Sentences with phrase «last few percent»

That immediately leads to «most expensive», because wringing the last few percent of efficiency from a panel means turning to relatively exotic materials.

This presentation discusses how Austin works to save the last few percent through the use of specialized hospice foster homes for dogs and cats.

If you're an arbitrageur, that is... if you're a private investor, and you're itching to buy another high potential stock with the proceeds, there's no harm in abandoning the last few percent & moving on to pastures anew.

«So once you had an Earth - size planet, it was constantly being pelted by the last few percent of this material that was still out there.

If you reach the point where you care about the last few percent, you'll be amazed at the power of the 1/99 rule.

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A Gallup poll last year found that 73 percent of Americans ages 18 to 29 checked their devices a few times an hour — including 22 percent every few minutes.

At the moment, he estimates that only 5 percent of his customers order beverages through the app, but it's a number that's been picking up steam over the last few months; if the trend continues, and 5 percent grows to a more substantial slice of the pie, he says he'd push to renegotiate his terms with the company.

Macy's, one of the few big winners last holiday, said on Wednesday that its earnings per share rose 30 percent to 61 cents for the third quarter.

As of last June, less than 2 percent of active participating security SBICs had losses high enough to be considered «impaired,» compared with 20 percent a few years ago.

«As more people move out of their parents» basement — and there's still quite a few living there — we expect to see continued healthy demand for homes,» said Svenja Gudell, chief economist for Zillow, which found millennials made up 42 percent of homebuyers last year.

Over the last few years, China's debt - to - GDP has ballooned to more than 300 percent from 160 percent a decade ago, causing many people, including Chinese officials, to warn of a financial - sector debt bubble that's waiting to burst.

Money managers that rolled out smart beta ETFs in the last few years have received just 5 percent of cumulative investor inflows since 2012, with the bulk of new money going to the largest companies, the Goldman report said.

A 20 or 30 percent correction in stock prices after the run of the last few years would be very healthy.

According to Nielson data, the show's viewership dropped about 25 percent in the last few episodes, settling around 500,000 viewers.

Many (66 percent) think the threat of identity theft diminishes over time after their personal information is stolen, with 14 percent believing risks lasted just a few days after an information theft, 20 percent saying a few months and 23 percent a few years.

A 2009 study found that 66 percent of employees do not max out their allowed vacation days, and today, fewer Americans are taking vacation than at any point in the last four decades.

Over the last few years, the number of campus recruits coming to Goldman from science - and - technology majors has gone up 5 percent each year, while the total head count has barely budged.

The banks have very sharply reduced their credit card exposure by 22 percent in the last few years, so that they're not lending to the U.S. economy at all.

Proving that it's never too late to pursue your passions, data from the 2016 Kauffman Startup Index indicates that while baby boomers currently account for 25 percent of new business owners, the last few years show the number of boomer entrepreneurs are on the rise at a rate that outpaces other age groups.

In a series of initial rulings over the last few months, the Commerce Department decided to levy duties of nearly 300 percent on the Bombardier CSeries, an early victory for Boeing that would increase the price of the rival plane in the United States.

In addition, retirees» confidence that Medicare and Social Security will continue to provide benefits equal to what retirees receive today has significantly declined compared to last year, with fewer than half saying they are very or somewhat confident (46 percent very or somewhat confident in Medicare this year vs. 52 percent in 2017; 45 percent very or somewhat confident in Social Security vs. 51 percent in 2017).

The last few years also show that 70 to 80 percent of startup cannabis businesses reach break - even within the first year, making this an unprecedented opportunity for business ventures of all sizes.

The currency is one of the few to have appreciated against the US dollar over the past five years (up 6 percent as of last Thursday), Thomson Reuters data show.

The price has fallen 37 percent since last summer and, based on Bernstein research, could continue to drop over the next few years.

While technically not an LTRO, the ECB's pledge last year to do «whatever it takes» (not shown) has allowed the EuroStoxx index to recover its prior 6 - month loss, taking the index a few percent above its early - 2012 high.

In the five weeks since the ban was lifted, 40 percent fewer people have been allowed in than in the last five weeks it was in place, according to a Reuters analysis of State Department data.

Despite a slight recovery over the last few trading days, shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) have lost 7 percent since December 28.

For the last few years, the Federal Reserve has kept the federal funds rate near zero percent.

Sugar is seen as one commodity that falls prey to historical trend patterns, and with the sweetener shedding nearly 17 percent in the last few weeks alone, investors need to decide whether to wait or buy if they feel sugar will regain lost ground, according to an article on Commodity HQ.

(Many NYC condo developers, sources said, have pushed their leverage to 80 or 85 percent in the last few years.)

The iShares FTSE China 25 (FXI) advanced by five percent in the last few weeks and has raked in more than $ 1 billion.

However, after announcing that their sales for the second quarter had risen by more than 20 percent investors had solid grounds to place faith in the stock which has seen numerous ratings upgrades over the last few months.

In February, the port processed 218,729 TEUs, which is.7 percent, or 1,647 fewer units when compared with last February.

Fifty - one percent of the owners hired or tried to hire in the last three months and 44 percent (86 percent of those trying to hire or hiring) reported few or no qualified applicants for open positions.

Financial stocks have pulled back over the last few trading days, but remain the best performer in the S&P 500 since the U.S. presidential election with gains of more than 17.5 percent.

As far as steel goes, China is the eleventh largest exporter to the United States, generally accounting for less than three percent of steel imports over the last few years.

The price of bitcoin has exploded over the last few years — 2017 has seen barely believable gains in excess of 850 percent to date, on top of the 126 percent returns it enjoyed in 2016.

After slumping down significantly over the last few days, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) spiked up more than 2 percent on Friday.

But if I had to guess, I would say he is worth very little in terms of real, lasting assets - probably a few bps (one - hundredth of one percent) of his professed net worth of $ 10 billion.

KB Home (NYSE: KBH) shares have declined over 12 percent in the last few weeks, significantly underperforming its peers, according to Buckingham Research Group.

By official statistics, thirteen percent of Americans are poor today» many of them immigrants of the last few years who will not long remain poor, and measured by a standard that counts as poor families with cash income (not income in kind, from welfare benefits, for example) up to about twenty thousand dollars for a family of four.

Aside from the fact that many kids have allergies and intolerances to wheat; the modern wheat grain that around ninety percent of the western population eats today was only hybridized in the last few decades.

Natural and organic products have been General Mills» strongest growth sector over the last few years, with a ten percent average annual increase since 2005.

A tree nut allergy usually lasts a lifetime; fewer than 10 percent of people with this allergy outgrow it.

The senior - to - be completed 63 percent of his passes last year (Buechele: 60 percent), took half as many sacks (a 3.8 percent sack rate to Buechele's 7.3), and threw fewer interceptions.

With nearly 5,000 players from ages 6 to 18, including high school varsity student - athletes, the NCYRA has grown 15 percent each year over the last few years to reach its current size.

In the last five games, Allegri's men have conceded only 8.45 normalized shots per game, 15 percent fewer than league leader Napoli (9.95 normalized shots per game).

Maksim you are 100 % percent right about Dan Petrescu's faith in youngsters.In just a few months he gave chances to Ivan Solovyov, Pavel Solomatin and Vladimir Sobolev to play in the first team.As for Mogilevets i think he will become and excellent player but not at Zenit.He needs to move elsewhere (and not on loan) to play first team football like Ionov did a few years ago.In my opoinion Zenit needs a striker (if they sell Hulk to AS Monaco) to score goals.Kerzhakov is not at his best, Bukharov has forgotten when was the last time he score and Dordevic is not gonna get a chance.I understand that midfielders of Zenit are all capable of scoring goals like Shirokov, Danny, Witsel, Bystrov and Fayzulin but thats striker's job and Zenit may lose a player on the filed.And something else, i was so impressed with Yuri Lodigin's performance against Krasnodar and maybe Zenit found a great replacement for Malafeev.

In fact, De Sciglio was the most important defender for AC Milan last season, as their opponents had 14 percent fewer shots against the lineups featuring De Sciglio than the one without him.

Last year, fewer than 10 percent regularly chose the nutritionally denser meals.