Sentences with phrase «increase the rewards by»

What's more, Bank of America Preferred Rewards banking clients can increase rewards by 25 % to 75 %, working out to a fully - baked cash - back rate of up to 5.25 % on gas (albeit capped).

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These benefit you on a few different levels: they're great for user experience, they tend to increase conversion rates, and they're the type of supplementary content Google loves to see and reward by way of higher rankings.

Buyback proponents say they reward these long - term shareholders by effectively increasing their ownership of the company, and they help boost the value of a stock by raising the company's earnings per share.

Like personal cards, the market for business cards has been characterized by ever - increasing rewards and perks.

This new entrant is one of the first two cards from their 2013 partnership with American Express that aims to increase Wells Fargo's presence in an already crowded travel rewards field dominated by the likes of the Capital One ® Venture ® Rewards Credit Card and the Chase Sapphire Prerewards field dominated by the likes of the Capital One ® Venture ® Rewards Credit Card and the Chase Sapphire PreRewards Credit Card and the Chase Sapphire Preferred.

The growth in card sales was driven by our continued focus on increasing our merchant acceptance, enriching our rewards programs and leveraging our marketing investments.

C - suite prospects, on the other hand, are rewarded for increasing revenues and profits by investing in the right solutions.

2016.07.11 RBC launches four new Commercial Credit Cards backed by RBC's Rewards and Benefits Programs RBC Commercial Cards give companies greater ability to manage their expense cards with increased control, insights and savings...

Given that spreading ownership of capital and increasing employees» share in economic rewards has bipartisan appeal, 37 the only valid answer to the question by Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, or other time travelers is that, after four decades of neglecting policies to stimulate broad - based profit sharing and employee share ownership, we have changed course and are now placing them in the policy portfolio, if not at the center of economic policymaking that they occupied from the days of Washington to Lincoln.

«Sustaining 10 % -15 % annual EPS growth through a visible formula that hinges on 6 % -8 % square footage increases, modest comp growth, stable to increasing margins, and 5 % reductions to shares outstanding should be handsomely rewarded by the market,» Lasser highlighted.

Even so, any market rise will be accompanied by increased risk vs. declining reward attributes.

Paul sought to establish a new fundraising paradigm — one that rewarded risk - tolerant investors willing to make a wager before knowing who else they would be investing alongside — by offering different terms to different investors and increasing the relative attractiveness of investing early.

From a high base, created by rapid growth in 2014, rewards Crowdfunding grew over the last year in excess of 25 % — 27 % as measured by amount raised — with participation (the numbers of pledges) increasing significantly (12 %) while the success rate fell by 2 % as publicity attracted those less prepared for the process.

The second is consumer capitalism, the intricate socio - economic system that taps the human drives of individual gain and greed, rewarding incentive and encouraging participation in the system by the prospect of increased consumption of pleasurable goods or services and access to otherwise restricted activities.

Milk Link Chairman, Ronnie Bell, said that the company had rewarded the hard work of its dairy farmer members by increasing the prices paid for milk and «by delivering a record rate of return on their investment in the business».

«Also, when you log your hours you get rewarded when you hit a certain threshold, and if you log enough hours you can gain access to free or reduced courses provided by the University which will further increase your employability.»

Similarly, in the emergency Budget we began the process of rebalancing the tax system to reward work and ensure fairness, by cutting income tax for the lowest - paid and increasing Capital Gains Tax.

Changing Consequences - increasing or decreasing the probability of a specific behavior that reduces risk or enhances protection by altering the consequences for performing that behavior (e.g. increasing public recognition for individual and community members, reward citations, fines, revocation / loss of privileges for inappropriate behavior.

The indications here are that expansionist visit strategies reap the greatest rewards for parties by increasing their vote share.

One set does this by increasing levels of the neurotransmitter GABA that quiets neurons, including some of those the brain's reward system.

Steinberg found that late - adolescent participants demonstrated a significantly increased preference for smaller, immediate rewards when they believed that they were being watched by an unknown viewer of the same age and gender.

This disparity tends to be increased by practice and possibly obsession — because, of course, this may be the one highly pleasurable and rewarding thing in their lives.

WISE Newfoundland and Labrador had its genesis in the late 1980s as part of a nonprofit, national volunteer organization dedicated to increasing the participation of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers by improving awareness that these professions represent rewarding and exciting options for women.

«However, larger rewards bestowed by our experimentation did not proportionally increase the level of later success.

A collection that aims to increase the coverage of computational biology topics on Wikipedia by rewarding authors with a citable, PubMed - indexed static version of the living document on Wikipedia.

They write, «This real - world, almost paradoxical, phenomenon demonstrates the complexity inherent in the treatment of addictive disorders — a medication intended to treat substance use disorder that has its own abuse potential, upon gaining popularity and increased availability, will inevitably be explored by drug abusers for reward and reinforcement purposes.»

The team trained the mice to expect a certain reward and then increased the mice's expectations by stimulating the GABA - neurons.

In laboratory experiments, this brain scientist and her coworkers have seen increased activity in the ventral striatum whenever someone at any age is confronted by a risky decision or the offer of a reward.

When certain actions within the game triggered increased electrical activity, the subjects were encouraged to repeat those tasks by earning monetary rewards.

Cat believes that all people will benefit by making yoga apart of their life; the rewards are boundless and the increased sense of well - being is immeasurable.

The system starts you off by allowing you a certain number of Cheats per day, and then rewards you by letting you have a bit more as you increase your intake of healthier Eats.

By breaking up large tasks (lose 20 pounds in months) into smaller, more manageable steps (lose 2 to 5 pounds a week) we can manipulate the dopamine reward pathways, helping to increase motivation, success and positive associations, to turn your fitness goals into reality.

The increased HVA concentrations throughout the morning were also accompanied by reduced food cravings, further supporting the role of dopamine on food reward.

By making instant recess the default option, she said, no one has to decide to exercise or carve out a special time to do it, and some of the rewards are immediate — among them camaraderie, social interaction with friends and co-workers, stress relief, muscle relaxation, increased energy, improved mood and better concentration.

These are the extra materials you can carve by breaking certain pieces off a monster, and the bonus rewards you'll have increased chance of receiving if you break the following.

Finally, by eating special candy you get as reward for winning battles, you can increase the stats of your characters (such as their strength, speed, etc.).

«Why not reward teachers who use technology by providing them with better equipment, software, and so on, as they show an increased interest and proficiency?

In 1999, Michigan increased the reward for good academic performance by offering the Michigan Merit Award, a one - year $ 2,500 scholarship for any student who scores at Level I or Level 2 on the Michigan Educational Achievement Program (MEAP) tests in reading, mathematics, science, and writing.

The book makes three recommendations: a much smaller, selective, intellectually engaged, and better compensated teaching force supported by technology; an open, transparent, and accountable system of preparation and professional development that drives out inferior providers and rewards success; and increased responsibility for teacher development in the hands of principals, who may be the strongest determinant of teacher quality on the job.

Included in the PowerPoint: a) Scarcity, Choice and Opportunity Cost - The Fundamental Economic Problem - The Meaning of Scarcity and the inevitability of choices at all levels (individual, firms, govt)- The basic questions of what will be produced ow and for whom - The Meaning of the term «Ceteris Paribus» - The Margin and Decision Making at the Margin - Sort run, long run, very long run b) Positive and Normative Statements - the distinction between fact and value judgements c) Factors of Production - the rewards to the factors of production: land, labour, capital and enterprise - Specialization and division of labour d) Resource Allocation in Different Economic Systems and Issues of Transition - decision making in market, planned and mixed economies - the role of the factor enterprise in a modern economy e) Production Possibility Curves - shape and shifts of the curve - constant and increasing opportunity costs f) Money - functions and characteristics in a modern economy - barter, cash and bank deposits, cheques, near money, liquidity g) Classification of Goods and Services - free goods, private goods (economic goods) and public goods - merit goods and demerit goods as the outcome of imperfect information by consumers PowerPoint Also Includes: - Key Terms for each Chapter - Activities - Multiple Choice and Essay questions from past exam papers.

Money currently spent on rewarding teachers for valueless credentials could be used to increase starting salaries, a policy goal espoused by nearly all interested parties, from education reformers to teachers unions.

For some individuals offering comments of praise ~ or presenting them with a challenge can increase their intrinsic motivation ~ while others are motivated by more extrinsic factors such as rewards.

Guest blogger Alice Keeler introduces playsheets, gamified worksheet apps that sweeten skill - and - drill by increasing student self - efficacy through the challenge - and - reward model they associate with a gaming environment.

By maintaining systems of achievement, rewarding detail - oriented tasks and providing highly evolved character development systems, the gamification of any media is increases visibility and an awareness of the intricate.

Whole class discussions are, after lecture, the second most frequently used teaching strategy, one mandated by the Common Core State Standards because of its many rewards: increased perspective - taking, understanding, empathy, and higher - order thinking, among others.

• Top executives tried to increase performance by setting ambitious goals for opening new accounts, and attaching big rewards and penalties.

The rate of productivity increase in an economy is strongly affected by the incentives that reward successful innovation and investments (in research and development, and in physical and human capital).

Ensuring quality teachers in every classroom by recruiting, training, retaining, and rewarding teachers and school leaders; creating career ladders and increasing pay for effective teachers who serve as mentors, teach in high - need subjects, such as math and science, and who excel in the classroom; and by identifying ineffective and struggling teachers, providing them with individual help and support, and removing them from the classroom in a quick and fair way if they still underperform.

We are paid using the same antiquated system established four decades ago: incremental salary increases with every new contract, automatic raises for time in the classroom regardless of our success, and rewards for graduate school classes that are required by law but have shown no correlation with teacher effectiveness.

The group's recommendations include increasing the starting salary by a third; creating a «career ladder» so teachers can be rewarded for strong performance without leaving the classroom; introducing bonuses for teachers who receive top ratings on new teacher evaluations; and paying more to draw teachers to hard - to - staff subjects, such as science or special education.