Sentences with phrase «gains in points»

Some reward travelers overlook these programs because they look like small gains in points compared to applying for a new credit card with 30,000 miles for signing up.

Not much change this month in the screenplay categories from last month; Adapted Screenplay has the same top 6 and in the same order with Wonderstruck holding a commanding lead but Call Me Your Name is still strong and Lean on Pete gains in points.

The result, a 29 percent gain in points per minute and a 37 percent drop in turnovers per game when he sleeps an adequate amount of hours (Huffington Post).

G = Gain in points if successful L = Loss in points if unsuccessful C = Chance of success in % Y = Time of holding in years P = Current Price

Not exact matches

Yet, once a letter of intent is in hand, many business owners seek counsel to cut through these complexities and gain prescriptive, salient action points to guide them all the way to the closing and for a time afterward.

The Australian share market has closed at its highest level in six weeks, wrapping up April with a run of gains that has added 230 points to the benchmark index since March.

For example, ComScore reported that in June 2013, its core search market share fell 0.5 percentage points to 11.4 percent — while Bing gained the same amount and Google controlled nearly 67 percent of the market.

After it hit 14,000 at the height of the housing bubble in 2007 — less than three months after passing 13,000 — the Dow wouldn't gain another 1,000 points until six years later, in May 2013.

Name a major company in the sector and chances are it's posted an eye - catching tumble — or in some instances, gain — at some point this year.

Even so, there is more venture for women, and the women's entrepreneurial ecosystem is gaining traction, as angel investor Kelly Hoey points out in Inc..

The «You Earned It» tool, which ordinarily lets team members reward coworkers with points that can be redeemed for goods or prizes, is now offering their employees the power to give up their gains in favor of company donations to relief efforts in both Dallas and Houston.

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.

In other words, since December 2015, it has gained 62 basis points, while the three - month yield has gained 174 basis points.

«For sure, the priorities are immigration, the control of borders, of Europe, (the issue of) cultural identities and the understanding of how the Italian society should move ahead in a globalized world,» Terzi di Sant «Agata said, following the Italian election result which pointed to a hung parliament where no one party or coalition gained a majority of the vote that would allow it to govern alone.

But BHP executives point out that the benefits gained from the construction and operation of Saskatchewan's first new potash mine in four decades could offset the negative implications of deferred tax payments.

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.

In Australia, the ASX 200 gained 42.80 points, or 0.72 percent, to 5,953.6, with all sectors gaining.

The 30 - stock average is now up more than 5,000 points in a year, marking its biggest annual - points gain ever.

«The tools they gain and the opportunities they earn permanently break the cycles of drug - use, incarceration, and poverty for them and their families, for life,» O'Donnell said in a statement to Business Insider, pointing us to some research outlined on The Doe Fund's website:

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.

As the International Buiness Times points out, recent studies «found that disrupted sleep schedules of six - hour bouts decreased metabolism in volunteers, which could translate to annual weight gain of 10 pounds.»

Prior to the market correction, which has reduced Tesla's 2018 gain to about 3 % ahead of earnings, there was no real major dip, so you could argue that the staggering losses and the capital obliteration — over $ 1 billion per quarter at his point — are, well, somehow rationally priced in.

Their departure means gains for technology hubs in other countries, such as Brazil, China, and India, the report points out.

As Dobbin and Kalev point out, «Black men have barely gained ground in corporate management since 1985.

Wolfers's point about Obama and Trump stands even if you look at the percentage gains in the Dow under the six most recent presidents, though Trump either out - performs or slightly under - performs George HW Bush depending which index you use.

Partner with thought leaders in your industry to gain first - person points of view on ways to connect with and develop relationships with Latinas.

The former more closely - watched data have pointed to steady and healthy job gains in 2015 while the latter indicator has struggled to post even negligible growth.

Dec 1 (Reuters)- U.S. stock futures pointed to a reversal of some of this week's gains for Wall Street on Friday as a delay in voting on a Republican tax overhaul kept investors on edge about its passage.

Dec 1 - U.S. stock futures pointed to a reversal of some of this week's gains for Wall Street on Friday as a delay in voting on a Republican tax overhaul kept investors on edge about its passage.

The old Wall Street cliche «sell in May and go away» hasn't applied in recent years, and futures were pointing to gains ahead of the first session of May 2017.

Avon gained only 1.1 percentage points of share in the direct - selling industry during the same time frame, with 11.4 % of the market in 2011.

The Australian bourse has clocked up its best two - day gain in over 33 years after the market closed four per cent higher, following the biggest point gain ever on Wall Street and news of the federal government's $ 10.4 billion economic stimulus package.

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.

U.S. stock futures are sharply higher in early trading, after Thursday's 421 - point surge for the Dow surge, which added to big gains in the prior session and chalked up a 4.2 % two - day rally for the index — its biggest two - day percent gain since November 2011.

Fed forecasts in March pointed to two rate rises in 2016, but a sharp slowdown in U.S. job gains in May and the prospect that Britain could vote next week to leave the EU have added to doubts about the economic outlook.

Case in point: Rothstein, 43, gained Nordstrom as a client due partly to the resources she accessed through WBENC.

Year - over-year, Windows Phone's share of the U.S. smartphone market rose to 4.1 percent from 2.7 percent; in Great Britain, it rose to 6.7 percent from 3 percent; in Australia, it rose to 3.4 percent from 1.7 percent; and, in Italy, it posted a gain of 7.7 percentage points, rising to 13.1 percent from 5.4 percent.

«If this was a straightforward guide to business success and personal growth,» Harford writes late in the book, «this would be the point at which the author would urge you to use the principles of adapting to gain wealth and success.

For example, between 2000 and 2009, Korea posted a 15 - point gain in reading on the OECD's PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) while Canada posted a 10 - point decline.

One of the keys to gaining consistent referrals is identifying and addressing all the customer touch points — steps in the customer life cycle that lead them to believe that your organization is one they can trust, buy from and eventually refer.

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.

President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner are unlikely to reverse several scheduled tax increases, including the 0.9 percentage point increase in the Medicare tax rate on wages and salaries of more than $ 200,000 for single filers ($ 250,000 for married filers); a 3.8 percent Medicare tax on unearned income of higher income filers; and an increase in the capital gains tax rate.

Van Dreunen says the challenge Nintendo faces is in gaining vertical control, where Miitomo operates as a single point of entry for games played across mobile, console, and handheld devices.

But Tabarrok is correct in pointing out that having such narrow options for gaining marketable skills is lousy for many students, lousy for many employers and lousy for the economy as a whole.

He pointed out the linkage between quality, productivity, and potential gains in market share.

«We do strongly feel that there's significant opportunity for us to gain more share through the launch of more mass appeal devices in the category... most importantly all at the right price point.»

Siegel thinks that earnings per share can grow about half a point faster than nominal GDP — in the 5 % range including inflation — chiefly because of big gains in the technology sector.

Lead researcher Andrew Oswald points out that companies like Google that invest in initiatives to increase employee support and satisfaction realize productivity gains up to 37 % in the real world.

Reports of earnings gains surged 11 points in January and hasn't gone down since.