Sentences with phrase «pointed up by»

The Touareg's capability, handsome styling and bargain price make it one of the big surprises thus far of the 2004 model year, with only one caveat: Volkswagen's quality record has been slipping the past decade, pointed up by its ranking of 33rd of 37 manufacturers in the recent J.D. Power & Associates annual consumer survey of automobile quality.

That she has lost ownership of her own body to the State is pointed up by the line, «Your body belongs to the State!»

But the underlying «hypocrisy of these positions» was pointed up by one critic who suggested they now take the same position on guns and abortion.

It pointed to the need for specialized training to be provided by «ministerial colleges and theological seminaries» in co-operation with the agricultural colleges of the nation.22 Many institutions responded to the needs pointed up by the Commission and by others, by developing such specialized training.

It can be pointed up by a wild hypothesis.

Not exact matches

The S&P / TSX composite index closed up 59 points to 13,831.58, weighed down in part by Bombardier (TSX: BBD.B) after the transport giant said that its flagship new airliner will be going into service later than expected.

The rate of new firms entering the marketplace has fallen by nearly half over the 40 - year period from 1978 to 2012, to 8 percent, compared with a steadily increasing rate of new firm closures, up two full percentage points, to about 10 percent, over the same period, according to the Brookings Institution, a policy think tank.

Those setting up their own consultancies can navigate the challenges of entrepreneurship by attending to these six points.

Now, one of Leap Transit's four buses has gone up for auction, as pointed out by Sarah Fine on Twitter.

My colleague Maria Pergolino pointed out that when people say they are a thought leader they are saying they take the time to help others by not only doing a great job but also making an effort to package it up via blogs, presentations, etc., so other people can learn.

He argues the «whatever it takes» ethos that's been adopted by global central banks has to fade at some point, and notes stimulus is already drying up.

In turn, the competitive pressures generated by the increased demand for labour will bid up wages, to the point where the extra revenues generated by hiring an additional worker are completely offset by the higher wages that this worker can command.

Expanding that functionality to other retailers would remove the pain point of walking up to a checkout counter, enabling shoppers to pay by simply taking a picture of a product's bar code.

Postelection selling of longer - dated maturities ran yields up by as much as 90 basis points, with the 10 - year briefly crossing 2.60 % on two separate occasions.

While some viewers called it «gross» and «vulgar,» the spot racked up some 20 million YouTube views by the end of last year, at one point yielding one share for every nine views — proof positive that schoolyard humor never goes out of style.

One way to supercharge customer support is by carefully engineering the points at which these messages come up.

Millions of Americans will, of course, be affected with rates going up by a quarter point.

By limiting supply to the market, the two cartels — BPC, a partnership between the largest Russian and Belorussian companies, and Canpotex, made up of Potash Corp. and junior partners Agrium and Mosaic — helped drive the average price of potash from a historic range of between $ 125 and $ 200 a metric tonne to, at one point in 2009, $ 825 a metric tonne.

Some tools will help you do this by providing more data you can use to target your demographics more accurately or allowing you to reach wider audiences than you have up to this point.

The current deadlock has raised pressure on Greek bonds on Thursday morning, sending the 10 - year bond yields up by 5 basis point.

The LG G7's ThinQ AI camera automatically recognized that I was pointing to a plant, and it reassured me that it knew what I was pointing at by floating the words «green,» «leaf,» and «close - up.»

The rest of the afternoon flies by and before I know it, it's time to check out the evening commute report, dinner options in my neighborhood, and my outfit for tonight's date, which was put together by WhatToWear (at some point all these companies stopped coming up with clever names and just called themselves by descriptions; less confusing for me).

And in the U.S., Fed chair Janet Yellen hiked rates by 25 points on Wednesday evening but signaled no pick - up in the pace of normalization of rates.

IPwe will make money by charging a fee — in basis points — for use of its technology and IP transactions that end up occurring on it.

Despite the fact that you don't like her, being held up at gun point is not funny,» said one post by Alieuisha.

«At some point, the lack of productivity by an employee catches up and has to be dealt with — either in the employee having to do marathon work days to catch up or by simply firing the offender.»

By this point, Jill was working full time in sales, and Nick's friend Neil Dana was doing sales from his home up the coast.

If I needed just a few more points, I could have also opened a SKYPASS Visa card issued by US Bank — it only offers a 15,000 point sign - up bonus, but almost as soon as I created a Korean Air Skypass frequent flyer account online, I started getting targeted offers in the mail for a 50,000 point bonus.

Markets then surged — meaning most of the funds were hurt by the pain leading up to that point, but missed an ensuing upswing because of the hedges.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up by more than 800 points since Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen spoke about the economy last week.

Marcelo pointed out that funds that invest specifically in women, often run by women investors, are popping up across the country.

What's more, the 10 - year Treasury rate is up by just 0.1 percentage points since Wednesday, to just over 2.2 %.

The purchase worth as much as 26.5 billion rupees could increase Singtel's stake in Bharti Telecom by up to 1.7 percentage points to 48.9 percent and its holding in Bharti Airtel, the country's biggest mobile carrier, by up to 0.9 percentage points to 39.5 percent.

Those last two haven't been confirmed yet, but they've been reported by journalists with solid sources who have been correct about Switch leaks up to this point.

The Caixin measure of manufacturing activity (PMI) edged up a tenth of a percentage point to 50.1, led by output and new orders.

Safety experts point to the numbers: U.S. pedestrian deaths have been on the rise, with 5,376 in 2015 and nearly 6,000 last year, the most in two decades and up 22 percent from 2014, according to data compiled by the Governors Highway Safety Association for a recent report.

Left to its own devices, the State Department came up with its own talking points to be used by U.S. missions in Africa working to stem the damage, said a U.S. official, who wasn't authorized to disclose internal deliberations and demanded anonymity.

But he missed the central, rural part of the state by 20 points: He had polled a 10 - point Trump lead while Trump ended up winning that area by 30 points.

As lawmakers and the public scrutinize dramatic price increases for other old drugs — most recently with the Mylan - owned EpiPen, which saw its cost go up by 500 % in the past nine years — the next flash point may be insulin, a drug both ubiquitous and complicated.

Case in point: Koblasa's latest start - up Ming.ly, a personal relationship manager, got a big boost by participating in the Twiistup conference.

Jensen said he repeated to anyone who'd ask throughout the general election that Clinton was up by 3 or 4 points, but that it was not «that unusual» for polls to be off by that amount.

The state government has announced a $ 40 million package to reduce charges at the Utah Point bulk handling facility by up to $ 2.50 per tonne, in an effort to help junior miners continue to export iron ore.

The point is that by making a small up front investment in time, energy, and resources, you can determine quickly whether this project is worth further investment in things like marketing and publicity.

The only way... you as a company can make progress is by acquisitions,» says Stanford's Pfeffer, who points out that HP and Microsoft have also made careers of gobbling up the little guys.

Not only that, but the broadcast networks could be so weak by that point that they will be unable to pay enough to lock up future Super bowl rights — making it even more likely that the chance to air the big game will be snapped up by a digital giant like Apple or Google.

LONDON, Jan 31 (Reuters)- Global investors trimmed equity holdings by 1.2 percentage points in January, concerned that markets have grown complacent after a thundering bull run and seeing risks of an inflation wake - up call.

LONDON, Jan 31 - Global investors trimmed equity holdings by 1.2 percentage points in January, concerned that markets have grown complacent after a thundering bull run and seeing risks of an inflation wake - up call.

If their respective products aren't superior by this point, they certainly are «good enough,» which leaves BlackBerry up the proverbial creek.

A June survey by state statistics institute INEGI found 79 % of Cancún residents call the city «insecure,» up nearly six percentage points from December.

But here's what you hear the announcer say: «Terrence Holt redeems himself after being burned on a touchdown play...» So here's my point, I could have been deflated by giving up an earlier TD, but instead I stayed determined to help my team.