Sentences with phrase «early levels for»

It also adds a lot of replay value to early levels for players who might not be able to complete later challenges.

«That's why so many dyslexia advocates in particular have been calling for this type of skills check to be put in place at an early level for many, many years because they know that you can get much, much earlier identi cation, intervention, and therefore assistance to help ensure that the early years of a child's education are successful which then enables them to be successful for the rest of their schooling.»

After having gotten all the upgrades I even found going to back to the earlier levels for leaderboard times pretty fun.

Not exact matches

EBITDA for the Coating Solutions division amounted to $ 66 million, down 10.8 % against a high basis of comparison ($ 74 million) for first - quarter 2017, particularly in China, where unit margins reached very high levels in early 2017.

When the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation announced earlier this week that mortgage delinquency rates had fallen to the lowest level in decades during the fourth quarter, there was a rash of stories patting Canadians on the back for their financial prudence.

Tesla fell below those levels in early April for the first time since trading around the $ 250 mark in March 2017.

His career in football inspired me to play football on a collegiate level for Colorado State and the University of Tulsa in the early»90s.

There's quite a bit of research that suggests that early morning workouts — as opposed to afternoon or late - night ones — may help speed weight loss and boost energy levels by priming the body for all - day fat burn.

Retail sales grew by 10.3 % from a year earlier, above the 10.1 % level of August and marginally above forecasts for an increase of 10.2 %.

Learn to be a better conversationalist early, for instance, and you might meet and charm just the right person to land the entry - level job of your dreams, which could lead to a another great career break, and so on...

In a report earlier this year for the Institute for Research on Public Policy, Trent University economist Harry Kitchen argues it's time for governments, particularly at the municipal level, to stop offering price breaks for seniors.

«Government agencies at all levels should consider and examine new uses for this technology that could make the government more efficient in performing its functions,» the 2018 Economic Report from the Joint Economic Committee, first posted earlier this week, stated.

British Columbia has one and we hoped one would be put in place on a federal level, helping angel investors of early stage companies to get a credit for that investment, but it wasn't mentioned in the budget.

Many private companies begin working toward these standards early on — establishing an independent board, arranging for an independent audit, and upgrading their systems and reporting to required levels.

Earlier this year, top venture capitalist Bill Gurley sounded the alarmon the «unique circumstances» start - up CEOs find themselves in caused by «the pressures of lofty paper valuations, massive burn rates (and the subsequent need for more cash), and unprecedented low levels of IPOs and M&A».

The company recently reported a 0.8 % drop in net revenue for the first nine months of the year, with net earnings falling 19 % from the year - earlier level.

I'd say earlier this year we were thinking that this second half of calendar 2012 would be a little bit more robust for enterprise infrastructure customers, just because the spending levels have been so low.

Early attempts to educate them will usually result in being delegated to lower levels or worse yet for a premature end to the meeting.

She attracted global attention early in her tenure for the corruption prosecution of high - level officials at FIFA, international soccer's governing body.

It said earlier this month that oil prices would have to stabilize above current levels of $ 50 per barrel for producers to make any meaningful boost to oilfield plans.

The overall level of activity is up more than 67 percent from a year earlier and about a third ahead of 2007, the previous high - water mark for takeovers.

Beginning in mid-2006, Goldman recognized that Fremont, a «key originator, was experiencing an increasing level of early payment defaults («EPDs»)(i.e., loans for which the borrowers had failed to make one or more of their first payments).

In fact, most early investor work hard to help their startups get to the next level so it makes no sense for the angel investor and founders to be at odds.

The surplus only lasted for 6 months and never approached the level seen in 2014 - 2015 (an OPEC production cut in early 2009 limited the length of the surplus and possibly its magnitude).

All the major countries had reduced interest rates to unprecedented levels in the early part of this decade — 0 per cent in Japan, 1 per cent in the United States and 2 per cent in the euro area — and they maintained this position for a prolonged period.

The Labour Force Survey for August showed that average hourly wages were up by just 1.4 % from a year earlier, the same low level of increase as was registered in July. Consumer price inflation was 2.7 % in July, a bit down from 3.1 % in June and 3.7 % in May, but it seems that we have -LSB-...]

During a recent FirstMark Capital Demand Generation Roundtable, I was among roughly 25 senior - level marketers from 15 early - to mid-stage companies brought together to discuss what strategies and tactics are working to acquire customers for our start - ups.

So, for example, I would argue that in the early stages of reform, especially in countries that have suffered many years of terrible economies and weak investment, crony capitalism can be consistent with high levels of growth because the kinds of programs that lead to growth — mostly massive investment programs in countries in which capital stock is excessively low — benefit the elites directly.

But as precipitous market moves in early February and late March suggested a return to more historically normal levels of volatility, the question for investors now is how to adapt their approach to the new environment.»

A good early - stage CEO needs to be accessible, to be accountable for producing results and should be establishing the cultural norms of the company through direct leadership at all levels.

In contrast to claims being made for his technology in the 2014 contract, Kogan himself claimed in a TV interview earlier this month (after the scandal broke) that his predictive modeling was not very accurate at an individual level — suggesting it would only be useful in aggregate to, for example, «understand the personality of New Yorkers».

Nintendo's Super Mario Maker, a game that allows players to craft their own Mario levels and play ones crafted by others, releases on September 11 for Wii U. Early reviews for the game have finally arrived and they are nothing but positive.

The US oil - rig count plateaued near the highest level in three years and showed signs of declining in late March (to 797), though it still stood 50 rigs above the year - end 2017 total.2 This contributed to expectations for a further increase in American crude production, which has topped 10 mb / d each week since early February, when WTI prices began to recede from their intra-quarterly high of US$ 66.14 a barrel.3 The amount of crude in US storage occasionally exceeded weekly estimates given the higher domestic output and fluctuating net import figures, reigniting fears that US production may thwart OPEC's efforts to clear global oversupply.

That stands in sharp contrast to recommended levels in early 2010, of above 66 percent for equities and below 30 percent for bonds.

While expressing hope for an early resolution of the issue out of concern for the health of her 85 - year - old husband Shigeru, Sakie Yokota said she is remaining level - headed in «seeing how things will unfold» given that North Korea has previously backtracked every time there were apparent signs of progress on the issue.

Congress indexed tax rate schedules for inflation in the early 1980s to prevent general increases in the price level from causing bracket creep.

As a result of this review, in early 2010 the HRC reduced base salaries from 2009 levels, as well as re-calibrated target and maximum payouts for annual incentive compensation (discussed below).

In the early 1960s, Canadian economic historian Marvin McInnis started digging through the Dominion Bureau of Statistics archives, looking for city - level information on rental prices.

The BGRI is now at the highest level since March 2015, and well above early 2017 levels, when markets were digesting Donald Trump's election win, worrying about the French election outcome and fearing the potential for a hard Brexit.

However, the ratio of gold standing for delivery — the process by which a futures contract can be settled for physical gold rather than cash — rose exponentially into early December and has since fallen significantly but remains at historically high levels: The standard COMEX response would be that the overwhelming majority of futures contracts are simply rolled over at expiration into a future month or settled in cash.

At year - end 2013, we estimate pension funding levels for our 50 largest rated US corporate issuers increased by 19 percentage points to 94 % of pension obligations, compared with a year earlier.

At the very least, they might have noticed that Mr. Trump isn't showing the same level of concern for hurricane damage in their island as he did for earlier damage to Texas and Florida, both of which he had visited by this point.

The Reserve Bank has moved early to raise the cash rate to levels that deliver interest rates for borrowers and depositors more like those that have been the average experience over the past 10 to 12 years.

Global shares tumbled for a sixth day on Thursday and oil prices slid to levels not seen since the early 2000s, after China guided the yuan lower and Shanghai shares tumbled 7 % in less than half an hour.

More recently, the relatively small size of the speculative net - long position in early - July of this year paved the way for a tradable rebound in the price, but by early - September the speculative net - long position had again risen to a relatively high level.

Major technology companies such as Cisco and Apple reported strong earnings reports last week, pushing the U.S. technology sector up over 4 % and the NASDAQ Composite Index to its highest level since early 2000 for the week.

While the early - 2017 Federal Reserve minutes «expressed concern [about] the low level of implied volatility in equity markets,» it is worth noting that the SPX implied volatility levels at both 80 % and 90 % moneyness (corresponding with out - of - the - money puts used for portfolio protection) generally were much higher than the VIX levels.

It is too early to assess the full extent of the fallout from these latest shareholder rebellions; however, while the proposals were put to shareholders on an advisory basis, it is clear that remuneration structures and levels of pay continue to be areas under intense scrutiny from both investors and the general public, and have the ability to cause a level of discomfort for board members through major PR hiccups.

Key policies include introducing a Guaranteed Annual Income; ensuring universal access to quality childcare and early childhood education; cutting debt for post-secondary students; honouring the Kelowna Accord with Aboriginals; expanding the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transsexual Canadians; and easing the income support levels required for immigrant family sponsorship.

It's well below the figures for 1999 and 2000, during the tech bubble, and generally consistent with the levels that obtained from the late 1950s to the early 1970s.