Sentences with phrase «as an improvement by»

The project at one time had been planned as an improvement by a developer.

Speaking of which, one of those changes (which might not necessarily be viewed as an improvement by everyone) is a change to the quick settings.

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Investing in employee self - improvement as a competitive advantage isn't just a platitude; it's backed by research.

It requires a sort of assembly by folding out and attaching the Type Cover as well as the kickstand, its battery isn't as good and it's not still not as comfortable to type on, despite its improvements.

(Our survey results confirm these priorities: knowledge and learning, income improvement potential and prestige were identified by respondents as the three most critical factors in an MBA education.)

I'm living better, by my values, than ever, and my year - and - counting without flying contributed as much as anything to that improvement, decoupling my emotional well - being from the ignorant craving I succumbed to before, and creating more reward here.

Instead of viewing regulations like those mandated by OSHA as a nuisance (NAM and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for years fought against implementation of the original OSHA legislation and continue to lobby against efforts to expand the legislation), Keller came to see them as a blueprint for improvement.

While both Home Depot and Lowe's have benefited enormously from the home improvement boom caused by increasing home values and the aging housing stock in the United States, Lowe's has not been as adept at capitalizing on that.

Home Hardware jumped 10 spots this year, perhaps reflecting the shuffling of the deck in the home improvement category as competitor Rona was bought by U.S. giant Lowe's.

Hard thinking about whether packaging is needed at all, and whether there are better ways to do it, can lead to cost savings, environmental improvements, and possibly even new revenue streams (such as the «mushroom packaging» invented by the company Ecovative).

So far Campbell has shaved months from its sales cycle, which now averages six to nine months, by adopting such methods as critiques of selling techniques and making improvements to the company's follow - up letters.

Those are vast improvements upon past Februarys, which have lost money, while also featuring a higher percentage likelihood of the benchmark being positive for the month (as indicated by the yellow line).

Offer yourself as a partner in self - improvement by telling others that their feedback is valuable and that you are happy to return the favor.

Known in Vancouver as the man who rescued Expo 86 and helped get the 2010 Olympic bid over the finish line, Jim Pattison was called upon again in 2015, this time by Metro Vancouver mayors trying to promote a 0.5 % sales tax to pay for road and transit improvements.

The deal will come as a blow to rival Tabcorp, which has TAB outlets in pubs and clubs across the country and still relies heavily on bets placed by customers in retail outlets despite a big improvement in its digital wagering revenue in recent years.

Over a 12 - month period (ended June 30, 2017), global hedge funds, as measured by the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index, delivered decent gains of 6.0 % in US dollar terms.1 That's a vast improvement in the performance of these alternative investments from the prior two years.

As always, the strongest prospective market return / risk profile is associated with a material retreat in valuations followed by an early improvement in broad measures of market internals.

As always, the best opportunities are likely to emerge when a material retreat in valuations is joined by an early improvement in our measures of market action (which, following our stress - testing earlier in this half - cycle, are robust to every market cycle we've observed across history).

Of the year - over-year improvement, budgetary revenues were up by $ 11.4 billion, primarily due to higher personal and corporate income tax revenues, while program expenses were up by $ 0.4 billion, as lower other transfer payments and employment insurance benefits were more than offset by higher transfers to provinces / territories, elderly benefits and other direct program expenses.

Despite efficiency improvements, the shale industry is expected to be cash flow negative by a combined $ 20 billion this year as oil prices sink.

As usual, we expect the strongest opportunities to emerge when a material retreat in valuations is joined by an early improvement in market action.

By doing so, it provides them with a wide leeway for improvement as they'd be able to take advantage of certain tax benefits.

There are objective reasons to be optimistic, including ongoing labor market improvements — underscored by falling unemployment and underemployment rates, as well as solid job growth — combined with the Federal Reserve's expectations that conditions will permit further interest rate hikes this year as it continues to move toward policy «normalization.»

These include core improvements, hard forks, and recognition by institutional exchanges such as CBOE, CME, and Nasdaq.

The increase in valuation was further supported by improvements in our business and financial results as evidenced by our sequential revenue growth between July 2011 and March 2012 of $ 54.3 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012 compared to $ 26.4 million in the three months ended September 30, 2011.

Accessories and iPod — as part of Apple's move into television, we expect the introduction of an updated Apple TV microconsole (which will continue to service the massive install base of televisions offered by other OEMs), along with improvements to Beats headphones to drive growth far in excess of the decline in iPod which at our forecast $ 1.1 billion of revenues in FY2015 is largely irrelevant to Apple financially

Short Term Capital Gains: For calculating these, you deduct the expenditure incurred wholly and exclusively for facilitating the asset transfer, the cost of improvement (expenses made for the improvement of the asset while it was in possession of the seller) and the cost of acquisition (the price of asset to the seller) from the full value of consideration (the value received by the seller of the asset as a result of the transfer of the asset).

Attempts to price deposit insurance according to risk, so as to recreate a penalty for holding on a risk bank portfolio, were mandated by the FDIC improvement act, but the attempt has failed.

New Dole looks to be massively undervalued, will still hold very good high value assets, especially saleable land, has some future potential catalysts that could help unlock value, it should be able to compete better with Fresh Del Monte and Chiquita, and new Dole will now be freed up to make acquisitions and improvements to its business and operations after the transaction with Itochu closes as it will not be burdened by the massive amount of debt that it has carried for years.

The ECB's decision to start buying $ 60 billion per month of mostly government bonds in March as part of a $ 1.1 trillion QE package has helped ease credit by lowering interest rates, although the rate of improvement might seem disappointing in the short term.

Both the craft and cider categories are experiencing the most dramatic improvements, however, as cider's dollar sales rose by 39.5 percent.

As I've often observed, the most favorable market return / risk profile we identify typically emerges when a material retreat in valuations is joined by an early improvement in market action.

As I've frequently observed, the strongest expected market return / risk profile is associated with a material retreat in valuations that is then joined by an early improvement across a wide range of market internals.

Improvements to the port's automobile - handling operation will include the addition of 155 paved and fenced acres above the flood plain at the port's Southport site; the conversion of the former seaplane hangar at Southport into a second auto - processing site; enhancements at the main auto - processing site at Pier 98 Annex; and the establishment of a framework that provides flexibility for use of the land the Port needs for containers and automobiles, as determined by market demands.

Crédit Agricole, France's largest bank, has differentiated itself by offering specialized financial products related to the environment, such as financing packages for energy - saving home improvements and for audits to certify farms as organic.

It said the big improvement was driven by a US$ 64mln increase in California Provider Fee revenue, as well as a favorable adjustment to malpractice and workers» compensation expenses and «strong cost management within the company's hospital operations and corporate overhead functions.»

Looking forward, I expect to see stronger wage gains in the near future, given the wage improvement that has been displayed by other indicators in recent quarters, such as the Employment Cost Index (ECI).

This strong growth - driven by both occupancy and rate improvement and which was even stronger at upper upscale, urban, and luxury properties - comes at a time when economic data points have called into question the near - term sustainability of the U.S. economic recovery and would appear to demonstrate that as yet no reigns have been placed on corporate travel.

These results reflected lower cost of vacation ownership products sold as well as improvements in marketing and sales costs, partially offset by the decrease in revenue from lower contract sales.

The demand side will be driven by ease of use of spending BTC (i.e., the number of merchants that accept BTC as payment), improvements of new technology applied to the BTC network and new demand from early adopters in the institutional investment space.

The non-oil private sector continued to lose growth impetus, as indicated by the slowest improvement in business conditions in the survey's...

Earlier this year the company reported that patients who took PRX - 002 saw their alpha synuclein levels drop by as much as 96 %, which is a massive improvement that performed significantly better than a placebo.

We expect the rate of EBIT growth to accelerate further in the coming years due to continued growth in hiring activity as well as Michael Page's productivity improvements, driven by a new IT system.

Japanese Financial Authority Inspecting 32 Cryptocurrency ExchangesFollowing the hack, the FSA issued a business improvement order to Coincheck and ordered it to submit a report by February 13 on the hack as well as measures for preventing a recurrence.

Whether you are paying a bill on your phone, transferring money abroad, taking out a loan online, comparing insurance using a website, or investing in an exchange - traded fund, Canadians will be seeing many improvements as fintech innovations are introduced by incumbents and new entrants alike.

InvivoSciences will continue to contribute to the improvement of human health by establishing a new paradigm for discovering drugs that focus on diseases with limited treatment options such as cardiac fibrosis, scleroderma, and lupus in a time - effective manner while remaining safe and cost effective.»

The dictates of political advocacy require that personal inadequacies among blacks be attributed to «the system,» and that emphasis by black leaders on self - improvement be denounced as irrelevant, self - serving, dishonest.

Basically their figures showed that growth in gross product and growth in welfare rose together from 1939 to 1947 but that since then a large continuing growth in product was accompanied by very little improvement as judged by the Measure of Economic Welfare.

Economists sometimes argue that when a society becomes sufficiently wealthy the benefits of increased wealth will trickle down to those who are now poor, but in the countries they cite as success stories, the improvement of the lot of the poor was greatly benefited by governmental action and labor unions, neither of which are viewed favorably from the point of view of the theory.

But it should not be regarded as a final stage if by that is meant no improvement can be expected.