Sentences with phrase «percent raise when»

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Senator Investment Group raised its holding by 130 percent when it added 8.5 million shares in the drug maker.

Many Tim Hortons franchises cut back on employee perks and benefits when Ontario raised minimum wages by 21 percent to C $ 14.

Encouragingly, that same survey found that when satisfied employees asked for a raise, almost 50 percent got it.

A recent PayScale salary survey found that when dissatisfied employees asked for a raise, less than 20 percent got it.

When it came time to raise their most recent round of financing, 78 percent of companies managed to do it by pitching 20 or fewer investors.

The 2 percent increase for next year marks a significant jump over last year, which was just 0.3 percent, and the biggest change since 2012, when older Americans saw a 3.6 percent raise.

A survey last year by Mercer, a retirement and investment group, revealed that European pension funds would be inclined to raise their bond holdings when average long - term sovereign bond yields reached 2.8 percent.

He will get a 20 percent raise, to $ 3 million, beginning in January and $ 500,000 will be added to that salary when the deal closes.

«It stands to reason the eight schools in the official Ivy League account for 10.7 percent of total capital raised and 7 percent of companies - talking undergrad numbers here - to get at least a first round of venture financing, as pedigree accounts for a lot when it comes to backing a first - time entrepreneur,» he wrote.

The Norwegian telecoms group is expected to raise its stake in Vimpelcom by another 3.5 percent on Monday when an option by Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris» Weather Investments expires.

Further, we do not expect the bond market to sell off and interest rates to go shooting up when the Fed raises the interest rate from zero by an eighth or a quarter percent.

Yet when we went out to fund raise this year after 4 years of a 200 percent revenue CAGR (compounded annual growth rate) the first firm that we spoke with said,

The Fed statement said: «The Committee anticipates that it will be appropriate to raise the target range for the federal funds rate when it has seen some further improvement in the labor market and is reasonably confident that inflation will move back to its 2 percent objective over the medium term.»

Employees expecting raises have also made it clear when it comes to how much more they expect to get paid in 2015, as half (49 percent) of those who expect to get a raise in the next 12 months say they expect it to be between 3 and 5 percent.

Valeant became the face of high American drug prices when it acquired Isuprel and Nitropress last year and immediately raised their prices by 525 percent and 212 percent.

To find a relevant precedent, one has to go back to 1994, when the Fed raised rates by 25 bps despite the market assigning only about a 30 percent chance (around what is expected now) of a tightening.

Gaebler lauded the law's language allowing the SBA to raise its loan guarantee from current levels to as much as 90 percent for some loans, but said «this latest, new rule negates some of those provisions and... doesn't offer much respect to the small business economy, especially when you consider the big role that small business plays in an economic recovery.»

For example, when the Fed raised rates from 1 percent to 5.25 percent from June 2004 to June 2006, traditional bonds returned only 2.9 percent.

They initially targeted urban millennial women, but the audience has grown to include a broader demographic (20 percent of Skimm readers are male), no doubt a reason why, when they closed their Series A funding at the end of last year, they raised more than $ 6.25 million from investors like RRE, Greycroft Partners, and Homebrew, as well as big names like Irving Azoff, the former chief executive of Ticketmaster, and even Chelsea Handler.

The Fed governor also made a comparison between the current unemployment and inflation rates with the 2004 - 07 period, when the US economy was near full employment and inflation was higher than 2 percent, thereby making the point that policymakers should hold on to the current federal funds rate and remain extremely cautious when it comes to raising it.

In the first three months of 2016, Kansas City has boosted its total capital raised by about 297 percent when compared to the same time period in 2015,

That stimulus, coming at a time when unemployment is at a 17 - year low of 4.1 percent, could raise the threat of higher inflation.

This is no time for the Fed to be creating uncertainty by raising the specter of interest rate increases at a time when markets do not expect 2 percent inflation in this decade.

The FOMC next meets in June, when it is widely expected to raise the key rate by 25 basis points to two percent.

Remember, because 100 percent of the net revenue raised through the Girl Scout Cookie Program stays with local councils, when you purchase Girl Scout Cookies you're not only getting a delicious treat — you're also making an important investment in your community.

«The big problem is this started as a political football when our 4 percent raise was denied us and then (longer school days) was kind of crammed down our throats,» said Lewis after the meetings.

The last round of price increases occurred in April and May, when the major manufacturers raised wholesale prices by 8 percent to 9 percent.

«I'll tell you, Carl was really struck when Fossella was asked anyone who lost a loved one (on 9/11) to raise their hands and 90 percent of them did.

Last year, Antonacci asked for a raise of $ 20,000, or 23 percent, that legislators rejected when they approved the 2011 budget.

One bill would have allowed landlords to raise rents by as much as 20 percent when tenants died and their family members wished to take over the lease.

The pair of Democratic committees tasked with raising money for House and Senate candidates — and doing so at a time when the party holds its strongest position on Capitol Hill in a generation — have watched their receipts plummet by a combined 20 percent with little more than a year to go before the November 2010 midterm elections.

The mayor raised $ 277,200 — more than 40 percent of the total he raised during the period when not factoring in matching funds — from donors giving $ 4,950, the maximum allowed.

The United Federation of Teachers, for example, was granted back pay in the form of 8 - percent wage increases because Bloomberg gave similar raises to other unions but not the teachers when he was in office.

PEF and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's team agreed upon a 2 percent raise for state employees in the bargaining unit, retroactive to April 1, 2015 when the PS&T contract expired.

Mr. LaValle accused Mr. Shaffer of calling the conference call to distract reporters from a Newsday article published Saturday that noted Mr. Bellone raised on average the amount a Babylon resident pays in general taxes by 108 percent since 1999, when he first voted on a town budget as a council member.

«I'm acknowledging that publicly because it became evident to us shortly after it was done when we heard from the corporate community as to what the impact would actually be if we were to raise that tax from the current 1 percent to either 3 or 2 percent.»

When he was a dark horse candidate in the 2013 Democratic mayoral primary, 62 percent of the $ 4.6 million he raised came from small - dollar donations.

«When Central Park was in a state of disrepair and neglect, a new Central Park Conservancy was founded in 1980, and today, because they were smart about putting people with real fundraising ability and park expertise, this conservancy pays 85 percent of the budget that's raised independently of city funding,» Stringer said.

When asked what he might do if a proposal for a 47 percent pay boost — which has been floated during the commission's deliberations — reached his desk, raising the yearly compensation of New York lawmakers from $ 79,500 to $ 116,900 and making them the highest paid legislators in the nation, despite the public corruption scandals that have consumed Albany, Cuomo replied:

«The Democrats raised taxes by 42 percent when they controlled the county legislature and are wasting taxpayer money with this frivolous lawsuit,» said County Attorney Carnell Foskey, citing a figure that encompasses several property tax hikes and a home energy tax that was later repealed.

However when it comes to raising taxes these municipalities run into New York State's new 2 percent tax levy cap.

The proposal expands the eligibility of a small business to include any business that files under PIT regardless of how the business is structured; raises the income eligibility threshold from $ 250,000 to $ 500,000 when the business entity income is less than $ 1.5 million; eliminates the employee requirement; increases the exemption from 5 percent to 15 percent for small business income and from 5 percent to 20 percent for farm income; increases the corporate tax threshold from $ 390,000 to $ 500,000; and reduces the corporate business income rate for small businesses from 6.5 percent to 2.5 percent over two years.

I think that when people have confidence in the finances... not necessarily agree with how its being raised and spent... but that the town board is watching it and we're not seeing 10 percent increases and fiscal crises and the shit hitting the fan... it makes other solutions and issues seem more credible.»

The $ 271,138 they gave Mangano constituted 13 percent of the $ 2.04 million he raised between Oct. 29, 2012, when Sandy touched down, and July 11, when the most recent state filing period closed.

Galante said the library had done well with raising money through its Buy - A-Book Drive, but Peralta's grant was the largest and a boon at a time when the library has had to cut 70 percent of its book budget.

Saratoga County officials were also turned away by Capital Region Sens. Roy McDonald and Hugh Farley, also Republicans, in November when they raised the issue of a possible sales tax increase from 3 percent to 4 percent.

When Jesse was a Community Board President he hired Dr. Evelyn Castro from Hunter Elementary School and raised math and reading scores 6 percent over a three year period.

In recent months, she negotiated new contracts with non-uniformed employees that provide 2 percent pay raises, but the city payroll is still more than $ 1 million lower than when Miner took office.

PRO: Minimum Wage Increase Makes Good Business Sense BY DARIUS ROSS When Governor Cuomo called for raising New York's minimum wage, he expressed not only his own view, but also the convictions of 80 percent of New Yorkers who agree that the state's lowest - paid workers are in urgent need of a raise.

The last time Congress substantially raised the caps was in 2015, for the 2016 fiscal year, when they agreed to a 5 percent increase, and then achieved an omnibus that added some funding to nearly every agency's budget (see graph below).