Sentences with phrase «as being on the high end»

The burger is in line with a push by Wendy's to cast itself as being on the higher end of the fast - food industry, which it says will allow it to charge higher prices more in line with Panera and Chipotle.

The vaunted TressFX that PC gamers marveled over the first time around is just as good on the console now as it was on a high end PC before.

Gavin objected to the choice of ~ 4W / m2 increase as being on the high end (which it is).

Not exact matches

Bitcoin, the largest crypto, is down more than 70 % from its all - time highs set at the end of 2017, as regulators look to clamp down on exchanges and tech companies shun advertisements related to the nascent digital coin market.

Since the recession ended in mid-2009, the economy has been expanding at sub-par rates as a string of problems from higher gas prices to Europe's debt crisis have acted as a drag on the U.S. economy.

It was a brash move for an exploration and production firm to tack on a high - end jewel retail arm, but it made perfect sense to the pragmatic Gannicott, who liked the efficiencies of operating in what he described then as «the two bookends of the diamond pipeline: mining and retail,» and who also saw the brand's prestige as having great potential in such emerging luxury markets as China.

He also suggests paying for add - ons to your renters or homeowners insurance policy to make sure possessions such as jewelry, high - end cameras and other treasured items are covered.

On Monday, short interest was $ 8.1 billion, down from a high of $ 9.5 billion at the end of January after some traders bought back shares to avoid additional losses, according to S3, a process known as short covering.

It was originally touted as a water - resistant, high - end smartphone, but after numerous spontaneous combustions on planes, in cars, and in customers» homes, Samsung finally recalled the Galaxy Note 7 in late September.

I am trying to do something that has never been done (sell kid's hair products exclusively in high - end salons as an add - on item since moms frequent these type of establishments).

As The Wirecutter notes, «Details on the high end are clear but not piercing, the mids are even with no muddy, blurred sound, and for $ 70, the Swimbuds Sport headphones sound better than some of the merely water - resistant headphones that cost upwards of $ 40 more.»

If you constantly end your statements on a high note, you may be perceived as nervous, unsure and untrustworthy.

«Job cuts have already surpassed last year's total and are on track to end the year as the highest annual total since 2009, when nearly 1.3 million layoffs were announced at the tail - end of the recession,» said John A. Challenger, CEO of Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

And as for the high - end real estate market, well, most of those Microsoft millionaires you hear about may be rich only on paper, but as far as lenders are concerned, stock options make dandy collateral.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

It's a luxury request that My Stewards will happily accommodate, but Christina Sutherland notes that she has her eye on the middle rung of Toronto's concierge market, catering to those who are looking for higher - end, personal services — as opposed to one - off hires from Kijiji — but at a more «affordable» rate.

There, AmEx sees a «barbell effect,» where fast - food and high - end dining are booming, but the middle is being pinched as more consumers choose not to eat out unless it's either dirt cheap or a splurge on the high - end.

Features available in the latest OS of Android, which can run only on high - end phones such as the Galaxy S or the Nexus series, will not be available to those phones on the lower end of the spectrum.

Jollibee Foods Corporation's aggressive international expansion includes a focus on Canada, where Filipino food is seeing a rise in visibility with several higher - end Filipino restaurants opening in recent years, as well as a major grocery store catering to cooks of the cuisine.

Greek equity markets ended the week higher, even as the news — which was all good on Monday after Tsipras made his first real concessions to creditors since becoming prime minister in January — became steadily more discouraging by the day.

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.

The Bay, led by another visionary, CEO Bonnie Brooks, had newly re-established itself as a power player on the high - fashion landscape, while the increasing regularity of online shopping meant Holt's was also waging war with high - end American brands.

As such, they estimated the median earnings of Californian independent contractors as a range between $ 24,000 and $ 66,667, with the high end of the range based on an IRS estimate that total nonfarm proprietor income is underreported to the IRS by 64 percent.As such, they estimated the median earnings of Californian independent contractors as a range between $ 24,000 and $ 66,667, with the high end of the range based on an IRS estimate that total nonfarm proprietor income is underreported to the IRS by 64 percent.as a range between $ 24,000 and $ 66,667, with the high end of the range based on an IRS estimate that total nonfarm proprietor income is underreported to the IRS by 64 percent.66

yields will hit the highs on close end of the day... equity markets setting up to be slammed tomorrow maybe but today they have run over weak shorts in the face of rates... the federal reserve see's this and again will wonder if they are behind on hikes, strong data, major expansion in credit, lack of wage growth rising bond yields and ballooning debt... rates will go much higher and equities will have revelations as to what that means for valuations

On an earnings call with analysts, Cook said that he's not worried that the pool for new iPhone customers is shrinking, despite the fact that people aren't buying high - end phones as frequently as they have in the past.

Moreover, even with the lower statutory tax rates in the bills if expensing ended after five years, as it does in the bill, effective marginal tax rates on equipment investment would actually be higher than they are today with bonus depreciation in effect.

The number of homes for sale did increase slightly in February, which always happens as the busy spring market approaches, but supply is still down more than 8 percent from a year ago; supply is up on the high end and far lower on the low end of the market.

For a clean - energy industry already facing political headwinds, and a high - profile CEO often highlighted as America's best bet to end the country's dependence on fossil fuels, the years ahead will be crucial.

As Apple has focused its efforts on the iPhone and iPad in recent years, Apple's Mac line — especially the high - end Mac Pro — has been neglected.

A lot of the trade press is focused primarily on the high - end smart speakers such as Apple's HomePod, Sonos One, JBL and Harman Kardon.

As a consequence, bitcoin has often been on the receiving end of criticism about its high transaction fees.

But Amazon is facing an uphill battle as it tries to court higher - end retailers — with their healthy profit margins and high average order size — to advertise or sell their products on Amazon's marketplace.

Natural Gas Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain supplies.

HPFS gross margin decreased for the three and nine months ended July 31, 2011 due primarily to lower portfolio margins from a higher mix of operating leases and higher transaction taxes, the effect of which was partially offset by higher margins on lease extensions and lower bad debt expense as a percentage of revenue.

Sales of high - end and luxury consumer products, such as our performance electric vehicles, depend in part on discretionary consumer spending and are even more exposed to adverse changes in general economic conditions.

«The post-recession reality is that the customer base for businesses that appeal to the middle class is shrinking as the top tier pulls even further away... big stores and restaurants are chasing richer customers with a wider offering of high - end goods and services, or focusing on rock - bottom prices to attract the expanding ranks of penny - pinching consumers.»

Apple seems to have mostly saturated the high end, slowly adding switchers even as existing iPhone users hold on to their phones longer; what is not happening, though, is what disruption predicts: Apple isn't losing customers to low - cost competitors for having «overshot» and overpriced its phones.

As of the end of 2016, about 88 % of that was managed on behalf of institutional clients (corporations, labor unions, pension funds, and the like), while approximately 12 % was managed on behalf of individual clients, which are principally family offices and high - net - worth individuals.

How many units it sells could also be impacted by a move on the part of consumers to delay buying high - end mobile phones as they wait for a crop of OLED phones next year.

CPCs for such high volume terms as they have a tendency to burn through budgets quickly and before you know it, you will end up with a high Negative ROI * Misspellings: It is good practice to add misspellings to your Keyword List - Example: I have seen conversions from Keywords like caars (cars); & motgage (mortgage) * Competitive Research: Some Keyword Research Tools show what competitors are bidding on.

High - profile, successful, and gold - agnostic investment - world luminaries assess the macroeconomic risks of radical monetary policies and reach a similar conclusion: This will end badly: — Seth Klarman: «All the Trumans (reference: a 1998 movie [The Truman Show] in which the main character's entire life takes place on a TV set which he perceives as reality)-- the economists, fund managers, traders, market pundits — know at some level that the environment in which they operate is not what it seems on the surface....

The market started off the year as it ended 2017, on a tear higher, then the brief crash in early February, which led to a nice calm recovery during the remainder of the month just to run into what I'm calling «Whipsaw March» with the market jumping higher and lower by more than 1 % nearly every other day.

Cryptocurrencies are on the rise lately, and they ended 2017 breaking through the ceiling as Bitcoin and Ether both skyrocketed to high levels.

The long end of the UST curve is already just as unenthused as ever, while the short end expects higher yields on money substitutes.

U.S. stocks were mildly higher as the second quarter comes to an end on Monday, before the markets pause for the Fourth of July holiday.

Here is our high - level portfolio allocation as of September 2017 month - end (we'll look to continue to provide quarterly updates on actual allocations):

On one end of the spectrum, high - end properties» on - going struggle with supply glut was not an isolated event as luxury homes in New York, Boston, Houston, Aspen, and parts of California came under pressure, and a few common catalysts were noted by sector participantOn one end of the spectrum, high - end properties» on - going struggle with supply glut was not an isolated event as luxury homes in New York, Boston, Houston, Aspen, and parts of California came under pressure, and a few common catalysts were noted by sector participanton - going struggle with supply glut was not an isolated event as luxury homes in New York, Boston, Houston, Aspen, and parts of California came under pressure, and a few common catalysts were noted by sector participants:

The most actively traded contract, for December delivery, was ended the day at $ 1,225.10 a troy ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, up $ 19.10, or 1.59 % after earlier today climbing as high as $ 1,380.

Here is our high - level portfolio allocation as of July 2017 month - end at the time of the 2016 recap summary (we'll look to provide quarterly updates on actual allocations going forward):

But there are signs that this time could be different, as the high school survivors of the Parkland shooting are keeping up the pressure on Congress and planning mass protests around the country to end gun violence.