Sentences with phrase «are of the highest standard on»

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On Wednesday, the Standard & Poor's 500 index was within two points of its all - time high.

And yes, the shimmery, glimmery cranberry sauce I crave each November for precisely two meals a year — Thanksgiving dinner and the ritual post-Thanksgiving 10 p.m. white bread - turkey - cranberry sandwich — is composed of things that are almost surely antithetical to human health: Two of the four ingredients on most of the cans I've seen are high - fructose corn syrup and (plain old standard) corn syrup.

«We are confident that a thorough review of our track record over 30 years will underscore our commitment to upholding high broadcast standards, and will demonstrate that the transaction will not result in there being insufficient plurality in the UK,» the company said on Thursday.

What we are saying, is that confidence is still excessively high by traditional standards, valuations are still too expensive and therefore, investors need to be on alert for a resumption of the secular bear trend.»

«First, because it's a very limited downgrade, only on two out of three banks, and especially since Moody's rates them better than the other two agencies (Standard & Poor's and Fitch), so, in reality, it put them at the same level or even slightly higher than the other agencies.»

And best of all, you can ensure that on - boarding programs are of a consistently high - standard across the board.

If your managers aren't up to a high standard, this research isn't a «Get Out of Jail Free» card that gives you a pass on improving their leadership (Google's got your back with free resources if you need to work on this).

House Speaker Paul Ryan is adamant that Congress should be held to «high standards» and set an example for the rest of the country in how women are treated in the workplace amid a flood of recent allegations of sexual harassment both on the Hill and across the country.

The Irish High Court's referral to the ECJ only specifically asks the European court to clarify whether standard contractual clauses are valid or not, given the existence of U.S. mass surveillance programs such as PRISM, but the ECJ may also choose to decide on the validity of Privacy Shield.

Lee notes that while the company has a YouTube icon on its home page, the account hasn't been updated in a year, and while Vimeo is a great video site with high standards of quality, YouTube is a better fit for the fitness market with more than 1 billion unique visitors a month compared to Vimeo's 70 million, and a huge selection of fitness videos with millions of views.

The controversial Perth Freight Link has been put on Infrastructure Australia's list of high priority projects that would improve living standards and productivity, as part of a 15 - year national plan released today.

Pressed on whether the speaker is holding the president to high enough standards, Ryan said that his alignment with Trump on policy allows him to overlook «differences of opinions.»

The company said Whole Foods Market will continue to operate under that brand name and pledged to «preserve its high standards and commitment to providing the finest natural and organic foods,» and John Mackey will stay on as CEO of Whole Foods, which will remain based in Austin, Texas, where it was founded in 1978.

Part of being the institutional party is refraining from putting excessive strain on institutions — either tangible ones, like investigative agencies that feel compelled to maintain their own public reputation, or intangible ones, like the sense of the public that political leaders have high ethical standards.

A coalition of adverse forces seemed allied against Foster's determination and high hopes: (1) there was potential for a strike, should Foster balk at union demands; (2) 1983 might have proved not even close to the bottom of the recession for heavy machinery; (3) who knew what EPA standards the former owner had let slide, that the new one might be called on to correct?

The employee benefit announced Tuesday on Netflix's blog is generous even by the high standards of Silicon Valley, where free meals and other perquisites supplement lavish salaries in the fiercely competitive battle for computer programmers and other technology workers.

Our standard of living is high by global standards, so it's tempting to conclude we haven't suffered unduly thus far through our heavy reliance on the natural resources industry to drive our economy.

While the ability to keep our eyes on the end game is fundamental to success, as is our maintaining high standards and an appropriate level of impatience for getting things done, rudeness itself should be left out.

Brokerage firms are sensitive about discussing sales incentives as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission considers imposing a higher standard of customer care on their sales practices and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is warning the firms to vet potential hires more carefully.

We believe that we're the leaders in that industry and regardless of where we're operating we focus on ensuring that the highest standards are implemented be it in Honduras or Bangladesh.»

Your income might be too high to qualify: If 10 percent of your income is higher than your monthly payment on a Standard Repayment Plan, then you would not benefit from an IBR plan.

If you're going to charge a price that's significantly higher than the market standard, don't further insult your users by tacking on lots of in - app purchases.

3) may fail to meet the high standard of care that is imposed on the appropriateness of investment advisors» investment decision - making; and

The elements of such a strategy would be to promote cooperation on regional infrastructure between Europe and Asia in such a way that upholds high standards and principles.

The CFA Institute is the global association of investment professionals that promotes the highest ethical standards and on - going education for investment managers.

Admission to the program is based on criteria that ensure high standards of academic quality and student achievement, as well as diversity.

At the time of purchase for the fund's portfolio, the ratings on the bonds must be one of the four highest ratings by Moody's Investors Services (Aaa, Aa, A, Baa) or Standard & Poor's Corporation (AAA, AA, A, BBB).

Higher productivity growth, sustained over a few decades, would have a profound impact on future living standards, but to expect an economic boom of anything but the short - lived variety is to rely on arithmetic that doesn't add up.

On top of that, with stock prices already so high (even after this sell - off, they're still high by historical standards), returns going forward might not be as great as what we've experienced the past few years.

Although high standards have been used in the preparation of the information and analysis presented in this report, no responsibility or liability whatsoever can be accepted by Juwai.com, Sotheby's International Realty Canada or Sotheby's International Realty Affiliates for any loss or damage resultant from any use of, reliance on or reference to the contents of this document.

«In a horrible, truly worst - case scenario, a high - quality bond index fund is still less risky over the course of a year than stocks are in one day,» says the investment adviser Allan Roth, founder of Wealth Logic in Colorado Springs, alluding to the 20 percent decline in the Standard & Poor's 500 - stock index on Oct. 19, 1987.

Standard Life Investments cited a recent poll of UK residents that showed that only 39 percent of 18 - to -24-year-olds and 35 percent of 25 - to -34-year-olds were «more concerned in investing in a company that provides high returns on investment than societal / environmental issues».

U.S. stocks rose, with the Standard & Poor's 500 Index near a record, as investors weighed economic data for clues on the timing of higher interest rates amid optimism that a deal on Greek aid is within reach.

The highest standards or expectations our Law Courts put on the quality of service a consumer may receive is in relation to «Full Agency» Client Relationships.

The first order of business should be to place a higher priority on defining the «Prudent Man» standard underpinning the Fiduciary Duty of Care.

Corporate media like the New York Times like to portray the two main stock market indices, the Dow Jones Industrial Average with its 30 stocks and the Standard and Poor's index of 500 stocks (which did not set a new high yesterday even with plenty of warts removed) as a proxy on the well being of the country; folks everywhere should be fist pumping with each new record high.

For a number of years, concerns had been expressed about the underpricing of risk in a range of financial instruments and the associated search for yield as investors sought higher returns in non-standard financial products as the yield on more standard products such as government bonds was deemed to be inadequate.

The average rate on non-conforming loans in Australia has risen by around 130 basis points because of the turmoil to 12 per cent, to be around 320 basis points higher than the average rate for standard prime home loans.

Its standard daily limit of $ 1,000 on ATM cash withdrawals and $ 5,000 on debit purchases is substantially higher than the usual limits at either Chase or Wells Fargo.

Also newsworthy was that members of the committee opined on asset valuations more directly than usual: «Some participants viewed equity prices as quite high relative to standard valuation measures.

First, you click on the tab of the type of trade you would like to make; the standard is the high / low (call / put) The site basically walks you through it after this.

If a Bell Mobility customer were to use five gigabytes of video (roughly two high - definition movies, or seven standard - definition movies) through a competing service like Netflix, it would cost them $ 40 to do so — an 800 per cent markup compared to what it charges for its own service, Klass wrote on his blog.

Interesting that atheists hold high the APA when they claim ho - m0 $ exuals are normal based on criteria of mental stability and socially adjusted behavior yet are mum to Christians, Jews and other believers normal according to APA standards.

The Pelikan volume on the Book of Acts sets a very high standard for a series that promises to make a historic contribution to understanding the Bible within the living tradition that is the Church.

«If the rumors and distrust persist on this campus, it may very well be because these decisions, by being postured on some vague spiritual «high ground,» have actually engendered a culture of fear,» they wrote in an open letter in the student newspaper, The Moody Standard.

If, on the other hand, the Sermon is intended to be a Discipleship Manual, then the high standard of living presented by Christ makes much more sense.

Its emphasis on genuinely understanding the person is all to the good, as is its insistence on high standards of education for ministry.

The period which followed, initiated by well - meaning and believing administrators of the first generation, was a time of high morale, because academic standards and aspirations were on the rise, funding and prestige were up, and the residual religious atmosphere was durable enough (even somewhat more sophisticated) to reassure the reformers that the intellectual gain had been without religious loss.

On the other hand, when teachers possess the authority of qualified experts in learning and in the guidance of learning, and when they are organized into strong professional bodies which faithfully exercise responsibility for high professional standards, they can freely teach with sole regard to individual aptitude and need and without fear or favor in respect to social class.

He was scrupulously orthodox, whether in matters of faith or morals — never flinching from demanding the highest standards in his young disciples and certainly never compromising on the content of Catholic morality.