And when
I say small I mean it's so small it's actually kind of pathetic... but hey, every penny counts right?
When
I say small I mean that I expect the effect to be of little import in human economic or social terms.
Not exact matches
Let's
say after paying all its costs, advertising, payroll, taxes, and more taxes, a
small business has a margin at the end of the day of 10 % (that's pretty good nowadays, especially for a
smaller business); that
means your 3 % credit card fees are costing them 30 % of their profit!
Say you and a friend are jogging and you're struggling to make
small talk because you're gasping for air; that
means you're probably working too hard.
Some
small businesses fail to consider what it would
mean to win a large order, Dobosz
says.
«The key trick is that the little triangle up top is similar to the pink triangle, which
means that the little triangle is just a
smaller version of the pink triangle,» Kiersz
said.
«Just because you're
small, it doesn't
mean you should be cheaper,»
says Drew.
«The projected growth
means that these markets could generate an extra $ 2.1 billion a year for U.K. exports,» the report commissioned by Wyelands Bank, which was set up to help the U.K.'s
small and medium - sized businesses grow,
said.
But as large companies shore up their security systems in response to high - profile data breaches, that
means «the bad guys are moving down the food chain, where folks are not as prepared,»
says Brian Casazza, CIO at Vistage, a training organization for
small - and mid-sized businesses.
«Discount brokers and no - commission ETF trades have really reduced the friction for harvesting losses, which generally is a good thing, but it also
means people are trying to harvest
smaller losses and risking higher short - term capital gains,» Kitces
said.
That
said, I do think in a situation like this, there is a lot of money to be made for a business in Clearpath's position — if Uber really wants that trademark, it might be willing to pay for it, and that amount of money might end up
meaning more to a
smaller company than its existing brand.»
Raddon
says it thinks
small business owner sentiment may be a leading indicator, and that
means consumer sentiment will soon catchup.
Staying in the single market as a member of the European Economic Area would
mean Scotland's economy would be 2.7 %
smaller by 2030 than it would be if Brexit did not happen at all, Sturgeon
said.
Jobs
said the Macintosh was
meant for two primary markets: The 11 million college - workers, which Jobs called the knowledge - workers of tomorrow, and the 25 million knowledge - workers who sit behind desks at medium - and
small - size companies.
In addition, lower fuel prices and lower tax on fuel in Alberta
means consumers have less incentive to purchase
smaller or alternate - fuel vehicles, he
says.
Aloquin's label
says it is «possibly effective,»
meaning there's only
small amount of clinical evidence suggesting the product is safe and will work, the Financial Times reports.
«We are getting
smaller, they are getting bigger,» she
said, stressing that in her view, «
smaller» also
means more nimble.
Getting
small - business owners, whose lives often revolve around work, to examine what gives their lives
meaning is not always easy,
say financial life planners who are trained to help clients explore what they really want to do with their money.
An environmental group
said the number of methane sources the study found was concerning, but the fact that a
small percentage is responsible for most of the hot spot
means a solution is within reach.
«We are a nonpartisan group, but
small businesses just don't benefit at all from tax breaks on in the upper bracket, and they don't benefit from large corporate loop holes,»
says Arensmeyer, adding that not addressing this now just
means Washington will have to deal with it later.
The event's backers tout the economic opportunity they
say it will
mean for
small businesses.
The Canadian industry is protective of its models, she
says: «But it's
small, which
means models have to travel.»
If you assume job flexibility
means your paycheck will be
smaller, be aware that data
says otherwise.
If one
means of verification is a minimum investment amount,
say $ 25,000, will entry - level angels investing
smaller amounts tend to be driven to accredited crowdfunding sites that offer pooled investment vehicles?
The «key issue,» Mason
says, «is whether the Department of Labor reproposal will, like the original proposal, render illegal the
means by which low - and middle - income individuals and
small businesses receive their investment assistance.
In addition, the reduction in disposable incomes, housing allowances and other benefits,
means that existing residents are looking for cheaper and
smaller housing options,»
says the report.
Top performing fund managers at Fidelity, Janus Henderson, Hodges Capital and Baron
say that the decline in research coverage
means that they are seeing more
small - cap companies that are mispriced and potentially undervalued, giving firms that have the capacity to conduct their own research an advantage over the long term.
Other businesses, big and
small, which object to wage increases,
say higher pay will
mean higher prices, and less work for fewer workers.
«We teach our crew people blue
means beef,»
Small said as workers prepared the burgers in Oak Brook.
«It's not a huge item, which
means it's a fairly high tariff hurting a lot of
small businesses that are bringing it in,»
said Bob Bauer, president of the trade association.
Chinese officials could «make American companies wear
small shoes,»
said Kennedy, alluding to a traditional Chinese
saying that
means causing pain or difficulty for another party.
However, «Christian»
means follower of Christ, and there's no
small amount of people who make an open show, such as in the news, of doing all the things that Christ
said not to do.
He
said that baptism
means «that our sinful self, with all its evil deeds and desires, should be drowned through daily repentance, and that day after day a new self should arise to live with God in righteousness and purity forever» (The
Small Catechism).
Only «a very
small portion of Jewish young adults volunteer as a
means to represent the Jewish community to the larger society,» the analysis
said.
Plato, he
said, would have us believe that there is no need «for a natural base on which to form conventional ties; as though the love of one's nearest were not the principle of the love one owes the state, as though it were not by
means of the
small fatherland which is the family that the heart attaches itself to the large one; as though it were not the good son, the good husband, and the good father who makes the good citizen!»
I
mean no moral judgment here when I
say that, sociologically speaking, these are oddball faith communities:
small, distinctive minorities, with decidedly out - of - the - mainstream religious beliefs.
Jesus
said repent which
means you pay for your own sins, and as Jesus spoke of in the Parable of the Lost Coin, doing work like cleaning and seeking diligently is all a part of repentance... Also, note that correcting something as
small as a lost coin shows Jesus's views on repentance and sins (devations from «the way, the truth, and the life — economic health of life for a lost coin).
For example, what on * EARTH * do you
mean when you
say that the (very Biblical, very real, very undeniable) data about those who deny Jesus will be brought up «anxiously» by those who wish to «find at least one
small corner of solace» where they can keep their «divisive and exclusive theologies»?!!
you
mean to
say that when looking for the
smallest fragment of human remains they never came across a single item from the controled event?
It's all I know to do, really, in the face of this life: one
small «yes» to God, to keep
saying «yes» to Love, to refuse to give in to fear and apathy and numbness, and make space for God, and push back a little more darkness, then right foot, left foot, right foot, each of us bringing our
small portion of grace, until we end up where we were
meant to be all along.
I'm undecided on the whole issue, but I always laugh when Atheists try to
say that just because they have a
small understanding of the workings of the Universe, somehow that
means there is no higher power.
A monk of the Holy Mountain
says that when
small children turn their attention in some direction and laugh without a reason, it
means that they see their angel.
So when people
say they are finding community in a
small group, and even when they describe their group as a family, they
mean something quite different from the connotations that words like «community» and «family» have had in the past.
Republicans
say they want
small government, what they really
mean is they want the public only to play a
small part in it.
(Schell
says he uses the
small «c» for «christian» to suggest that «we don't
mean to claim exclusive right to that identity.»)
Everyone sins every day no matter how religious you are and the bible also
says if you ask for forgiveness that all sins will be forgiven,
meaning no matter what sin you commit it will be forgiven, it doesn't matter if it is as
small as cursing or being gay.
However, that suits the company just fine, as Buseman
says the company's relatively
small size
means it has greater flexibility than many of its large - scale competitors.
«We realized that you can't put a straw into five gallons of water,» Sheehan
says,
meaning consumers needed a dispenser to make
smaller serving sizes.
Burman
says the level of attention to detail the company offers all of its customers
means North Star Seafood operates more like a
small company despite its size.
«We have a
small community, and that really
means a lot to people that we've been family owned,» she
says.