Sentences with phrase «argue over the ratings»

I wouldn't argue over the ratings here, they are more or less about right and it was a difficult match for player ratings.

Not exact matches

They argue that zero - rating violates the «spirit» of net neutrality since it gives ISPs the power to decide which services can and can not receive a technical advantage over everyone else, thus putting them beyond the status of «dumb» pipe providers.

We also argued that if real long - term risk free interest rates stayed below historical norms when QE stopped, then a PE over 16x trailing EPS would be fair.

Meanwhile liberal economists argue over a tuning of the Phillips curve, Taylor Rule, and NAIRU, as if picking the right inflation target, unemployment level, and interest rates are all that's required.

The following article will attempt to argue why younger investors should focus on growth stocks over dividend stocks in a bull market with potentially rising interest rates.

Some economists have argued, for example, that if a central bank keeps real interest rates low (but positive) over the long term and allows for moderate inflation, a country with its own currency can increase spending very substantially over the long term without increasing taxes. PEF Blogger, Arun Dubois, has blogged extensively about some of these other perspectives.

Macleod argues that the correlation would remain valid in free markets but has been nullified by the destruction by central banks of free markets for money, the seizure by central banks of control over interest rates, which are no longer set by savers and borrowers.

Foreign exchange markets have been quite volatile over recent months, particularly around the September G7 meeting in Dubai when finance ministers issued a statement arguing that more flexibility in exchange rates was desirable.

However the company argued that at a comparable operating level (ie without the effect of the volatile exchange rate) operating profit was up 15 % to # 851,000, but it was non-operating exchange losses on long term loans and new hedging contracts taken out shortly before the end year that had hit this figures, after resulting in charges of over # 450k.

Well over the last few years, McLaren has been a bit of a second - rate team itself, so you could argue that there's not much difference...

In the United States, nearly 33 % of women have c - sections, a rate that has gone up by nearly 50 % over the last 15 years, and some experts have argued that many of these procedures are medically unnecessary.

But whilst there has been disagreement over whether the tax should stay or go, everyone, including those who argue for the abolition of the 50p rate, points to the implicit political toxicity of doing so.

Both sides argued over the financial prudence of ECMC handing the county a cash windfall in exchange for its cooperation in allowing the hospital to borrow money at the lowest possible rate.

A report released Monday by the good - government group Citizens Union argued the current system for redistricting, dominated by the Democratic majority in the Assembly and Republicans who control the Senate, has led to less - competitive elections, reduced voter turnout and, over the past four election cycles, a 96 percent re-election rate for incumbents — who are returned to office by an average margin of victory of 61 percentage points.

Critics have historically argued that the committees have no real purpose beyond being a kind of «mini-me» image of the Commons as whole, always dominated by a government majority and chair, and with over 99 % of ministerial amendments moved at the Committee or report stages, and a success rate for non-government amendments of below 1 %.

Proponents of inflation argue that the Universe went through an extremely rapid phase of expansion in its first split second of existence, repeatedly doubling in size hundreds of times over, before slowing down to today's more leisurely rate of expansion.

It has been argued that the land amplification is associated with lapse rate changes (not represented in the UVic model), and it is certain that drying of the land can play a role (not reliable in the UVic model since diffusing water vapor gives you a crummy hydrological cycle, especially over land).

Oddly enough, teacher preparation programs occasionally argue against being held accountable for things like placement rates because they don't believe they have any control over how many of their teachers receive jobs.

Over the years, countless committees, taskforces and politicians in the state have argued that investing in pre-k will improve high - school graduation rates and build a more highly educated workforce in Mississippi.

An article in New Media and Marketing argues that social networks, while good places to promote specials and make new initial contacts, rank low on the actual engagement spectrum: «In Razorfish's recent Liminal study, consumers rated the popular social networks near the bottom as places to engage with brands — especially if they're over 45, research clearly shows that your brand's website is a hell of lot more important than your Facebook page or Twitter account.»

They've all benefited, some more than others, from income - seeking bond refugees, which leads some observers to argue that when interest rates finally begin to rise, defensive equities will suffer as their advantage over bonds diminishes.

The blog said that even though rates are rising, CFRA's Todd Rosenbluth argues «these dividend growers will still be attractive, as their managements have strong records over time.»

«Some might argue that interest rates are low so it might be better to invest and pay over a longer time period, but it's better to start your 30s with a clean, debt - free slate.»

If interest rates are rising, he argues, it means the economy is improving and the risk inherent in corporate bonds over government bonds is minimal.

Financial economists such as World Pensions Council (WPC) researchers have argued that durably low interest rates in most G20 countries will have an adverse impact on the funding positions of pension funds as «without returns that outstrip inflation, pension investors face the real value of their savings declining rather than ratcheting up over the next few years» [19]

They were the worst of BBB - rated bonds, but they argued off of a limited period of past returns, that the widening in yield spreads over Treasuries was not justified, so but them because they survive and outperform.

Sam also stated, «I will attempt to argue why younger investors should focus on growth stocks over dividend stocks in a bull market with potentially rising interest rates.

Bright Blue, backed by over 100 Conservative Members of Parliament (MPs), is arguing that cutting student loan interest rates would only serve to benefit the more financially secure in the UK.

If the government is still shut down next weekend, we might have to wait even longer to argue over the accuracy of the unemployment rate.

So Philip, when you previously argued for ultra low interest rates because interest was the big problem caused by debt, were you thinking economies could be maintained without much growth if interest were under control and everything would stay in balance over long period of time?

Greenspan also argues that while the Fed has a lot of power over short - term rates, it has less influence over long - term rates, which he asserted were more important to housing prices.

Why not enjoy the benefits of that instead of arguing over whether honest posting on safe withdrawal rates should be permitted?

In this case, science does tell us what to do (reduce CO2 emissions: we can argue about the amount and rate but this argument should be along the lines: «do we reduce by 70 % or 90 % over current levels by 2050?).

Because latent heat release in the course of precipitation must be balanced in the global mean by infrared radiative cooling of the troposphere (over time scales at which the atmosphere is approximately in equilibrium), it is sometimes argued that radiative constraints limit the rate at which precipitation can increase in response to increasing CO2.

The consortium has long argued that the state rules interfere with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) jurisdiction over wholesale electric rates and unlawfully interfere with interstate commerce.

DEEP argues that the proposed rate system is easier, clearer, and more flexible in the face of electric rates that tend to go up over time.

«At any rate, it is tempting to argue that our societies collapsed because they were myopic, had no resource management institutions, did not grasp their problem, did not pass information over time, or did not notice slow environmental changes.

I think you found that yourself yesterday on your blog when several of your readers where arguing over the exact meaning of «adiabatic lapse rate».

With NASA / Goddard and Watts et al both agreeing on the rate of warming, perhaps we can stop arguing over WHETHER warming is taking place, and concentrate on fighting over WHY!

Faust argued that divestment from fossil fuels would hurt the bottom line for Harvard's endowment, but an Associated Press analysis showed that fossil fuel free endowments would have a better rate of return over the past decade.

«Furthermore, it might be argued that the generous rate of interest on costs at 4 % over base is designed to provide at least some protection to the payee against such events.»

That way, when you're all arguing over who's paying the celebratory dinner bill at the nearest Michelin rated restaurant, it won't be about who bought more tickets and who won what.

They argued that a license agreement calling for payments over a longer time period, but at a lower royalty rate, actually promoted licensing and innovation by making access to patented technology more affordable and by better allocating the risks for some technologies.

It could be argued by Realty Sellers that since «buyer feedback» has been a common business practice of REALTORS for over 5 decades, why has CREA suddenly stopped Realty Sellers, on their website PropertyGuys.com, from allowing a simple rating system of all MLS properties?

«With the S&P CoreLogic Case - Shiller National Home Price Index rising at about 5.5 percent annual rate over the last two - and - a-half years and having reached a new all - time high recently, one can argue that housing has recovered from the boom - bust cycle that began a dozen years ago,» said Blitzer in a statement.

Given solid operating and investment performance of seniors housing properties in recent years — especially the resiliency demonstrated during the Great Recession — as well as the potential portfolio diversification attributes that the sector can provide to investors, one could argue that seniors housing's spread over the risk - free rate should be narrower or compress with time.