Sentences with phrase «despite less investment»

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China has had little success in projecting «soft power» (despite considerable effort and investment), and has far less recent experience than the U.S. in managing global affairs.

Assuming the exact same investments above, if you were to pay 20 % carry on each of your investments, despite not generating any profit, you would still have to pay the full $ 20K in carry on the one successful investment, and would therefore end up with less money than you started with, or $ 80K returned (probably less after other fees and expenses).

As you can see, despite a 41.8 % winning percentage, a $ 100 / game bettor would be up $ 9,264 betting on all teams receiving less than 20 % of moneyline wagers — good for a 4.2 % return on investment.

Despite strong investment returns and two new pension tiers in less than three years, these rates will likely continue to increase in the near future.

In his thesis, Johan Rootzén also concludes that a shift in technology to a less carbon intense production of steel and cement would only have a marginal effect on the final price of a car or a house, despite the large investments required in the production step of the primary materials.

The best professional learning for teachers helps them acquire, practice, and apply new skills to better serve their students.2 But despite annual investments of $ 18 billion by federal, state, and local agencies into professional learning for educators, many teachers still do not receive the kind of professional learning that helps them grow and improve their practice.3 Less than one - quarter of teachers say that they have changed their instruction as a result of professional learning, likely in part due to the lack of a consistent professional learning strategy across states and school districts.4 Learning Forward, a nonprofit association dedicated to supporting professional learning for educators, contends that the current state of professional learning is one of «inertia.»

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

This means if you delay your investments by 10 years, then despite doubling the investment you will get final value less than half of what you would have got if you have started 10 years earlier with the original investment amount.

Despite Oregon having less than average solar irradiation and also having relatively cheap power (only around 11.5 cents / kWh on average) the combination of the generous state tax credit, utility based incentives and the 30 % federal tax credit gets Oregon into the top ten states in America in terms of investment return available from installing solar panels on your home.

Despite accruing an impressive list of investors, including Google Ventures, Centralway Ventures and Y Combinator, Dahl suggested that it was Buttercoin's affiliation with larger investment firms that ultimately left it less able to adapt in a changing bitcoin ecosystem.

Overall the report found that despite evidence showing high returns from investment, Ireland spends significantly less than other developed countries on early childhood education.

Despite jokes that you can buy homes in this city for less cash than a car, Detroit has seen a resurgence, boasting a 16.2 % return on real estate investments.