Sentences with phrase «of the double whammy of»

There are probably few people in Albany happier that today is Friday than Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson, who is the subject of a double whammy of news coverage today.

The Lords can not be reformed because of the double whammy of romantics who want to abolish it and their cousins who want to preserve it in aspic.

Not exact matches

The double whammy of fast «drawdowns» and a market correction can sharply impair the likelihood that your savings will last as long as your retirement does.

A double whammy of a strong greenback and higher oil prices is set to weigh on earnings of Asia's premium airlines.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Yum Brands says a key sales figure for China dropped 19 per cent in May, as the parent company of KFC began to see signs of recovery from the double whammy of a bird flu scare and an earlier controversy over its chicken supply.

After months of higher input costs for manufacturers, the simultaneous spike in food and oil prices is a double whammy that is now starting to hit consumers.

But the defense contractor experienced a double whammy in 2014 between falling oil prices (triggering cutbacks on energy projects) and the substantial withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, reducing the need for the company's services there.

And yet the bots march on, aided by a double whammy: murky laws governing their creation and sale, and social media companies that have too often turned a blind eye to the veracity of their reported user numbers.

Cities and states across the country are working hard to overcome the double whammy of an economic slump and a fiscal budget crunch.

At the same rate that their responsibilities were multiplying at work as well as at home, the support they received from co-workers was declining, creating a double whammy of more demands and less help.

The EpiPen gets a double whammy of bad news.

This strategy caused a double whammy of anticipation.

These funds have been pulling their members» money out of hedge funds in recent years, after getting hit with a «double whammy — poor investment performance accompanied by huge fees.»

Gold miners stocks have been hit by a bit of a double whammy lately.

Investors seem to be betting that a double whammy of funding costs and bad debts hits minnows harder.

«It's the double whammy of growth and inflation and the deficits to pay for it,» said David Ader, the chief macro strategist at Informa Financial Intelligence.

Bond investors are in constant fear of a replay of the 1970s when interest rates exploded higher in concert with sky high inflation, a double whammy of bad news for fixed income securities.

The May fundraising totals were double whammy in the headlines for Trump on Monday, which also saw the departure of two high - profile campaign staffers.

The $ 1.2 trillion high - yield debt market could face a double whammy as spreads tighten and investors use the corporate earnings season starting in the second week of October as an excuse to take even more profits.

In essence, Denton County homeowners are dealing with a a double whammy of two of the most operationally corrupt systems in the U.S... the Texas property tax system and the Federal Reserve.

If CRA finds they have engaged in tax evasion, they will suffer the double whammy of tax evasion and also being stripped of their immigration status or denied citizenship, because of fraud.

He is particularly exposed to rapid rises in gasoline prices, and if this occurs concurrently with stock market falls, then he could suffer a double whammy — think sequence of returns nightmare!

While often true, at important turning points such as 2000 when overvalued small technology companies achieved large - cap status, investors were hit by the double whammy of risky small businesses combined with excessive valuations.

But then in 2007, he experienced a double - whammy when his Bruce sequel, Evan Almighty, became one of the biggest comedic box - office bombs of all time, and then he later suffered severe head trauma in a bicycle - riding accident.

Sort of a double whammy.

There's no drawing a line here, Republicans ARE Christians, the double whammy of hell fire secular law that they bullied - in only to make way for their real agenda, God's law according to their God.

The double whammy of basil in the sauce and the pesto makes these boats super flavorful and delicious!

A fast marinade and serving sauce give these babies a double whammy of flavor.

It's a double whammy of sweet sage flavor in one seriously awesome looking holiday recipe.

If that sounds a little technical, just think of it this way — you're getting a double whammy of inflammation - fighting ingredients.

In terms of substitution effects, the major difference between our estimates and those from the US is that our data indicate that diet soft drinks are a substitute for sugar sweetened drinks, whereas US data suggest that diet soft drinks are a complement (as the price of sugar sweetened drinks goes up, consumption of diet drinks goes down).18 22 This may explain why a US tax on sugar sweetened drinks has been so heavily resisted, as a «double whammy» on sales of both diet soft drinks and sugar sweetened drinks would occur.18.

So, as some of you may know... I'm a virgo, and a Galloway (yes, that's a double whammy).

Guy pulls no punches when he challenges All - Star chefs Madison Cowan, Elizabeth Falkner, Aaron McCargo Jr., and Michael Psilakis to make an upscale dinner using the double whammy of frozen and canned foods!

It is impressive and simple — a double whammy in the world of home cooking.

I love the double whammy of streusel and glaze to bring a burst of lemony flavor and sweetness to these tasty muffins.

I love that this recipe makes the most delicious and luxurious rich chocolate pudding and / or nice cream, that's the kind of double whammy I like.

And of course peanut butter is loaded with fat also, so you still get the double whammy of fat.

Add in the gingerbread part and it's a double whammy of awesomeness.

It actually made his PFA and FWA Player of the Year double whammy in 1999 all the more impressive considering he was playing for Tottenham where mid-table mediocrity was the norm.

like some others who have posted, I too had the double whammy of a traumatic birth (having planned a home birth!)

I felt like I had a double whammy of words like «pee pee,» «butt» and «poo poo» coming at me all the live long day.

Unfortunately, due to a bum ankle and the lack of availability of a Rascal electric scooter, Lisa has to miss out on the fun (and a total double whammy is that it is also her birthday!!)

So, this person Warren Chan managed to achieve a double whammy of being both racist and sexist in the same post.

Considering the double - whammy recently delivered to the Southern Tier — no casino license (yet), no hydrofracking — it's likely that its development council could win even if its submission to the judges consists of nothing more than a child's drawing of a spaceship and a half - eaten baloney sandwich.

The double whammy gave opposition leader Ed Miliband plenty too work with as he attacked the Mr Cameron for allowing a «shadow of sleaze» to hang over Westminster

Cuomo supports the Dream Act, and he said he would continue to push for it (Changes of the measure passing took a double - whammy hit in March when the state Senate narrowly defeated the bill and a Siena College poll showed most voters oppose the measure).

«We were also in a year in which we were planning to decrease our fund balance and had put that into the budget so it was sort of a double whammy for us.»

Skelos becomes the second of New York's most powerful political leaders in nine days to be sentenced to prison for public corruption crimes, a double - whammy that has cemented the state government's reputation as an organization plagued by corruption and prompted widespread calls for ethics reforms in Albany.

First we must fight this double whammy of unfair cuts being forced upon them and, second, we need to push for improvements to the chancellor's living wage proposal so that low paid workers genuinely are better off.»

With the network beset with problems at the same time as inflation - busting fare rises come into force, shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers said passengers were on the «end of a real double whammy».