Sentences with phrase «high driven by»

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This increase was driven by the High Performance Materials and Industrial Specialties divisions.

The vibrant global marketplace of today, increasingly driven by daily technological advancements, is constantly forcing marketers and advertisers to evolve their strategies for achieving higher sales, and currently the most valuable skill to possess relates to content marketing.

Barely - there interest rates, made possible by unconventional monetary policy since the last recession, have driven investors into dividend - paying products, and that has pushed P / Es higher.

The price of oil has risen to its highest since late 2014 this month, driven by concern over the potential for disruption to Iranian crude flows, but analysts say the degree of uncertainty hanging over the deal means the market is extremely sensitive to any developments.

«Prices are being driven up by tight supply due to high production outages in Venezuela plus the...

Companies can now drive loyalty, and therefore higher lifetime retention and value, by leveraging convenience with even further granularity of access to products or information or both, giving specific customers specifically what they want every time, in a way that caters to their product preferences (and possibly their belief system).

Not only will it communicate a higher level of professionalism for your company, it will also promote your company's domain name and drive some extra traffic to the website simply by people seeing your domain name in your email address.

As the nickel price continues its upward trajectory driven by the clean energy revolution for power storage and the rise of the electric vehicles, Poseidon remains poised to become a producer with its existing class 1 high grade nickel sulphide mine.

Adds Henry: «Across the more than 3,500 clients who hire us (and our renewal rates are typically 95 % and higher), we deliver the savings we promise by providing solutions that drive out pharmacy waste, control costs, and improve patient outcomes.»

In a report by McKinsey, staff engagement was higher than the industry standard despite profit - driven bonuses being lower.

Global stocks have pushed to new highs, outdoing previous records set in 2015, driven by strong economic data in the U.S. and comments by the Federal Reserve on the future path of interest rates.

For Harry's, vertical integration was driven by one crucial factor: There are only a few manufacturers in the world that can make what it sells — high - end razor blades — at scale.

The revenue growth was driven by favorable price and high - teens growth in electronics, which offset the impact of order choppiness.

Oil prices have risen this month to their highest since late 2014, driven by concern over potential disruptions to Iranian crude flows.

Commenting on the Company's first quarter results, Ryder Chairman and CEO Robert Sanchez said, «Our results were at the high - end of our expectations in the first quarter, driven by stronger than expected results in our rental, supply chain, and dedicated businesses.

Increasingly, that growth will be driven by millennials, the oldest of whom have lifted the annual birthrate for women 30 to 34 to the highest level since 1964, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The city's efforts to position itself as a hub of the global high - tech entrepreneurial community will be showcased this week with its five - day Digital Life Design (DLD) festival, driven by the mission to create a network of innovation, digital prospects, science and culture.

Emerging evidence makes it clear that the installation of software to defeat emissions controls was not the result of some rogue operation — it was driven by decisions made by the company's top engineers and approved at the highest levels.

Ford tuned the Edge ST to compensate for its high ride by «managing the all - wheel drive system and electronically creating a little bit of sportiness without getting ourselves into any issues on the center of gravity,» Nair said.

The whole concept of inversion, and the simpler relocation of smaller firms» HQs, is driven by one simple desire — to avoid America's corporate tax rate which headlines at 35 per cent, which is the highest corporate tax rate in the industrialized world.

Poor performance and high fees drove money out of the money managers» funds by about $ 70 billion last year, the biggest drop since 2009, according to data tracker HFR.

Joint research by Harvard Business Review Analytics and EY's Beacon Institute shows that companies focusing on purpose to drive performance see higher profitability.

LONDON, April 23 - Aluminium rose back towards last week's seven - year high on Monday, driven by concerns that U.S. sanctions on Russian producer UC Rusal could disrupt supply.

«Those terminated were generally the highest paid in their position,» this person said, suggesting that the firings were driven by cost - cutting.

«Hence, the fear of deflation driven by an acute oil price collapse receded, allowing bond yields to move higher,» he added.

For instance, an initiative known as «should - cost» has effectively driven down the high price of many programs by requiring managers to determine what a given program or piece of a program should cost and then set targets for fitting the program into its cost paradigm.

Stronger sales were driven by slightly softer prices, especially at the high end, as sellers became more realistic about prices.

The motivation behind buying a luxury or high performance car is strongly driven by factors such as design, hand - crafted interiors, personalisation and performance.

The trend is being driven in part by the recent success of high - profile tech transfers.

In some verticals like coffee and tea, the proportion driven by the «vital few» was higher and in the 80 percent plus range, and in some verticals like retail it was slightly lower, but the principle of the vital few remained remarkably consistent across all verticals: A relatively smaller percentage of customers drove the vast majority of visits and thus revenue for these small businesses.

Munster said that while he expects the company to sell around 57 million iPhones for the quarter, he also expects the company to issue guidance that is 1 percent higher for the June quarter, which would be driven by strengthened iPhone sales and an early take on Apple Watch sales.

The top beneficiary of the Trump rally so far has been the banking industry, with bets driven by the potential for higher lending rates and stronger economic growth in the coming months, not to mention the president - elect's pledge to reject any new financial regulations.

When Ziyaee finds a place with a higher bonus, he will either try to contact people from that area online, or by physically driving there, depending on distance.

Inflation in the UK has shot up in recent months — hitting 2.9 % in May — driven higher by the slump in the value of the pound since Britain voted to leave the EU.

A low multiple means that investors aren't expecting their gains to flow from rapidly rising profits, driven by reinvesting earnings at high rates of return — Warren Buffett's ideal.

Najarian sees the passage of the GOP tax package as a potential catalyst to drive the Alabama - based regional bank «into the high teens» by the calls» January expiration.

U.S. stock indexes surged Thursday, with the Dow rallying over 400 points, driven higher by reassurances from the Federal Reserve that it won't imminently raise interest rates.

TORONTO, Jan 3 - Canada's main stock index notched its highest - ever close on Wednesday, boosted by a jump in shares of BlackBerry Ltd after it announced a self - driving deal with China's Baidu and by sharp gains for several marijuana producers.

On the eve of the U.K. government beginning the official process of leaving the European Union, sterling moved slightly higher against the dollar to trade at $ 1.2557 — mainly driven by a weaker dollar.

Non-GAAP EPS increased 10 percent to $ 3.47 driven by higher product sales, a lower tax rate and lower weighted - average shares outstanding.

TORONTO, Jan 3 - Canada's main stock index hit a fresh all - time high on Wednesday, boosted by a jump in shares of BlackBerry Ltd after it announced a self - driving deal with China's Baidu and by sharp gains for several marijuana producers.

The Company generated $ 2.6 billion of free cash flow in the first quarter of 2018 versus $ 2.2 billion in the first quarter of 2017 driven by higher net income.

LONDON, May 1 - BP's profits surged in the first three months of the year to their highest since mid-2014, driven by a recovery in oil and gas prices and rapid growth in production.

GAAP earnings per share (EPS) increased 16 percent to $ 3.25 driven by higher product sales, a lower tax rate and lower weighted - average shares outstanding.

While higher coal - energy prices are expected to drive innovation in the cleantech sector, many small businesses and consumers will likely be hurt by the higher energy bills in the short term, says Blumberg.

Our standard of living is high by global standards, so it's tempting to conclude we haven't suffered unduly thus far through our heavy reliance on the natural resources industry to drive our economy.

The report said the primary upward pressure on inflation was driven by higher costs for air transportation, gasoline and restaurants.

The company's annual profit hit a record high of 555 billion yen in the year to March 2009, driven by Wii sales.

TORONTO, Jan 3 (Reuters)- Canada's main stock index hit a fresh all - time high on Wednesday, boosted by a jump in shares of BlackBerry Ltd after it announced a self - driving deal with China's Baidu and by sharp gains for several marijuana producers.

«Within our new Environmental Services segment, incinerator utilization in the first quarter was seasonally strong at 87 %, while landfill volumes rose 58 % from the same period a year ago, driven by a large project and higher base business,» McKim said.