another not against their peers in a game of one - upmanship.

APS on Abrams tanks, quite naturally, is the kind of protective technology which could help US Army tanks in tank - on - tank mechanized warfare against near - peer adversary tanks, such as a high - tech Russian T - 14 Armata tank.

While Cook was critical of the laws in his tweet, his peers at other companies came out forcefully against it.

In fact, when you line up Ryan against his direct opponent, Vice President Joe Biden, you can see two versions of the same person — at least in that they both came to Washington in their 20s, were elected to office far younger than their peers, and never left.

The Halifax Index, produced annually for Nova Scotia's capital, benchmarks the city against five peer cities on a number of important measurements: population growth, education levels, the confidence of the business sector, and more.

Despite having the highest net worth of any neighbourhood in B.C., these residents are not the highest - paid of their peers on this list, with an average annual income of only $ 700,431 against Kerrisdale's $ 1,153,529.

Measured against its peers, the Bank of Canada is something of a black box.

Yes, that's crisis - torn Somalia, although the gains seem to have more to do with expatriates sending gobs of money home than anything fundamental in the domestic economy, and are a repeat of the shilling's 2013 performance against its foreign - exchange peers.)

Elsewhere in forex markets, it's a relatively calm day, with a slight correction in the risk - off trade that we have been monitoring for weeks, as the yen is a tad lower today against all of its major peers, while the Dollar couldn't gain on risk - on currencies, despite the equity weakness.

During fiscal 2010, Mercer gathered market and performance data on HP's peer group companies and analyzed the compensation of HP's Section 16 officers against that data.

In the case of the NEOs who head significant business segments, the Committee also compares compensation data for these positions against the pay for CEOs of smaller companies, as the size and complexity of certain of those business segments are similar in size and complexity to several of HP's peer group companies.

At the end of each year, the Committee determines compensation by assessing performance against these financial targets, as well as in light of HP's performance relative to its peers on other financial and non-financial factors and unusual or extraordinary events.

The benefit of comparing the Journey ® Student Rewards from Capital One ® against its competitors is that we get a better sense of its worth and value relative to its peers.

US Treasury yields are stable, holding on near their recent highs, but as sentiment improved the USD sold off against most of its peers with only gaining some ground against the safe - haven Yen.

The Yen is still on the move, after yesterday's short squeeze in the USD / JPY, as the safe - haven currency regained some of the recently lost ground against its peers.

As the U.S. military approaches two decades of persistent campaigns against terrorists and militants, there has become concern that American troops are increasingly ill - prepared to fight a more capable «near - peer» foe, such as Russia.

From December 16, 2011, the effective date of the Merger, through the third quarter of 2013, we did not engage compensation consultants or establish formal benchmark processes against any set of peer group companies when setting compensation levels for executive officers.

IOTA is still advancing against most of its peers but is giving up ground to the dollar, which has extended this week's...

Utilizing the advantages of its peer - to - peer architecture, Ethbet is able to offer lower fees to its players, as they bet against each other instead of against a house.

Our model evaluates the compensation of the top five executives against the compensation of the top five officers at peer companies, then compares the company's performance with those same peers.

Our model evaluates the compensation of the top five executives by benchmarking that compensation against the compensation of the top five officers at peer companies.

A: The pay - for - performance model measures the company's weighted average executive compensation percentile rank for its top five executive officers against the company's weighted average performance percentile rank within a group of 15 peer companies.

The greenback slid against all of its major peers yesterday's, falling to an eight week low against the pound sterling and sliding to 97.08 against the Japanese yen, amongst others.

The US Dollar Index, which tracks the value of the greenback against a basket of its peers, sank 1.5 % from its peak on Wednesday.

Not only does the stock look cheap when analyzed against peers, but the stock's valuation also implies profit growth will fall well short of historical trends, as we'll show below.

An unexpected end to the recession in the eurozone in the second quarter caught the markets unaware and buoyed the euro against all of its major peers, except the British pound, Hood says.

It seems to me the issue is the apparent silencing of people who were speaking out against what seems to be cover - ups, concealment of evidence, and the protection of leaders by their peers.

Drawing on decades of hard work and experience, and working through scores of not - quite - right combinations, Apel eventually wins the race against his peers and goes on to produce one of the most successful men's fragrances ever.

A Christian peer was accused of talking «nonsense» for referring to «good Muslims» before warning of rising working - class anger against «Islamification» of communities.

Late at night, splashing my face and neck, through sounds of water running I hear cruel cuts like pencil points fine sharpened snapping against a smooth white page.Quick rinsing, covered now and tense, all stiff, peering alarmed from broken privacy, I for a moment harden, with nor one clue, against....

In classic style the book collects together more than a dozen discussions by authors, varying in their ecclesial loyalty devoted to particular aspects of inter-denominational theological conflict (although one contributor from an Eastern Orthodox perspective - David Bentley Hart - allows himself to get in some powerful blows against some of his peers in his own camp).

For Mr Clarke to obtain 100 per cent of the performance rights, TWE's relative total shareholder return ranking against the peer group must be above the 75th percentile, and the compound annual growth rate of earnings per share over the performance period must be more than 15 per cent.

These are the currency impact of Brexit on our actual performance and the impact of the reversal in commodity prices on fat and protein on our relative performance against our international peers.»

Wenger is tactically poor and inferior if you are to compare him to his peers in the managerial side of football, it's not a coincidence that we can't beat any of the top teams anymore and that atrocious record against Mourinho says it all Arsene Wenger is now past his best!

They led the Red Raiders out for their 1994 season opener against New Mexico as 27,234 people peered down from the stands of the 50,000 - seat Jones Stadium to the Astroturf below.

It looks even better against the backdrop of terrible play provided by his peers.

The mass audience will not be able to relate to him, to assemble an image of him, to measure him against his peers as they do the white player.

On the other hand, for the biggest European football clubs, who are intrinsically part of the global entertainment industry, attracting the best talent is an absolute must to ensure a competitive advantage against their peers on and off the pitch and to grow their global fan base.»

«Mars Attack» is new term coined to describe unjustified violation of women by care providers at the time of birth, as well as the purposeful abandonment of the peer review system by major obstetric journals and the abandonment of the use of research evidence by ACOG in their latest protocols, in order to justify continued use of this form of violence against women.

My most recent work, «Resisting the Jaundiced Eye» aims to make breastfeeding visible, explores the polarising aspects of woman's identity, and comments on the censure, peering / leering jaundiced eye of society in its unwarranted criticism of and prejudice against women who breastfeed.

The NFL Punt, Pass & Kick program is a national skills competition for boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 15 to compete separately against their peers.

We know how difficult it can be to resist the power of a group and go against the tide, and we know that even parents have a hard time standing up to peer pressure.

And the increased academic requirements, test pressures and the age of the peers their kids will be competing against has many parents wondering if their kids are really ready to start Kindergarten.

Some of these studies involved large representative samples from the United States; 2 some studies controlled for potential confounders, such as parental stress3 and socioeconomic status; 4 and some studies examined the potential of parental reasoning to moderate the association between physical punishment and child aggression.5 Virtually without exception, these studies found that physical punishment was associated with higher levels of aggression against parents, siblings, peers and spouses.

We want to clearly convey the potential seriousness of food allergies and create a movement that encourages children with food allergies, along with parents, teachers and peers, to be a voice against food allergy bullying.

And most of their stay - at - home peers don't hold it against them.

The Lib Dem peer and close ally of Cable compared Clegg to Michael Foot and warned his party against deluding themselves that things would get better.

Prospect of a Lords rebellion against the government's emergency surveillance law grows, after influential committee of peers raised concerns