Sentences with phrase «little margin in»

So she decided to write a devotional specifically for people with little margin in life — one that gave simple ways to move closer to God throughout the day, through the use of spiritual disciplines.

Not exact matches

«Boeing's book of business wasn't hurt by a little wage inflation or modestly rising interest rates or margin calls in the financial markets.»

The forecasted surpluses in the next three years are very modest, ranging from $ 1.4 to $ 2.7 billion; coupled with $ 1 billion per year in contingency reserve, there is very little margin for error if deficits are not an option.

Click the little bell icon in the left margin near your name to shut yourself off completely, meaning whoever is trying to communicate with you via Slack will just have to wait.

By 1978, the retail shops were gone, and Helen of Troy, in the words of company president Aaron Shenkman, was left with «a nice little $ 6 - million business [net margins were about 4 %].

For example, one entrepreneur I know uses FIFO (first in, first out) to cost his current inventory, but builds in a little cushion for his margins by using a Peachtree LIFO (last in, first out) report to tell him how much to pay for new, price - sensitive commodities.

«It's tough to look at a full year of losses on Amazon (+56 %), athenahealth (+26 %), Netflix (+55 %) and Tesla (+46 %) when we believe all those stocks appeared priced with little margin for error entering the year, and none executed well or met fundamental expectations in 2017,» he wrote.

While MCD doesn't have as much of a margin of safety in the share price as I'd normally like, with a very long - term investing horizon, I feel comfortable paying up a little for a quality stock as I detailed here.

For «product sales» in aggregate (e-commerce + Whole Foods + the portfolio of crappy little service businesses) the operating margin increased to 1.16 % of sales vs. 0.3 % of sales in Q1 2017.

Tempted by promises of «rags to riches» transformations and easy credit, most investors gave little thought to the systemic risk that arose from widespread abuse of margin financing and unreliable information about the securities in which they were investing.

This led to a substantial reduction in interest margins on housing lending, from about 400 basis points 15 years ago to a little over 100 basis points today.

Written by veteran journalists Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff, Losing the Signal is an enduring study of a technology that defined a generation, in a ferocious industry that leaves little margin for error.»

So, you'd dissipate the rents in refining margins and a little bit more employment, and lose on the royalties.

But in a low - margin business like canned goods, a little extra cost can take a deep bite out of profits.

And the lower price point items, are those, as in the past, engineered to protect margins or do you feel like you need to offer a little more to the guests in terms of portion size or quality elements that you're not able to trim back some on those areas to protect margins?

We know that one of the ways of gaining approval and winning customers over is to offer our marketing research work a little bit cheaper than what is obtainable in the market and we are well prepared to survive on lower profit margin for a while.

We know that one of the ways of gaining approval and winning customers over is to sell our biotech products a little bit cheaper than what is obtainable in the market and we are well prepared to survive on lower profit margin for a while.

We know that one of the ways of gaining approval and winning customers over is to retail our fresh juice and smoothies a little bit cheaper than what is obtainable in the market and we are well prepared to survive on lower profit margin for a while.

We know that one of the ways of gaining approval and winning customers over is to retail our wide range of quality building materials a little bit cheaper than what is obtainable in the market and we are well prepared to survive on lower profit margin for a while.

We know that one of the ways of gaining approval and winning customers over is to offer our window and building exterior cleaning services a little bit cheaper than what is obtainable in the market and we are well prepared to survive on lower profit margin for a while.

Measured across all loan products, and taking into account changes in customer risk margins, however, it seems that interest rates paid on average by small businesses have increased by a little less than the rise in interest rates directly due to the tightening of monetary policy.

Synthetic gold traders appear to share three things in common: no gold, little or nothing in the way of margin requirements, and no knowledge of or interest in the fundamentals of physical supply and demand.

Unlike most of our typical investment reports which focus on free cash flow utilization, net asset value investing, mean reversion of margins or special situations, this report will look at the investment merits of a company that generates little free cash flow at the moment and is somewhat of a growth investment if company management is successful in achieving its objectives.

The SaaS 55 index gained 52 percent in 2017 and has notched another 26 percent so far in 2018, which implies investors could remain bullish — but high fundamentals «leave little margin for error.»

«If you understood a business perfectly and the future of the business, you need very little in the way of a margin of safety.»

Further, we see little sign in FFIV's margin trends, or the results of competitors, that the company is poised to relinquish its market position.

A «significant shift» in net long positions in three - month gold futures may affect prices at the margin in the short term, but tells us little about real investment demand.

Falling wages during the recession forced youth stuck in the margins of this economic crisis to sell their bodies for as little as the cost of a sandwich.

Family, friends, neighbors, co-workers and acquaintances from high school we stalk on Facebook all press us with the idea that we've got little margin for error in our twenties — that life should play out like a clear - cut script.

J.T. Barbarese relates other little rewards of bibliomania in «The Last Word Goes to Scribblers in the Margins.»

I was reminded these past two weeks of how little margin there are in our days.

«We can complete a design in a little more than half the time it took two years ago, which has allowed us to lower our overhead and will also help with increased margins when the economy comes back.

However, in the case of Treasury Wine Estates, which generates 9 per cent of earnings in the UK and Europe, the currency translation impact may be offset by higher volumes and margins if consumers trade down to cheaper drops such as Treasury's Blossom Hill label, which sells for as little as # 5 a bottle.

Three years ago, profit margins in Treasury's Asian business were 38.8 per cent in its maiden full - year results after it demerged from Foster's, although Mr Clarke explained that figure was skewed somewhat because Treasury had little infrastructure on the ground in China then.

Investors showed they had little patience for companies that undershot earnings forecasts, even by the thinnest of margins, sending down shares in retailer Woolworths on Wednesday by 3 per cent after its March - quarter sales result came in slightly shy of analyst targets.

Sprouting seeds and nuts turns the little darlings into living foods, kick - starting enzyme activity that awakens the seed or nut in prep for growth, and increases mineral and protein content by a substantial margin.

The margin between making and not making a play in the NFL is razor thin at times, and a little effort, or a lack thereof, can often be the key.

In a game as tight as this was today, when the top quality of the Gunners is hard to find and the opponents have their tails up and are making things very difficult, little incidents and fine margins can make all the difference and that is why Alexis is such an important player for Arsenal.

You would very rarely find an Olympic champion, who found his motivation to train for hours and hours to make the necessary sacrifices and to find the little margins, which made him the winner, in a deepfelt desire to «put things right» or «to be competitive».

There's reason to believe it could all go wrong again, but a manageable fourth - place schedule should give Rivers & Co. a little more margin for error to stay in the hunt.

They fought for many years in the Championship to come up, and a few times just missed that by a very little margin.

They wasted little time jumping out as front - runners in the League as they won both Games by a wide margin!

Chelsea have been in formidable form since Conte switched to a 3 -4-2-1 system on the back of a chastening 3 - 0 loss at Emirates Stadium in September, and Pires acknowledges the Gunners have little margin for error with 15 top - fight games remaining this term.

An opening scoreless draw against South Korea left little margin for error on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST), but the Matildas responded in perfect fashion with a one - sided victory to sit top of their group on goal difference.

You can make the assumption that Klopp, Buvac, Krawietz and Lijnders in toe, left little margin for error in getting the attacking signings right, based on the players that were signed and the transfer fees paid for them.

As retailers, especially for products with very little profit margin, we're here to help, to educate, to support, but mostly to engage in a great relationship with our clients.

By a margin of 55 - 28 percent voters say they are prepared to re-elect her rather than support «someone else» (little changed from 54 - 29 percent in June).

Spitzer's lead dwindled to within the margin of error in the latest poll, but he's still benefiting from constant media coverage, while there's relatively little interest in Stringer's years in local politics and relation to feminist icon Bella Azbug.

In the 2008 gubernatorial open primary, Gov. Chris Gregoire (D) edged out Rossi in Pierce by little over 100 votes (72,388 to 72,258) and bested him by a wider margin in Kitsap (32,142 to 31,784) and Snohomish (71,078 to 68,470), while Rossi took Clark 35,933 to 34,93In the 2008 gubernatorial open primary, Gov. Chris Gregoire (D) edged out Rossi in Pierce by little over 100 votes (72,388 to 72,258) and bested him by a wider margin in Kitsap (32,142 to 31,784) and Snohomish (71,078 to 68,470), while Rossi took Clark 35,933 to 34,93in Pierce by little over 100 votes (72,388 to 72,258) and bested him by a wider margin in Kitsap (32,142 to 31,784) and Snohomish (71,078 to 68,470), while Rossi took Clark 35,933 to 34,93in Kitsap (32,142 to 31,784) and Snohomish (71,078 to 68,470), while Rossi took Clark 35,933 to 34,938.

The picture from the BESIP changed very little in May following the European Parliament Elections which saw the SNP emerge as the largest party but by a narrow margin over Labour of 29 % to 25 %, and less than in the corresponding elections of 2009.