Sentences with phrase «from flat profits»

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Achievement of these goals was considered by the HRC as very challenging, even aggressive, given the expected modest economic growth for 2007 for the financial services industry, the impact and duration of the on - going flat / inverted yield curve (meaning short - term interest rates that are virtually equal to or exceed long - term interest rates, thus lowering profit margins for financial services companies that borrow cash at short - term rates and lend at long - term rates), potentially higher credit losses, fewer available high - quality, high - yielding loans and investment opportunities, and a consumer shift from non-interest to interest - bearing deposits.

Profits of the farm sector as a whole continued to recover from the effects of drought, while mining profits were flat in the December quarter 2003, following falls in the previous three quProfits of the farm sector as a whole continued to recover from the effects of drought, while mining profits were flat in the December quarter 2003, following falls in the previous three quprofits were flat in the December quarter 2003, following falls in the previous three quarters.

After enjoying a period of very strong performance, the shares of health care companies fell by more than 40 percent in value from the beginning of 1992 through the summer of 1993 (while the market was flat) as investors feared lower health care profits from proposals of broad nationalization and increased regulation.

In FedEx's latest quarter, profit was flat from a year ago.

UK convenience food group Northern Foods has reported flat full year underlying profit of # 39.2 m on revenue slightly ahead from # 975.2 m to # 977.0 m.

He claimed more than # 10,000 to redecorate his London flat, 11 miles away from his main home, before selling it and making # 30,000 in profit.

Under - fire communities secretary Hazel Blears says she understands public «hatred» of the parliamentary expenses system after admitting she did not pay capital gains tax on profit from the sale of a London flat.

And as The Bookseller editor Philip Jones writes in his column on the «Profits From Publishing» debate, «In a flat market, the more authors who are published, the less each will receive,» and — another dependable reality --» the big books still bail out the rest.»

The mini industry of publishing short books to profit from the KU flat rate after just a few pages were read has been hammered by the move while many other authors with longer books (mainly genre fiction) seem pleasantly surprised by the new deal.

A straddle seller expects the equity to stay flat and have enough profit from one side to offset the loss from the other leg.

A flatter yield curve makes profits from these transactions tougher to come by.

They mentioned how sales might perhaps tripled in five or ten years, but core business profit growth (excluding deal - making trading profits) might remain flat or even decline, and a key reason (from a simple cost perspective) is that Selling, General and Administrative (SG&A) cost, thought by many to be a «fixed» or at least a «semi-fixed» cost, had increased even faster than sales.

Bond Dickinson's average profit per equity partner (PEP) has dropped 4 % from # 275,000 to # 265,000, as turnover remained flat at # 104m for 2016 - 17.

Nabarro, which expects profits per equity partner (PEP) rise 10.5 % to # 475,000, posted broadly flat turnover, up 0.3 % from 2012 - 13 to # 116.7 m.

If money is earned some way other than by racking up billable hours, then lawyers could be free to find new — perhaps faster — ways to perform tasks in order to get the most profit from a flat fee, for example.

I'm assuming the record label collects mechanical royalties and profits from the sale of the album - do they usually give a flat fee or a percentage of sales (or both) to the orchestra?