Sentences with phrase «poor by his standards»

Are people that make $ 179,000 or less poor by your standards?

The league leaders have unquestionably been poor by their standards recently, but still have a bit of a buffer at the top of the table.

It's a big call all the same, Monreal has been poor by his standards but it wasn't all down to him alone.

Overall this season Arsenal have only produced a W3 D4 L8 record away from the Emirates which is really poor by their standards.

The Toffees have been poor by their standard this season but have improved their form of late and will want to push for a top 10 finish and but...

Alexis Sanchez has been poor by his standards this season, with the goals really drying up.

«But today minimum wage earners are poor by all standards.»

That means if he makes an action adventure flick that is poor by his standards it's still way better than most other films out there.

Battery life is 5 hours long, which is poor by any standard, though it should be enough to watch two movies at home, since this tablet is more a portable TV than an attractive and versatile tablet.

(still poor by the standards of others by absolutely great for me).

Projections that global resource use and emissions will not rise very much due to rapid population growth in the poorest countries are based on the assumption that those countries will remain desperately poor by the standards of developed countries.

Not exact matches

«The assessments by Standard & Poor's appear dictated more by newspaper articles than reality and appear to be tainted by political considerations,» he fumed.

By contrast, the latest Global Corporate Capital Expenditure Survey from Standard & Poors showed that the top 20 capex spenders among non-financial companies in Western Europe invested just shy of $ 200 billion in aggregate in 2016.

The notes were rated BBB + by Standard & Poor's, a low investment - grade rating.

«Lichtstein reports that 37 per cent of individuals complaining of insomnia «do not have poor sleep by conventional standards».

It was swiftly rejected by the company and considered risky by credit rating agencies Moody's and Standard & Poor's.

In January, for example, Beijing's poor air quality was labeled unhealthy by World Health Organization standards and was the topic of discussions at several online forums.

«But our exports have succeeded at the expense of Florida farmers who have been systematically undercut at home by Mexican agricultural subsidies, poor labor standards, and seasonal dumping.»

While prosperous by African standards, the government has worked to ensure inflation is kept in check and that basic services and job opportunities are available to S.A.'s poor, putting strain on the deficit.

«An exceptionally short - lived marriage had imploded, and I was jobless, a lone parent, and as poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain, without being homeless... By every usual standard, I was the biggest failure I knew,» Rowling said during a 2008 Harvard University commencement speech.

But by combining those standards, which drive up the price of insurance, with a reduction in financial assistance and mandates to carry coverage, it's hard to see how poor people who are more likely to lack insurance will be able to afford it anymore.

Standard & Poor's believes that ACT will continue playing an active role within the industry's consolidation, as demonstrated by the Statoil transaction and ACT's 2010 unsolicited bid for Casey's General Stores Inc. (not rated).

All ratings affected by this rating action can be found on Standard & Poor's public Web site at.

Obama's jobs plan (speech transcript) has to win the approval of the same debt hawks in Washington who recently gave Standard & Poor's an excuse (read the press release here) to downgrade America's credit by threatening to not raise the nation's debt ceiling.

First of all, be reminded that the stock market — as it is presented by the Dow and Standard & Poor's indices, for example — does not deal in «net» returns.

In fact, a multi-year financial analysis revealed public companies recognized for high employee ratings outperform the Standard & Poor (S&P) 500 by 122 percent.

Conference Board officials speculated the drop may be a consequence of the debt - ceiling debate and the subsequent downgrade of America's credit rating by Standard & Poor's.

She argues that by not taking tourism seriously, governments are both failing to fully capitalize on a booming industry and leaving their countries exposed to the destructive elements that accompany foreign travel: environmental degradation, lowered living standards for the poor, sex tourism, and all the subtler injustices and annoyances that materialize when droves of foreigners arrive on your shores demanding authentic cultural experiences.

Standard & Poor's lowered its rating by one notch Thursday, two days after Fitch downgraded it to one step above speculative grade.

The latest cause for worry, as we write, is the warning by Standard & Poors that Italy's sovereign debt rating of A + is at risk (a one - in - three chance) of being downgraded in the next 2 years, due to doubts about the success of the government's debt - reduction program.

It has become more likely for stock prices to make large swings — on the order of 3 percent or 4 percent — than it has been in any other time in recent stock market history, according to an analysis by The New York Times of price changes in the Standard & Poor's 500 - stock market index since 1962.

Most bonds carry a rating provided by one of the three independent rating agencies: Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch.

«A catalyst for the latest move was the numerous rounds of cheerleading by the Governor of the Bank of Canada and the Finance Minister,» said Rob Palombi, a fixed income analyst with Standard & Poor's MMS.

After all, from January 2009 through the end of last year, the Dow Jones industrial average more than doubled, and Standard and Poor's 500 - stock index increased by nearly 130 percent.

MSCI Sector Indexes comprise global, regional and country sector, industry group and industry indexes constructed using the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS ®), a widely accepted industry classification framework for investment research, portfolio management and asset allocation jointly developed and maintained by MSCI and Standard & Poor's.

However, in August 2011 the long - term sovereign credit rating on the United States of America was downgraded to AA + from AAA by the Standard & Poor's ratings agency, reflecting increasing concerns about the U.S. budget deficit and its future trajectory.

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More than half of the components of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index have reported first - quarter results as of today.

Levy confirmed Vivendi's full - year forecasts and reiterated his commitment to the BBB rating by Standard & Poor's, said a person who attended the gathering.

This has once again led to B.C. being the only province with an AAA - credit rating by both Moody's and Standard & Poor's, which sends a clear message to the international community that B.C. is a safe haven in which to invest and do business.

A bond's credit quality is determined by private independent rating agencies such as Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch.

The S&P data is provided by Standard & Poor's Index Services Group.

At the time of purchase for the fund's portfolio, the ratings on the bonds must be one of the four highest ratings by Moody's Investors Services (Aaa, Aa, A, Baa) or Standard & Poor's Corporation (AAA, AA, A, BBB).

Investment grade vs. non-investment grade (high yield) Corporate bonds are generally rated by one or more of the three primary ratings agencies: Standard & Poor's, Moody's, and Fitch.

Wall Street analysts expect earnings for the companies in the S. & P. 500 to increase 25 percent this year, according to data compiled by Standard & Poor's, an unusually large jump that was reflected in the stock market valuations.

The researchers looked at 380 board seats spread across 93 companies in the Standard & Poor's 1500 Index targeted by activists between 2011 and 2015.

The lack of discipline and fiscal responsibility in Washington led to a downgrade of the nation's sea of debt by Standard & Poor's.

Even measured against this bull market's impressive results, technology stocks have been excellent investments, outpacing the 19.4 percent annualized return of Standard and Poor's 500 - stock index by four percentage points per year, on average, since...

«As measured by standard deviation, the iShares Gold Trust, an ETF that owns physical gold, has been more volatile than the Standard & Poor's 500 indexstandard deviation, the iShares Gold Trust, an ETF that owns physical gold, has been more volatile than the Standard & Poor's 500 indexStandard & Poor's 500 index.»

Even after a drop in commodities this month, seven of eight tracked by the Standard & Poor's GSCI Agriculture Index are higher than a year earlier as adverse weather damages crops, rising demand erodes inventories and a weak dollar boosts demand for U.S. exports.

Long - term foreign currency ratings issued by Fitch Ratings, Standard & Poor's and...