Sentences with phrase «at improvement on»

For adults, counseling procedures which aim at improvement on the relationship level are usually the most helpful.

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While making these improvements does not guarantee a workplace utopia, keeping your employees at the center of your office decisions will keep your company on track for success.

Over the next three days — as Harvey gained power and made landfall early on Saturday — the world's largest home improvement retailer set up a temporary hurricane command center at its Atlanta headquarters.

Improvement on the fly: Keny Yair Favela cuts buttonholes in jeans at the Nazareno plant.

«I think on the department store side, Nordstorm and Kohl's are interesting... You've seen improvements at Kohl's, you've seen improvements in the same - store sales, you've seen brands go in their portfolio and now they're taking a look at their store base to optimize and remodel some of their existing stores.»

All three groups showed some improvement on cognitive measures when assessed after the ten weeks, says Dr. Caryn Lerman, the study's lead author and a psychiatry professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

Monitoring web traffic on Alexa​.com this spring, the quant team at Goldman Sachs Asset Management noticed a spike in visits to HomeDepot.com (HD) and loaded up on the home - improvement stock months before the company increased its outlook and shares surged.

We then use that to build out two additional scenarios: one assuming a doubling of the current minimum wage plus factoring in the cost of fire and building safety improvements based on data from the Worker Rights Consortium; and another using a «living wage» figure from the East Asia labour organization Asia Floor Wage, which is considered at the high end of labour reform demands.

Based on the seven factors considered, Team GB is predicted to win a grand total of just two medals this year — just a slight improvement on the single medal won at the two previous winter games.

«Although the quick service restaurant category remains very competitive / promotional, the data reflects continued underlying brand improvement at McDonald's in addition to what we believe will be tangible 2018 same - store sales drivers,» analyst Andy Barish wrote on Friday.

Yesterday at the International CES, for example, home improvement giant Lowe's announced a new wave of products and services associated with Iris, the company's tool that allows you to customize and monitor your internet - connected home devices — like, say, a water shut - off valve that cuts supply when a leak is detected — from a single app on your smartphone or computer.

Mr Dawson said the fund was relying on bank balance improvements in the 2012 - 13 financial year to enable it to continue funding subsidies at the current level.

The auditor general says the state government has made a good start on its $ 400 million land asset sales program but improvements could be made, following criticism earlier this week that some properties are being sold at a loss.

Under AMD CEO Lisa Su, the also - ran PC chip player has focused on developing dramatically better performing chips instead of aiming for incremental improvements at low prices.

But it's easy to see why investors in Lowe's (low) sent shares up 7 % on Monday when the home improvement chain announced that long time CEO Robert Niblock was stepping down after 13 years at the helm.

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.

Tom Wynn, director of affluent research at Spectrem, provided several factors for the increased confidence: the steady improvement in job growth, the steady increase in the major stock market indices since the spring, and a decrease in political ambiguity with the election season over, which has an effect on at least some people's outlook.

He now also fills out surveys on his receipts at the home improvement chain, Lowes, but so far, nothing has come of it.

Wal - Mart has scaled back on new store openings and is instead investing in improvements such as grocery pick - up kiosks, which are now available at 1,000 stores.

The portable products to date are mostly improvements on the classic Life Alert «I've Fallen And I Can't Get Up» button, but services to remind taking of medications at precise times, direct doctor - to - device monitoring (as with embedded pacemakers), permitting adult children to easily monitor parents» activity in their homes at a distance, etc. are fast emerging and gaining traction in the marketplace.

After work and on the weekends, he scoped out the clearance aisles at Walmart, scanned a few items using Amazon's app and bought up toys, games, and home improvement items he realized he could re-sell for a profit.

The transistors on the processor inside your PC might be only about 100 atoms across, and improvements in manufacturing technology will keep them shrinking — at least, for the time being.

She was then placed on a «performance improvement plan, which Cheiffetz claims is essentially code for «your employment is at risk.»

For example, if someone at your job wants you to make adjustments or improvements to something you're working on, you're willing to do it for them.

This past April, we announced improvements to these systems aimed at helping us detect fake accounts on our service more effectively.

The medical loss ratio provision of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, requires most insurance companies that cover individuals and small businesses to spend at least 80 percent of their premium income on health care claims and quality improvement.

They also examined moves after the news of an FBI investigation into Clinton emails, and when Trump won key Republican primaries.PredictIt.org on Friday put the odds of a Trump win at 31 percent and a Clinton win at 74 percent, an improvement of about 6 points for Clinton over Thursday's level.

Whatever the optimists say, there is nothing right now that even hints at a possible improvement in oil prices — which Shell relies on as their income comes mainly from E&P.

In another case cited by the Chamber, an employee at Build.com Inc. said she was fired by the home improvement retailer based in Chico, California, for commenting on possible labor - code violations, according to the study.

This includes $ 2.3 billion for the replacement of the aging Massey Tunnel with a new 10 - lane bridge, $ 731 million in transit infrastructure, $ 198 million for Highway 1 Lower Lynn Corridor improvements at the north end of the Second Narrows Bridge, and $ 70 million for the new, seventh counter-flow lane on the Alex Fraser Bridge.

Over the past 25 years, there has been lower crude price volatility in the mid-continent regions than on the coasts (WTI vs. Brent), so there may be some improvement here, at the margin.

Moreover, to support a stronger economic recovery, the FOMC is purchasing long - term Treasury securities at a rate of $ 45 billion per month and agency mortgage - backed securities (MBS) at a rate of $ 40 billion per month, and will continue purchasing assets until it sees substantial improvement in the outlook for the labor market, conditional on ongoing assessment of benefits and costs.

Our anticipated earnings growth in»13 is predicated on continued improvement in profitability at our FedEx Freight segment and a sustained strong performance of our FedEx Ground segment.

On the other hand if China grew next year by 5 %, with credit growing at «only» 8 %, this would represent a significant improvement in China's medium - and long - term growth prospects.

The latest issue of StraightTalk ® looks at four scenarios of how the current growth improvement may evolve in the next few months and what the effects may be on the global economy's potential in the medium - term Our latest survey of C - Suite executives» challenges reveal their responses to the current business environment.

Apple, as part of its response, on Tuesday announced improvements in its iWork suite at an event in Chicago, where school bells and announcements over a public address system directed press and more than 300 teachers into an auditorium at Lane Tech College Prep High School.

«We are working harder than ever to make sure our guests are getting food made with high quality ingredients at an affordable price, and our operators and franchisees are focused on the improvements in guest experience that are paying off.»

Hey, Will, I think as you look at our long - term guidance, our P&L gets a lot less dependent on same - restaurant sales growth, and a lot more dependent on a lot of these other elements that I hit on, on what's driving us towards that 38 % to 40 % margin improvement.

Focusing on self - improvement has presented many opportunities in our lives — like speaking at live events, writing for online publications and traveling the world.

Americans Spend Most on Homes in 3 Years to Drive Home Depot - Lowe's Sales Spending on construction of new residential housing and improvements to existing homes is at a three - year high, a trend that may boost sales at Home Depot Inc. and Lowe's Cos..

That same year, Exide reached an agreement with Texas officials to pay $ 20 million for improvements to its engineering systems at the Frisco plant to cut down on lead emissions.

• Lead architect for social media and SEO for Comcast's Fancast project • Oversaw social and search optimization improvements to upscale online auction site • Assisted in first implementation of Omniture Analytics at Comcast.com • Analyzed user experience data for client e-commerce portals • Researched & assessed opportunities for growth in online efforts • Analyzed web traffic for opportunities for improving traffic and conversions on websites

Sitting at # 4 for cryptocurrency Market Cap, will we be seeing improvements following the news that its founder Charles Lee will be leaving Coinbase to re-focus on Litecoin development?

Companies can start by focusing on implementing one improvement at a time, or on supply chain improvements that will help them meet their goals.

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.

The early stages of this improvement were already apparent at the time of the August Statement on Monetary Policy, and subsequent information from most parts of the global economy indicates that conditions have strengthened further.

On the other hand, BookMyShow and Myntra show a continuous improvement in their follower share which is indicative of getting better at managing their social - media presence and attracting more followers.

As Draghi pledged that a decision on policy changes will be announced next month, Jaisal Pastakia, Investment Manager at Heartwood Investment Management comments: «In many ways, the ECB can afford to leave investors «hanging», a situation that would not have been palatable a couple of years ago and an indication of the significant improvement in the fundamental backdrop.

Giuliani Partners took on the job of monitoring security improvements at company facilities making OxyContin, an issue of concern to the D.E.A.

The consultants at The Shealy Group can help you to develop and analyze your organization's KPIs and give you advice on how to make changes and improvements based on these numbers.