Sentences with phrase «of putting numbers on»

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In addition to these imminent issues, a number of other geopolitical stories have the potential to put added upside pressure on the market this year.

A number of high - profile attacks in Afghanistan towards the end of January were claimed by competing terrorist groups ISIS and the Taliban — putting the spotlight back on a country that has been at war for over a decade.

An employee's profile page includes badges for reaching milestones such as service anniversaries, a certain number of recognitions sent or received, or for doing things such as putting an item from the store on a wish list.

There is no word yet on whether Bti has been effective, but Puerto Rico was put under a state of emergency in August with the number of Zika cases on the island now at more than 15,000.

They have also demanded a new vote on the budget for next year after the government approved the spending plan by not putting it though parliament, but holding the vote in an nearby chamber, with a high number of government supporters — something that the country's opposition deemed as «illegal.»

Thinking about your surroundings, how the sun feels on your skin, or the number of miles you've completed provides a sense of accomplishment and puts your issue in perspective.

We'll put put specific numbers on that bluebird view by creating a simple model that involves moving a few decimal points: Let's say that FAANG Inc's share price is $ 24 (based on $ 24 trillion valuation) and that it earns 80 cents (that's the $ 80 billion, many decimal points to the left), so it's selling at the FAANGs combined PE of 30.

The American Petroleum Institute puts out its monthly report on U.S. oil inventories and demand on Thursday, a day after the U.S. Energy Information Administration releases its own oil inventory report, while Friday brings Baker Hughes» weekly look at the number of oil and gas rigs operating in the U.S..

Merkel has resisted pressure from allies within her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to put a cap on the number of refugees entering Germany, which is expected to top 1 million this year.

The new measures would build on a number of energy — and environment - related executive orders signed by Trump seeking to gut most of the climate change regulations put in place by predecessor President Barack Obama.

Analysts say some of the rebound is a result of what happened last year, when large numbers of advertisers put less into the upfront market and kept more of their spending for what is called the short - term «scatter» market, where ads are bought on an as - needed basis.

Distilled puts on a number of big events every year; you can check out upcoming events here.

Take - Two also reported a nuanced quarter on Monday, which proved its ability to put up good numbers from its catalog and digital areas with creative ways to drive sales and revenue through its use of its virtual currency system.

Beyond using this clean electricity to power homes, offices and manufacturing plants, the Chinese also view it as the fuel of choice for the growing number of vehicles hitting the road, setting a goal of putting five million «new energy» vehicles (EVs, plug - in hybrids and fuel - cell cars) on the road by 2020.

There were a few dozen of them we wanted to connect with — a big enough number to partner with and convince our investors, but also small enough so I could put a list of names on a wall.

The numbers, which put the department store chain on track to post its first quarter of comparable sales growth in three years, are the start of an awaited payoff to years of investment in Macy's e-commerce firepower, says Macy's departing executive chairman and former long - time CEO Terry Lundgren.

If that percentage is on the lower end, the company may choose to wait until the number increases (meaning the leak has grown) before putting more manpower and money into verifying the location and cause of a potential problem.

«It's amazing the number of franchise brokerages still putting it on their website,» says franchise consultant Joel Libava, who has written several articles critical of The Stat.

«I want to touch on the importance of not just putting out numbers and being a one and done initiative.

Self - publishing on Amazon is like putting an infinite number of your books in the center of the world's largest bookstore.It costs very little time and zero dollars to self - publish on Amazon.

So, throw in a few hours on Saturday to wrap up the week, but be aware of the number of hours you're putting in so you don't let it get out of hand.

The phenomenal numbers put Super Mario Odyssey on the path to becoming the best selling game for the Switch, Nintendo's latest gaming console; fans are buying it even faster than they bought The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, a launch title that was heralded as one of the best games in the Zelda franchise's history.

There have been a number of recent surveys and reports showing the value top talent puts on the opportunity for career advancement in their organizations — and how a perceived inability to do so drives them to leave their companies.

Today, Brazil sits at No. 5 in a 2010 UN ranking of countries receiving FDI, and early numbers from the Central Bank of Brazil put the economy on pace to eclipse the previous year with US$ 43 billion in FDI for the first six months of 2011.

Walk around any floor of the company's plus - sized headquarters in Seattle, and you'll see blackboards and posters touting the number of volunteer hours a particular team of employee volunteers has put in on a particular project, or the current level of the Partner (employee) Cup Fund, an employee initiative whose value is in financially helping partners in need, including this formerly homeless barista, whose story I tell here.

If the original tax base is $ 263 billion and if nothing else changes — the assumption you have to make in assessing the effects of a policy — then this information is enough to put some numbers on the sort of revenues you can expect to generate by an increase in corporate tax revenues.

They've increased the number of elective classes on entrepreneurship in the course catalog, and they've put startup projects into the basic MBA curriculum.

TrackMyMail does not give you seed names; instead they work with you to put a special barcode on a number of your sales pieces (most of the time they barcode about 1,000 pieces).

However, the company responded to comments to that effect on its Facebook page, writing, «Audi has diverse hiring practices to ensure equality across our staff and we pledge to put aggressive hiring and development strategies in place to increase the number of women in our workforce, at all levels.»

Finally, don't put this issue down without reading «Making It Work,» Jeff Chu's moving profile of five businesses leading the fight against a quiet social crisis — the growing number of people on the autism spectrum who come of working age every year.

Only a few states put a limit on the number of owners (called members), which can usually include corporations, other LLCs, and foreign entities.

Several months later, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) identified a number of compliance problems with the company — problems that the CMS claimed were putting patients in immediate jeopardy — and imposed serious sanctions on the firm and its leaders.

A number of software startups startups focused on marketing and employee engagement - type problems are that haven't figured out a go - to - market strategy are now putting themselves up for sale, according to Sweeney.

One problem with price deals is diminishing returns; thus, merchants need to put a cap on the number of deal coupons that are to be sold, says Dholakia.

While deciding where to put our energy on the next product, we met a number of industry professionals who gave us insight on what kinds of brands and associations to look for.

But to put flesh on those bones, you'll need Dun's Market Identifier, a database you can search by SIC (up to eight digits), region, sales volume, number of employees, zip code, and more.

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.»

The so - called MTV Problem has put pressure on the three big cities to integrate a large number of immigrants while denying most other areas of the country the benefits of an expanding pool of labour that immigration can bring.

«We'd love to proclaim these numbers as definitive evidence of a real downshift in the trend in claims, but it's even riskier than usual to put too much weight on single observations at this time of year,» says Shepherdson.

For three decades, B.C. has been growing its share of a static pie, as declining numbers of participants put in more days on the slopes.

It has an SMS - to - email function, puts all of your phones and voicemail on one number with a profile you can use to look at your whole call history, and has low rates for international calls.

Put a cap on the number of hours employees are working by managing schedules to ensure none work more than 10 hours each day, even if they're clocking - in at home.

Much of the resistance to putting hard numbers on diversity comes from the belief that «goals equal quotas, and quotas will lower the talent bar,» says Emerson.

On top of those numbers I have examined the statistics that the regional banks have put up to scrutinize loan growth.

However, though the industry's merger mania continued throughout 2017, a number of major deals were abandoned or put on hold, as the Federal Trade Commission continued to keep a close eye on merger activity.

Based on the number of adults in the U.S. — almost 250 million as of July 2016 — NerdWallet's calculations found that nearly 27 million Americans could be putting medical bills on credit cards.

With the number of female founders on the rise, it is no longer uncommon to publicly discuss the challenges of raising capital while visibly pregnant, how long one can put off starting a family, or what constitutes an appropriate maternity leave plan for businesses that are not large enough to require adherence to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

But premise and adoption numbers aside, such a long list of investors putting money into a jumbo - seed round so early on is not uncommon these days.

On Wednesday, SEBI eased rules for angel investments in young, fledgling firms and increased the upper limit for the number of angel investors in a scheme to 200 from 49, halved the minimum investment threshold to Rs 25 lakh and allowed investors to put money in firms that are up to five - years - old compared with three years currently.

This does not mean you need to put any kind of cap on how much you spend on, for example, travel and entertainment, providing you limit the amount you claim to what is allowed, but it does mean you should be prepared for a visit from the IRS if those numbers are uncommonly high.