Sentences with phrase «less a factor of»

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When the company auctions that oilfield drill, for example, the goal is for its pricing model to forecast demand in the near future based on different factors, such as the price of oil, leaving Ritchie Bros. less vulnerable to market surprises.

A factor will typically pay 2 % to 3 % less than the face value of an invoice.

«To the extent that the program does that, discretion and case law and interpretation become much less of a factor.»

I checked my cell phone carrier's website, and found that by the end of my planned travel for this winter and spring, the Solis would be less expensive than any useful international roaming plan I could sign up for — that includes the cost of the device and day passes, though factors in my travel companions who can also avoid the pricey roaming plans.

Only now, thanks to changes in government policy among other factors, the cast of contending princelings is shifting, causing one big name VC to publicly bet on an less - often - mentioned possibility — Canada.

Venue managers recruited the locals — many of whom were blue - collar factor workers — to fill seats and create a less - dreary atmosphere.

Those factors partly help explain why Exxon is now seen by Wall Street as a less - desirable investment than Chevron, which has several large oil and gas projects coming online by the end of the decade, offering far - stronger growth potential than Exxon.

But when it comes to the question of how quickly Intuitive can ramp up sales, particularly in less tech - hungry markets, the machine's nearly $ 2 million price tag is no small factor.

Account holders in the lowest checking account quintile (those with average balances of less than $ 536) increased their post-refund healthcare spending by a twentyfold factor larger than those with accounts in the highest quintile (balances over $ 3,577).

The four critical factors are: (a) businesses with recurring revenue bases — like a renewable subscription — are far better than ones dependent on constantly securing new customers; renewals are much easier and less expensive to secure than new sales; (b) customer retention is absolutely critical — all customers are very costly to acquire and very easy to lose in a world of almost infinite choices; (c) businesses based on products that require constant replacement or renewal (the «razor blade» model) are much more attractive than durable goods businesses (like selling refrigerators) where the products have very long repurchase or replacement life cycles and where the market could even fairly quickly reach saturation points; and (d) businesses that offer products or services that had a predictably high rate of obsolescence were much more attractive than those where the products had long, useful lives.

Your Summary describes the highlights of your plan, includes only the most critical points, and leaves out less important issues and factors.

Looking at the healthcare debate, and the broader activities of the Trump administration, through a systems science lens helps us take perhaps a more dispassionate view — to focus less on trying to predict where each moment will lead, and more on observing the interaction of factors that will, ultimately, determine outcomes.

When it comes to cable news networks like CNN, D'Alessio believes the disproportionate coverage of Trump's campaign was less about political bias and more a factor of Trump's own expert manipulation of the modern media landscape.

Since that article was published, I would say that LinkedIn and Medium have become serious contenders that would occupy space to the right of Google + (which has become less of a factor).

There's also a bevy of less tangible factors.

Fortunately, two factors make it easy for small businesses to serve specialty markets with less risk: minimal startup / operating costs and quick access to a huge market of hungry customers via the internet.

Quoted on CNET, analyst Bob O'Donnell said, «While some consumers appreciate the new form factors and touch capabilities of Windows 8, the radical changes to the [user interface], removal of the familiar Start button, and the costs associated with touch have made PCs a less attractive alternative to dedicated tablets and other competitive devices.»

So, corporate taxes are way less of a factor in American competitiveness than — I'm talking about overall business — than medical costs.

A company makes less of a profit margin on contractors, so it's important to factor in their workload.

The rest is attributable to businesses having a lot less physical capital (such as machines and software) than was anticipated, and having unexpectedly low total factor productivity (the productivity of labor and capital).

The factors that influence your score less include length of credit history, credit mix and new credit.

Investments in developing markets involve heightened risks related to the same factors, in addition to those associated with their relatively small size, lesser liquidity and lack of established legal, political, business, and social frameworks to support securities markets.

As a result, compared to the March 2012 Budget planning assumption, the level of nominal GDP is $ 9 billion lower in 2012 — this consists of a «risk adjustment factor» of $ 7 billion and the difference between the change in the private sector average forecast of $ 22 billion less the March 2012 Budget «risk adjustment factor» of $ 20 billion.

If you're taking out a condo loan with less than 20 % down, you'll have to factor in the cost of mortgage insurance premiums as well.

Refinancing one private loan to another private loan is a less drastic decision, since it's more or less a switch from one set of interest rates and conditions to another, with no loss of federal benefits or other factors.

If those factors were positive here, our concerns about immediate downside risks would be less pointed, regardless of current valuation extremes.

Investments in developing markets involve heightened risks related to the same factors, in addition to those associated with these markets» smaller size, lesser liquidity and lack of established legal, political, business and social frameworks to support securities markets.

CEO Elon Musk said the semi is capable of traveling 500 miles (804 kilometers) on an electric charge — even with a full 80,000 - pound (36,287 - kilogram) load — and will cost less than a diesel semi considering fuel savings, lower maintenance and other factors.

Borrowings under our credit facility bear interest at a per annum rate equal to, at our option, either (a) for LIBOR loans, LIBOR (but not less than 1.0 %) or (b) for ABR loans, the highest of (i) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.5 %, (ii) the prime rate, or (iii) one month LIBOR plus 1.0 %, plus a margin ranging from 3.25 % to 3.75 % for LIBOR loans and 2.25 % to 2.75 % for ABR Loans, depending on our leverage ratio and on certain factors relating to this offering.

Few investments grow by a factor of 19 in less than a year.

a margin ranging from 3.25 % to 3.75 % or (b) a margin ranging from 2.25 % to 2.75 % plus the highest of (i) the federal funds rate plus 0.5 %, (ii) the prime rate, or (iii) one month LIBOR plus 1.0 %, with the applicable margin depending on certain factors relating to an initial public offering with gross proceeds of not less than $ 300 million and on Desert Newco's leverage ratio.

Utilizing the «factor» test laid out in 506 (c), it seems that «reasonable steps to verify» for a member of a legitimate angel group would be less than that of a random person on the street, which is seemingly who the safe harbors appear to be designed for.

Recourse factoring is a type of invoice factoring that provides less risk to the factor.

Moreover, as inflation is less demand driven and the result of external factors (Currency, commodity prices), raising interest rates risks plunging the economy into a recession.

In practice, the microeconomic cost of regulation is determined by two factors: the size of the regulatory burden and the degree to which less - regulated alternatives are accessible.

Borrowings under our credit facility bear interest at a per annum rate equal to, at our option, either (a) for LIBOR loans, LIBOR (but not less than 1.0 % for the term loan only) or (b) for ABR loans, the highest of (i) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.5 %, (ii) the prime rate, or (iii) one month LIBOR plus 1.0 %, plus a margin ranging from 3.25 % to 3.75 % for LIBOR loans and 2.25 % to 2.75 % for ABR Loans, depending on our leverage ratio and on certain factors relating to this offering.

The second cyclical factor that has had a major impact on our exports and business investment is the protracted recovery of the US economy — the slowest in the postwar period.10 When oil and other commodity prices rose in the years before the 2014 oil price shock, so did our dollar, making our non-commodity exports to the United States less competitive and reinforcing the ongoing shift from manufacturing to services.

The second factor [in the slow recovery] is less obvious, but possibly also of great importance....

The GNC reviews the individual components and total amount of director compensation at least annually and may recommend changes in director compensation to the Board for its approval more or less frequently based on, among other factors, competitive pay data for non-employee directors of the financial services companies in the Company's Labor Market Peer Group.

Whether individuals or households will pay more or less will depend on a wide variety of factors, including whether they take the standard deduction, which reduces taxable income by a fixed amount, or they take targeted tax deductions, like subtracting mortgage interest or state and local taxes.

Workers with flexible schedules often can find more time for caregiving, hobbies, and other personal interests — a powerful combination of factors that, taken together, can lead to a whole lot less stress.

Combined with a rapidly - developing understanding of the tax legislation, increases in deregulation, and other factors both obvious and less so, this is a time to be optimistic, but also to be cautious.

Various measures of core or underlying inflation, which are less affected by these temporary factors, are also gradually increasing, and over the year to September were around 2 per cent.

The type of mortgage you get also plays a factor, with some lenders limiting how much they'll want to lend to 80 % or less of the home's value, while other special programs allow you to borrow between 95 % and 100 % of the value of the home if you qualify.

But if you're applying for a business loan with bad credit from an alternative lender, your credit score is much less of a factor than it typically would be.

Second, concerns about China's political culture / values (especially human rights) and security issues seem to be less of a factor in shaping public hesitancy around a free trade agreement when compared to certain economic considerations.

Additionally, the U.S. economy has dramatically changed over the past several years, with structural factors (largely the result of technological innovation and shifting demographic trends) influencing it in a manner that makes comparisons to past rate hiking cycles less relevant.

This percentage increases to 81 % if the team has a documented content marketing strategy (which is one of the key factors that differentiates effective content marketers from their less effective peers).

Specifically, a recent analysis by Graham Secker, MS & Co.'s European equity strategist, found that recent disappointments in European corporate profits are a function of at least three important factors that may be reversing: idiosyncratic issues related to heavily skewed index exposure to financials and commodity - linked industries; weak operating profit leverage linked to declining emerging market sales; and less aggressive use of buybacks, tax optimization and non-operating cost reductions versus U.S. peers.

However, a simple mortgage calculator doesn't factor in property taxes, homeowner's insurance or private mortgage insurance (PMI), which is typically required when you make a down payment of less than 20 percent.