Sentences with phrase «companies held steady»

A handful of carriers lowered payout rates, but the majority of companies held steady.

A handful of carriers raised payout rates, but the majority of companies held steady.

Not exact matches

The company estimates gold production will hold steady at around six million ounces per year until 2017 and hasn't offered estimates beyond that.

While the amount companies spend on CEO security varies from year to year, the percentage of Fortune 100 companies that provide personal and home security to their chief executives has held steady, fluctuating only slightly in the range of 45 % to 54 % over the past five years.

But long - term investors know the company is a survivor and may — for a change — be undervalued, especially if oil prices hold steady or increase.

In 2004 he famously gave the 20 - year - old Mark Zuckerberg, a Harvard sophomore who had never held a steady job, $ 500,000 in exchange for 10.2 % of the company then called Thefacebook.

After holding steady at $ 1 million for the company's first six years, Elite's revenues have doubled in each of the past four.

Some 46 % say their companies will add employees, while another 48 % expect employment to hold steady at their firms.

Gary Lin says growth at his St. Paul — based online advertising firm, Glispa, will hold steady at about 20 percent — virtually all of that from the company's offices in Germany and Brazil.

Indeed, the word's steady hold on the global lexicon has lent itself to some interesting bits of industry lately — from its inclusion in the updated Scrabble game, to beauty campaigns like Lady Gaga's just - announced partnership with Shiseido, to the prevalence of selfie sticks (especially this New Year's Eve) and companies like GoPro, Purina and Samsung cashing in with promotional selfies.

The U.S. dollar held steady versus a basket of major currencies as solid company results and fading concerns about a trade war helped keep a lid on safe - haven demand for the greenback.

From time to time I also added some stocks of companies that held their dividends steady for several years such as Shell, HSBC or Zurich Insurance.

All this is fixable, the companies say, with commitments to offload subscribers, hold prices steady or, in Comcast's case, make the combined entity comply with internet neutrality, content - sharing rules and other conditions to Comcast's 2009 acquisition of NBCU.

The Bank of England earlier this month said the resulting uncertainty is starting to affect companies» business and investment decisions, prompting it to hold interest rates steady and cut its economic growth forecasts for 2017 and 2018.

The company holds its dividend payments steady and continues its share repurchase program.

While orders in GE's equipment business were down 26 percent, he noted that revenue from services, which accounts for about 75 to 80 percent of total sales, was up and the company was able to hold pricing steady.

That number has held remarkably steady over the years; 45 % of workers leaving a company in 2007 opted for the cash distribution, too.

Robots could soon play a more prominent role in the operating room as companies develop automated devices with steady hands that help surgeons with non-surgical needs, such as holding lights, cameras and telescopes in the right place during operations.

A privately funded company called Tri Alpha Energy has built a machine that forms a ball of superheated gas — at about 10 million degrees Celsius — and holds it steady for 5 milliseconds without decaying away.

Throughout its journey, the ring was held steady by a 40 - ton fixture designed by the heavy haul transportation company Emmert International.

Amazon held its Amazon Prime Membership fee steady at $ 79 for nine years, but that changed today when the company announced a $ 20 increase.

But companies like to ratchet their dividends upward — hold them steady in a bad year, raise them in a good one.

From time to time I also added some stocks of companies that held their dividends steady for several years such as Shell, HSBC or Zurich Insurance.

Pay stubs from the previous two weeks, at a minimum, will be requested from you, which is fine if you hold a steady job for a company or organization that employs you.

On the other hand, if your portfolio of mid-sized company stocks held steady in a year that the S&P MidCap 400 lost 10 %, you might decide that you've done well under the circumstances, even though your return was flat.

The company reduced dividends in 2010, 2011 and 2012 but has held steady at $ 0.40 annually since then.

But while Buffett's holding company Berkshire Hathaway Inc. doesn't pay any dividends itself, the insurance giant's portfolio is loaded with names that spin off steady, growing distributions.

However, Chimera's dividends have now held steady at $ 0.09 for 10 quarters in a row, and the company supplemented its regular cash payout with a special (nonrecurring) dividend of $ 0.20 per share in January 2014.

But good companies like to ratchet their dividends upward — hold them steady in bad years, raise them in good ones.

The company announced to hold the dividend steady and started a share buy - back program this summer expected to finish early 2017.

The Hershey Company gets overlooked to their short dividend growth streak of 5 years after holding the dividend steady during the financial crisis.

The company holds its dividend payments steady and continues its share repurchase program.

The stock prices of leading companies operating in stable industries generally hold steady during market declines.

Operating profit margin's held relatively steady at 41.8 %, however, as G&A, distribution and other expenses have ramped up to support the company's growth / public status.

The company held its dividend steady and said it remains committed to expanding its massive Horizon oil sands project in Northern Alberta.

Rather than discussing what can be done to spur competition in the insurance industry and hold costs steady, the insurance companies wanted to convince the public that the victims of wrongdoing were to blame for rising costs and limited access to quality care.

When asked if the general counsel has the autonomy to select firms with which the company works, a little less than 70 per cent — 67.6 — said yes, which more or less holds steady from the last survey at 68.5 per cent.

To be sure, individual states, companies or industry groups might report annualized increases that are still quite small, as their data reflects the past 12 months, when rates fell or held steady.

Over the years, the Baltimore Life Insurance Company has held steady through several recessions, and even depressions, in the United States.

Variable life insurance policies are premium policies that let the policyholder, not the insurance company, decide how the premiums are invested.The premiums hold steady while the death benefit and cash value fluctuate along with the financial markets.

Earnings, revenue, and headcount at the larger med tech companies appear to be holding steady, and in some cases, increasing.

Earnings and revenue at the larger companies such as Boston Scientific and Medtronic held steady (with share prices for both of those companies increasing).

I was born in Columbus, Ohio and I remember when a bunch of people were betting that when Limited Holding Company was going to bring «Thousands of Quality Jobs» to the Columbus Area and «Out of State Investors»... particularly from the West Coast were pouring money in left and right on property out there... betting on appreciation... and when it didn't happen nowhere near the rate they were expecting, some of them sold those same properties... to people that were raised in Ohio who seemed to know better... because they knew they would get steady profitable cash flow...