Sentences with phrase «boards increase in»

Game boards increase in difficulty to easily provide differentiated practice.

According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, 2011 saw «an across - the - board increase in the rate of entrepreneurial activity has not been seen in the U.S. in the last ten years,» and «the majority of entrepreneurs were motivated by improvement - driven opportunities to start new ventures.»

We need an across the board increase in Social Security retirement benefits of 20 % or more.

[34] This is comparable to the additional revenue that a 4.5 cent across - the - board increase in the federal reimbursement rate for all school lunches would generate.

Furthermore, Northern Ireland sees almost across the board increases in female candidates, both large parties and small, with the biggest increases in Sinn Féin, the SDLP, Ulster Unionist Party and the Greens.

Still, that can correlate with more education, and the researchers say an across - the - board increase in U.S. education levels could mean millions fewer jobs at risk.

However, there is little evidence that across - the - board increases in relative pay for all teachers are necessary to staff public schools with qualified teachers.

There seems to be no consensus about whether the across - the - board increases in U.S. graduation rates reported by the federal government last week are the result of No Child Left Behind - era accountability mechanisms or the data - based decisionmaking stressed under the Obama administration, more early - warning systems to identify potential dropouts, or fewer high school exit exams.

One likely explanation for the across - the - board increase in parents» investing in their young children's learning is that parents today are just far more aware of the unique importance of the early childhood years in shaping their children's development... It also may be that the increase in parent - child interactions among low - income families has been driven, in part, by the shift of low - income children out of preschool programs and into parental care during the economic recession.

Still, across - the - board increases in spending are not the most cost - effective educational policy for boosting future prospects, as shown in the table.

Influential teacher groups had pushed for across - the - board increases in salaries, even though they had been the beneficiaries of the greatest percentage of new state aid in the preceding biennium.

The table shows that for Business and Premium Economy, there are across the board increases in points requirements.

Drivers under 20: 15 percent of distracted - driving fatalities 20 to 29: 12 percent of distracted - driving fatalities 30 to 39: 10 percent of distracted - driving fatalities 40 to 49: 10 percent of distracted - driving fatalities 50 to 59: 9 percent of distracted - driving fatalities 60 to 69: 10 percent of distracted - driving fatalities 70 and over: 11 percent of distracted - driving fatalities While researchers note an across - the - board increase in hand - held devices used by drivers — including cell phones, iPods and GPS devices, the blame is most squarely placed on such devices when it comes to the young drivers who are most apt to use them.

In spite of across - the - board increases in tenant sales, however, rents continued to decline.

Not exact matches

In addition to the removal of Fielding as CEO, the startup is «taking a number of steps to improve Ripcord's culture, including but not limited to increased training, reporting mechanisms and Board oversight,» the representative said.

«While much attention has been paid to the surge in popularity of Canada's natural resources over the past decade, Canadian companies have been quietly and steadily increasing their international sales of services,» wrote the Conference Board's Jacqueline Palladini.

«Major tax increases or policy changes such as big hikes in the minimum wage will probably do more harm than good,» says Dahlby of the sort of programs necessary to satisfy vocal public - health boards.

After a multi-year round of negotiations between the federal and provincial governments, a deal was reached to increase contributions still further, limit benefits, and accumulate a surplus to be invested in what is now the $ 280 billion Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

I am pleased to announce that our Board of Directors declared a 7 % increase in our quarterly cash dividend to $ 0.77 per share, marking 14 consecutive years of dividend increases with a compound annual growth rate of about 10 % over that period.

Harford is a prominent diversity champion, both in the financial services sector and the wider business community, and served as the co-head of Citi Women and on the board of directors of The Forte Foundation, a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women leaders in business.

Jason is an Independent Director on the board of Australia's Sleep Health Foundation where he assists the national charity in its aim to increase community awareness of the importance of sleep for both physical and mental health.

«But in fact, the new «activist» investors pushed for seats on boards and pressured management into policies that were viewed as more «shareholder - friendly» — meaning friendlier to short - term investors — including increasing dividends and buyouts.»

Fed Chair Janet Yellen cited the «considerable progress the economy has made» in the Federal Reserve Board's decision to increase the rate.

Board of Directors Declares 7 % Increase in the Company's Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend to $ 0.77 per Share

The latest National Energy Board forecasts for increases in oil sands production through 2025 roughly add up to what Keystone and Trans Mountain could handle, says University of Calgary economist Trevor Tombe.

The payoff looks like this: Deutsche Post, which privatized gradually during the 1990s, saw a 38 % reduction in its workforce and a 20 % increase in productivity, according to the Conference Board study.

On - boarding programs have been shown to increase retention by 50 percent, a key factor in improving employee performance.

Uber directors on Tuesday voted to allow Japan's SoftBank to invest in the ride services company and approved a series of governance changes that increases the independence of the board and decreases the influence of former CEO Travis Kalanick.

Most of us in smaller companies don't have an effective board or someone to motivate you to increase your performance.

He has developed a «peak lumber» theory that says prices should rise from today's $ 300 per thousand board feet to $ 500 in the next three to five years, thanks to increasing demand, especially from emerging markets.

The researchers noted that even a 10 % increase in female directors on a board is linked to an increase in the likelihood of engaging a top - ranked advisor.

«If you are going to do a wage increase in any state, it should be across the board,» says David Sutz, a franchise owner of four Burger King restaurants in New York, which he's operated since the 1980s.

Prices are rising across the board thanks to the fall in the pound seen since last summer's referendum, with food prices increasing particularly rapidly.

«It is incomprehensible that the union is calling for the biggest pay increase for the most well - paid group of staff,» Lufthansa board member Bettina Volkens said in a statement.

Von Palmer, the board's chief privacy officer, cites a host of increased risks to consumers if the bureau has its way: break - ins, mortgage fraud, identity theft.

Huang says the company, which is not yet profitable and raised $ 132 million in venture capital from American Express Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, DST Global, and others, could have maximized margins and increased savings by reducing staff, but he told the board that he felt the company would be more profitable in the long term if it dedicated itself to its employees.

But buybacks obviously have fans, like billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who wrote to Apple CEO Tim Cook in 2013: «It is our belief that a company's board has a responsibility to recognize opportunities to increase shareholder value, which includes allocating capital to execute large and well - timed buybacks.»

The most recent to change in course was the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which on April 7 added an $ 18 general admission and aims to increase revenue by 17 percent this year, Matthew Gutwein, the museum board's vice chair said last week.

In late August, Yahoo broke news that foreign hackers had breached the state Board of Elections websites in Illinois and Arizona, which the FBI's cyber division followed up with an alert to election officials across the nation to increase voting system securitIn late August, Yahoo broke news that foreign hackers had breached the state Board of Elections websites in Illinois and Arizona, which the FBI's cyber division followed up with an alert to election officials across the nation to increase voting system securitin Illinois and Arizona, which the FBI's cyber division followed up with an alert to election officials across the nation to increase voting system security.

NEW YORK, March 22 - The board that oversees major airports in New York and New Jersey voted on Thursday to consider phasing in a minimum wage increase to $ 19 per hour by 2023, affecting about 20,000 workers.

The Federal Reserve Board of Washington, D.C. found that an increase in student debt has led to a decrease in home ownership.

«If hand hygiene compliance rates increased by 8.7 percentage points across the board during a typical work shift, this could potentially eliminate as many as 1.2 million infections per year, save up to $ 25 billion, and prevent up to 70,000 unnecessary deaths in the United States,» reports Knowledge@Wharton.

As the MBA - toting population has increased in general, a growing share of corporate board members and CEOs have the degree on their resumes.

As Sanford Bernstein analyst Sara Senatore wrote in a note today: «While we understand that the timing was determined by Thompson, there is no doubt in our mind that he was under increasing scrutiny by investors and therefore the board.»

The group chairman, Jose Vinals, said in the same statement that the board «understands the importance of the ordinary dividend to shareholders and intends to increase the full year dividend per share over time.»

As the minimum salary ratchets up $ 60,000 in 2016 and $ 70,000 in 2017, there will be increased pressure to raise salaries across the board.

«One of the largest increases in cocaine seizures in the past five years has been observed in Ecuador, where the amount of cocaine seized rose by over 242 per cent, amounting to 50 metric tons in 2014,» the UN's International Narcotics Control Board wrote in its 2015 report.

Leblanc said there is an increase in the number of companies that hold special board meetings without the CEO, providing an opportunity for senior management to raise any concerns without the boss's influence.

To further increase the possibility that all borrowers have a fair opportunity to request a foreclosure review, the Comptroller of the Currency and the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System should require that servicers include a range of potential remediation amounts or categories in communication materials and other outreach, such as direct mailings to borrowers, public service announcements, the independent foreclosure review website, regulators» websites, and officials» testimonies and speeches.

«We need a continuing and increasing investment in public transportation,» says Angela Iannuzziello, chair of the Board's infrastructure committee and a private sector transportation planning consultant.