Sentences with phrase «more modest raises»

House leaders have been adamant about providing more modest raises without laying off any educators or impacting the state's Medicaid health insurance program.

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And yet the «payout ratio» of dividends to profits remains a modest 22 %, which indicates Nike can easily afford more shareholder raises in the future.

First, on average, crowdfunding projects, many of which have more to do with one - off artistic or cultural projects than for - profit businesses with growth potential, have raised very modest sums.

A survey of New York City employers after implementation of the city's paid sick days law showed that more than 91 percent of respondents did not reduce hiring; 97 percent did not reduce hours; and 94 percent did not raise prices as a result of the law.26 In a similar study from Connecticut, which passed a statewide paid sick days law in 2011, employers also reported no effects or modest effects to their bottom lines.27 And an audit of the District of Columbia's paid sick leave law, effective in 2008, found that it did not discourage business owners from basing their businesses in the District, nor did it incentivize them to relocate their businesses outside of Washington.28

I expect the Fed to raise rates 3 more times next year, with modest increases of 25 basis points each time.

We passed on all of these deals and often tried to discuss the possibility of more modest amounts of capital raised and at more realistic prices.

While more modest in comparison to these movements, the recent new lows reached by gold reflect a renewed expectation for higher real interest rates as the Fed starts to raise rates.

However, with the Federal Reserve (Fed) poised to begin raising rates as early as next month, investors will have to adjust to more modest returns from U.S. stocks as well as brace for heightened volatility.

It's a more modest fundraising figure for the pro-business group that so far this year has remained dormant as Cuomo has sought a decidedly liberal agenda that included a raise in the state's minimum wage and an extension of a tax surcharge on the wealthy.

Coakley has raised over $ 4 million more than Brown in the Senate campaign, but because she faced a competitive primary, she began the year with a more modest financial advantage.

Though Governor Andrew Cuomo has expressed support for instituting a congestion pricing program to reduce street congestion in Manhattan and create a dedicated source of revenue for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), and said that he is fighting for such a scheme in state budget negotiations, the governor has recently indicated that he may only be able to win a modest first step, raising the ire of those expecting more.

He says he's in agreement that lawmakers should get a modest pay raise, but says he wants other items finished as well, including freeing up $ 1 billion more to help the homeless and the expansion of the state's hate crimes law, and the State Police authority to enforce them.

A more modest proposal by Senator Patty Murray, Democrat of Washington, to raise the national minimum wage to $ 12 an hour won the backing of the Obama administration and several key congressional Democrats this spring.

The gubernatorial campaign of Cynthia Nixon is touting her success in the first week of fundraising from small - dollar donors, saying she has raised more money in modest donations than Gov. Andrew Cuomo has over the last seven years.

Astorino reported a far more modest sum of $ 2.4 million after raising $ 3.4 million and spending $ 980,000.

Republicans who control the state Senate have opposed more modest measures: In January, Cuomo proposed raising the minimum wage to $ 11.50 in New York City, and $ 10.50 elsewhere, but even that was deemed politically impossible.

He says he's in agreement that lawmakers should get a modest pay raise but says he wants other items finished as well, including freeing up $ 1 billion more dollars to help the homeless and the expansion of the state's hate crimes law, and the state police authority to enforce them.

The increases are modest — for comparison, smoking raises lung - cancer risk by more than 900 percent — but they might make you think twice before reaching for that chili dog.

In the near term before 2040, the most cost - effective way to protect New York likely is a more modest combination of building improvements — such as raising new structures and home foundations — and smaller barrier methods to keep out water, such as small levees, the policy study finds.

There are two basic categories of salt block cures: partial cures, where the salt draws out a modest amount of moisture and increases the salinity of the food just enough to improve its texture and taste while extending the life of the food; and full cures, were salt is brought into greater contact with the food to draw out more moisture and raise salinity further to create cures that can last long periods of time with proper storage.

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In addition, it is eliminating the 15 % online booking discount it has offered on award bookings and upgrades made through its website or app, and it is raising the number of miles required for Saver Awards, although the increase is relatively modest and likely to be more than offset by the elimination of the fuel surcharges.

The goal five years ago was to build momentum to «seal the deal» on a binding climate treaty — a fruitless task given the divisions among the world's nations — while this conclave was centered on a more modest, but more concrete, achievement — «to raise political momentum for a meaningful universal climate agreement [notice there's no mention of the word «binding»] in Paris in 2015 and to galvanize transformative action in all countries to reduce emissions and build resilience to the adverse impacts of climate change.»

I wrote «those raising the alarm» in place of «alarmists» — there have always been people, called «lukewarmers», who have promoted a more modest alertness.

But even less notorious litigants could be successful in raising funds via the Web, although perhaps on a more modest scale.

To quote one managing partner, «At what point should the salaries paid to the more highly paid non-equity partners «cap out» and reach a ceiling above which significant raises will not be awarded each year, except for perhaps modest cost - of - living increments?»

«Which I think is the appropriate course of action... I think the amounts [of capital raised] will get more modest, for the most part.