Sentences with phrase «gain points by»

Rules like these make it easier for managers to evaluate resumes and conduct side - by - side comparisons, and they also make it easy for applicants to gain points by demonstrating experience with established business traditions.

Usually I gain points by signing up and buying a product or service.

You gain points by eating apples as they appear on screen.

You gain points by collecting green orbs (which also add 5 secs to your clock) and passing through blue rings until you crash.

Lara can gain points by slaying foes, gathering pelts and berries, finding collectibles, completing missions and more.

On said levels - some which resemble pool tables or soccer fields - you will gain points by pushing the balls into a select area and continuing that way.

FlatOut 4 delivers a good number of game modes too: by racing variations you've got the pure race mode, the assault mode where guns become available to make the race even chaotic, the carnage mode in which you gain points by causing as much damage as possible, and two variations of time attack.

You now automatically gain points by doing nothing, letting you reach the max score without moving a muscle:

MGO3 - tucked inside The Phantom Pain - allows players to gain points by attaching Fulton balloons to their foes.

I am absolutely astounded that Woolas (who seems to be among the most reactionary ministers - unless it's just what every minister becomes when they get the migration brief) thinks applicants should gain points by joining political parties.

When I started using the app, I was classed as Beginner and gained points by reading monument files, checking in to places, taking photos, recommending places, etc..

Not exact matches

Political analyst Boban Stojanovic believes the publicity given to convicted war criminals is a ploy by the ruling party to «gain some political points» ahead of the vote.

Make a six figure income by gaining clients and providing marketing services with proven results at a competitive price point.

His last open letter to shareholders makes the point clearly about investing in creating value — «Berkshire's gain in net worth during 2016 was $ 27.5 billion, which increased the per - share book value of both our Class A and Class B stock by 10.7 %.

The graphics - chip maker's stock price has exploded 95 % higher since then, the biggest gain in the S&P 500 by almost 30 percentage points.

At Wednesday's Iconic Tour in Los Angeles, presented by Inc. and CNBC, Hawk pointed out that gaining fame from skateboarding was never something he set out to do.

With that cheeky introduction by host Carlos Watson, the PBS debate show Point Taken last night dove headlong into the fractious debate of salary transparency that has been gaining steam of late, especially as a way to bridge widening wage gaps based on gender, race, and social class.

The S&P / TSX composite index gained 29.15 points to 12,696.37 as Valeant Pharmaceuticals (TSX: VRX) confirmed that it plans to expand its eye - care business by buying Bausch and Lomb for US$ 8.7 billion in cash.

Maybank - KimEng said both companies likely needed the deal to gain access to «a bigger playground,» noting Geely's potential in China was capped by moderate growth and Malaysian auto sales appeared to have hit a saturation point.

Those worried about potential security threats posed by Chinese investments in sensitive areas (such as high - tech, communications, and energy) point to Beijing's declared strategy of «going out» to gain technology and resource security as grounds for scrutinizing Chinese investments.

As widely expected by the markets, the Fed raised interest rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday and upgraded its economic outlook, saying that economic activity and jobs gains had been strong in recent months.

If I use the elasticity (price gains with respect to wage growth) from the full sample, the model predicts inflation hitting 2.8 % by the end of 2019; if I limit the sample to the 1980s, when the elasticity was at its highest, prices hit 3.7 % at the end of 2019, before which point the Fed would surely slam on the brakes.

Forecast: Digital Advertising Pulling Away From TV on Global Basis New research from Zenith forecasts big gains for global digital ad revenue, increasing a lead built last year and pointing towards a 44.6 percent share of total ad revenue by 2020.

Mr. Rosenberg also pointed to last October's announcement by Finance Minister Bill Morneau that sales of a principal residence must be reported on one's tax return, whether or not tax is owed on the gain.

Still, Trump's lousy tariff idea is surely motivated by our persistent deficits in steel and aluminum, a point I thought was missing from this otherwise useful article in the AMs WaPo on US productivity gains in steel.

The Labor Department also revised the state's job gain in January to 14,800 jobs, up from an earlier estimate of nearly 13,000, a point emphasized by the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation.

True, the Dow gained over 100 points, but new lows outpaced new highs by nearly 10 - to - 1, the Nasdaq fell, and utilities sunk to a new low.

In other words, equity dividends are higher by a third of a percentage points than quality bond yields, and that's before the dividend tax credit and before any capital gains.

And so every time the market went up, people piled into that fund, when market went down, they pile out, when the fund outperformed, they piled in, when the fund underperformed they piled out and they took that 18 percent annual gain when the market was flat so that's great on an annualized basis over 10 year period to beat the market by 18 points, but for outside investors, they went in and out so badly that the average investor on a dollar weighted basis lost 11 percent a year and --

Of the funds, the Highland Energy MLP Fund has had the best absolute performance through August 25, with year - to - date returns of 18.64 %, but these gains actually fall short of the category average by 0.21 percentage points.

Gains in the Fab Five have contributed a total of 30 index points to the benchmark index this year through Wednesday, more than the 21 points that the S&P 500 added as a whole, data compiled by Bloomberg show.

Case in point: Last week utility stocks, as measured by the Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Index, managed to buck the broader selling and post a small gain, according to numbers via Bloomberg.

Just by signing up, you'll instantly gain access to hundreds of deals on travel, shopping, home service providers and more, all while earning extra points by paying rent with your favorite rewards credit card.

Volume / mix increased 0.1 percentage points, primarily reflecting gains from innovation in Lunchables and P3, whitespace expansion in foodservice and gains in coffee that were offset by lower shipments of ready - to - drink beverages, bacon and frozen nutritional meals.

If you first grow and then rebalance to more yield returning investments, you will have to realize your gains at some point along the way... I assume ideally you would prefer to do that in a slow and steady process after retirement, but when you deal with growth stocks you might also want to protect your gains by setting stop losses which could then create a huge taxable event on some random Friday morning...

Excluding our handset business, high velocity is performing very well, as evidenced by year over year gains in set - top box, point of sale, printing, and automotive.

Volume / mix increased 0.8 percentage points driven by strong consumption gains in condiments and sauces and gains in foodservice that were partially offset by shipment timing versus the prior year period as well as ongoing consumption weakness in Italy.

Volume / mix decreased 0.8 percentage points as the benefit from a shift in Easter - related sales as well as gains in frozen, macaroni and cheese, and condiments and sauces were more than offset by select distribution losses in cheese and meats as well as lower shipments in foodservice.

January's big gains sent the ETF higher by more than 6 % at its best point, and many investors predicted even better times ahead for the fund thanks to positive impacts from U.S. tax reform and strong corporate fundamentals.

Following an interest - rate hike by the Mexican central bank, the Mexican peso saw substantial gains as the quarter - point increase satisfied market expectations.

Stocks stayed in a narrow range, holding on to a better - than 100 - point gain posted by the blue chips by late morning, until about 3:00 P.M., when the market began to drift lower.

Underscoring the mixed - to - lower tone that emerged over the course of the day — not only was the NASDAQ off by nearly 50 points at its nadir — but the small - cap Russell 2000 had turned down by more than a full percentage points, as well, as losing stocks held a strong lead over gaining issues throughout.

«Recently, evidence points at VantageScore gaining traction in consumer lending and, by extension, in structured finance.»

FHA mortgage rates tend to beat conventional mortgage rates by 15 basis points (0.15 %) or so, and this may look like a better deal, but price gains made on an FHA mortgage rate can be quickly gobbled up by the cost of FHA mortgage insurance.

On Wednesday it soared almost by 300 points, and repeated this gain on Thursday, setting a DJIA record!

I agree with your point that there's nothing to be gained by being overly specific.

Another way of making this point is to calculate the average capital gains received by tax - filers at different income levels (a figure which can be derived from the Table 204-0001 data).

The FTSE 100 snapped its short but significant run of gains from the first half of the week to decline by 8.12 points, 0.1 percent, to close at 6504.96.

September's retail sales numbers were inflated by hurricane - related gains, but even allowing for these one - offs, this and other reports pointed to a very strong final month for third - quarter consumer spending.

Those in Texas raised their credit rating by 32 points, for a 5.2 percent gain.