Sentences with phrase «last point raises»

That last point raises GM's perennial problem, that Chevy, Buick and Cadillac sedans are defined and separated from each other more for their designs than for tangible differences.

Not exact matches

As Bloomberg pointed out last month, Spotify's recent deal to raise $ 1 billion in convertible debt valued the company at roughly $ 8 billion and put additional pressure on the streaming service to go public.

Last May, after determining he could make a smaller version for consumers and get the price point down to under $ 3,000, Shapiro raised $ 9 million in funding from Foundry Group and True Ventures.

Our sense is that the latter event is already priced into the market, as the consensus among economists the last few months is that the central bank will raise interest rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday.

Having just raised interest rates at their last meeting, the Fed has no plans to follow up in May but Fed fund futures show a 93 % chance of a quarter point rate hike the following month when economic projections are updated and Jerome Powell holds a press conference.

The European Central Bank raised official rates in November by 50 basis points, to 3.00 per cent, reversing all of the precautionary easing of last April.

The Federal Reserve (Fed) raised interest rates last week as we had long expected, lifting rates by a quarter point.

One of the lowest points may have come last November when President Obama formally, and forcefully, rejected the Keystone XL pipeline, citing climate change priorities that raised questions about the future U.S. appetite for Canadian crude.

But what's perhaps more noteworthy is the dovish shift in the Bank's tone since their last announcement in September (where they raised rates by 25 basis points) and its more cautious stance on future policy rate adjustments.

It is, at least, apparent that the debates about humanitarian intervention by military force in the last decade, about the creation of international criminal tribunals in a number of cases, about the idea of a state's «universal jurisdiction» in cases of violations of the Genocide Convention or other «crimes against humanity,» about how far the global war on terror may proceed without violating the rights of states, and most recently, about the United - States - led use of force against the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, have all raised important points of positive and customary international law, and that in every one of these cases the outcome remains unsettled.

Five Points became the latest craft brewer to raise capital through crowdfunding last month, incentivising potential investors with rewards including a 25 % discount on both products purchased online and in the proposed Five Points taproom, and free pints for people celebrating their birthday.

The point I raised is that we have the SAME issues as last year but you're acting like we've made giant leaps.

The Cardinals were the most improved team in the major leagues last season, raising their winning percentage by more than 100 points (from.434 to.543) over 1995.

Instead, the Americans» 1 - 0 victory over Costa Rica last week in Kansas City raised their record to 3 - 0, gave them an astonishing nine points and — barring a total collapse in their remaining seven matches — assured them a berth in next year's 32 - team field in Japan and South Korea.

He underscored his point by asking them to raise their hands if they had won 33 games last year and reached the Elite Eight.

We also pointed out that for the last decade under Wenger we have been mostly unmotivated at this level and warned not to raise our hopes.

I do not see any point in raising the long and boring issue of whether or not money was available to AW over the whole of the last 10 years, and I do not intend to pursue that] however, if, [can I say that again «if»?]

Everyone keeps raising that point but for the last 18 years I've played 60 - 65 games.

Mike Connery wrote an article last week for Future Majority (cross-posted on MyDD) that raises some interesting points about the potential of online video to reach niche audiences:

Mike Connery wrote an article last week for Future Majority (cross-posted on MyDD) that raises some interesting points about the potential of online video to reach niche audiences: «Cable [tv] buys are smart not just because they are cheap, but because they are targeted and can help you...

Mr. Crespo's opposition to the Women's Equality Act, a ten - point package of bills, raised eyebrows because it has been championed by Assembly Democrats and Mr. Cuomo, who even created the Women's Equality Party as he ran for re-election last year.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee raised $ 11.2 million in April, exceeding its monthly fundraising total at the same point last cycle.

The largest state workers union, CSEA, is suing the Thruway Authority over its decision last year to raise by 6 percentage points the co-payment that retirees pay toward their health insurance.

De Blasio's argument focused on the need to build additional facilities — a point also raised by the president of the correction officers» union last week, who called Mark - Viverito's plan a «fantasy.»

OTDA spokeswoman Kristi Berner said DiNapoli's audit might have raised valid points when it was completed in the middle of last year, but is now dated.

Mr. Banks out - raised Ms. Barron when he ran for her husband's vacated council seat last year, but Ms. Barron still managed to win by almost 20 points — suggesting the Barron brand remains relatively strong in the communities they serve.

Conservative MPs reacted angrily to Mr Justice Mostyn's ruling in the Commons last night, repeatedly raising points of order immediately after the bedroom tax vote.

Ndume who was removed as Senate Leader in January, raised a point of order last week notifying the Senate of media reports alleging that the Senate was on vengeance against the Customs Comptroller - General, Hamid Ali over a seized SUV car allegedly belonging to Saraki.

Perfit raised the hackles of Paltzians with his pointed — some said angry — advocacy of SUNY New Paltz at last week's IDA meeting.

A major state workers union is suing the Thruway Authority over its decision last year to raise by 6 percentage points the co-payment that retirees pay toward their health insurance.

Thompson, who lost the last mayoral race against a cashed - up Michael Bloomberg by less than 5 points, raised $ 600,000 from March 12 through May 11, a spokesman for his campaign said Tuesday.

Last summer, it was reported that in the first three years of his first term, the Governor raised over $ 6 million in LLC contributions, which at that point amounted to about 19 % of his total campaign fundraising.

While pointing out that she was passed over to lead the Human Services and Education Committee last year, Harrington said her decision to raise the issue publicly was not personal.

Hardly anyone noticed, and Brown took advantage of the leeway to raise NI contributions last year by 1 percentage point across the board.

Many of the recommendations made today reiterated points the Coalition for the Homeless raised in a report released last month.

Town Supervisor Sheila M. Meegan took the brunt of most of the residents» criticism, many of whom pointed out that Meegan received a hefty salary raise in last year's budget.

Over the last three years, we worked hand in hand with the Lunch 4 Learning coalition to raise awareness and drive the point home.

(Miller also raised this last point, the vulnerability of workers who speak out about abuses, in a letter he sent on 11 May to UC President Mark Yudof.

Photo: Reuters I last raised the issue of a carbon price in «What Unconventional Fuels Tell Us About the Global Energy System», which added several data points to Charles C.

At which point the candidate should triumphantly raise the cornmeal - battered candy bar into the air — before finally lowering it to take one last, vigorous bite for the cameras.

Open Road raised its average Metascore by over 11 points last year while still falling into the bottom half of our rankings.

Meanwhile, the few interesting points it raises are obscured by a muddy nonchronological structure and by up - to - the - minute special effects that take you right out of the Victorian era and into last week.

One last point, which nobody seems to have raised: Daft Punk's score was good but NO WHERE NEAR as amazing / innovative / memorable as Wendy Carlos» original score.

This discovery raises a whole host of questions about why Gandalf wasn't a bit quicker on the draw in the early going of Fellowship of the Ring; perhaps they will be answered at some point over the last three hours of the Hobbit trilogy.

The four - year, 29 - point plan, unveiled last month, sets benchmarks not only for schools to raise student achievement, but also for business and community partnerships to improve student safety, health, and access to scholarships and jobs.

Per you point about getting the «same» amount of money, first AF schools are not unionized and AF got a bill passed last year that allows charter schools to have up to 30 % of its teacher staff not certified — those two things raise the costs in district public schools.

Last year, the school raised their Performance Index by 4 points.

During the all - day summit, E4E members pointed to recruitment efforts as a prime area of opportunity to help close the teacher diversity gap in light of several state legislative bills on teacher preparation programs raised by House and Senate leaders within the last month.

She said she expected the state would gain points because of legislation signed by Gov. Don Carcieri last month to raise the cap on charter schools from 20 to 35.

But the fifth - year, special education teacher — who lives in Berger's state Senate district in Guilford County — points out she's received raises in four of the last five years, not that she could much tell after soaring health premiums took their toll.