Sentences with phrase «figure you upped by»

If that's not possible, we can still scale the domestic figure up by a factor of (1 + rest of world X / domestic X) using some other variable X that's reasonably related to the object of our interest.

Expect the special - edition model's add - on parts to bump that figure up by a few thousand dollars when the SUV arrives next year.

While BMW claims it only makes 560 HP and 501 lb - ft (680 Nm) of torque, real - life measurements showed that those figures are actually achieved at the wheels, putting the crank figures up by about 10 to 15 percent.

«This season we have shown some absolutely amazing games and have had some of our biggest games to date with our UEFA Champions League viewing figures up by 47 per cent this season.

Figures help attract employers towards your achievements — so don't be shy about making visible the sales figure you upped by 33 % last year.

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And this year I plan to lift up the many businesses that have figured out that doing right by their workers ends up being good for their shareholders, their customers, and their communities, so that we can spread those best practices across America.»

The figure of 11 cubic metres per person is a minimum and may be insufficient if, for example, much of the room is taken up by furniture etc..»

Cartwright is part of a growing trend of self - employed and contract workers which, according to some US figures, make up nearly 15 per cent of the workforce and is expected to climb to nearly 20 per cent by 2020.

«So when Trump says he wants to «open up» libel law, he really means (if he has the slightest knowledge of the law) that he wants to open up — to change — the First Amendment, which, beginning in 1964, has been held to require in cases brought by public figures, proof that what was said was false, and that the newspaper knew or suspected that it was false.

The consumers are part of the big three credit bureau's estimate of 145.5 million people affected by the breach, a figure it marked up from an original September estimate of 143 million.

At a young age, Ron figured out how to make money by salvaging old auto parts and using them to fix up broken cars.

Nakamura does most of the product sourcing for the business, finding things like wind - up toys, vinyl figures created by artists, and quirky stationery and books.

But card fraud has been prevalent — 14 % of in - store monthly transactions contain a fraud attempt, a figure that ticks up to around 40 % online, and 15.4 million US consumers were hit by identity fraud last year — and remains expensive for merchants.

Forty - four major law firms and 55 corporate legal departments are teaming up to boost diversity in the legal profession by drawing on two inspirational figures: the late Dan Rooney, beloved owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Arabella Mansfield, a 19th century women's rights activist who became the first American woman admitted into the legal profession in 1869.

The figures reveal that the number of fixed - period exclusions rose by 12 % last year, with permanent exclusions up 15 % year - on - year.

Those figures have pushed Canadian companies to defend their turf by locking in exclusive agreements with U.S. media companies to ensure hit TV shows don't wind up on services like Netflix.

While online sales of batteries only make up roughly 5 % of total battery sales today, UBS said in a note that it expects that figure to rise to 17 % by 2025.

If you add up the GDP figures issued by the provinces, the sum is 10 % higher than the figure ultimately issued by the national government, which in itself is tweaked to hit politicized targets.

Instead of setting up costly field offices, iBwave's management figured the firm could expand more quickly and without a lot of regulatory headaches by retaining local contractors who would sell as well as help customers implement the company's technology.

«I'm in,» said Inwentash, and by the time he parted with Ballard and Cohl, he was on his way to a seven - figure investment in the biggest thing ever to sweep up the Great White Way: a high - tech spectacle called Spider - Man: Turn Off the Dark.

In 2014, 47 % of millennials said they wanted to be mentored by their bosses, a figure that actually crept up by one percentage point in this year's survey, even though these workers have two more years of work experience under their belts, and many are even becoming managers themselves.

His role is critical to the broader mission at Nike as the company is aiming to expand the e-commerce business to $ 7 billion in annual sales by 2020, up from $ 1 billion figure Nike reported last fall.

The dollar figures may not match those racked up by Microsoft millionaires, but they aren't chump change either.

We figured that by the time everyone got in and to their seats, and by the time the director and / or stars wrapped up their inevitable introductory speeches, the film would likely start an hour and a half after it was supposed to.

And without enrolment figures, it's unclear whether the program is on track to reach the 7 million people projected by the Congressional Budget Office to gain coverage during the six - month sign - up period.

When ZocDoc showed up, they turned the industry on its head by figuring out exactly what users wanted to see.

The decision to stand a candidate, transport expert Christian Wolmar, was opposed by some leading Labour figures amid fears that they could end up helping to prop up Goldsmith.

In a world where even the lowly buggy whip has moved into the online realm (seriously, Google it), Yellow Media, that provider of inexpensive booster seats also known as the Yellow Pages, has been buying up rival phone directories and figuring out ways to make its antiquated business model work by slowly, so slowly, moving its services online.

By 2016, our data shows that figure moved up to $ 978,000.

By 2025, this figure is expected to ramp up to a trillion gigabytes, ten times what was created in 2016, according to researcher IDC.

In the field, Melnyk figured out how scientists, by inputting data on their laptops, could improve their productivity and speed up the fossilized process of garnering grants.

Mabel Au, director of the Hong Kong branch of Amnesty International, told Radio Free Asia that China stopped publicizing its execution numbers in 2008 or 2009, and that the group put together its tally by scouring official media reports and adding up the figures.

Most of them are hotshots who know all the tricks for pumping up individual sales figures and who insist on playing by their own rules.

Having knowledge of cars, he figured out how to make money by salvaging old auto parts and using them to fix up broken cars.

In a survey conducted in 2015 by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) on Asian investment in Canada, Canadians estimated that foreign direct investment from China made up 25 per cent of Canada's total investment, when the actual figure at the time was closer to three per cent.

That price is significantly above the overall asking rent in Midtown South, which was $ 56.60 per square foot in August, up by 4 cents from July, Colliers figures showed.

They figured that «hedonistic» candidates would be highly influenced by things like office location (which turned out not to be true); that «self - directed» candidates would be greatly concerned with a start - up's perceived innovativeness and with their own ability to have an impact (both true); and that people who are especially worried about job security would focus on the qualifications of the founders and the commitment of prominent investors (both true).

For the GDP data, the figures are up to the March quarter of 2016 while those for inflation and the unemployment rate are up to the June quarter, so the annual averages are computed by expressing 38 or 39 quarters at an annual rate.

What worries me more about Arcelor is the fact that, while its stock looks cheap when valued on GAAP earnings, S&P Global Market Intelligence figures show that only about 20 % of the company's net income is backed up by real free cash flow, which amounted to only $ 661 million over the past 12 months.

I ended up getting rejected by FriendFeed, and then told the other companies that I wasn't quite ready to go back into the employee world and needed a few months to figure out what I really wanted to do next.

These outcomes surely differ by industry and personal preference, but it is up to you to figure out if this new notification paradigm is truly helping you get more done.

This measure, which is less widely used, adds up all of the incomes of the people surveyed and divides that figure by the number of people counted.

The ecommerce market in Israel has grown by 25 % a year in the past three years, and is now estimated at NIS 7 billion, making up 6 % of the total Israeli retail market, according to figures of the Israeli Credit Insurance Company.

Only about 60 per cent of Air Canada's flights pulled up to the gate within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival times in 2012, according to figures tracked by the website FlightStats — that's one of the worst records among major international airlines.

When rent, health care, cellphone bills and other costs previously borne by mom and dad gobble up paychecks, figuring out how to handle the rest of your cash is hard.

Just as we have a mission in early retirement to figure out what we want to do when we grow up, and to adventure more, we also have a mission to be more charitable, both by volunteering and by giving money directly to important causes.

-- You can convince your VCs of reviewing on a monthly base only those metrics that will measure progress more accurately at this stage, instead of all the financial data which is not relevant — You can set up the right financial systems / software to help measure basic financial information, and allow your VC access to additional financial figures every quarter or by request If none of these work: — You can try convincing your VC of using the right metrics as well as the financial ones, and to be measured by a mix of both — You can hire a seasoned part - time CFO who can at least free you of the hurdle of putting the numbers together

When breaking down funding figures by continent, Asia dominated in 2015, raising more than both Europe and North America combined thanks to 5 mega-rounds of $ 100M +, including 3 to Ele.me which ended up raising a cumulative $ 2.23 B in 2015, as well as the previously mentioned Womai and Grofers Series C rounds.

Major construction industry figures have warned about a the risk of a real estate bubble, particularly in eastern Bulgaria in the next few years, according to a reports followed up by Sofia News Agency, Novinite.

McDonald's expects that margin figure to climb to the mid-40s by 2019 as the company continues selling off its locations to bring the percentage of franchised stores up to 95 % from 85 % at the start of 2017.