Sentences with phrase «made small increases»

The report says the price of farmland in most markets across the country made small increases or held steady during the past 12 months.

This happens to be one of my bigger positions but they make small increases every quarter.

I feel as though they made the small increase to allow for the acquisition of Rockwell Automation.

That number, which grew nearly one percentage point every year from 2008 to 2011, grew only 0.3 % last year — from 17.5 % in 2011 to 17.8 % in 2012 — making it the smallest increase over the past five years.

Once this is consistently achieved, participants then start to make a small increase (no more than 20 % per week) in the time they spend being physically active.

If weight gain stops again for a few weeks straight at some later point, make another small increase.

Not exact matches

So, we asked those banks, which make it their business to lend to small business, how entrepreneurs can increase their chances of securing loan dollars.

Says Brannon, «The total number of subscribers leaving pay TV is going to be so low that increases in ARPU are going to make the transition of these folks away from pay TV virtually a small blip on the radar.»

You pay a small percentage for the service, but you can easily make up for that with increased sales.

Toggl makes small businesses «bigger» by enhancing your time management, identifying wasted time and unprofitable projects, and increasing your team's overall billable hours and productivity.

If you are running new campaigns or smaller lists and make the mistake of leaving this default campaign feature on when creating your marketing campaigns, you will likely double or even triple your advertising costs without increasing the amount of revenue your marketing campaigns generate.

The combination of lower property prices, low interest rates and small increases in household incomes has made housing affordability in Perth the best it has been for 10 years, and the best of any mai

In his ambitious second term agenda, announced during his State of the Union Address on Tuesday, President Obama raised a proposal that made small business owners sit up and take notice: an increase in the minimum wage to $ 9 from its current $ 7.25.

What if I were to tell you that you could increase the odds that your kids will achieve great success in life — maybe greater success than you've had — simply by making a small change in how you praise them and talk about achievement?

«Technology has played a role in making the world smaller and increasing the need for multilingual communication,» says the 41 - year - old sole owner.

Smaller companies are starting to follow tech giants» examples to increase their growth and make themselves more attractive to potential employees.

It requires every fund seeking new leverage to direct more investment to «smaller» companies, and increases the maximum investment an SBIC can make in one of its portfolio companies.

The new procedures, meant to reduce the chances of another outbreak, reportedly will make it more difficult for the restaurant chain to source ingredients from small local suppliers that may not be able to afford the technology and other requirements for increased scrutiny.

Musk said he wants to make the bus smaller than current models and increase the number of passengers on it by removing the «center aisle and putting seats where there are currently entryways.»

Make your bed Starting your morning with even a small accomplishment will increase your endorphin level and help you take on the bigger tasks later in the day.

Some small businesses and departments use it daily, because the cost of the apps has come down, bandwidth and network speed has increased making connectivity more reliable, and the ease of use has improved.

Atlanta and Chicago, big cities that have made it relatively easy to build new housing in recent decades, would see only a small rent increase if they won the Amazon project.

Giving yourself small gifts will make you proud of yourself, increase your self - esteem and therefore, stay positive.

According to the Scorecard, four in five small business owners are not able to dole out raises to make up for the payroll tax increase.

«Through this increased investment and connections with community lending organizations, we are making meaningful strides toward increasing access to capital for small businesses, as well as helping more business owners get the coaching and educational resources they need to succeed financially long - term.»

This is something like microsavings accounts, which make small deposits based on spending, slowly, steadily and automatically increasing your savings through regular activity.

The 2018 minimum wage increase to $ 14 an hour in Ontario, expected to rise again in 2019, for example, might cause some small businesses to have to cut hours or reduce staff to make up for the expense.

While a relatively small increase, I'll take it as BP's high starting yield helps make up for it.

More than 2,400 SBA 7 (a) loans were made in fiscal year 2016, a 12 percent increase over last year, the U.S. Small Business Administration said.

Increased Buying Power: ROBS funding can be used as the down payment on a small business loan or seller financing arrangement — making a business owner a more qualified borrower and increasing his / her total buying power.

Smaller tusks increase an individual elephant's probability of survival, by making him or her a less attractive target for poachers.

To achieve this goal, several approaches are envisaged: identifying small populations with severe disease where a medicine's benefit - risk balance could be favorable; making more use of real - world data where appropriate to support clinical trial data; and involving health technology assessment bodies early in development to increase the chance that medicines will be recommended for payment and ultimately covered by national healthcare systems.

«Because we found a general trend toward smaller cup sizes, we made the choice to reduce the size rather than increase the price,» company spokesman Michael Langdon said.

Thereby, the increased dependence on central bank liquidity may have weakened the resilience of markets, making them more prone to a (small) shock, such as an adjustment of market expectations on monetary policy.

With value and deal - making opportunities in abundance, it is easy to notice an increase in new, smaller, nimbler funds.

That said, B.C.'s strong economic growth over the past three years, combined with a) the announced small business tax relief, b) the new training and youth employment programs (also announced today), and c) a lower - than - average percentage of our working population who actually make minimum wage (about 5 %, compared to 7.1 % nationally), leaves us in a position to cautiously view the announced increases as «reasonable.»

All small business owners should consider how millennials are making up an increasing part of the market.

You can also make small improvements to increase your value, thereby lowering your LTV.

The five leading price performers (Patterson - UTI Energy, Lear, Bruker, Crane and TD Ameritrade) are all smaller holdings in the Fund, meaning that their outsized price increases did not make them leading contributors.

You can always make improvements — just a small tweak to a landing page could cause a 30 % increase in conversions.

But the individual need not experience his life in and of itself, but as participating in the broad sweep of divine creation, contributing in its small way to the increased intensification of divine experience, making possible the emergence of new forms of existence beyond man.

The clusters are small making harvesting tedious, however the small berry size increases the intensity of flavors and aromas.

I made some small changes that didn't effect them too much such as reducing the brown sugar down to 1 cup and increasing the white to 1/2 cup.

If you don't have access to home grown or farmstand berries, I would suggest two changes for using grocery - store berries: first, cut the berries into smaller pieces (and try to buy smaller berries, because they are usually softer), and also increase the honey by a tablespoon or two to make up for the reduced sweetness of the berries.

Cutting the cubes into smaller pieces also increases the surface area of the beef, making more room for the other flavors.

I would try to make them smaller next time by increasing the number of rolls from nine to perhaps a dozen.

Make sure the carrots are evenly spread out, this will increase surface area exposed and allow edges to crisp up and the maple syrup to caramelize, giving a beautiful finish to the carrots, a small pinch of sea salt will also perfectly season the dish.

The 52 Healthy Habits Series is about ditching the diet mindset and making small changes to improve health overall naturally leading to a healthy body composition, increased energy and improved health.

This is especially important for smaller manufacturers who can actually increase their sales by making their products stand out through innovative packaging and labelling.

If you don't have hot paprika, increase the heat by adding small dried red chiles, rather than adding too much paprika, as it can make the stew too sweet.