Sentences with phrase «smaller raises for»

That includes $ 15,000 raises for both Tai D. White, Smith's longtime district director, and Meredith Henderson, his chief of staff, as well as smaller raises for other aides.

After years of frozen salaries, the busy 2014 session saw large pay bumps for beginning teachers and relatively small raises for veteran teachers — but those raises came at the expense of teacher assistants and classroom supplies as well as cuts to other critical areas of education spending.

Not exact matches

It joins the ranks of more unconventional ICOs like «PAquarium,» which plans to build the world's largest aquarium (it raised a relatively small $ 620,000 (# 479,000)-RRB-, and Dentacoin, a blockchain for the global dentist industry (its ICO kicks off on October 1).

When Cohn raised concerns Thursday about price increases for steel and aluminum products, Trump called it a «small price to pay.»

But the Liberals are going one better and promising to raise the threshold to $ 450,000 and index it to inflation — a win for smaller businesses.

-- Amy Zimmerman, head of people for Kabbage, a global financial services, technology and data platform serving small businesses which has raised more than $ 1.6 billion in funding and lent out $ 4 billion overall

Alternative ways of raising money are increasingly available, and crowd - funding has for instance raised more than # 1 billion for UK small and medium - sized enterprises last year.Of course, don't forget to inquire about the regulation in place in your country, and get professional advice to mitigate risk.

The Federal Reserve Board voted Wednesday to raise interest rates, ending close to a decade of virtually free money — and that could mean financing challenges for startups and small businesses.

Spire Global raised $ 70 million to put small satellites into orbit for weather forecasting and ship tracking.

Raising the minimum wage raises costs for business, there is no denying; and the affected businesses are not just small business.

One week every year, the U.S. government shines a spotlight upon the entrepreneurial community to raise awareness about small business and to provide resources for aspiring business owners across the nation.

However, according to Bloomberg, Spotify «could create a new model for growth companies in which they raise all their money in private markets and do all their trading in public ones, with some small variations.»

The 2012 Jobs Act loosens some of the rules for small businesses to raise money via stock offerings.

• iZettle, a Swedish fintech company which offers commerce solutions for small businesses, raised $ 40 million ($ 47 million).

• IceKredit, a Shanghai - based credit assessment provider for small and mid-size businesses, raised $ 16 million in Series A funding.

According to Hammond, the changes will raise # 200 million a year for the UK government — still small change compared to the huge tax reductions tech companies get.

The post is filled with technical details for those looking for a deeper dive into the science, but for the layperson this is probably the most interesting bit: Using a cool gadget that floods a room with a specific color of light, Westland's research group «found a small effect of colored light on heart rate and blood pressure: Red light does seem to raise heart rate, while blue light lowers it.»

• Tide, a London - based mobile banking service for small businesses, raised $ 14 million in Series A funding, according to TechCrunch.

«A bigger move, say outside of a 20 percent band, might destroy confidence and make it harder for small business to raise money, or even to sell to larger companies who might be more worried about their viability, or ability to deliver on orders placed.»

Direct Public Offerings DPOs have existed for decades as a way for small businesses to raise capital from wealthy individuals.

For example, he said the budget introduces lots of smaller steps towards raising workforce participation among women.

It's a very early - stage method for raising small amounts of money when mistakes are not so costly.»

We are all about growing the small business community and raising awareness for small businesses — which is why we love publishing your articles!

In a discussion I had with Angela Watts, Co-Founder of Slyde Handboards, she shared 4 tips to help you raise capital for your small business, per her own personal journey.

Perry also had an uneven record on taxes, cutting them for property owners, but raising them for small business owners by broadening the state's franchise tax base.

Similar carve outs exist for small business owners in states or municipalities that have raised their minimum wage above the federal rate.

• IK Investment Partners, a U.K. - based private equity firm, raised 550 million euro ($ 676 million) for its second small cap fund, IK Small Casmall cap fund, IK Small CaSmall Cap II.

The obvious question this raises is how small business owners are supposed to save for retirement.

Already, the SEC is looking very carefully at crowdsourcing as a way to raise funds for smaller companies.

Last May, after determining he could make a smaller version for consumers and get the price point down to under $ 3,000, Shapiro raised $ 9 million in funding from Foundry Group and True Ventures.

Although the lack of jurisdiction over Bitcoin and its links to money laundering and illicit marketplaces have raised more than a few eyebrows, the currency offers a simple way for legitimate businesses such as small retailers and professional service providers to accept payments for international sales without facing onerous credit card fees or exchange - rate surcharges.

Title IV, or «Regulation A +,» holds even more excitement for some, given that it will allow a small or emerging business to raise up to $ 50,000,000 in capital from «the crowd» through a relatively inexpensive form of a public offering.

It has never been easy to raise capital for your small business, especially if you are in the start - up phase.

Obama is a supporter of the U.S. Small Business Administration, which has already permanently raised the maximum loan size for its largest lending programs.

«This is a sham lawsuit about a bogus Russian collusion claim filed by a desperate, dysfunctional, and nearly insolvent Democratic Party,» said Brad Parscale, Campaign Manager of Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. «With the Democrats» conspiracy theories against the President's campaign evaporating as quickly as the failing DNC's fundraising, they've sunk to a new low to raise money, especially among small donors who have abandoned them.

On May 16, 2016 Title III of the JOBS Act kicked - in and paved the way for startups and small businesses to raise up to $ 1 million through small investments from lots of people.

Many of Shell and BG's big shareholders have voiced support for the deal but a slump in oil prices below $ 30 a barrel has raised concerns that Shell may be overpaying for the smaller rival.

Add to that a lack of regulation: After the passage of the JOBS Act in 2012, which aimed to make it easier for small businesses to raise capital, startups could take on many more investors before the Securities and Exchange Commission effectively forced them to go public.

While in August Trump told the online publication Circa that he would like to see «a carve - out of sorts for our small - business owners,» that may be too late for entrepreneurs who were already well down the road raising salaries or switching workers to hourly non-exempt, says Jacqueline Breslin, director of human capital services at TriNet, an HR outsourcing company.

«For example, there's a woman who thought that she needed to raise $ 90,000 for her small busineFor example, there's a woman who thought that she needed to raise $ 90,000 for her small businefor her small business.

The platform, which hit the App Store in April and raised a small seed funding round in September told users in December that «the challenges of operating our business in NYC prompt us to end this chapter for the time being.»

He also voted against raising the minimum wage, against tax cuts for the middle class, and most importantly to entrepreneurs, against the Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act in 2012.

«That's good news for workers because they can command higher compensation, but many small business owners aren't yet confident enough to raise prices to offset the higher labor costs,» Dunkelberg said.

Other specific drives he delineated to invigorate small businesses: Make it easier for small businesses to obtain — and get paid for — federal contracts, and facilitate start - up capital - raising and initial public offerings by eliminating red tape that can get in the way.

A new way for small nonprofits to tap into big audiences and raise awareness and exposure online.

President Obama announced tax cuts for small businesses that hire new workers or raise current workers» wages, and a special tax credit of $ 4,000 for employers that hire people who have been out of work for more than six months.

The company has since raised two more small rounds («tiny, just tiny» says MacKugler proudly) to get it retail - ready for Home Depot.

According to the Scorecard, four in five small business owners are not able to dole out raises to make up for the payroll tax increase.

While recent changes to securities law permit companies to raise money from small investors through Kickstarter - style projects, the SEC noted the «DAO» project did not comply with formalities for doing so, such as registering as a broker - dealer or registering the website with regulators.

For far too many small business owners, when they think about raising capital, they think too much about «control.»