Sentences with phrase «hit his benchmarks for»

Fiscal watchdogs have questioned this practice, but the Cuomo administration has countered their claims by noting it hit its benchmark for five consecutive years.

But that means the real estate market will go six months without the abatement, which will likely set back affordable housing construction, and thus make it harder for the mayor to hit his benchmarks for 2016.

Not exact matches

The tech - laden Nasdaq index has hit the 5,000 benchmark for the first time in 15 years.

Brent crude, the global benchmark, hit its highest since OPEC on Nov. 27, 2014 turned its back on curbing output to support prices, a move that triggered a battle for market share and helped deepen a collapse to $ 27 in early 2016.

The yield on the benchmark 10 - year Treasury note hit the key psychological level of 3 percent Tuesday for the first time since January 2014.

Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, rose to $ 70.37 on Monday, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude reached $ 64.89 on Tuesday, both hitting more than three - year highs.

U.S. government debt yields continued their upward climb Wednesday, with the rate on the 10 - year Treasury note edging above the 3 percent benchmark it hit Tuesday for the first time since 2014.

NEW YORK, April 25 (Reuters)- The dollar hit a four - month high on Wednesday, boosted by the benchmark U.S. Treasury yield, which continued its rise after breaking through 3 percent on Tuesday for the first time in four years.

Leading market benchmarks hit new highs in July, generating interest in small - cap stocks and low - priced securities for August, according to the Investopedia penny stocks to watch for August.

The benchmark 10 - yr yield, for instance, finished at 2.95 % on Thursday — which is about eight basis points below the more than four - year high it hit last week.

Leading market benchmarks hit new highs in July, generating interest in small - cap stocks and low - priced securities for August, according to the Investopedia penny stocks to watch...

It came as Caltex posted a 21 per cent increase in benchmark profit for the first half to $ 307 million and reassured investors that it is well on the way to replacing an expected $ 150 million hit to earnings from the looming loss of a large supply contract with Woolworths.

Suggesting that if the deal between sponsor and the franchise was that «If X thousand jerseys are sold...» then the Pistons hit a new benchmark for ad - revenue.

Those exposed to more than one language will often hit these benchmarks around the same time for each language.

New York also promised to tie student performance on state exams to teacher evaluations in its application for a waiver from No Child Left Behind, legislation under President George W. Bush that requires states to hit certain performance benchmarks on standardized tests.

She also hit a new benchmark over the weekend, hosting Saturday Night Live for the very first time and becoming one of only 12 black women to host the show in over 40 years.

Alien and Blade Runner are rightly regarded as two of the best but his revisit to the Alien world with Prometheus didn't hit the high benchmark he had set for himself.

Policies like top - down accountability, No - Child - Left - Behind style, are «hard,» but they have a «thin» theory of change — namely that if we set standards and hold people accountable for meeting them, they will figure out how to hit those benchmarks.

Here's the deal: Tennessee schools were held accountable under NCLB for hitting TCAP benchmarks.

The percentage of Hispanic students hitting the literacy benchmark by grade three increased from 63 to 73 percent, English Language Learners jumped from 68 to 75 percent and students eligible for free and reduced lunch rose from 57 to 67 percent from 2014 - 15 to 2015 - 16.

For example, STEP reading assessments revealed that just 19 percent of students entering in the fall hit literacy benchmarks.

There's just one problem: The federal government has not (yet) penalized a single district for failing to hit the 95 % benchmark.

As for McLaren's current cars, the British company says a 12C coupe hits 60 mph in 3.1 seconds and also tops out at 207 mph, while the P1 rockets to the benchmark in 2.8 seconds and is electronically limited to 217 mph.

Since then, several high - powered, yet low - consumption models hit the street, some of them being benchmarks for the whole industry (read our review of the unbelievable Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo here).

Word has it that the R50 will be able to hit 60 mph in about two seconds, a never - before - seen benchmark for road - legal cars.

Yes, mine too, the overheat issue is a big problem for this, it can hit about 14000 in antutu benchmark, which is not bad, but when I play HD movie with the MX player useing the software decoded, (if you use hardware decode it won't use CPU peformance too much, but in this case I do it on purposes cause I want to try how good is this one) after a while, maybe 20 minutes....

In addition to top rankings on several bestseller lists, the children's book depicting Colton's trip, «Heaven Is for Real for Kids,» has hit a new benchmark: # 1 on the children's picture books list of the New York -LSB-...]

The iPad has been around for a year, so the benchmark for a hit tablet was not exactly a mystery.

The official Asus webpage for the Transformer Prime went live today, and you can take a peek at a comparison collection with the iPhone 4 and the DROID RAZR, then be sure to hit up the official announcement post for the Transformer Prime, and of course some pre-release benchmarks which place this device right at the top of the power stack.

But even the 620 score benchmark that's common among VA lenders can be difficult to hit for some veterans, service members and military families.

Since 2008, ClearCircle's been hit by a reduction in waste volumes, volatile & declining benchmark metal prices (even iron ore pricing is relevant, as a raw material input for steel), and a decline in margins as market competition's intensified.

First, venues that want to earn the business of planet - conscious planners now have a clear set of benchmarks to hit, creating financial incentives for an industry - wide shift toward sustainability.

The Dell managed to hit 50 FPS in the OpenGL benchmark, a result that indicates the system is well suited for the task, though it doesn't have a ton of performance to spare.

The screen hit a contrast ratio of 680:1 on our benchmark tests, which is great for a laptop.

Intel's Navin Shenoy released the results of several benchmarks done internally, and the performance hit from the deeply rooted processor problem disclosed by Google researchers is mercifully small for modern chips.

Most major laptop manufacturers — ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc. — also have a focus on pre-built desktop PCs for those who don't have time to shop around for parts or those who just don't need to be hitting any benchmarks.

If you are one for Benchmark scores, the iPhone 8 Plus has clearly hit all the competition out of the ballpark.

Reuters NEW YORK Oil prices edged lower on Friday after hitting a three - year high the previous day, but the benchmarks remained on track for a fourth straight week of gains.

We can pretty much take for granted how a phone at $ 200, $ 500, and $ 1000 will both look and perform; we can reasonably expect certain benchmarks to be hit (not, like, speed benchmarks but actual qualities).

In this role, I was responsible for making sure I and the rest of the team hit our monthly benchmarks.

, I being a diligent worker who meets and exceeds expectations As Television And Radio, I was responsible for making sure I and the rest of the team hit our monthly benchmarks.