Sentences with phrase «small margin for»

I don't mind this, since I doubt Bixby will ever prove useful to me within this phone's lifespan, but that small distinction is notable for how well it illustrates the small margin for error when designing a phone's ergonomics.

It's a lot more fickle than most, with a rapidly moving needle and a very small margin for error; if your timing isn't on point, your shot will swerve a good deal off its intended course.

Trim travel, entertainment and restaurant bills which total $ 625 a month by a few hundred dollars and she would be in the black with a small margin for unexpected expenses.

There is such a small margin for error that you have to find just the right limit of taking risks.

You think that because the universe has such a small margin for life that must mean life must have been artificially created to exsist within those tight limits!?

Loehle's calculations have a smaller margin for error than Willis, because Willis only uses annual average data.

This leaves a smaller margin for error as highly informed consumers have become acutely aware of how to seek out information, poll their networks and complete transactions across a plethora of interactive channels.»

Will employing this new approach to billing result in smaller margins for your law firm?

However surgery is also an incredibly complex process which often involves incredibly short time windows and precariously small margins for errors.

Again, smaller firms usually have a smaller margin for error when it comes to hiring students.

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!

Millennial small business owners have more confidence in their retirement savings than baby boomers, according to our survey, possibly because millennial owners started their business at a younger age on average (26 vs. 43 years old), allowing more time for them to grow their businesses» profit margins and create comfortable retirement plans.

Rotem's sales pitch is that while owners may lose a small margin on sales, the new customers that come in should more than make up for it.

It's willing to take a small profit to do so, which is a simple business strategy: it's sacrificing margins for market - share gains.

Osteryoung suggests that you look for resources in your industry, such as the annual statement studies on small and mid-sized business financial benchmarks from Risk Management Associates, to help you determine whether your profit margin is on target.

Especially for small retailers, these swipe fees can quickly add up and take a bite out of paper - thin operating margins.

Small - company performance is strong so far in 2017, with increases in the first three months of 10.4 percent in net profit margin (compared with 8.5 percent for this period in 2016); 11.9 percent in sales (compared with 7.1 percent in 2016); and 15.6 percent in the EBITDA margin (compared with 14.3 percent in 2016).

«The world is telling us that our energy is more valuable than it used to be, and it's telling us to invest more in that and less in areas that are highly exchange - rate dependent with small margins,» Poloz said in the late summer of 2014, when I interviewed him for The Globe and Mail.

Ted Mallett, VP and chief economist at the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, says the difference for common household goods like detergent and diapers is largely due to the fact that retailers need higher margins in the smaller Canadian market; there are no tariffs on most items like these.

In an effort to grow revenue and profits amid margin - crimping cost increases, American and its rivals are segmenting their cabins into smaller classes of service, including no - frills basic economy and premium economy, which offers a larger seat, more leg room and an amenities kit for a higher fare.

As a result, you may see a small increase in refining margins for those refiners with firm shipping capacity on Energy East, along with a decrease in refining margins for in - land refineries in Alberta.

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

Collect rents and / or for sale (profit margin based on cost to build small, eco friendly small residential communities.

Sure there are funds that add in commodities, currencies and private equity, but the margin for error becomes that much smaller in a low return environment.

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Everything else is less expensive, but only by the smallest margins — except for housing, which comes with a steep discount of 23.2 percent.

Overall, we believe our economic forecasts indicate meaningful top - line growth for small - and mid-cap equities, and tax reform should significantly boost profit margins in these two asset classes this year.

However, the ability for small entrants to compete at the margins is waning, and consumers (even those in B2B) are rapidly changing their expectations and preferences.

The study also showed that organic search was the highest source of revenue for every industry except media and entertainment, where email, display, and referrals led by a small margin.

After accounting for differences in risk, demographic and trading characteristics, self - directed investors outperform advised investors by a small margin.

The world is changing at whirlwind pace for the securities services industry, forcing small and large providers alike to reassess their approaches in light of new regulations, disruptive technology, rising costs and thinning margins.

Since you can control large amounts of a commodity with a relatively small amount of money on margin, you can leverage your portfolio to take advantage of price swings in the commodity without having to actually take delivery of thousands of gallons of gasoline — something that is impractical for everyone other than institutions (such as refiners, airlines, transportation fleets, gasoline retailers, etc.).

The cryptocurrency market experienced yet another major correction for the second time this week, as the price of both major and small cryptocurrencies fell by large margins.

Whether you intend starting a small daily catering business or you aim to offer huge extravaganzas for a large number of people once a year, then you probably want to consider pursuing your dreams in the food industry because the potential profit margin in the catering business is extremely high.

With 28 - year - old Genevieve Lacasse in her prime, and up - and - coming 23 - year - old Ann - Renee Desbiens ready for their opportunities, Szabados has a small margin of error in the group stage when Canada faces the other three teams in the world's top four.

Muni bonds often trade at a premium to US Treasuries which are considered risk - free by a small margin, plus the amount of tax savings for the highest tax bracket.

If she had added: «Plus, even though we are currently above the Effective Lower Bound on nominal interest rates (which is probably below 0 %) we are worried that the margin of safety is getting a bit small, and are pleased that fiscal policy is making that margin of safety a bit bigger than it otherwise would be» that would also be an internally consistent thing for the Bank of Canada to say.

Banks» margins on small business lending, which have narrowed since mid 1997, might narrow further in figures for the June quarter and beyond as recent reductions in indicator rates begin to affect the figures.

Global insurance capital is plentiful, ill - disciplined underwriting is rife, margins non-existent; there's a small fist - pump for QBE here.»

While the average indicator rate on large business variable - rate loans, at 8.0 per cent, is now higher than the corresponding rate for small businesses, the all - up borrowing cost to large business remains lower than for small businesses since customer risk margins for the former are, on average, finer than those for the latter.

While this can separate some churches too much from society, it can also assist the small church in living on the margins of society, where opportunity for mission knocks.

We refuse to believe that life is good and worthy for us as we really are, that our small margin of freedom with all its risks makes the difference between fulfilling life and destroying it.

Meanwhile, those on the margins are typically working with less power, smaller platforms, thinner finances, and fewer numbers and in the face of subtle but pervasive stereotypes, prejudices, and disadvantages that make it nearly impossible to advocate for change without causing friction.

We do a lot of volume for very small margins because the U.S. consumer is used to very inexpensive, fresh, good produce.

What concerns me is that for the small manufacturers, many situated in regional towns and producing some iconic Australian brands, this price rise they'll have to pass on is their existing margins.

They work on much smaller margins and the price the consumer pays is in line with the added premiums provided to the farmer (often for quality in addition to organic certification), their own costs involved with organic certification, and the value added by actually roasting high quality beans that taste better.

We know there will be small margins in these games and we have to be sure that every small margin goes for us.»

Both teams will field their steongest 11 and the game will be won or lost by small margins, whoever wants it most takes the glory and confidence for the coming season.

Any small margin we did have as Arsene Wenger and the players prepare for the away game at Crystal Palace on Monday night has now evaporated, though, as both Man City and Liverpool won their matches to stretch the gap between them and us.

Arsenal needed someone to do something special as Hazard did for Chelsea, we are talking about small margins.