As the pressure to find
opportunities has increased, there appears to be a greater appetite for riskier investments including into portfolio companies that experienced or are experiencing compliance challenges.
As participation in early college
opportunities has increased, so too have the delivery mechanisms, from dual / concurrent enrollment to Advanced Placement courses to early college high schools.
Say leadership development
opportunities would increase their likelihood of remaining at their school.
Not exact matches
Although the number of low - investment franchises
has increased, the fee to get into a business
opportunity is still considerably lower.
With the
increasing complexity of organizational needs, more companies will be taking advantage of
opportunities to outsource human resources functions to specialists who
have the capabilities to meet their needs.
Of those who do, Twitter is still often underutilized, yet
has the potential to dramatically
increase traffic to your website, provide priceless
opportunities to engage with your customers, and improve your bottom line.
The GFC and new technology
have put
increasing pressure on law firms, but local firm HHG Legal Group is taking the
opportunity to tailor a new service for the middle segment of the market.
In recent years, an
increasing number of tech startups
have turned into big - time investments
opportunities for VCs, and as a result, these funds
have wanted to get in on the action to bolster investor returns too.
We
have increased our outreach to a broad range of stakeholders to build understanding about our proposed mine and the many
opportunities it brings to Northern Ireland.
In conjunction with the fall announcement of a foreign trade and investment protection agreement (FIPA) with China, Canadians will also
have increased access to Chinese securities and investment
opportunities.
In Canada, the
opportunity to improve is immense — the number of people with inadequate literacy skills
has increased to almost one in two the past decade.
When you consider that form submission rates
have been shown to
increase by as much as 250 percent when lead gen forms are placed on dedicated resource centers and content hubs, it appears that some tremendous
opportunities are being overlooked.
Your links must be natural, which usually means you
have to establish relationships with external publishers, produce truly amazing content to be published on those publications and work hard to
increase the visibility and value of those pieces (while constantly scouting for new
opportunities).
Similarly, against the backdrop of new data, funding and policy being implemented to address the opioid epidemic, we
have an
opportunity to further expand patient access to VIVITROL,
increase utilization and drive growth.»
Critics
have worried that the Fed
has missed
opportunities to normalize policy, but Yellen said «the risk of falling behind the curve in the near future appears limited, and gradual
increases in the federal funds rate will likely be sufficient to get to a neutral policy stance over the next few years.»
As the company
has struggled with how to deal with stolen videos ripped from YouTube, live video both
increases its amount of original content and offers an attractive
opportunity for advertisers.
According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, 2011 saw «an across - the - board
increase in the rate of entrepreneurial activity
has not been seen in the U.S. in the last ten years,» and «the majority of entrepreneurs were motivated by improvement - driven
opportunities to start new ventures.»
In our ever -
increasing mobile driven world, applications and companies at large
have opportunities to reach, penetrate and monetize markets like never before.
It
has been my experience that a review of neglected areas offers the best
opportunity for
increasing profitability and making improvements — because almost every business can use a little help in identifying hidden potential.
Opportunity: Growth
has been exceptionally strong in this field, with the number of employees
increasing nearly 50 % just in the last five years.
With the
increase in High - Quality Investors (HQIs) courting the sector, young women jewellery designers
have taken to entrepreneurship to seize
opportunities in market
These people
have increased their visibility and become leaders in their fields, which grows their networks and their
opportunities.
But buybacks obviously
have fans, like billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who wrote to Apple CEO Tim Cook in 2013: «It is our belief that a company's board
has a responsibility to recognize
opportunities to
increase shareholder value, which includes allocating capital to execute large and well - timed buybacks.»
It is our belief that a company's board
has a responsibility to recognize
opportunities to
increase shareholder value, which includes allocating capital to execute large and well - timed buybacks.
The internet
has increased, in an exponential manner, the availability of said circumstances and
opportunities.
It
would also
increase opportunities to test interest from investors prior to a fundraise, in a so - called test the waters phase.
When they said, «This is just the beginning, so give us a great deal on this one and then we'll pay full price on the future stuff,» I retorted with, «Boy, multiple
opportunities sounds wonderful, and we
'd be very excited about that — so excited, that if you pay full price for the first one, I'll give you
increasing discounts on the following projects.»
And the other flipside to that is that you
'd not be able to build loyalties, thus restricting the
opportunity to earn more from the same customer — or
have an
increased Customer Lifetime Value.
In the wake of the Dao scandal, airlines
have vowed to make changes easier to digest for travelers,
increasing the amount of compensation or giving passengers advanced notice and the
opportunity to rebook on the app, if a flight is cancelled or oversold.
The students found that «corporations
have shown
increasing interest in working with startups, but seemingly don't yet know how and where to start,» and that «on the flip side, our survey showed 93.8 % of ESOs see corporate outreach as a clear
opportunity for collaboration.»
We
had a consistent business, but with no
opportunity to
increase production capacity, we were doomed from the beginning.
Opportunity: The number of industrial technicians
has grown rapidly in recent years, with a 28.9 %
increase in employment in the most recent year recorded.
Realizing that Jews
have been the scapegoats of all Western history, that they
have been made to bear responsibility for everything from the Black Death to the economic ills of the Germans, these observers fear that the enormous
increase in Jewish numbers in America will lead to charges that the Jews
have monopolized the
opportunities for economic advance and that these charges will pave the way for Fascism here as they paved the way for Hitler in Germany.
To determine whether it is a fear deserving of serious attention, it is necessary to inquire, first, what significance the extraordinary numerical
increase in American Jewry actually
has, and, second, whether there is any factual basis for charges of Jewish monopolization of American economic
opportunity.
«Whenever we
had an
opportunity like a bonus or promotion, we never
increased our lifestyle,» says Johnson, who estimates his net worth at $ 2.5 million, not including his home.
The
increase in technology
has provided a convenient
opportunity to athletes to be able to elevate their skill.
By scouting off the beaten path, Sprout
has significantly
increased its financing
opportunities: through the third quarter of 1997, the firm managed to invest $ 130 million in growth companies, up from $ 129 million during all of 1996.
«This in turn
has resulted in
increased web traffic, attendance at museum programs and exhibitions, and new fundraising
opportunities for the museum.»
You probably
have to do them anyway, so why not turn your commute or daily errands into an
opportunity to practice mindfulness (rather than a chance to
increase your misery)?
The 2014 target reflects our expectation that the stock market will
have opportunity to move higher over the course of next year, and turn in yet another double - digit
increase — albeit around half the size of this year's rally to date.
«I think you'll see
opportunities for us to continue to
have that price per pen
increase,» CEO Bresch said at a conference in May.
And most of all, don't
increase those Affordable Housing
Opportunity Fund fees developers
would pay for opting out of building affordable units.
To further
increase the possibility that all borrowers
have a fair
opportunity to request a foreclosure review, the Comptroller of the Currency and the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System should require that servicers include a range of potential remediation amounts or categories in communication materials and other outreach, such as direct mailings to borrowers, public service announcements, the independent foreclosure review website, regulators» websites, and officials» testimonies and speeches.
With
increased job
opportunities and fatter paychecks, Americans may be better off then they
have been in years, yet they are doing worse when it comes to paying off their loans every month.
To further
increase the possibility that all borrowers
have a fair
opportunity to request a foreclosure review, the Comptroller of the Currency and the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System should enhance the readability of the request - for - review form on the independent foreclosure review website so that it is more understandable for borrowers, such as by including a plain language guide to the questions.
Many advisors
have been seeking to add 401 (k) business in part to provide a stable income stream that they didn't
have during the financial crisis, but also because reforms in Washington, D.C., provide
increased opportunities to fee - only and fee - based advisors.
Additionally, exposure to companies that
have the potential to sustainably
increase dividends over time may be an
opportunity to target steady growth — as well as income that can help provide some buffer from volatility.
oh, and I want to pay the same price as if I bought the plain vanilla Product X.» You
have the
opportunity to: earn money; get a new customer who may tell others about you; do something new and interesting, and so get some more job satisfaction; get paid to develop a «new» product that
increases your range of products on offer and that might be sold to others.
By comparing the rates at which each country's diverse boards outperformed male boards with the country's GDP, the firm estimated what it called the «
opportunity cost,» or the
increase in business profits the country might
have earned if all businesses
had at least one female executive directors.
Bellwether only invests in high quality, compelling
opportunities with companies that
have strong balance sheets, proven sustainable earnings growth and a track record of regularly
increasing their dividend or distribution.