Sentences with phrase «smaller than the mean»

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A travel yoga mat, like this foldable one from Gaiam that Entrepreneurs senior writer Cat Clifford uses, is both lighter and smaller than a regular one, which means it can fit into a purse or backpack and eliminate the need to lug around a larger bag.

Ford Motor Co. built more than three million Pintos in the 1970s, a smaller, lighter car meant to be economical in the face of soaring energy prices (and Japanese competitors).

A draft angle means that the top opening of a product is ever so slightly smaller or larger than the bottom opening, allowing for quick removal from a manufacturing mold in mass production.

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.»

So your business may be accessible to a smaller audience than on Facebook, but it will be more visible to that audience, which invariably means greater engagement.

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.

Being ready with this list of actions means you can take care of small tasks while waiting for an appointment to begin, for example, rather than wasting that time thumbing through Instagram pictures.

It's also worth noting that more than eight in 10 Las Vegas entrepreneurs were employed before starting their small business, meaning they chose to head out on their own.

This Winnipeg - based company's smaller variable annuity business means it's had less trouble than its peers.

First, the $ 650 million jackpot is paid out as an annuity, meaning that rather than getting the whole amount all at once, it's spread out in smaller — but still multimillion - dollar — annual payments over 30 years.

More than that, people's primary means of accessing the web is via the small - yet - powerful smartphone so many carry around with them in their pockets all day long.

While that seems like a small percentage, it's still one in 11 households, which means a millionaire could be tucked away in your neighborhood rather than leading an extravagant life peppered with luxuries and indulgences.

They are often faster, smaller and more affordable than humans — meaning they will have a tremendous impact on the way companies do business in the future.

A weighted average means that the loans with a higher balance influence the interest rate more than loans with a smaller balance — the overall impact of each old loan on the new interest rate is proportional to the comparative balance of that loan.

It also means that there is some positive selectivity into fatherhood, thus the bonus with human capital controls is slightly smaller than the bonus without the controls.

Consolidation among smaller carriers could be a boon for passengers, if it means they can make enough money to invest in better services, rather than focus solely on controlling costs.

The Census Bureau data also indicate that among less affluent households, fewer directly owned stocks and mutual fund shares in 2011 (13 %) than in 2009 (16 %), meaning a smaller share enjoyed the fruits of the stock market rally.

By definition, cash - out mortgages increase your loan to value ratio, which means that a lender will view the new mortgage as a riskier proposition than a smaller mortgage loan.

This means it has many smaller companies that pay higher dividends than the RBCs and Manulifes of the market.

Because small businesses are considered higher risk than their larger cousins, the SBA loan guarantee helps banks offer more flexible loan terms, meaning borrowers can be approved even if they have fewer assets than what would be required with a traditional term loan at the bank.

While this means they can control a larger amount of assets with a smaller amount of money, traders have the ability to lose more than the value of their assets and cash.

On top of that, Whole Foods owns less than 5 percent of the total market share, which means it's still too small to really drive Prime's growth.

The pin bar is simply a bar with a long tail and a very small body, preferably the bar should close in the direction opposite to the tail, meaning if you are going long you want the close higher than the open and if you are shorting you want the close lower than the open.

That means that its «large - cap growth» holdings actually include a lot of mid - and small - cap growth holdings, and these mid - and small - cap holdings behave differently than their larger brethren.

That might mean outsourcing tasks rather than having to own the expensive real estate for vineyards and tasting rooms — and finding innovative ways to bring the wine to small towns, and big cities, as the son of a well - known California winemaker has done.

The flexible terms may mean while you have more time to pay off in smaller amounts, the total amount in the end is higher than your original intended amount

This means that the annual operating budget for even a small fund quickly grows to more than $ 2 million per year.

An active portfolio would almost certainly be less diversified than the ETF, which means that the same asset flows would have been directed to a smaller number of stocks where they would presumably have been even more disruptive.

However, their long - term contracts and the fact that greater use of frac sand is one way for oil and gas companies to maximize productivity from each well means that demand declines might prove smaller than those of other oil services companies.

While I tend to like ETFs that use equal weighing, it's important for investors to understand that smaller - cap companies tend to be a bit more volatile, and that's especially true of biotech stocks, which means this ETF might be more prone to even more volatility than a weighted - average ETF would be.

Much of the claimed gain comes about in the shift from self - sustaining peasant life to dependence on the market, and many are skeptical that the small gains in income mean that those involved are better fed, better clothed, or better housed than before.

Furthermore, income taxes may mean that a significantly smaller amount is available for giving if the income is an individual's than if it is a tax - exempt organization's.

Socialism and communism are based on the principle that the means of producing goods and providing services — such as all factories and companies — should be owned publicly and controlled and planned by a centralized organization rather than being controlled by members of a small class of wealthy people.

Though we live within a chasm of derived ascertainment concluded as being a universe does in no way or means make causal admissions that there are unknowable amounts of self - similar universes being side by side ours creating a gigantic life form living within a vast sea upon a world so ginormous that our stellar world would be 100,000 times smaller than a speck of dust!

If we went by your logic (how a small percentage of people doing a bad thing means all of them are like that) than heres what also should be true.

We tend to think of men as less nurturing than women, thanks in no small part to images in pop culture and the media as portraying men as lovable buffoons who mean well and try to do well but ultimately don't have the common sense to find their own behinds with both hands and a compass... unless, of course, we have an understanding and vastly more mature wife to help us along.

Indeed, it thrives whenever man is knocked from his pedestal, for it has always held that meaning matters more than size, that we are great precisely as we are able to make ourselves small.

I do not mean to imply that the evil are anything other than a small minority among the religious or that the religious motives of most people are in any way spurious.

Means less goes to waste in small forgotten bags in the pantry and has more than one use.

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.

** If you have smaller muffins (meaning, more than 12 out of 1 batch), it may take just another 8 minutes instead of 11 minutes to finish baking.

serving of Vertical Water has approximately 1/3 the calories, 1/3 the sugar and travels less than 1/3 the distance from forest to table (that means that Vertical Water has a smaller carbon footprint, it is exclusively sourced and bottled in the U.S.).

They're a little shallower than small ramekins, so they don't fit as much, but that means they make more pies.

The fruit extract, or juice, is around 150 - 200 times sweeter than sugar and contains zero calories per serving — meaning a very small amount provides a lot of sweetness.

This is a small amount of total kilojoules which means we need to be looking at more than just beverage consumption,» said the Council's CEO, Mr Geoff Parker.

Report author Rabobank senior animal proteins analyst Angus Gidley - Baird said while the decline in prices would more than offset the small rise in production — meaning producers» incomes would generally be lower in 2018 — the outlook was still for an overall profitable 2018 for Australia's beef producers.

This model, with perforations in a solid surface rather than bars wired or woven together, means even the smallest morsel stays put, while letting in smoky BBQ goodness.

This means even though an individual who consumes a lot of dairy products, and perhaps full - fat dairy products, will not necessary retain all of the fat provided through the foods, and may instead excrete more of it than those only consuming a small amount of calcium.

Most foodservice establishments would choose to serve a bigger, more attractive tomato than a smaller, more flavorful one, which means they are usually more concerned with the perception of their food rather than the actual flavor.

My microwave is probably smaller / older than most, which might mean my cauliflower wasn't sufficiently cooked before pureeing — maybe if I knew what I was looking for.