Sentences with phrase «hit its targets on»

Because UNG came so close to hitting our target on October 1, we notified subscribers that we would be selling UNG at market on yesterday's (October 2) open.

SHOTS OFF TARGET The Basel side had more shots on goal here but failed to hit the target on more occasion while Arsenal had shots on goal in relation to their ability to hit the target more than the host as Arsenal lifted themselves up to the top of the Group A standings.

An ICBM might be able to hit a target on the other side of the globe, but they have a ten to thirty minute flight time, giving a wary opponent plenty of time to launch a return volley.

In October 2014 the U.S. Air Force's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle — 3 returned from a mission where some analysts believe it was testing technologies for hypersonic missiles — weapons capable of hitting any target on Earth within an hour — and, possibly, techniques for repairing or disabling satellites.

Yet it is precisely this first - hand element that allows his depiction of a horrendous human tragedy to hit its targets on such a gut level.

Tightens the screws on NCLB's «subgroup accountability,» requiring schools to hit targets on dozens of indicators in order to avoid stigmas and sanctions.

For the rest of the year, CRH's business was left treading water (vs. steady progress in 2011), and the stock looked like it would hit my target on a number of occasions.

This game deserves consideration thanks to a lengthy campaign, a lot of humour, an extraordinarily reasonable price, and a developer who has hit the target on what they set out to do.

Bullets can ricochet off of multiple surfaces, and before long, you'll be firing rounds into the ceiling above you to hit targets on the other side of the room.

Skill based challenges come in the form of hitting targets on the race track, completing the event within a time limit and perhaps the trickiest of them all keeping your combo meter at 100 % by continuously performing stunt combinations.

Another Link went down another cave that turned out to lead to the other side of the chasm, and there there three eye - targets over there, and he had to direct arrow Link how to shoot arrows across the chasm to hit the targets on his side.

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Most call centers motivate employees through fear, punishing them for not hitting targets or spending too long on the phone, says Daniel Cable, a professor at London Business School who has studied the industry.

Syrian air defenses activated and fired interceptor missiles during the US, UK, and France's missile strike on the country's suspected chemical weapons sites, but only two of those reportedly had a chance of hitting their targets.

The occasion for the release was the end of the Bank of Canada's latest review of whether it is on track to hit its inflation target.

The sportswear giant updated investors on Wednesday on its plans to hit $ 50 billion in sales by 2020, a target that has been met with some Wall Street skepticism.

If Neller's September vision for HIMARs holds, and the Marine Corps starts adapting TTPs for launching naval gunfire on the fly — which the Anchorage test suggests it is — then Marines can expect to find themselves engaging targets while still rocking and bobbing at sea... long before they hit the beach or fast - rope into some poor schmuck's compound.

The Houthis and allied militias loyal to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who have fired dozens of missiles into Saudi territory during a 2-1/2 year war, said on their official news agency they had launched a mid-range ballistic missile that «hit its military target with high precision».

Keep hitting the brand bullseye: Target has built a strong reputation on its ability to really connect with its consumers in a way that results in a kind of loyalty not usually associated with a place you can buy your toilet paper.

WASHINGTON / BEIRUT, April 14 (Reuters)- Air strikes by U.S., British and French forces crippled Syria's chemical weapons program and all missiles launched hit their targets, the Pentagon said on Saturday as President Donald Trump declared «Mission Accomplished.»

They say the airstrikes on Syria hit every target.

WASHINGTON / BEIRUT, April 14 - Air strikes by U.S., British and French forces crippled Syria's chemical weapons program and all missiles launched hit their targets, the Pentagon said on Saturday as President Donald Trump declared «Mission Accomplished.»

Shan thinks it could hit $ 45 over the next 12 months, while Blondeau has a $ 42 price target on the company.

It's hard to put an exact time on it, but I do think we can still hit the Paris Agreement's target of net zero emissions by the second half of this century.

Nowhere near as sophisticated as things are today, geo - targeting allowed marketing companies to hit a general area (usually a town, county or city) and drill down to the right people in that area using data mined from cookies, so, for example, farmers within driving distance of one of the many Springfields across our great land would get ads from the local Agway there telling them when there was a sale on farmer stuff.

That kit turns the shell in to a semi-precision-guided munition that, on average, will hit within 100 feet of the target when fired from the M - 777's maximum range.

The Russian newspaper Kommersant reported on Wednesday that the US would give the Russian military a list of targets it intends to hit.

But the placement of the 1990s AOL logo on a T - shirt — with a $ 45 sticker price — seems to have hit a nerve, whether it be the exorbitant price for a simple gray t - shirt or a t - shirt with the exorbitant price of a company that Urban Outfitters» current target demographic is probably unfamiliar with beyond seeing You've Got Mail.

While the bank isn't seeking to hit a specific target at the moment, it is hoping to increase its percentage of LGBT employees, which it plans to track on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.

COO Sheryl Sandberg said on her last earnings call that Facebook might take a hit: «We're going to continue to give people a personalized experience to be clear about how are using the data and give choices, and we realize that this means that some users might opt out of our ads targeting tool.

For the target to be hit, the government is counting on the economy to rebound soon.

«The authorities continue to rely on local government investment — supported by LGFVs — to hit economic growth targets, and have a broad spectrum of policy tools to limit default contagion,» Fitch added.

They voted on whether to take a bonus when the company came within an inch of hitting its profitability targets.

John Canally, chief economic strategist for LPL Financial, said the language may continue to be used in coming months «as transition words» until «it becomes clear to FOMC members that the overall economy, the labor market, and inflation are well on their way toward hitting the FOMC's targets.»

HONG KONG / LONDON, May 2 - Standard Chartered Plc beat expectations with a 20 percent rise in first quarter pre-tax profit on Wednesday, but disappointing income showed the long road ahead for its returns to hit targets after years of restructuring.

A decade later, Lapp says it is on target to hit its goal of $ 70 million in revenue by 2019.

Western Australia and Queensland - two states hit badly by the downturn in demand for resources - have the most proactive firms targeting new markets to stay on the front foot in the face of the global economic crisis.

That emphasis — on high - quality goods and low prices — goes back to a time even before Target's founding, says Laura Rowley, the author of On Target: How the World's Hottest Retailer Hit a Bull's - eye and now a senior editor at the Huffington Poson high - quality goods and low prices — goes back to a time even before Target's founding, says Laura Rowley, the author of On Target: How the World's Hottest Retailer Hit a Bull's - eye and now a senior editor at the Huffington PosOn Target: How the World's Hottest Retailer Hit a Bull's - eye and now a senior editor at the Huffington Post.

Our target is to double the number of gallons sold through our closed - loop initiative in 2018 as compared with the prior year, and we are on track to hit that goal.

To be successful focus on a target you can hit and get it done.

The downside target is near 1870 and that has also been hit on several occasions since March 2015.

His comments suggest the ECB remains confident that inflation is finally on an upward trend, supporting market expectations for the bank to finally end its bond purchase programme this year, satisfied that inflation will eventually hit its nearly 2 percent target.

After a rocky 2014, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty came up with plan to get IBM on track after abandoning Roadmap 2015, a plan formed by her predecessor in which the company was supposed to hit specific revenue targets each year.

Federal and provincial governments will need to pair carbon pricing with smart regulations and a transition to clean power across the economy to get Canada on track to hit our national target.»

No, you should have * three * recessionary concerns: If / When the next recession hits, it will be painfully obvious that the Fed's forecasts were wrong and it has spent too much time peevishly focused on non-existent inflation, treating the 2 % «target» as a ceiling.

«There's been an over-focus on buybacks and raising EPS to hit share option targets, and we know that those are concentrated in the hands of the few, and that the few is in the top 1 percent,» said James Montier, a member of the asset allocation team at global investment firm GMO in London, which manages more than $ 100 billion in assets.

Half of CEO Ursula Burns's annual bonus target was predicated on hitting that EPS level; ultimately, she received a bonus of $ 1.98 million out of a possible $ 2.2 million.

Gorman got a $ 9.75 million pay package a year earlier, including a $ 3.75 million long - term incentive dependent on the bank hitting performance targets.

OTTAWA — Clean Energy Canada released the following statement in response to the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change released today: QUOTES «For the first time, governments across Canada are working together to hit a national climate target.

US President Donald Trump's decision to levy import tariffs on steel and aluminium typifies the administration's scattergun approach to trade policy: many victims, a lot of friendly fire and hitting all the wrong targets.

Economic data has also come back on the radar of investors who are contending with the potential for inflation to hit the Fed's 2 % target range, raising the risk of the central bank leaning toward a more aggressive hiking trajectory.