Sentences with phrase «of laggard»

On the bonus side, however, the biggest increases went to two of those laggard on the base - pay side.

While its apps are well - praised and available on a number of platforms, TunnelBear only lets you connect through 20 or so countries — making it a bit of a laggard compared to the competition.

«I think it shows the pressure that some of these laggard countries felt under from other countries and from the public in their own countries to not block the language.

The 2016 Lincoln Navigator is somewhat of a laggard as compared to other luxury SUVs, since the Lincoln brand hadn't gotten around to providing product info for it before this list was hitting the Internet.

It's paired with Renault's Getrag - sourced six - speed dual - clutch transmission which generally works smoothly, but can be a bit of a laggard at times when a bit of response is required on the move.

As Dropout Nation has detailed over the last year, the enabling of incompetent and criminally - venal cops by state laws and criminal justice bureaucracies parallels the protection of laggard and criminally - abusive teachers by state education agencies and traditional districts.

When you consider that teacher salaries are based on attaining additional degrees (which is often funded by districts and states) and not on performance, the costs of laggard ed schools borne by taxpayers are even greater.

The plights of legendary math teacher Jaime Escalante, famed instructor John Taylor Gatto, are just the most - visible examples of what happens when good and great teachers either shine too brightly, or challenge the views of laggard teachers and school leaders who would rather hide in plain sight.

The consequences are evident in the low quality of instruction among those who have managed to gain tenure in three years in spite of their laggard performance.

I know he's a bit of a laggard in this area, but how do you tell someone they don't have very good guest manners?

Some of that laggard performance can be attributed to expectations that the Federal Reserve will...

That means rebalancing your portfolio at least once a year, by selling some of the assets that have done best — and exceeded their model allocation — and buying more of your laggards.

The recent market sell - off is putting a dent in many large - cap Dow components, which are now sitting in bear market territory, but here's why two of these laggards may be worth a buy.

Of course, it seems unfortunate that our schools are always among the last to learn and adopt anything new and there are still loads of laggards in the land of learning.

But he's angry that Rosemount has been one of the laggards in the top 15 and says it needs to do better after being an underperformer for many years.

But when policy intervenes to reshape the teacher's priorities, it is invariably on behalf of the laggards, for they are the beneficiaries of major governmental efforts — such as NCLB and IDEA — to advance the education of youngsters who face difficulties and to reward schools and teachers that accomplish this.

Leapfrogging is a form of momentum investing where investors jump from one stock to another, routinely switching out of the laggards in their portfolio and into funds with better performance.

When you see a horde of guards heading your way, it's a blast to pop out of the room you're hiding in, pick off a couple of laggards at the end of the pack, and then shift across the room without anyone spotting you.

Consider me as one of those laggards who has never purchased anything from you, if you like.

Most sales forces have a small group of stars, a small group of laggards, and a large group of producers in between.

Not exact matches

Recently, the degree to which the 2018 market - leading consumer discretionary sector is outperforming the biggest laggard, consumer staples, has reached extremes, said Larry McDonald, editor of the Bear Traps Report.

Not as well as global frontrunner Norway, where women hold 35.5 % of seats, but not as bad as laggards like Australia, Ireland and Portugal, all of which top out at 13 % or less.

MSCI on Wednesday gave Snap one of its lowest grades of corporate governance, a «B,» labeling it a «laggard» on such measures.

Fully 59 % of those in the leader category in 2012 had a formally accountable executive for innovation; only 28 % of those in the laggards did.

«Canada has been a laggard, and it has surprised people because of our proximity to the largest data market in the world,» says Bill St. Arnaud, an Ottawa - based IT consultant.

Both Samsung and HTC are seeing slower - than - expected sales of their latest devices, while perennial laggards Nokia and BlackBerry aren't doing any better.

The economic slowdown that still grips much of the globe is keeping a damper on many industries — the moguls heavily invested in commodities or energy were more likely to be laggards this year — but telecom, real estate and consumer staples performed well and pushed many members» net worth higher.

Sewing also confronts a decision on scaling back the investment bank — both Deutsche Bank's biggest source of revenue and a perennial laggard against U.S. giants — and winning over long - suffering shareholders.

«Narrowing the gap between the laggards and those at the frontier of digitization could help accelerate productivity and growth,» it says.

New York has been a laggard in expanding the definition of parenthood, as a majority of states already recognize non-biological, non-adoptive parents.

«It's your country, Canada's going to do what it's going to do,» Nye said, making a point of referring to his own country's government as an environmental laggard.

Extra cash in the hands of retailers means capital to widen the gap with the laggards through investments in technology, pricing, and delivery.

The first is that cybercriminal's weapon of choice is not always the sophisticated attack; generally, they prefer the path of least resistance, so security laggards beware.

In other words, P&G's strategy of shrinking by dumping laggards and promoting its most profitable brands is failing to generate more cash on every dollar of assets.

Tech laggards team up to regain lost ground in creating infrastructure for the «internet of things.»

Companies considered laggards in embedding and exploiting organizational purpose, on the other hand, report lower levels of customer satisfaction and employee engagement.

The January list includes a trio of perennial laggards that have moved into blockchain technology: Nova Lifestyle, Inc., Long Blockchain Corp. and Nxt - ID, Inc..

Because of its heavy weighting in Apple ($ AAPL), which has been undergoing the healthy price correction we predicted back on November 5 of last year, the Nasdaq 100 Index (large - cap sibling of the Nasdaq Composite) has been a complete laggard in 2013.

A few of the directors in our study were clearly laggards, even going so far as to argue that innovation was irrelevant in their very mature industries.

I'm in the Laggard Quintile of the «longshot odds» Bell Curve; never had your balls / brains, and my adventures always seemed to end with me flat on my back, staring up at the lights.

Altcoins are clearly lagging Bitcoin, with Ethereum and Ripple still being the biggest laggards of the market, as the second largest coin now retraced all of its gains since the December break - out.

Apparel has been something of an e-commerce laggard.

As the year unfolded it became increasingly apparent that the S&P / TSX Composite Index offered investors outsized exposure to the laggards, such as energy, but also too little exposure to the leaders, such as the secular growth themes of technology and healthcare.

Regardless of Brenner's trumpeting of recent total shareholder returns, AMP has been, and remains, a perennial laggard, trading at an 8 per cent discount to the market multiple versus its historical 8 per cent premium.

The quick bounce is another in the list of bullish signs that emerged since the weekend bottom, as despite the notable laggards, Ethereum and Ripple.

«They're all trying to get toward... a better blend between a physical and digital experience,» he said, «and analysts are looking at J.C. Penney as a laggard in the innovation of experience.»

An industry in which leaders and laggards alike used to reap more than half of their earnings in flows has given way to feverish automation and heightened efficiency.

With internet access and smartphones continuing to proliferate, with platform monopolies like Google, Amazon, and Facebook extracting ever - more value from more corners of the economy, with digital natives and sector leaders now integrating machine learning into their operations, the digitization gap between leaders and laggards grows wider by the day.

Ethereum is the most important laggard in the segment, as the coin couldn't find footing since the reports regarding the Google ad - ban, with the price of the token breaching the February low today.

While axing a tax on the fuel Albertans produce is popular, much of the energy sector appears reasonably happy a provincial government is doing things to erase Alberta's old image as an environmental laggard; last month, oil sands heavyweights Suncor and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. talked up Alberta's new environmental efforts to European investors, and their executives joined Notley on stage when the climate change plan and carbon tax were first announced.