Sentences with phrase «than a swap of»

The proposed changes to the current Policy are minimal and amount to little more than a swap of one high - stakes nationally - normed standardized test for another.

Not exact matches

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.

Although I certainly improved the quality of my morning work throughout the week, I came away with one overarching feeling: It's going to take a lot more than just opening my email later to shift from slaying alligators to draining the swap.

Unlike most of the other swaps on this list, it's hard to say that the standard Apple is promoting here (Bluetooth) is clearly superior than the one it's replacing (3.5 mm).

Of the 84 registered swap dealers, less than a quarter are non-bank entities.

As of Sept. 22, 77 companies in China had conducted debt - for - equity swaps worth more than 1.3 trillion yuan ($ 196.48 billion), Reuters reported.

So they pulled out all the stops by experimenting with an in - store cafe, free Wi - Fi, monthly book swaps, a children's play area, entertainment, more than 200 in - store author readings a year and community forums on topics of interest to customers.

Deutsche Bank shares trading in Frankfurt were down more than 4 % on Monday, and credit - default swaps on the bank spiked to their highest level since 2012, when the entire efficacy of the eurozone was in doubt.

Unfortunately, the prototype demo belt broke down before we got to hitch up our slacks for a test, but it's easy to see how refining the mechanism and swapping some of the build materials to plastic have helped lighten the smart buckle, and that it offers more than a lazier way of keeping your jeans up.

More than US$ 500 trillion worth of contracts — everything from swaps and futures contracts, to home mortgages and student loans — were priced using LIBOR rates last year.

But rather than settling those transactions itself or billing customers» phone statements, Isis believes working with the payments networks will make mobile payments more appealing to consumers and merchants, who can continue to use or accept the card platforms of their choice — only instead of using physical cards the parties will swap digital information wirelessly.

Indeed, thanks to the Military Personnel Exchange Program, the U.S. Air Force has the opportunity to swap service members with an allied nation military: for this reason, whilst «Pinna», from an AMX A-11A Ghibli experience with the 132 ° Gruppo (Squadron), flies with the 74th FS, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joe «Slap» Goldsworthy, an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot with more than 2,700 flight hours of experience, is assigned to the 132 ° Gruppo and flies the Ghibli (even in combat).

That's a tough challenge for small companies whose foreign - exchange transactions are typically not large enough to qualify for the low - cost «Interbank Rates» reserved for currency swaps of more than $ 5 million.

Assuming a 35 percent tax rate on corporate capital gains, the swap could save Berkshire more than $ 1 billion, on top of tax savings from two similar transactions earlier this year.

It does this by using a derivative called a «swap» to earn the return of the index rather than buying the stocks directly.

If you write a billion - dollar 5 - year total return swap on Microsoft stock, that counts as $ 80 million of «total leverage exposure,» because that's 92 percent less worrisome than the CDS.

One - sixth of his participants refused to swap for any return lower than 10 %.

The market - implied odds of a December rate increase have slid to less than 50 percent, versus as high as 80 percent last month, according to overnight index swap data compiled by Bloomberg, fueled by a slew of weak data prints.

It is possible also that the Bank will continue to rely to a greater extent than normal on foreign exchange swaps to provide system liquidity ahead of Y2K.

The 10 - year swap spread in the United States, for example, has increased in 2000 by about 50 basis points, to a level higher than at the time of disruptions in markets during the LTCM crisis in 1998.

Market contacts have reported that it also reflects the relatively high level of swap rates — a common benchmark for price - makers» funding costs — for reasons related more to the demand for funds than to credit concerns.

3 - month interbank interest rates in Australia peaked at over 7 per cent in mid September, more than 50 basis points above the corresponding rate that measures expectations of the cash rate (the overnight indexed swap rate: OIS)(Graph 2).

Using a combination of swaps and futures, TBT gives investors -2 x exposure to daily moves in T - bonds with more than 20 years left to maturity.

The cost of protecting the company's subordinated debt from default for five years using credit - default swaps has more than doubled since the end of 2015, rising to 438 basis points, a four - year high, from 187.

Bank of America argues that the curve, using swaps rather than treasuries and adjusted for the zero - bound effect, is already inverted and therefore may already be signalling a recession in the United States.

In the case of a portfolio credit - linked note, the rate reflects the combined creditworthiness of a portfolio of companies underlying the credit default swap rather than a single company.

For example, if Bitcoin is not a currency, then Bitcoin forwards and Bitcoin swaps that involve the exchange of Bitcoin for another currency will not fall under the statutory definitions of the more lightly regulated foreign exchange forwards or foreign exchange swaps.10 Likewise, retail trading of Bitcoin derivatives will be limited to designated contract markets, rather than subject to the retail foreign exchange dealer regulations.11 Treating Bitcoin as a commodity that is not a currency dovetails with the stances taken by other U.S. regulators such as the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)(virtual currency does not have all of the attributes of real currency) 12, the Securities and Exchange Commission (Bitcoin investments are investment contracts because Bitcoin is a form of money) 13 and the Internal Revenue Service (treating Bitcoin as property for tax purposes).14

The default swaps on individual names is a more «precise» method of shorting than might be seen with CMBX indexes, which have roughly 10 percent exposure to malls — and much greater exposure to relatively less economically sensitive or consumer - dependent properties like office buildings.

The past several years have featured little more than a gigantic asset swap, the short description being that massive volumes of government debt have been swapped by central banks for massive volumes of idle bank reserves, while massive volumes of low - yielding, covenant - lite debt have been issued into the hands of yield - seeking investors, in order to retire massive volumes of corporate equities at elevated valuations through buybacks.

The Iranian - American pastor from Idaho, held for more than three years, was exchanged as part of a prisoner swap in which Iran released four people and the United States released seven.

It's slightly thicker and sweeter than American sour cream, but in my experience so far it is a perfectly good swap for most dishes, especially if you don't mind a tiny bit of extra sweetness.

-LSB-...] had cooked, I decided that rather than bean burgers or hummus, I would make a reliable standby of chickpea cutlets from Veganomicon (making some swaps, and baking rather than frying mine).

I used kale instead of collard greens because it was on sale, swapped the sweet potatoes for roasted red potatoes, and used pinto beans because I could not find any adzuki beans that were less than $ 2.50 per can.

So while these are by no means diet food, they are much lighter than most of the recipes for creamy delicious enchiladas I've come across, for example I cut 4 cups of cheese and swapped full fat sour cream for fat free greek yogurt.

I even use both a fork and knife to eat, keeping them in the left and right hands respectively for the duration of the meal rather than swapping them over (if you've ever seen an American cut food then change hands to eat it you know what I'm talking about).

Other than swapping out the cheese for my delicious vegan version and adding a sprinkling of sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, the only other change I made to the directions was to soak the red onion in unsweetened soymilk for a few hours to temper some of that peppery bite and strong aroma.

I swap the zucchini for kale and the butter beans for red kidney beans with a mix of yellow and green beans and maybe a bit more than a pinch of cayenne:) comforting but not heavy.

March more than got away from me — which is why it's the first of April and I'm just now posting this strawberry lassi recipe for Food Bloggers Recipe Swap.

Swapping almond flour for the coconut flour may be on the tricky side as coconut flour absorbs almost three times the amount of liquid than almond flour does, and since the main liquid in this recipe is eggs, changing the amount of eggs would greatly effect the finished result of the cake.

It would be possible to swap out a couple of tablespoons of the coconut flour for almond flour, but anymore than that and the finished cake would be quite different.

However, at this point I had such a firm idea of what I thought it should be, I made a few adjustments, swapping the water with stock, adding tomato paste (and I would add a can of tomatoes next time), cutting the vegetables smaller than the recipe suggests and then... well, then I did this:

Unless I've personally tested it, it's pretty hard to give my nod of approval and tell what will and what won't work in recipes, especially when it comes to swapping out sweeteners and dairy products since their counterparts behave quite differently than one might think.

Green Giant Veggie Spirals ™, the latest in the brand's popular Veggie Swap - Ins ™ line, can save Americans more than 2 trillion calories this year if consumed in place of pasta, according to the company.

A few simple ingredient swaps making this colorful Chicken Pasta Primavera healthier than its counterparts and still every bit as flavorful, loaded with veggies and a spicy kick of pepper.

In the US, recent research found that 70 per cent of people are now swapping meat for a non-meat protein at least once a week, with 22 per cent saying they were more likely to do so than last year.

I think that the vegan swaps may make for a denser and moister cake than the original (though I must admit I have not tried Sara's original recipe), probably because of the use of flax eggs and maple syrup.

«Availability within these ranges is so much broader than it ever has been, which will catch people's eye and make it a more appealing swap,» adds Emma Clifford, Mintel's associate director of food and drink.

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Unless, of course, we swap out that tahini for peanut, almond, pecan, hazelnut, or sunflower seed butter... The result is a thicker - than - usual cup that's creamier than any we've had.

The two franchise defensemen that swapped homes this summer, PK Subban and Shea Weber, both have less than 10/1 payouts, but given the uncertainty of how they will transition to their new teams, I would stay clear of both.