Sentences with phrase «as caps for»

Quotas, the study warns, may inadvertently serve as caps for female representation.

Pinch off a quarter of the dough to use as the cap for the biscuit.

This has never happened before because the sea ice never retreated very much in the summer and the water temperature could not rise above zero because of the ice cover... The permafrost is acting as a cap for a very large amount of methane (CH4), which is sitting in the sediments underneath in the form of methane hydrates.

Much like the old 5th Avenue cube, the glass structure above ground is stunning but serves only as a cap for the much larger, more action - packed interior below.

Dietbitcoin is currently running an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) that consists of three rounds with 1 mln DDX coins as the cap for the crowdsale.

Not exact matches

But as the recovery picks up in housing, pushing prices higher and cap rates lower, real estate funds are getting increasingly creative in their quests for attractive returns.

The gathering capped off what was later reported as a record - breaking month for the the company: 14 million rides, an uptick in full - price rides taken, and a $ 400 million to $ 500 million run rate by Recode's calculations.

To support growth, what's needed is earlier educational opportunities for young engineers, starting in junior high school, Goldstein says, as well as increases to the H1 - B visa caps, for qualified foreign workers.

As an example, a cap of $ 500,000 in tax - free capital gains on any principal residence means that a home sold for $ 1 million that was purchased for $ 100,000 in 1985 say, would have $ 400,000 taxed at the owner's tax rate at the time of the sale (about 35 % for the average middle class Canadian).

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Jason Brewer has resigned from his role as chief executive of Perth Glory after the Football Federation of Australia banned the club from playing in the A-League finals for breaching its salary cap.

Chris Brennan, SVP of global retail development and merchandising for the NBA, tosses out terms like «athleisure» (stylish fitness gear worn as everyday clothing) and «snapbacks» (fat, adjustable caps with flat brims) as he shows off the store.

The bill's main objective — capping future government spending on healthcare at rates that won't gobble up a bigger and bigger share of national income, as well as leaving more resources for investment and entrepreneurship — is exactly what government needs to do.

But instead of the French racks, legs and tenderloins prized by Western consumers, China is taking secondary cuts such as caps and flaps — heavily fat - marbled and taken from around the belly of the lamb — that were previously much cheaper or even destined for the pet food market.

This baseball cap is equipped to hold most smartphones on its brim because, as the website says, we all need at least two cameras — one for photos and one for videos.

Therefore, he starts with a market - cap weighted index as a building block for a portfolio.

-- Two of the country's largest telecom companies have some advice for Canada's telecommunications regulator as it considers imposing new rules for cellphone contracts: scrap the $ 50 cap.

Having 179 technology issuers and a combined market cap of $ 37.2 billion (as at January 31, 2012), TSX and TSX Venture together rank second in North America for number of listed technology companies.

As Tesla's market cap rises, the company will be able to access larger amounts of capital to fund its Musk - sized (that's massive for the unfamiliar) ambitions of becoming an energy sustainability company that makes and sells electric vehicles, heavy duty trucks, energy storage products, and solar.

As of now, federal spending for fiscal year 2014 is capped by law at $ 967 billion, even lower than the post-fiscal-cliff $ 984 billion of 2013.

(Note that I use ALL CAPS for sections like «WHAT I DO» and «WHO I WORK WITH» to help those headers stand out, since LinkedIn, as of this writing, doesn't allow you to use bold or italic text on your profile page.)

Federal borrowers facing periods of low or no income can also file for Income Based Repayment (IBR) or Pay As You Earn (PAYE), which cap your monthly payments to a percentage of what you earn, not what you owe, according to Gary Carpenter, CPA and Executive Director of National College Advocacy Group, which supplies information regarding student loans.

With tax laws likely changing soon, it's a good idea to follow Lackey's lead and donate before the end of the year, as one of the proposed revisions for 2013 is a cap on itemized deductions.

The total market cap as of Tuesday is roughly $ 259 billion for all of the crytpocurrencies tracked by Coinmarketcap.

The news comes as bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market cap, smashed through a new record high price on Wednesday, reaching $ 6,600 for the first time, following news of CME's plan to launch bitcoin futures later this year.

Apple and Exxon Mobil frequently compete for rank as the largest public company globally — though Exxon, with a market cap of $ 400 billion, is currently playing second fiddle, in more ways than one.

She added that the credit is regressive over time, as it will stay capped at $ 1,600, while the personal exemptions that they replace were adjusted for inflation.

The later regulations updated the Army campaign hat, and introduced a four - button sack coat (as seen on the first sergeant above) and forage cap, often known as a kepi, for field wear.

Strike Energy's share price has been on a white knuckle ride over the last few weeks as investors desperately try to work out if it is going to be the next large cap gas producer in Australia, or fail whilst daring to create a new technical frontier in the search for coal seam gas riches.

A Google artificial intelligence program defeated a Chinese grand master at the ancient board game Go on Tuesday, a major feather in the cap for the firm's AI ambitions as it looks to woo Beijing to gain re-entry into the country.

Nova Scotia opted for cap and trade in November 2016 as part of the federal government's push to get the provinces to set a price on carbon.

Mr. Mulcair has used polluter pay as a justification for measures like cap - and - trade and more recently for increased vigilance with respect to reclamation liabilities.

In countries with relatively generous data caps or unlimited access to data or where speed is used for billing as opposed to the amount of data it is not an issue or becomes less important over time.

So while there is no doubt that Sanders» plan of putting a cap on the size of any given bank (perhaps tied to a firm's assets as a percentage of GDP) would be bad for those at the top, it might not spell bad news for the industry as a whole.

This should compel the smallest - market NBA owners to hold out for as low a salary cap — and floor — as possible.

Brady has already agreed to retain the deduction for property tax payments up to a cap of $ 10,000 as part of a SALT compromise and has said he would be open to raising it.

Restaurant companies can make ripe targets for activists, as most are tiny by market - cap standards so amassing a sizable stake doesn't cost too much.

Wearing a shirt with «Trump won» in all caps with a bold, red font, DiFabio thanked the president as he spoke with the crowd for several minutes.

Last month, Goldman Sachs launched a lineup of ETFs for the buzzy «smart beta» space, including a U.S. large - cap fund with an expense ratio of 0.09 percent — the same as the fee on the SPDR S&P 500.

However, Wall Street also sees Immelt's move as a chance for redemption, after his departure from GE in the latter half of 2017 capped a rocky 16 - year run at the helm that saw the stock lose about 38 percent of its value.

However, some see Immelt's move as a chance for redemption, after his departure from GE in the latter half of 2017 capped a rocky 16 - year run at the helm.

But it won't be nearly enough to make up for the money lost as generic - drug prices are capped, she says.

To fight the proposed cap, Uber then aggressively marketed itself as a service for minorities and outer - borough residents (two groups taxis are notoriously bad at serving) and as a means for New Yorkers to find gainful employment.

For example, large - cap companies dominated during the tech bubble of the 1990s, as investors gravitated toward large - cap tech stocks such as Microsoft, Cisco and AOL Time Warner.

As of 2018, first - time late fees were capped at $ 27; and fees for a second late payment within six months were limited to $ 38.

Billionaire James Packer has resigned as a director of Crown Resorts, due to mental health problems, capping off a tumultuous period for the casino mogul.

The Rockefeller Institute of Government, which released a new state revenue report on Monday, said that «The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), enacted in late December 2017, created strong incentives for some high - income taxpayers to act fast and prepay their state and local income and property taxes to take advantage of the expiring tax breaks, namely the state and local tax (SALT) deduction, which is capped at $ 10,000 per year as of January 1, 2018.»

For instance, the U.S. high yield market, as measured by the Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield 2 % Issuer Capped index, experienced its worst start to a year ever, going back to 1994, Bloomberg data show.

On the demand side, individual investors and mutual funds are still buyers, as individuals experienced a somewhat modest tax cut overall (the top income tax rate fell from 39.6 % to 37 %, for example) and many are looking for protection from the tax man now that the federal deduction for state and local taxes is capped at $ 10,000.

Macro fundamentals argue for higher yields, but D.C. drama and low global inflation should act as caps.