Sentences with phrase «small falls in»

It is available for the three largest cities, and in the March quarter shows small falls in Sydney and Brisbane and a flat outcome for Melbourne.

The September quarter national accounts showed a small fall in dwelling investment in the quarter, suggesting that the downturn foreshadowed by leading indicators of housing construction is now under way.

Private home prices in Singapore fell 0.4 % quarter - on - quarter (Q - o - Q) among the smallest fall in the past four years — and they are set to rise during 2017, an agency chief predicts.

When I was potty training my kids (working on the 4th now), we ran in to problems when we didn't have a potty chair or seat adapter available... there little bottoms are so small they fall in a regular toilet.

You'll get a small fall in blood pressure because of the stress reduction, because cortisol controls vasodilation, but the hormonal effects come from tricking the subconscious mind.

I mentioned at the start of this piece that Paradox Interactive have seen a small fall in operating profit and a significant fall in operating margin.

Not exact matches

In an interview with the Boston Globe, Pelosi made clear she is still the boss and has no intention of taking on a smaller role after the 2018 midterm elections this fall.

«We are not down to a single, unique universe, but our findings imply a significant reduction of the multiverse, to a much smaller range of possible universes,» Hawking said in a statement last fall.

According to data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), a branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the life expectancy for a baby born in 2016 fell to 78.6 years, which is a small but statistically significant decline of 0.1 percent.

The product he pitched — a system to streamline website donations as an alternative to paywalls — ultimately fell through, but not before he'd immersed himself in Halifax's small but tightly knit entrepreneurial community.

But this is exactly where many small businesses fall short, because often their approach to benefits is riddled with costly errors that can get them in financial trouble with their insurers or even with their own employees.

Perhaps the biggest surprise for small business owners is how quickly they can fall behind in managing their business finances.

Every late spring, summer, and early fall we were urged to invest in business insurance for 4 dollars a month to protect our small lemonade stand.

At just over $ 7.8 million in annual revenue, Buffer was averaging closer to $ 122,000 per worker this past fall, which the company needs to improve, says Carol Coughlin, founder of BottomLine Growth Strategies, a financial adviser to small and medium - size businesses.

I believe that most micro and small businesses fall short of their leader's ideal vision because no vision is static in nature.

In the absence of a dedicated HR manager — a luxury many small businesses simply can't afford — all of this falls squarely on the founder's desk.

Pessina became enamored with transactions — so much so that in 1984 he fell for Ornella Barra, the glamorous owner of a small Ligurian drug wholesaler, whose company he later bought.

«If the fall in the stock market continues, that suggests a higher risk of recession, which can't be good for small businesses and startups.»

The investment bank also expects to see a fall in rents amid an increase in the number of flats, mainly smaller units, being completed.

Between it's unbelievably small footprint, crystal clear 12 - inch display and the ability to order one in the same color as your iPhone — it's a little too easy to immediately fall in love with it.

«They are in some really, really small markets, such as Fergus, Ont., and Smiths Falls, Ont., and markets where there are only 10,000 people within a 15 - minute drive,» he says.

Six inches of rain fell in parts of the grounds on the festival's first day, turning pavement into small oceans and grassy fields into mud pits.

When asked whether the recent correction in the stock market might change the Fed's path to normalization, William Dudley, president of the New York Fed, said the fall was «small potatoes.»

This quirky drama follows the frantic search that ensues in a small New England town when two 12 - year - olds fall in love and run away together.

Meanwhile, small - business hiring and the average paycheck of employees and contractors each fell 0.1 percent in June from May, the report says.

Plagued by falling property prices, largely as a result of a mounting supply glut in smaller cities, one third reported an operating loss.

The survey, released Tuesday, polled 500 small business owners from around the country and found that half of them are in favor of a policy that would allow employees to use earned sick time when they or an immediate family member falls ill or needs preventative medical care.

The small diamonds produced in WA are falling out of favour with buyers, leading to questions about the industry's future.

Detroit Bikes, a bicycle manufacturing company that opened last fall, is located in a pair of low - slung buildings, about 5,000 square metres of space that's part of a small industrial park near the suburb of Dearborn.

Overall, the bank's small business confidence index stood at 70 this fall, compared with 63 in the fall of 2012 and 59 last spring.

According to CNN, you'll face a tough market if you're looking to sell your business; the number of sold small businesses fell 36 % from last year in the first quarter of 2009, and the price sellers paid dropped sharply.

It's vital for small businesses to show they've got their customers» best interests in mind because they don't have the familiarity of big brand names to fall back on, says Robert Siciliano, a Boston Internet security consultant.

Perth's small business count rose by 0.5 per cent over the five year study period, but the number of small businesses in the rest of the state fell by 1.5 per cent.

The deal comes days after Twitter announced an agreement with CBS to carry out Amplify ad campaigns during 42 of the network's fall shows, a deal that analysts said effectively gave Twitter a small foothold in the $ 70 billion TV advertising market.

Companies like Research In Motion and Nortel have been the exceptions, having created small ecosystems, but both have also fallen from grace, as tech companies often do, reminding us that a single company can not maintain an ecosystem indefinitely.

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I agree with the author's premise, but think it falls short in arming the small business owner with the full range of comedic weapons.

Both houses noted a slight fall in shipments for Lenovo, but a small rise in market share.

Depending on where you live, there's legislation pending that will levy more regulations and taxes on fracking, which in a time of rapidly falling oil prices could significantly hurt local energy companies that provide jobs and work for small businesses.

This is an especially important commitment for small business owners, who often fall into feeling isolated in their positions.

The SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard, which analyzes data from 35,000 small business owners across the country, found hiring was down 3.2 percent in 2011, and wages fell 0.8 perSmall Business Scorecard, which analyzes data from 35,000 small business owners across the country, found hiring was down 3.2 percent in 2011, and wages fell 0.8 persmall business owners across the country, found hiring was down 3.2 percent in 2011, and wages fell 0.8 percent.

For example, one stat used to justify the decline of small business is that the number of startups as a percentage of total businesses has fallen from 15 % in 1978 to 8 % in 2012.

The company's revenue had fallen in three consecutive years before registering a small gain last year.

Now we're seeing the result: $ 20 bottles of Pappy going for several hundred dollars, a cultish following for anything labelled «small batch» or «single barrel» and folks like me booking vacations in Kentucky to experience what some are calling the «Sonoma of the South» (and maybe score a coveted bottle of this fall's new Antique Collection from Buffalo Trace while I'm at it).

It bought a small refinery in Great Falls, Mont., to hedge against a huge spread between bitumen and synthetic crude oil prices.

Last fall thousands of small merchants protested online and outside Alibaba's headquarters in Ma's hometown, the eastern city of Hangzhou, against a hike in Taobao's listing fees.

Although we'll be the first to admit that falling large hedge funds can get crowded, we have found immense value in following the underrated hedge funds that have had success in finding small - cap stocks that outperform.

Falling fees and rising costs are putting pressure on margins, especially for the smallest (less than $ 100 billion in AUM) managers.

The fall in the index was driven by a large decline in the small business optimism index, precipitated by the impending fiscal cliff.

If you operate a small business in the United States or any of its territories, have some capital of your own to invest in your business, and are current with all debt payments to the U.S. government (including your income taxes), you may be eligible for an SBA loan — unless your business falls into one of the ineligible businesses identified by the SBA: