Sentences with phrase «early boost in»

The strong support from one of the country's top critics groups gives «Boyhood» an early boost in Hollywood's awards season.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont won the Connecticut AFL - CIO's straw poll Friday, providing the multimillionaire businessman from Greenwich with an important early boost in a crowded field.

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Fields, who earned $ 22.1 million in 2016, also faced a clamor for share repurchases, which boost the value of stock, at Ford's annual meeting earlier this month.

And even if you have to force it, an earlier study found that smiling can instantly boost your mood, even if you don't technically feel happy in that moment.

Shares of Garmin were up nearly 6 % in early Wednesday trading following profits that beat Wall Street expectations for an eighth consecutive quarter — but it's no thanks to the tech firm's fitness trackers, which many companies in the space have been struggling to boost.

Hershey (HSY) cut its full - year revenue forecast again earlier this summer, and also announced a round of layoffs, as sales continue to shrink in the increasingly health - conscious U.S. and the company's efforts to boost sales in China have faltered amid that country's sluggish economic growth.

Earlier, JP Morgan Chase also announced that it will boost its current units in Dublin, Frankfurt, and Luxembourg to do business that it won't be able to do via London once the U.K. leaves the EU.

The company said Friday it earned net income of $ 15 million or six cents per share in the last three months of 2017, compared with $ 840 million or $ 3.43 per share in the year - earlier period, with the latter figures boosted by asset sales.

A number of funds bet heavily on an oil rally early in the year, boosting long futures positions to a record in late February, before oil went into a prolonged slump as global supply remained elevated despite cuts from OPEC.

Turner: On the equity side, you said earlier in the year that the stock market had maybe gotten ahead of itself in terms of betting on the success of various administration policies that might give the economy a boost.

The idea for an ACCC investigation was hatched during media reform negotiations in parliament earlier this year, which resulted in a relaxation of ownership laws to allow the country's big players to boost their market share to better compete against online disruptors.

Last year's surprising acquisition of Country Style Food Services Holdings, Ontario's second - largest coffee chain, boosted MTY's store count by nearly 50 %, and the most recent addition — Quebec hot - dogs - and - fries specialist Groupe Valentine, a deal that closed earlier this month — has brought the total to more than 1,700 restaurants that ring in about US$ 400 million in annual sales.

Ford Motor said on Wednesday it plans to cut 1,400 salaried jobs in North America and Asia through voluntary early retirement and other financial incentives as the No. 2 U.S. automaker looks to boost its sagging stock price.

While a Clinton victory would've likely boosted stocks a bit, John Higgins, chief markets economist at Capital Economics argued earlier that a Trump win could pull things in the «opposite direction.»

A 25 % price cut on the even older smartwatch - like Fitbit Blaze, which was introduced in early 2016, also helped boost sales.

Some of today's most successful businesses, including Intel, Apple, and Federal Express, were each given a much needed boost in their early days by SBA loans.

To facilitate those transactions, Draper co-founded and serves as CEO of Boost VC, a 12 - week accelerator program in San Mateo, Calif., that offers housing, office space and mentoring to early - stage startups with a focus on Bitcoin - related businesses.

Facebook job listings are live for 30 days, but Allen only boosts her listing one or two days early in the process.

«Banks hope to lend early to get early returns... private investment and manufacturing investment are picking up due to firmer global demand (and) household loans could be boosted by property demand,» said Nie Wen, an economist at Hwabao Trust in Shanghai.

COPENHAGEN, Nov 21 - Denmark intends to invest to boost efforts to prevent cyber attacks in a strategy to be presented early next year, its defence minister said on Tuesday.

COPENHAGEN, Nov 21 (Reuters)- Denmark intends to invest to boost efforts to prevent cyber attacks in a strategy to be presented early next year, its defence minister said on Tuesday.

The Federal Reserve is expected to begin the transition early next year, scaling back its $ 85 - billion - a-month in bond purchases that have injected cash into the sluggish economy to boost growth.

The commission, due to make long - term recommendations by early December on tightening cyber security in the private sector and government, is part of Obama's $ 19 - billion proposal to boost defenses against hackers.

A key gain for Comcast would be Sky's success earlier this month in winning the rights to show Premier League soccer matches for a fee well below analyst expectations, likely a boost to future earnings.

Goldman says that even splitting JPMorgan in two — dividing the investment bank from the traditional bank, returning the company roughly to what was allowed before the Glass Steagall Act was repealed in the early 2000s — would boost the overall value of the current bank by 16 %.

If homeowners choose to pay down their mortgage quicker, or if a rising housing market boosts the equity in their house, those payments can end even earlier.

Social media ambassadorships, influencer campaigns and virtual focus groups not only make Gen Z feel invested in your company and secure their loyalty early on, but also helps them boost their own online presence.

Earlier this week, Clinton spoke out against the Trans - Pacific Partnership, the 12 - nation trade pact that she boosted as secretary of state and that liberals in the Democratic Party have vehemently opposed.

The euro jumped against the dollar on Thursday after the European Central Bank said it could revisit its communication stance in early 2018, boosting expectations that policymakers are preparing to reduce their vast monetary stimulus program.

And here's an additional bonus: getting valuable work done first thing in the morning provides a huge mental boost — the same sort of endorphin buzz you get after an early morning run.

Before taking the helm of the PNC Foundation, McCradywas the architect of the firm's ambitious philanthropic initiative to boost early childhood education, Grow Up Great, which launched in 2004.

The firm made an early investment in Bitcoin - focused incubator Boost VC in 2013.

Earlier in the year, I was excited about Trump's ambitious infrastructure agenda, which would have greatly boosted domestic demand for base metals and energy.

Since earlier last year, a rise in global commodity prices has provided a boost to our national income.

According to a 10 - Q filed by Bank of America earlier this year, a 100 - basis - point increase in both long - term and short - term lending rates would boost its interest income by $ 6 billion, which is essentially double (if not more) what its closest peers, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase, would see in interest income increases.

Even after a drop in commodities this month, seven of eight tracked by the Standard & Poor's GSCI Agriculture Index are higher than a year earlier as adverse weather damages crops, rising demand erodes inventories and a weak dollar boosts demand for U.S. exports.

«We had anticipated a rebound in activity from earlier this year when the harsher than normal winter weather took hold, but the biggest drop in fixed mortgage rates in almost four years and resulting improvement in affordability also gave the Canadian housing market a boost of extra energy.»

And Japan suspended two cryptocurrency exchanges, in a move aimed at boosting security in the market after the theft of millions of dollars in digital currency earlier in the year.

Upstream price pressures have also been boosted by the rise in oil prices, as well as the depreciation of the exchange rate and the increase in world commodity prices; producer input and output prices have increased more sharply over the past six months than they have since the early 1990s.

Open Europe, a Brussels - based think tank, estimates that through government bond purchases and liquidity provisions to banks, the ECB's exposure to Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, and Spain has reached 705 billion euros, up from 444 billion euros in early summer - a 50 percent increase in six months (their note was published prior to the December 21 three - year LTRO, which likely further boosted lower quality collateral).

Congress set the current funding deadline of Friday, March 23, in early February, when party leaders arrived at an agreement to boost domestic spending by $ 128 billion and defense spending by $ 160 billion over two years.

That could boost the fortunes of left - wing populist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, popularly known as AMLO, who leads in early opinion polls.

While claiming early can be a smart financial decision in certain situations — whether you're in poor health, have underage kids that could boost your payout or just need the cash — doing so does reduce your monthly benefit.

Nearly a year after identifying an early - stage funding need in the area, a $ 25 million seed fund will open a Kansas City office that aims to boost local startups.

In early January, though, management boosted that outlook to forecast high single - digit comps and revenue of between $ 905 million and $ 915 million.

«The CBO Score of the new tax bill shows a bigger 2018 — 19 GDP fiscal boost than in the earlier Senate scoring.

The Scotch whisky industry faces an important financial boost from the launch of a new online marketplace that enables private investors to buy and sell many different Scotch whiskies early on in the maturation process, while the spirit is still in the barrel.

Richard Hampton, managing director at OMSCo, said; «We initiated projects to boost iodine levels and applied these to our farmer members» enterprises, and by early 2015 we announced that we'd achieved comparable levels with those in the conventional market.

Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci has been loathe to issue profit guidance or call out further cuts in prices and boosting service after spending $ 1 billion since early 2015 to regain market share.

Earlier this year it boosted the number of wines offered in the on - premise channel across China's less developed second - tier cities, as well as introducing its newly added French wine portfolio, to capitalise on demand for premium imported wine.