Show the interviewer how your role addresses business purposes
like raising revenue, shaving costs, or improving products.
Not exact matches
Coursera,
like most MOOC providers, has had moderate success sorting out a
revenue model (Coursera charges students for identity verification and certificates of completion), but it will need to do a lot more than that to justify the $ 85 million in venture funding it's
raised.
For example, I've seen companies try to
raise a series A round with no
revenue, when most series A investors
like to see at least $ 100,000 per month.
Matt Yglesias
raises an important point here about conservatives who can't abide any increase in tax rates but will entertain
raising more tax
revenues through reductions of tax expenditures — that cool trillion or so we forgo in tax
revenue each year through various favored activities in the tax code,
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Oil and gas - focused industrial stocks
like Dover Corp (NYSE: DOV) have seen an uptick in prospects in 2017 with the recovery in energy capital spending, and Dover has
raised organic
revenue guidance in its three other operating segments.
Moving toward limits on interest deductibility in situations
like many private equity deals where debt has equity -
like risk premiums would
raise revenue and increase financial stability.
On the issue of how to support Canadian content when fewer Canadians are purchasing cable TV subscriptions, the government tested four options to
raise new money for Canadian content: making telecom companies divert some smartphone and Internet
revenue; requiring «foreign companies
like Netflix and iTunes» to devote a portion of
revenues; giving consumers the option of making a voluntary $ 2 contribution on their telecom or Netflix bill; or making telecom companies add an app to every smartphone sold in Canada that would provide access to Canadian music, TV and film for between $ 5 and $ 15 a month or a flat charge of $ 3 on the sale of all smartphones.
And that can
raise prices
like Amazon, which is
raising the price for its Prime membership by $ 20, from $ 99 to $ 119 a year, adding billions of dollars to its
revenues to the bottom line.
My thought was «It doesn't sound
like this plan would not
raise enough
revenue to fund the government.»
if i was an arsenal fan in u.k; i wud of course support team for this season.and see if the club is serious abt challenging.if not, i will not only avoid going to matches; but even avoid watching on t.v and that will hit their
revenues hard and make kroenke think twice abt not spending.i wud unite with other fans and
raise banners
like «mr; kroenke pls spend or pls leave» lol....
Since they don't, that money has to go somewhere whether it's private funds
raised by the school or a surplus thanks to something
like increased ticket
revenue.
Waldorf School of Princeton,
like virtually all nonprofit independent schools in the country, relies on a combination of tuition and fund -
raising revenue to support its daily operations.
Obstacle course racing is already a booming sport with an estimated $ 250 million of
revenues per year, with events
like Tough Mudder and Warrior Dash helping to
raise its profile as well as the millions for charity too.
However, it's premature to call the budget a done deal, as there is no
revenue bill, and when there is one, it will include all the sticky wicket items —
like education spending,
raise the age and the 421 - a tax abatement program.
Other things,
like a surcharge on delivery trucks / vans, increased parking fees or residential parking permits, even an extra tax on gas stations located in NYC, would also be better ways to
raise this
revenue.
This means that our analysis is likely to underestimate the
revenue that a property tax
like this would
raise.
In states
like California, one of eight where recreational marijuana is legal, hundreds of millions of dollars in
revenue have been
raised for school construction and health programs.
The next Labour government will ensure city and county regions,
like this powerhouse economy in Leeds, get control of business rates
revenue so that any extra money
raised here... can be invested here.
Some of his $ 1 billion in
revenue -
raising ideas are worth pursuing,
like charging a surcharge on opioids.
Former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra, vying for the Republican nomination for governor, said legalizing marijuana and using the
revenue is a more appropriate way than
raising taxes to solve some fiscal problems
like the state's crumbling infrastructure.
At a time when state taxes from traditional gambling
like lotteries and casinos are flat or declining, a majority of states are now seeking to regulate — and possibly
raise revenue from — daily fantasy sports sites.
Its aim,
like Bloomberg's, is to
raise revenue for the MTA and reduce congestion in Manhattan.
Both nonprofits are registered as 501 (c) 4s with the Internal
Revenue Service, meaning they can
raise unlimited funds to lobby and advertise for political causes — specifically, for mayoral initiatives
like universal pre-kindergarten and for his sweeping plans to rezone the city to boost below - market housing production.
Like all taxes, the «health» taxes are supposed to
raise revenue: 2.75 billion Danish kroner annually ($ 470 million).
$ 8 billion) over first ten years for deficit reductionObeys PAYGO; Starting in 2026, 25 % of auction
revenues for deficit reductionFuels and TransportationIncrease biofuels to 60 million gallons by 2030, low - carbon fuel standard of 10 % by 2010, 1 million plug» in hybrid cars by 2025,
raise fuel economy standards, smart growth funding, end oil subsidies, promote natural gas drilling, enhanced oil recoverySmart growth funding, plug - in hybrids,
raise fuel economy standards $ 7 billion a year for smart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, natural gas vehicles,
raise fuel economy standards; offshore drilling with
revenue sharing and oil spill veto, natural gas fracking disclosureCost ContainmentInternational offsetsOffset pool, banking and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12 and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets
like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/10.
Rochelle Winn, from Match.com, commented that this potentially had «huge
revenue implications»,
raising the point that users could sign up for the service, message everyone they
liked, then leave before 14 days, and not have to pay the full subscription fee.
«Arizona is able to increase its funding for priorities
like public education without
raising taxes by increasing
revenue through improved oversight and collection of money owed to the state.»
So when the Fed is ready to blow it all out into the economy, and presuming the economy is healthy enough to start taking it (more on this below), first they cut the IOER rate to 0 % (I would advocate charging banks money, but maybe you do it in steps), second they start
raising short term interest rates (creates demand) and then once the economy is powering forward on private credit creation
like normal then the deficit will start closing naturally as the economy grows and tax
revenues increase and unemployment will come down (GDP gap closes).
That's why a lot of us tend to invest in companies
like PG, JNJ, KMI, PM, MO, T etc because those companies have pretty wide moats / competitive advantages, long histories of dividend
raises, shareholder support and solid
revenue, cost controls = > positive net income and generally healthy operating cash flow, sometimes high amounts of free cash flow after capital investment.
In Argo's case, I address the slippage in AUM in the past couple of years by: i) haircutting my valuation of the asset management business to 3.75 % of AUM (if AUM were increasing steadily & incentive fees being earned, a valuation of 7.5 % or even 10 % of AUM wdn't be unreasonable, considering Argo's fee structure, and ii) calling for more resources to be devoted to fund -
raising, and other alternative
revenue / fee sources (for example,
like white - label & sub-advisory contracts) to be explored — see here: https://wexboy.wordpress.com/2012/11/16/argo-escape-from-an-evil-state/
Another thing true of Overwatch's system, which is
like 100x more true for us than them, is that this ongoing
revenue stream is something that
raises all boats for the playerbase.
This combined event
raised awareness of the game even further, and daily
revenue on Steam is something
like 200 % higher than it was before (though the effect might die off after a few weeks.)
His proposed cap and trade would generate $ 645 billion in climate
revenue, and his budget outlines that money going to help low and middle income families cope with the
raised cost of utilities — much
like Maryland's.
Pushed by grassroots environmental and social - justice groups, California has led the way on this approach, with 2012 legislation (Senate Bill 535) requiring that 25 percent of carbon
revenue from the state's cap - and - trade program must be spent on clean - energy investments that benefit environmentally vulnerable low - income communities in places
like Stockton, Fresno, Richmond, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles (the targeted share for these communities was recently
raised to 35 percent).
Only the State of California is proceeding with such a scheme, but is using it primarily to
raise revenues,
like a tax.
Cap - and - trade systems are another option, but generally they should be designed to look
like taxes through
revenue -
raising and price stability provisions.
It would
raise revenues the government will badly need to pay for Social Security and Medicare as old fogies
like me begin to retire, as well as create incentives for energy conservation, emissions reductions, and clean technology innovation.
Like many in Washington I have political concerns about how we will
raise the new
revenue our State needs; but that is a separate battle.
It is pretty fundamental (perhaps day 1 of Econ 101) that if you
raise expenses —
like headcount and compensation — without a
like increase in
revenue, profits will decrease.
Like all businesses, insurance companies are in the business of making money by reducing their expenses and
raising their
revenue levels.
But unexpected moves
like Mr. Clement's hiring are becoming a new normal for law firm viability as firms poach illustrious lawyers in a quest to
raise their profiles, and
revenue, according to those who study the legal industry.
The Australian National Preventive Health agency (ANPHA) has recommended against setting a minimum price for alcohol, saying it would lead to bigger profits to alcohol retailers instead of helping the Government tackle alcohol - related harms via
revenue -
raising measures
like alcohol and tobacco taxation.
Identifications made to any other party
raises the question as to whether your identification will qualify as a valid ID of
like - kind replacement property, and will depend on how the Internal
Revenue Service, state taxing authorities, and / or court decisons ultimately define a party involved in the 1031 Exchange transaction.