Sentences with phrase «by percentage off»

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Who's in: The mass (Forever 21, Target) and the deeply niche (Culinary Teas, Glitzy Pet Jewelry) How it pays off: Merchants compensate the East Lansing, Mich., company by paying a percentage of sales, or paying to have traffic driven their way or their logo placed next to a big company like Target.

The GDP release also delivered an unwelcome surprise on government spending: budget trimming by federal agencies, especially the defence department, shaved an estimated eight percentage points off growth.

And he saw close Senate races had polls that were off, too, favoring Democrats by a median of 6 percentage points.

The department that won by the highest percentage was given an award — the «Traveling Trophy,» a huge confection in marble and brass, topped off by a winged goddess holding a torch.

A sharp sell off in the equity market «exerts a significant drag on world growth» in the period that follows, according to Deutsche Bank, with real GDP reduced by about 0.5 percentage points.

I might be off by 5 or 10 percentage points, but it's definitely a big, scary number.

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), adjusted for one - offs, were set to decline by a low - single - digit percentage and not match the prior - year level, as previously forecast.

A recent survey of small - business owners conducted for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce by Harris Interactive reported an 11 percentage point rise in the last year in the number of owners who are unsure of whether their business will be better off in the future than it has been in the past.

The increase in hiring by small businesses is an encouraging sign for the economy amid estimates that the 16 - day government shutdown could have sliced off as much as 0.6 percentage point from fourth quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth.

Interest rates may increase but probably not enough to make an impact to a CD that is up for renewal, Real estate income should increase over time but mostly a few percentage points here and there, I suppose you could manufacture more income by paying off one of the rentals assuming your income numbers are after expenses and not gross income.

McDonald's expects that margin figure to climb to the mid-40s by 2019 as the company continues selling off its locations to bring the percentage of franchised stores up to 95 % from 85 % at the start of 2017.

In the small - cap space, the Russell 2000 is now off by more than half a percentage point.

First - quarter orders in China declined 18 %, the company said, with Mexico and India off by the same percentage.

Underscoring the mixed - to - lower tone that emerged over the course of the day — not only was the NASDAQ off by nearly 50 points at its nadir — but the small - cap Russell 2000 had turned down by more than a full percentage points, as well, as losing stocks held a strong lead over gaining issues throughout.

With such a high sell - off percentage, the investment funds have still increased their share by 1.14 %, to reach 63.20 %.

(1) employment growth, sourced from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Economic Summaries in August 2016, with the percentage representing the employment change from June 2015 to June 2016 in each city; (2) population growth, based on and sourced from the 2014 and 2015 Census, with the percentage representing the change in population from 2014 to 2015; (3) increase in home values, based on Zillow Home Value, with the percentage representing the change in median home values for single - family homes from June 2015 to June 2016, sourced August 2016; (4) years to pay off property, which was based using the median home value for July 2016 and the median rent for a single - family residence for July 2016, both sourced from Zillow; median rent was multiplied by 12 to obtain yearly rent and then home value was divided by yearly rent to determine how many years it would take for the home to be paid off from rental income using current home values and rent prices for each city.

Such a move would be impossible for most established churches, but they could begin to move in that direction by portioning off an ever - increasing percentage of their annual budget for serving the community in this way.

A significant percentage of consumers buy into the meal kit concept, but don't want to commit to a subscription, and want more flexible options to purchase them on - and off - line, says Chef'd, which is rolling out meal kits to 1,500 grocery stores by the...

Tight margins across the on - and off - trade also contributed to gross margin falling by 1 percentage point to 8.6 %.

To start, I scraped 40 pumpkin bread recipes off the internet and analyzed them by percentage of ingredients.

But until then - Genos leadership style appears to be «bleed by example» - and with a completion percentage just north of 35 % I do nt blame him for favoring a more «hands off» approach.

In 531 attempts, Kosar had thrown only 10 interceptions all season for a 1.88 percentage, the best in the NFL — but immediately he threw another, his eight - yard look - in picked off by Jets cornerback Jerry Holmes at the Browns» 25 - yard line.

By omitting home teams, there isn't much of a drop - off in units won at each betting percentage level, but we once again decrease the number of wagers needed to achieve those results, improving our ROI even further.

Goff's off - the - chart completion rate for passes 20 - yards and over (59 %), versus Wentz» 38 % — that's a 21 percentage point discrepancy that's not explain by the wrist.

We already knew from last season's analysis that mediocre teams (defined by teams with a winning percentage of less than 60 %) have been undervalued when they square off with the league's elite (opponent winning percentage of at least 60 %).

His completion percentage was not propped up by dump offs, and his deep ball accuracy was not a result of a low number of deep attempts.

Ultimately a government can only skim off some percentage of the wealth generated by the economy as a whole.

The on - topic and off - topic questions in the Q&A portion of the press conference included: the project status when de Blasio took office and how his approach to affordable housing differs from Mayor Bloomberg, whether there are any differences in Phase I of the project as being initiated now versus as approved by the Bloomberg administration, what he sees as a realistic percentage of units being «affordable» in projects located closer to or in Manhattan, whether he counts this project towards his goal of 200,000 affordable units, the NYPD officer recently arrested in India, the status of speed camera approvals from Albany, the FOIL delays and responses which did not produce any emails or documents in the Findlayter case, the NYPD / FDNY hockey brawl, Queens Library President Thomas Galante and the newly elected leadership of NYSUT (the state teachers union).

At 8:30 a.m., educators representing 11 state - supported schools serving deaf, blind and severely physically disabled students will kick off their lobby day, where they'll ask lawmakers to treat the students equally and increase state funding by 4.8 percent — the same percentage increase Cuomo has recommended for public school districts in his proposed 2015 - 16 executive budget, 3rd Floor Terrace, Legislative Office Building, Albany.

Solidifying his reputation as a trivia machine, Paterson reeled off the project's projected (and disputed, by some) stats — on jobs and housing units and the percentage of minority contracts — to the point of almost losing the crowd's (and Jay - Z's) interest.

«This issue of contracts not being signed by the beginning of school has traditionally always been an issue and as deputy chancellor under the former administration, I can tell you that we certainly started school with a large percentage of contracts that we knew were going to be signed off ultimately, but we not signed off at that time,» said Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña.

The percentages indicate the chance their happiness will rub off on you, as indicated by a study of adults in Framingham, Mass..

That same year, a German businessman named Stefan Meister, the owner of Ocean World, a sprawling casino and amusement park in the coastal town of Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic, went shopping for dolphins in Taiji, which made a profit by selling off a small percentage of its dolphins to dolphinariums and theme parks.

Some estimates predict that 70 percent of the world's coral reefs will be gone by 2050, and bleaching events — which occur when reefs lose the algae they needs for survival — have already killed off large percentages of coral populations around the world.

The ingredient can be drying, so start off slowly by working products with a lower percentage into your regimen, and then working your way up.

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Portions are controlled by eating off 7 and 9 - inch plates and from 2 - cup bowls, covering percentages of the plate with protein foods, grains, fruits, and vegetables.

While collagen can be increased in our diets by drinking bone broth, there is a huge percentage of Americans who either won't go to the effort of making it or who will try it and be put off by the distinctive taste.

Starting off with Best Picture, the top 10 vote getters by percentage of votes are:

Starting off with Best Picture, the top 10 vote getters by percentage of votes are: Foxcatcher — 78 % Gone Girl — 76 % Big Eyes — 75 % Inherent Vice — 75 % Interstellar — 71 % Unbroken — 62 % Birdman — 53 % Fury — 37 % A Most Violent Year — 33 % Suite...

Assuming we don't have a significant enough percentage of Oscar voters who a) are turned off enough by the Franco accusations to lop him off their ballots, and b) those voters haven't already mailed in their picks, there would seem to be only two methods of recourse available to the situation.

Drain the fuel from his rocket by cracking the «code» and matching a percentage with its fractional and pictorial equivalents before the rocket takes off.

In a world where statewide proficiency rates fall 22 percentage points, a school that sees its proficiency fall by 21 percent is actually better off.

Meanwhile, in California, Superintendent Delaine Eastin, thought vulnerable as the incumbent in a state where student performance is lagging, held off Gloria Matta Tuchman's Election Day challenge by 7 percentage points and won re-election with 53.5 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results.

The report found educational attainment by disadvantaged children had improved but the gap between them and their better - off peers has only got marginally better — by one percentage point.

That «no modifications» thing tends to pay off in Japanese collectibles, as a large percentage of these were modified early on by their first or second owners.

Who knows the percentage of these things that ever do find their way off the pavement, but regardless, Land Rover's Terrain Response system is still the standard by which four - wheel drive vehicles should be measured.

Also, all Maximas are powered by that brawny V6, while a tiny percentage of Altimas make it off the assembly line equipped with the same engine in slightly less - powerful guise.

By Ron Pramschufer, President, Self Publishing, Inc. - Helping Authors Become Publishers since 1995 First off, while most printers can print a book, only a small percentage of offset printers are book printers... a very small percentage.

Whereas some self - publishing companies and «vanity presses» rip authors off by charging up front for service and then charging additional royalties as high as 55 % of net profits, BookBaby is one of the few companies in the industry that does not take any additional fees; the author earns royalties from the different platforms that BookBaby distributes to, and retains all percentages after the retail platforms» fee.