Sentences with phrase «lower value added»

There is a critical decision that results in estimates with far lower value added correlations — how teachers should be compared to each other.

In other words, if we follow sequential cohorts of students from a grade level in a school, we should hypothesize to see a drop in achievement when a teacher with a very high value - added estimate leaves the school (or a particular grade), and an increase in achievement when a teacher with low value added leaves.

Can Microsoft thread the needle and avoid both the totalitarianism of the Apple App Store and the fragmentation and low value add of the Google Market?

The lowest value added came from Massachusetts.

Blocking and tackling doesn't work anymore — it is the low value add of the legal department.»

Companies in low value added jobs with high manpower growth need to be manpower lean while firms with high value added jobs should be helped to prosper further so they can create more good jobs for us.

Not exact matches

Ontario can utilize these markets to source the same low - cost imports it does from China while opening their markets to Ontario's value - added goods and services that these countries require in order to modernize.

That low - key, always - on, super-skilled guy on your team probably adds more value than anyone but gets far less praise and attention than more volatile or less reliable performers.

And in this buy - low, sell - high gamble, knowing a horse's value and setting the right reserve price is key, otherwise «you're left holding the bag,» he adds.

But a long period of U.S. economic growth could be interrupted in the coming years, despite a historically low unemployment rate of 4.1 percent, and record - shattering momentum on Wall Street that added trillions to the value of stocks in 2017.

The combination of 12 % import taxes and 17 % value - added taxes on foreign manufactures continue to frustrate exporters, so do your high - volume, low - tech production in China.

More specifically, they wanted a business that was low tech and off the beaten track — in other words, one that was undercapitalized and undermanaged, where a couple of bright M.B.A.'s could add large amounts of value and then sell out for a bundle.

The company wanted to offer value - added services as a means of establishing a point of differentiation between itself and the hundreds of low - cost software testing factories in south - east Asia.

It's true, as Vangaurd has noted, that a good advisor can contribute up to 3 % per year in added value, but in a world of low cost «good» advisors you should still be cognizant of the cost of an advisor.

«There may be greater value creation potential in adding leverage,» given the historically low interest - rate environment, Devine said on the call.

«As the migration speeds up, it will raise real - estate values in low - tax states and hurt them in high - tax states,» the authors add.

In the 33 years since the 1982 low, valuations have quadrupled, and the S&P 500 has enjoyed an average price increase of 9.5 % annually, even though nonfinancial gross value added has increased by only 5 % annually.

We will adopt it, and it will make it possible to lower investors» costs,» he commented, but immediately added, «Bitcoin is a digital means of payment whose value appears to be out of control.

Profile # 3: Consumer with 760 or Above Credit Score, Home Value of $ 400,000 and 20 % Down Payment The high credit score and 20 % down payment in this profile made it unnecessary to consider an FHA loan, which allows lower down payments at the cost of added mortgage insurance.

Add the fact that much of the earnings - per - share growth is created by making acquisitions of slower growing, lower P / E companies, and one might think that the new, larger level of earnings should be valued at a smaller multiple than the prior earnings were.

Agri - food MSMEs are crucial in both wealthy and low and middle - income countries (LMICs) in addressing food security, meeting growing demand for agricultural commodities and value - added foodstuffs, and in reducing poverty by generating income through strategies of inclusive growth.

It also faces competition from lower - cost producers and needs to move up the value - added chain of manufacturing.

The lower levels of concern around short - term fluctuations in portfolio values may also reflect a growing sense of realism amongst investors and the fact that they are starting to swallow the pill of lower returns in this low - interest - rate environment,» he added.

Portugal specializes in low value - added products, which exposes it to exchange rate risk and undermines investor sentiment about the country's ability to address its problems.»

China has also this year vowed to lighten the tax burden on individuals and businesses and on May 1 will lower the value - added tax rate for the manufacturing, transportation, construction, telecommunication and agricultural sectors.

Declining revenues kept the share price low early this year, but that is in part due to GT's strategy of focusing more on its high value added (HVA) tires, which have higher margins.

They include value - added tax hikes, lower jobless benefits, wage cuts for state employees and billions of euros in savings from local government reforms.

The block size limit was added to the Bitcoin code in order to prevent spam attacks on the network at a time when the value of a Bitcoins was low.

The problem with this line of thinking is that if stock selection doesn't add value, then active management doesn't add value either, and low - cost index funds become a superior choice.

There is no clear evidence that splitting high DIV yield firms into low and high payout adds risk - adjusted value relative to the standard high DIV yield strategy.

Eurozone officials are unanimous that it means a commitment to financial war against labor — to austerity and yet further economic shrinkage; to faster privatization selloffs (but not to Russians if they offer higher prices, as Gazprom did) and hence higher prices for hitherto public utilities; to no rejection of past insider privatization deals to higher value - added taxes on consumers; and to lower pensions for labor.

At the end of last year, it reduced the value added tax (VAT) rate from 24 percent to 20 percent, lowered the income withholding tax rate, nixed a controversial «special construction» tax, simplified deductibles and exempted certain dividends from corporate income tax.

We think there is significant upside to the Delaware acreage, relative to PDC's assumptions at the time of the acquisition, and believe that adding quality acreage when commodity prices are low can significantly increase long - term value for shareholders.

From the low of the 1929 plunge, the stock market would then lose an additional 79 % of its value by its eventual bottom in 1932 because of add - on policy errors that resulted in the Great Depression.

To provide a healthier alternative, Food For Life manufactures Ezekiel Bread, a low glycemic bread without added sugar that is packed with nutritional value that transforms your living.

«The organic industry is growing and with lower commodity grain prices, and farmers are looking to add value and meet consumer demands,» he told Civil Eats.

LiDestri notes that having multiple manufacturing sites adds great value because it provides customers with national representation and low transportation costs.

In the Book, «New Glugose Revolution, Low GI Gluten - Free Eating Made Easy», it is recommended to add any of the following to lower the GI value: buckwheat kernals, rice bran, chickpea flour and / or psyllium husks.

A short - lived «Santa rally» that added 5.5 per cent to the market, or $ 83 billion in value, over the previous four sessions came to a halt on Tuesday as BHP Billiton led the bourse 1.1 per cent lower.

It said this was because the UK continued to import large amounts of added value dairy, while exporting lower value commodities, like milk powders and bulk cream.

* There should be planned, and sustained investment in R&D to add value to dairy products; to lower costs of producing milk; to improve milk quality; to improve processing efficiency; and to improve packaging.

«I've never felt great about the low nutritional value of pancakes — it's like eating cake for breakfast — but the flax adds fiber, omega - 3s and minerals,» she says.

These images are then compared, which helps to eliminate the background effect caused by the product itself and improves the detection of lower density foreign bodies such as fan bones in chicken, bone fragments in meat, or glass and stones in added value meat products.

The sector will focus on pre-production (design, R&D) and post-production (after - sales services) value - adding, sustainable manufacturing and low volume, high margin customised manufacturing.

SupplyOne has built an impressive platform over the past two decades, with a strong geographic footprint across the United States, and a unique ability to add value to its customers» businesses by lowering total packaging costs.

If fans will not boycott the games and stop paying for the tickets then let us at least unite and tell Silent Stan that the CEO is not making him the money that he could, if Silent Stan starts to see Gazidis as a loss to profit then maybe we can get an ambitious CEO in who will help us be ambitious and win titles, use that then to get better business done and add to the value of the clubs assets (players), remove the lowest value players (not good enough for AFC) and replace them with high value assets which will increase in value when we are winning / truly competing at the highest level.

Players from middle to lower weight clubs who are given their dream moves can also provide great value before the added points collected by playing in a better team prompts a rise in price:

In other sports, we've found that the under tends to perform well in games with high totals while the over has added value in games with low totals.

Daisy adds: «If I was to do something like this again, I'd consider sending some of my personalised notecards or the initial prints I design for children as they are lower value purchases and may result in even more sales.

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