Sentences with phrase «higher numbers this time»

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Democrats likely look at the comparative numbers and crow that they are «winning» because their ratings have been higher than those of the Republicans, and for a longer time.

«I bootstrapped with a laptop and my brain, and I brought [the company] up to really high revenue numbers» — $ 65 million a year by the time she sold it, says Roth.

He hires a bunch of economists and finance gurus to run the numbers on prospective deals while he spends more time talking because he receives a higher return for public appearances (and continues to increase the value of his «brand»).

SmartAsset looked at the median earnings for full - time working women, as well as the number of women with high - level degrees and those who own businesses.

But with the S&P 500 surging to 1,560, just 5 points from its all - time high, Parker has finally felt compelled to revise that number.

He also said that the number of requested rides and Lyft's total revenue was five times higher in 2014 than in 2013, however, he did not disclose exact figures, according to the report.

For a retailer with scant discounting and zero debt, Nasty Gal has racked up some seriously drool - worthy numbers: international sales of $ 128 million in 2012, four times higher than the year before; 535,000 Facebook fans; 420,000 Instagram subscribers; 68,000 Twitter followers; and more than 2 million monthly unique visitors to the website in September 2012.

... This means that there are multiple «active» token numbers for each customer at any given time,» Hursti said, adding that he recalls a tokenization trial for «black cards» for high net worth cardholders that resulted in each user having «thousands of active numbers issued to them at any given time.»

But at the same time, there have been a number of high - profile scams in the space.

Western Australians opted to spend their free time travelling within the state last year, with Rottnest Island visitor numbers reaching their highest on record between July and December.

Other research puts this number as high as 150 times per day.

If there are a high number of technical questions that require a lot of time to answer, your customer support isn't sufficiently optimized yet.

It's not surprising that the city had the highest number of $ 5 million home listings, with 1,153 at the time the data was collected.

As for the number of homes priced $ 5 million or higher, the area had 12 listed at the time the research was collected.

At the time, the company was already riding high after a number of proprietary software deployments.

The higher the number of connections we have, the less time we have to tend to those relationships.

Not because I have no aspiration, motivation or intelligence... but for the opposite... because in a few months» time, like a great number of people I work with, I will be going back into higher education.»

The New York Times spoke to a number of experts on the topic, who cited social changes — such as higher divorce rates — and the economic downturn as possible reasons for the increase in suicide rates overall.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

While demand for cranberries is at its highest this time of the year, the number of cranberries in inventories by September was large enough to satisfy consumption numbers, Bloomberg reported.

Though Tesla may seem like a perfect fit for a country with the second - highest number of millionaires in the world, as well as a notorious smog problem, many owners in China complain of being unable to find charging stations, according to The New York Times.

The same goes for «thrive under pressure;» we test that by acknowledging and at the same time telling people, «We're going to ask you, in the next ten minutes, to answer x number of questions, just to see can you maintain a high - quality bar while getting through this?

The show's popularity grew this season as the number of designers showing their Spring 2013 collections there hit an all - time high with more than 30 present.

The early months of 2015 proved a difficult time for the relationship between Indonesia and Australia, with the bond between the two countries and neighbours strained over a number of high - profile incidents.

There are only a few rules but there are a lot of potential moves that can be played at any one time — the figure is considerably higher than the number of atoms in the universe.

At the same time, the number of traditionally published business books has plummeted, from a high of 66,508 in 2013 to 35,233 last year.

Brian Modoff, an analyst with Deustche Bank Securities, said he's lost count of the number of times someone has tried to generate interest in a higher bid for BlackBerry, and remains unconvinced that the value of its shares will rise to Watsa's $ 9 valuation.

The 104.7 March reading, down from 107.6 in February, remains among the highest in survey history and for the first time since 1982, taxes received the fewest number of votes as the number one problem.

The original stories in the Guardian and the New York Times reported that in 2014 more than 50 million Facebook users had their information harvested for use by Cambridge Analytica, but in its blog post Wednesday, Facebook clarified that the actual number of affected users is much higher.

While the number of branches has declined to 2.9 per 10,000 people, from 3.4 in the late eighties, the per - capita figure is still higher than at any time before 1977, according to the research.

The combination of a high number of bearish distribution days and sudden weakness in leadership stocks has forced our proprietary timing model out of its two - month old «Buy» mode as of the November 6 close (details of the newly updated trading signal are restricted to actual Wagner Daily subscribers).

Appetite for riskier assets such as stocks and high - yield bonds has been suppressed by a number of factors that have come up around the same time, but the headwinds may be transitory, according to the New York - based investment bank.

While it's still early to make a call, we'll begin testing shorter cadence cycles to reduce the number of calls a rep has to make to a somewhat unreachable audience (much lower connect rates), freeing up time and capacity to spend on higher value metrics.

It will take time for the elimination of these transfers to work themselves fully though the economy, but we are already seeing their very obvious initial impacts in the much lower GDP growth numbers, even as credit creation remains high.

While smart speakers are high - tech and can prove to be really useful in a number of scenarios, getting started can also be a bit overwhelming especially for first - time users.

I use inflation for the advanced countries because global inflation data are always affected by a small number of countries that from time to time have very high inflation or hyperinflation.

Low values like 0.3 and 0.5 tell us that the query has been decreasing in searches throughout time, and high numbers like 1.5 indicate us the opposite.

At the time, Amnesty International expressed concern about the accuracy of the data, and maintains that the true number is likely far higher.

According to recent reports by the Financial Times, China has the highest number of blockchain technology patents.

As I've said a number of times before, my goal with The Cannabist — distilled into one sentence — was to create something that avoided the blind activism of High Times and completely ditched the prohibitionist Drug War narratives that had been reported so many times before in mainstream media outtimes before, my goal with The Cannabist — distilled into one sentence — was to create something that avoided the blind activism of High Times and completely ditched the prohibitionist Drug War narratives that had been reported so many times before in mainstream media outTimes and completely ditched the prohibitionist Drug War narratives that had been reported so many times before in mainstream media outtimes before in mainstream media outlets.

(Note: Last year's numbers are based on prices at the time of the analysis, not initially approved prices, so they may be slightly higher than initial figures.)

The benchmark index SPX, -0.23 % has posted a record close 151 times so far during the latest cyclical bull market, which is about half of the number of all - time highs during the 1990 - 2000 cycle, according to Stovall, who said the high number of all - time highs is not an indication of future disappointments.

Historically, markets often need to test the key support levels a number of times before consolidating — and then moving up to the next, higher level.

The headline number for February came in at 107.6, up 0.7 from the previous month, and its second all - time highest.

At the same time, the number of job openings nationwide is approaching 6 million — the highest number recorded since the statistic started being tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2000.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

a) investing their own money alongside you, so your interests are aligned b) a stake in the company they work at i.e. it is a partnership or employee - owned c) a proven ability to outperform an index over the long - term (at least 10 years) d) reasonable charges — preferably no more than a 1 % management fee and no performance fee e) a concentrated, high conviction portfolio i.e. they do not just hug their benchmark f) a low - asset - turnover ratio i.e. they have a long - term investment horizon and rarely sell investments g) a proven ability to preserve capital during the bad times h) a stable team who have worked together for a number of years.

The number of transactions conducted daily reached an all time high.

Short - term high grade corporates have become relatively more attractive lately due to a number of technical factors, chief among them a one - time shift out of short - maturity corporate bonds as companies bring home cash held outside of the United States as a result of the recent tax act.

Dampening the impact of these factors were higher personal income tax revenues, up 13.6 % (reflecting in part the timing of receipts), and lower employment insurance benefits, down 10.7 % (reflecting a decrease in the number of unemployed).