Sentences with word «slightly»

Banking stocks were slightly higher as investors expect further monetary policy tightening in the U.S. later this week and digest earning news.

Statistics Canada says the Consumer Price Index (Canada's primary measure of inflation) is running at an annualized 3.1 %, slightly above target but still in the comfort zone.

This means that a brand's customers are, at the very least, slightly different from those of their competition, which means that they have a unique angle that they can utilize.

Nearly 76 percent of the firms reported no change in their final goods prices, and the percentage of firms reporting increases (13 percent) was only slightly greater than the percentage reporting decreases (9 percent).

The next time you meet someone, tilt your head forward slightly, smile, make eye contact, and show you are honored by the introduction.

It is slightly more expensive on a price - to - earnings basis than the rest of the banks — it's trading at about 16 times earnings — but that's because it's growing faster.

Instead, the industries we isolated are roughly ranked from best bets (environmental consulting) to slightly more risky ventures (blood banks and irrigation systems).

European stocks closed slightly higher on Wednesday as investors digested corporate earnings and new economic data from Germany and the U.K.

European markets closed slightly higher on Thursday after the ECB said it was keeping its rates unchanged.

The problem was that analysts had expected a slightly higher profit of 24 cents per share on revenue of $ 2.13 billion.

European equities finished Wednesday's session slightly lower as investors continued to keep a close eye on political events in the region.

However keeping things slightly casual reduces confusion and is more efficient than long - winded and vague language.

Furthermore, the bank also said that the unemployment rate in the U.K. is projected to go up slightly to 5 percent in the near term as labor demand softens.

The White House did only slightly better, with a mean of 46.

European bourses closed slightly higher on Thursday after a choppy trading day with the U.K.'s FTSE breaking a new intraday record.

We gathered an only - slightly - larger group to discuss one of the more pressing topics among corporate and government types this year in Davos, the future of work.

In 2007, the rate stood at 11.2 per cent, and it was only slightly lower in 1989 at 10.9 per cent.

European markets ended slightly higher on Friday after hitting record highs during the previous session.

Looking for an equally easy but slightly more feminine option?

(Palihapitiya's presentation did not move Tesla's stock price, which ended the day slightly down.)

However, it added that it expects profits to fall slightly in 2017.

Globally, the results varied slightly from the U.S..

Also, train your Virtual Assistant, family members, and peers to expect voicemail and a slightly delayed response time.

European stocks closed slightly higher on Wednesday as investors digested corporate earnings as well as fresh economic data from Germany and the U.K.

Cons: Firmer feel and less flexibility than previous versions, runs slightly short (you may need to go up a half size)

If they seem like good prospects but have just thrown out something slightly inappropriate, I delete their comment and only ban if they are repeat offenders.

Europe shares closed slightly higher on Tuesday afternoon as investors reacted to fresh data from China and volatility in currency markets.

Other free analytics tools include Google Search Console and Google Trends, who offer slightly different features.

But what if instead of thinking of meetings as a relentless timesuck to be constantly monitored, pruned, or reformed, you instead thought of them as something necessary but slightly out of control, something to corral and tame rather than avoid?

European equities finished Wednesday's trading session slightly lower as investors continued to keep a close eye on political events in the region.

«If two women each talk to their friends the same amount of time, but one of them spends more time reading about friends on Facebook as well, the one reading tends to grow slightly more depressed,» Burke says.

According to video game research firm Newzoo, game sales of Activision's (ATVI) 2013 title Skylanders Swap Force sold about 3.9 million copies to date, slightly lower than the 2012 Skylanders Giants version at 4.65 million, which was comparable to Skylanders Spyro's Adventure sales in 2011.

In fact, it was down slightly, to $ 82.4 billion, dropping $ 1.7 billion from the year before.

A two - pack of replacement filters is about $ 45, making it slightly more affordable to maintain than the others.

His message was only slightly diluted by the fact that Duncan Campbell, the CEO of the Alberta Health Services, had indicated the opposite was true three days before.

found these shoes comfortable, some did find they run slightly shorter, so sizing up may be necessary.

But the 4 % of so decline since then has lowered the PE only slightly, from 31 to 30.

As the country grapples with how to turn a mostly informal $ 2.2 trillion economy into a digital one, a number of startups are popping up to make the transition slightly less painful.

The percentage of households without a car has increased slightly in the last five years, the most recent data from the American Census Bureau shows.

Women employees rose slightly from 30 percent in 2014 to 31 percent in 2015.

«She ambled into class with a cigarette dangling from the corner of her mouth, walked over to a table, threw one leg over its corner, and began to lecture in her slightly cleaned up Brooklyn accent.»

The Everun midsole creates a slightly heavier platform, but any weight it adds is offset by the sleek, stripped - down design of the upper.

Those in the combination group were doing only slightly better, with a 31 percent relapse rate.

On average, Indian investors are purchasing properties worth # 1.77 million ($ 2.30 million), which comes slightly above the market average of # 1.6 million ($ 2.08 million).

Although no - car households are becoming slightly more common, a 2016 Strategic Vision Study found that millennials would still rather own a car than rely on ride - hailing services.

Comments: «In addition to forecasting positive earnings growth this year (which we did not in 2012), we are also using a slightly higher multiple to reflect the positive impact of heavy central bank intervention on the equity risk premium.»

We approach a blind turn, and the engine emits a loud brap as Woodman guns it around the corner and down the hill, and the back end of the car fishtails out behind us in a slightly sickening way.

The United States waded in with a November unemployment rate of 10 %, slightly down from 10.1 % in October.

The euro zone final PMI reading was slightly above forecast at 55.2.

The BoE sees inflation peaking at this level before edging slightly lower to 2.6 percent in 2018 and 2.4 percent by the end of 2019.