Sentences with phrase «longer backed by»

They admit that wider adoption of bitcoin could lead to an increase in its worth, even drawing a comparison to the US dollar that is similarly no longer backed by any commodity.

And since the Swiss franc is no longer backed by gold, it's just another fiat currency.

It shouldn't be forgotten that the tokens on the blockchain represent a real value, which is backed by the computing power of blockchain miners — unlike, for example, the dollar, which is no longer backed by gold.

First, the US dollar is no longer backed by gold reserves.

Or that they are not «backed» by anything despite the fact that fiat currencies are no longer backed by physical commodities either.

Today's devastation will be even greater, because paper money is no longer backed by gold.

They mentioned how the USD is no longer back by bullion and only has the trust of the U.S. supervision and a standing as authorised proposal to back the currency.

Such complicated arrangements incline me strongly to support adopting the practice of some countries, long backed by the Electoral Commission, the 2007 Councillors Commission and others, of a single four - yearly national or at least regional Local Elections Day for all councils — though not, as in Sweden, on the same day as parliamentary elections with different coloured ballot papers, and probably not in mid-November, like Denmark's.

Not exact matches

If you run poor meetings by letting people talk too long then don't be surprised if people push back against the no devices rule.

The Supreme Court has appointed a receiver to take charge of the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation in the lead - up to a general meeting set for next month to settle a long - running dispute with a breakaway organisation backed by Fortescue Metals Group.

And while a more straightforward repeal bill may be able to win back some of the conservative defectors, moderates like Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio and West Virginia's Shelley Moore Capito (in addition to Collins) have already expressed concerns that a repeal - only strategy without a replacement would wreak even more havoc on Obamacare's individual insurance marketplaces by creating long - lasting uncertainty.

Leave those heavy tomes and thick glasses at home; if you want to appear intelligent, try these research - backed strategies that were among a long list recently rounded up by PsyBlog.

Larger automakers including Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. have also said they will cut back on the coquetry in Geneva, marking a potential sea change for an industry that has long pandered to male customers by using attractive women to sell cars.

But, by being a supportive mentor rather than a negative back - biter, you'll keep them around to learn from you (and contribute to your own growth) that much longer.

Railways, who added crude by rail capacity earlier this decade only to have the market vanish as pipeline space opened up, have been slow to move back in the oil transport business, asking producers to sign longer - term deals.

That's a very, very long time in technology and by then BlackBerry was so far down and the trend was so well developed that it was really hard for them to come back.

Johnston, welcoming MPs back to work after a month - long delay, opened the speech by noting that «the eyes and ears of Canadians turn toward this Parliament, in trust that those who stand here in their place will relentlessly advance and uphold the ideals that are inclusive, honourable, selfless, smart and caring at every turn without fail.»

By making your customers» holiday shopping experience an enjoyable one, you'll find that they will be back for more once the holidays are long gone.

After all, the blueprint contains a host of policies long sought by conservatives, including nixing Obamacare's Medicaid expansion, an expansion of health savings accounts that individuals can contribute to, rolling back the health law's various mandates and taxes, and dismantling the essential health benefits package that insurers had to provide under Obamacare.

By posing as another caller («I said I was Rudy»), Allen arranged to pick it up in two hour - long trips back and forth from Whistler.

Another main line of Genworth's business, long - term care insurance, is a risky but growing market, and Genworth pleased investors in 2013 by raising rates and cutting back on some benefits as customers live longer and become more costly to insure.

Of course, we've long intuited that diversity of thought leads to novel solutions, but more and more the diversity theory is being backed by hard data.

However long you want to stay on the moon, add 14 days (for the space hotel that takes you there and back) and multiply by $ 800.

Despite the move, she angered fiscal conservatives, taking Alberta back into long - term debt expected to reach $ 21 billion by 2017 to pay for new schools and health clinics.

Backed by some impressive partners, Emotiv has a long - range strategy that sounds like a business - school case study from the 22nd century.

FORTUNE — Isis, the mobile payments platform backed by AT&T (T), Verizon (VZ) and T - Mobile USA, has inked deals with the four largest credit - card networks, a move that the companies say will help accelerate the long - awaited «cellphone - as - a-wallet» concept in the U.S.

A long recession and growing disillusion with mainstream parties fed a bitter public mood that saw more than half of Italian voters back parties that rejected the austerity policies pursued by Prime Minister Mario Monti with the backing of Italy's European partners.

Echelon is now focusing its growth on «smart» commercial & municipal LED lighting (although its fab-less chip business has apparently now stabilized after a long decline), and if the lighting business accelerates (and it could, due to recent sales force hires and new products), I think there's a chance it can hit a break - even annualized revenue run - rate of $ 40 million by Q4 - 2019 (pushed back from my earlier hoped - for timeline) at which point — assuming $ 14 million of remaining net cash (vs. an estimated $ 18 million at the end of Q2 2018) and 4.7 million shares outstanding (vs 4.52 million today), an enterprise value of 1x revenue on this 53 % gross margin company would put the stock in the mid - $ 11s per share.

And if you don't pay back the taxes for a long time, the government will eventually enforce the lien by seizing and selling your property to satisfy the debt.

Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein, 61, is trying to ride out a years - long bond - trading slump that's being compounded by market swings and stiffer regulations — challenges that have forced many competitors to scale back.

I looked back at the historical performance data for long - bonds to see how the future performance was affected by the starting yield level.

No longer able to rely simply on price as a point of difference, Expedia and rival Booking Holdings, which owns Priceline, are fighting back by offering events and activities beyond hotel and airline reservations and spending lavishly to market directly to consumers.

Long - term investors will also find the pot sweetened by a low expense ratio and a securities lending program that claws back some of those expenses.

Bitcoin cash surged up by more than a 100 percent on Saturday to a high of about $ 2,800, before it crashed back to about $ 1,360 in one of the greatest «pump & dump» situations seen in a long time.

One of their clients, Juicies + said, «You will be amazed at how convenient it is and how much time you can gain back by no longer having to worry about doing your own packing and shipping.

Cairngorm Capital has been backed by a consortium of leading, long - term, international institutional investors, consisting of several prestigious European funds of funds and US university endowments.

To get a longer - term perspective, we've listed firms in CrunchBase founded by women going back to 1989.

After a long, strong run, equity investors are spooked by growing uncertainty, political cray - cray, interest rates coming back from the dead (though still historically low), a new Fed chair, and who knows what else?

If we take 20 % of the total value of U.S. based unicorns and divide it by the trailing twelve month proceeds raised by VC backed U.S. IPOs, it would currently take an estimated 6 1/2 years for all U.S. unicorns to IPO — nearly 6X longer than 24 months ago and more than double the trailing 24 month median.

The blackout stemming from Hurricane Maria was already the longest in US history back in October, according to an assessment by the Rhodium Group, a policy analysis firm.

As a firm we have consistently backed first - time funds launched by individuals or teams that we have deep respect for and long - term personal relationships with.

By inefficiently utilizing valuable capital to buy back stock at inflated prices, the company destroyed value for long - term shareholders.

The debts created by businesses, consumers and national economies cutting back their long - term direct investment leaves these entities even less able to carry their mounting debt burden.

But the American military, after a long experience with fully automatic M16s reaching back to Vietnam, decided by the 1980s to issue M16s, and later M4s, to most conventional troops without the fully automatic function, and to train them to fire in a more controlled fashion.

Long story short, with 2009 under my belt as a bounded tentpole of a worse case real world experiment, I envisage a 1 - year bonded income equivalent tranche of emergency funds backed by a 2 - yr income equivalent tranche dividend fund (Vanguard's low - cost dividend growth, for ex.).

After two failed starts by separate investment funds, a new Chinese blockchain innovation fund has solidified the nation's long - term commitment to blockchain technology and has over a billion USD in government backing.

If things are tight but you can free up money by cutting back on eating out or eliminating cable to stay on a standard 10 - year plan, that's better for you in the long run financially.»

For example, a break below the 20 - EMA, followed by sideways price action, and then a return back above the 20 - EMA (while it trends sideways) is merely a shakeout that should not bother a trader who is seeking bigger gains with a longer holding period.

It was the same thing back then, pillaging long established companies by loading them up with debt, stripping the assets, and then watching the company fail.

He would become the longest - serving leader of a major political party in Canadian history and the only Prime Minister to win four consecutive federal elections by backing up his pledge of real change with real action.