Sentences with phrase «estimate investment increased»

Coincidentally with these price fluctuations, long - only commodity index funds became popular — by one estimate investment increased from $ 90 billion in 2006 to $ 200 billion at the end of 2007, while commodity prices increased 71 % — which raised concern as to whether these index funds caused the commodity bubble.

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We expect the tax bill to offer moderate economic stimulus — various estimates suggest it could add 0.3 to 0.4 points to real GDP growth annually — primarily through increased corporate investment in response to the higher after - tax return on investment resulting from the lower 21 % corporate tax rate.

«We believe that [the large] banks can be big beneficiaries of less regulation, and we include a 5 % expense reduction in our estimate and significant increases in trading and investment banking income.»

These new estimates formally put numbers to the growth narrative that Poloz highlighted in recent speeches: The Canadian economy is in a «sweet spot» where new investment can increase the nation's growth capacity and bring people off the sidelines and into the workforce without generating too much inflation.

According to currently available information on planned coal port expansions, committed investment will increase port capacity by an estimated 13 per cent over the next two years or so.

The combined estimated returns generated by the increased marginal milk value and reduced hauling costs would support a plant investment of about $ 433m per year, according to the study.

The President's FY 1999 budget request would provide $ 77.7 billion for the federal investment in R&D, an increase of 2.2 percent or $ 1.7 billion above the current FY 1998 estimate (see Table 1).

To prevent this agricultural crisis, Nelson estimates, would require an investment of at least $ 7 billion per year in the most affected countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America for increased agricultural research into, for example, drought - resistant crop varieties.

First leaguewide action In fact, the new agreement will increase the NHL's investment in carbon offsets and RECs 32 times, from 17,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases in 2013 to this season's 550,000 - metric - ton estimate.

A wise investment, it seems: Estimates suggest that the number of jobs in the biotechnology will increase five-fold over the next 7 to 10 years.

Decarbonizing global tourism represents a long - term investment, but given its tremendous growth, the relative cost is less than 0.1 per cent of the estimated global tourism economy in 2020 and increases to 3.6 per cent in 2050.

To encourage investment in the emerging renewables sector, Japan's government in 2012 adopted a generous feed - in tariff program for new renewable energy projects, the result of which has been a glut of new mostly solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays coming online over the last 24 months, helping to increase the country's nonhydropower renewable energy portfolio to 2.2 percent of total consumption this year, according to government estimates.

It has been estimated that investment in science in the amount of EUR 7 billion / year in the beginning of XXI century may cause an increase in GDP of 200 billion euros / year already in 2030's.

Economic evaluation estimated a return on investment that exceeded $ 2,500 per participant on outcomes such as increased likelihood to graduate from high school, lower rates of K - 12 grade retention, lower rates of initiating sexual activity, and less criminal activity among group participants (Lee et al., 2012).

The program had an estimated return on investment of $ 10 for every $ 1 spent due to savings from increased earnings, lower crime rates, reduced need for child - abuse and neglect services, and K - 12 savings from reduced special education and grade retention.

The Fordham Institute estimated that the CCSS cost $ 12.1 billion from 2012 to 2015.27 The conservative Pioneer Institute and American Principles Project estimate a mid-range cost of $ 15.8 billion over seven years for the CCSS, with $ 1.2 billion spent on assessments, $ 5.3 billion on professional development, and $ 6.9 billion for tech infrastructure and support.28 According to the New York Times, in part due to the CCSS, venture capital investment in public education has increased 80 percent since 2005, to a total of $ 632 million in 2012, a figure that has no doubt increased since.29 Bill Gates and Microsoft have cashed in on this lucrative market: in February 2014, Microsoft announced it was partnering with Pearson to install Pearson's Common Core materials onto Microsoft's Surface tablet.30

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

The investment manager believes that strength in these measures is often a reflection of improving business prospects and the potential for earnings surprises above consensus estimates, which can result in increases in stock prices.

A majority of the TAVF common stock investments are in companies acquired at substantial discounts from Fund management's estimates of net asset value (NAV), where Fund management believes that prospects are good that NAV will be steadily increased over the long term.

You can get a sense of whether you ought to increase or decrease the amount you pull from savings by going to a retirement income calculator that uses Monte Carlo assumptions to estimate how long your assets are likely to last and plugging in such information as your nest egg's current balance, how your investments are allocated between stocks and bonds and your planned level of withdrawals.

This buyback would result in GBP 28.7 p of cash / investments per share, a 37 % increase, and increase my intrinsic value estimate by 58 % to GBP 49.7 p per share.

The IPCC estimates that global investment in low carbon energy sources will need to increase by $ 147 billion a year if the world is going to cut emissions enough to prevent warming of more than two degrees.

It is estimated that the public sector needs to increase research and development investments by as much as ten times the current amounts.

While annual investment in fossil fuel extraction, transformation, and transportation and fossil ‐ fired power plants without CCS is estimated to decline by about 86 billion USD per year in 2010 2029 (i.e., by 20 %), annual investment in low ‐ emission generation technologies is expected to increase by about 147 billion USD per year (i.e., by 100 %), over the same period.

``... his personal wealth increased by an estimated $ 100 million thanks largely to speaking fees and investments related to global warming hysteria.»

The International Energy Agency estimates that global investment in energy efficiency was $ 221 billion in 2015, an increase of 6 percent from 2014 and 60 percent greater than investment in conventional power generation.

The proposed increase [to Oregon's Business Energy Tax Credit] would cost the state an estimated $ 6.5 million in the 2009 - 11 budget cycle but could also translate to more business investment and less reliance on fossil fuels, Michael Grainey, the state's energy director, told The Oregonian.

By some estimates, China is already the leading global investor in renewable energy infrastructure, and is increasing its overseas investments in renewable energy, particularly solar and wind.

The company sets the initial premium based upon its current estimate of future investment earnings and mortality experience and retains the contractual right to reevaluate its original estimates to increase or decrease your premium payments later.

Economic evaluation estimated a return on investment that exceeded $ 2,500 per participant on outcomes such as increased likelihood to graduate from high school, lower rates of K - 12 grade retention, lower rates of initiating sexual activity, and less criminal activity among group participants (Lee et al., 2012).

For example, researchers have found that attendance in a high - quality early childhood program has short - and long - term benefits for children, their families, and the wider society.33 These benefits range from reduced need for special education services or remedial support during the K - 12 years to reduced dependency on government assistance in adulthood and increased tax revenue.34 Attempts to quantify these benefits have found a return on investment of between $ 3 and $ 13 for every dollar invested in early childhood.35 Even at the low end of this estimate, this is a significant return.

The program had an estimated return on investment of $ 10 for every $ 1 spent due to savings from increased earnings, lower crime rates, reduced need for child - abuse and neglect services, and K - 12 savings from reduced special education and grade retention.

Investment in residential rental property ownership has increased in Toronto by an estimated 20 per cent since the 2008 global economic meltdown, says Steven Solomon, president of Rentshield Protection (Canada).

By comparing the estimated ROR with the mortgage constant of the particular loan that will be used to finance part of the investment cost, the investor can assess whether borrowing under the particular terms of the loan, will increase the return of the investment.

Over the course of the 12 months ended in September, we estimate that owners of investment sales quality assets achieved an average 4.0 percent increase in NOI and enjoyed capital appreciation of about 6.4 percent.