Sentences with phrase «increased by a third»

A study conducted at Stanford and University of Pennsylvania revealed that when books penned by unknown writers were reviewed in the New York Times, sales of their work increased by a third, even if the reviews were negative.

By comparison, the S&P 500 has increased by a third in the same period.

(I allow it to rise until it increases by another third, but not doubled.)

You can always increase it by a third if you want a thicker layer.

When cafeteria workers ask kids, «Do you want a salad,» sales can increase by a third....

For New York City alone, aid has increased by a third — a more than $ 2.5 billion increase — and the city disperses the aid to specific schools.»

«Under current policies, we estimate that energy use and CO2 emissions would increase by a third by 2020 and almost double by 2050.

Broken down by year, there is a 19 percent increase in the number of students scoring above 1100 on the SAT and above 24 on the ACT exam in the first year of the program, a 22 percent increase the second year, and a 33 percent increase by the third year on (see Figure 3).

The good news: Since 2013, the number of great principals has increased by a third — from about 150 to more than 200, according to a study released Tuesday by The Chicago Public Education Fund.

The result sees the boot space increase by a third to 278 - litres, with rear passengers enjoying an added 72 mm of extra legroom.

Total assets increased by a third in the last 2 years to $ 9 trillion in the US.

B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong said the threshold to take part in the province's homeowner grant program will increase by a third this year, to include properties with an assessed value of up to $ 1.6 million.

«Since the dogs were imported, the cheetah population had increased by a third.»

Meanwhile, in the IEA's «accelerated case» — where India's grid integration and infrastructure challenges are addressed, and policy and regulatory uncertainties reduced — renewable capacity expansion is increased by another third above this level.

It conducted a piece of research and found that in the past two years alone, the number of compensation awards made for burn or scald injuries had increased by a third.

Divorce settlements are back under the spotlight following a recent Appeal Court ruling that an ex-wife should have her monthly maintenance payments increased by a third, 15 years after her divorce.

The number of voters increased by a third over last year, with 9,105 people participating and commenting on those who they thought made their mark over the past 18 months.

Earlier this month, real estate research firm RealtyTrac reported that foreclosure filings in the four - county Orlando metropolitan area during August had increased by a third from a year earlier and more than 20 percent from July.

Not exact matches

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

«We're going to increase our ISR capacity here by about one third.

By increasing exports a mere two percentage points, GDP would grow by an additional $ 300 billion, according to the centrist think tank Third WaBy increasing exports a mere two percentage points, GDP would grow by an additional $ 300 billion, according to the centrist think tank Third Waby an additional $ 300 billion, according to the centrist think tank Third Way.

These risks and uncertainties include, among others: the unfavorable outcome of litigation, including so - called «Paragraph IV» litigation and other patent litigation, related to any of our products or products using our proprietary technologies, which may lead to competition from generic drug manufacturers; data from clinical trials may be interpreted by the FDA in different ways than we interpret it; the FDA may not agree with our regulatory approval strategies or components of our filings for our products, including our clinical trial designs, conduct and methodologies and, for ALKS 5461, evidence of efficacy and adequacy of bridging to buprenorphine; clinical development activities may not be completed on time or at all; the results of our clinical development activities may not be positive, or predictive of real - world results or of results in subsequent clinical trials; regulatory submissions may not occur or be submitted in a timely manner; the company and its licensees may not be able to continue to successfully commercialize their products; there may be a reduction in payment rate or reimbursement for the company's products or an increase in the company's financial obligations to governmental payers; the FDA or regulatory authorities outside the U.S. may make adverse decisions regarding the company's products; the company's products may prove difficult to manufacture, be precluded from commercialization by the proprietary rights of third parties, or have unintended side effects, adverse reactions or incidents of misuse; and those risks and uncertainties described under the heading «Risk Factors» in the company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10 - K and in subsequent filings made by the company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission («SEC»), which are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Volkswagen said that its third - quarter operating result was hit by a 2.5 billion euro ($ 2.95 billion) burden related to increasing settlement provisions.

Hedge fund manager David Einhorn at Greenlight Capital has made plenty of headlines in demanding that Oppenheimer open up the spigots and issue preferred shares that Einhorn believes would increase Apple's stock by one - third.

In the third quarter alone, user accounts increased by 40.8 %, compared to the same period last year, bringing the total to 521 million.

Some 75 % of the IT professionals recently surveyed by the Ponemon Institute acknowledged that the risk of a breach from a third party is serious and increasing.

Revenue for the company controlled by media veteran Barry Diller increased 38 percent in the third quarter to $ 714.5 million, boosted by its search and dating businesses, which include brands like Ask.com, Dictionary.com and Match.com.

The crucial point is that the first increase likely won't be followed by a second one at the next policy meeting six weeks later and a third one after that.

Although it came third in the rankings, however, MSNBC showed the most growth in daily viewership, increasing its reach by 55 %.

Minimum wage increases across the United States will prompt Wal - Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) to adjust base salaries at 1,434 stores, impacting about a third of its U.S. locations, according to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 2 - Tesla Inc stood by its production targets for its Model 3 on Wednesday, assuring investors that its key new vehicle was on track, and sought to downplay increased wariness over its finances, saying it expected to achieve net profit in both its third and fourth quarters.

The auction, which will increase the capacity available to support smartphones by almost a third, raised nearly 1 billion pounds less than the sale of 4G airwaves in 2013.

By scouting off the beaten path, Sprout has significantly increased its financing opportunities: through the third quarter of 1997, the firm managed to invest $ 130 million in growth companies, up from $ 129 million during all of 1996.

Using bitcoin as a proxy, trading volumes have increased by more than a third since Apr. 6, the day the market bottomed.

The CEO is forecasting that this way of managing inventory, which was developed in partnership with Retail Assist and BT Expidite, will increase its e-commerce sales «by a third».

«We were particularly encouraged to see fiscal discipline in light of the continued economic uncertainty seen elsewhere in Canada and the world, the establishment of a commission on tax competitiveness to evaluate current taxation instruments like the provincial sales tax, and proposed changes to the property transfer tax to start addressing housing affordability by increasing the exemption threshold and introducing a third tax rate on higher - valued properties.»

In addition, legal fees increased by $ 1.7 million primarily related to our legal proceedings and third - party consultant costs increased by $ 1.0 million as we continued to build out our general and administrative infrastructure.

Projected increases in average U.S. temperatures «could reduce U.S. economic growth by up to one - third over the next century,» according to a Richmond Fed paper.

The addition of Business Insider's 76 million unique monthly visitors will increase Axel Springer's worldwide digital audience by two - thirds to approximately 200 million users, making the company one of the world's six largest digital publishers in terms of reach.

Rich Uncles has their shares revalued by an independent third party appraisal firm on an annual basis, which allows their investors the chance to benefit from increases in property value over time.

A full third of companies CompTIA surveyed said they expected their IT spending to increase by at least 10 percent.

take a small amount of financing either through a government grant program, a loan, or by selling an ownership interest in the technology to a third party; do this in order to further develop the technology and increase the likelihood of a successful licensing outcome (or to maximize the value of a licensing deal)

Since Living Goods» overall budget is increasing, it also aims to raise an additional $ 3 million in reserves (about $ 2 million in 2015 and about $ 1 million in 2016).148 It expects to raise some funds from partnership consulting fees and margins on goods sold to CHPs, leaving about $ 10 million per year that would need to be supported by donor funding.149 In 2012 Living Goods raised $ 2.8 million, and in 2013 it raised $ 3.3 million from donors.150 Living Goods told us that it believes there is a decent chance it will reach two - thirds of its funding target for the first year through agreements with funders who have supported its work in the past, but the money has not yet been secured and the funding need will grow each year.151 The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), one of Living Goods» major core funders historically, will be deciding in Q1 2015 whether to fund Living Goods» scale - up.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

EV sales set a record in 2016, increasing by over a third from the year before, and 2017 is already on track to blow past that record.

In fact, the proportion of part - timers in public administration was reduced by a third over that period of time, which contributes significantly to the increase in the average weekly wage over the decade, as workers were working more hours, not necessarily being paid a lot more per hour.

Also in the third quarter, the bank's loan portfolio increased by 58 % to 29.2 billion som ($ 18 million).

Over the four months to September, employment increased by 120,000 — more than two - thirds of the total increase in employment that has taken place over the past year.

Total European hotel investment volumes increased by 33 % year - on - year, for the third quarter of 2017.

This is an increase in their position size by over 1 million shares since the end of the third quarter when they owned 1.17 million shares.