Sentences with phrase «than help by»

In fact, to put a fine point on it, we think most investors are more likely to hurt their long - term returns than help them by trying to time the market in any additional way.

But whereas Justin was eventually able to reconcile his sexuality with his faith and with Scripture in such a way that has left open the possibility for a relationship with a man in his future, Wesley says that «my own story, by contrast, is a story of feeling spiritually hindered rather than helped by my homosexuality.

Ironically, then, Israel's prime minister is being harmed rather than helped by this employing of biblical proof - texts on the part of Christian evangelicals to answer political questions in the Middle East.

The unintended consequences of HVCC may actually be hurting the real estate market more than helping by further pressuring prices down.

Not exact matches

Drugmaker Merck reported a better - than - expected first - quarter profit on Tuesday, helped by a more than 150 percent rise in sales of cancer drug Keytruda.

Helped also by higher interest rate levels after three rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, the core lending business more than offset a weaker quarter for its market division.

Having helped build more than a hundred apps from categories ranging from social networking, utility, entertainment and lifestyle, I get asked a lot of questions by entrepreneurs and businesses on the entire process of building and marketing apps.

It was also helped by a rise in its asset and wealth management division, a business that Wall Street giants are looking to more and more as a more constant and reliable income stream than trading.

In the beginning I questioned the price point of my services, but they helped me realize I was providing a fast, high - quality and trustworthy service that warranted higher fees than fly - by - knight repair companies.

A panel of three entrepreneurs discussed the relationship between purpose and profitability in greater depth: Pocket Sun, who, as founding partner of female - focused VC firm SoGal Ventures, has a purpose of «building an empire for millennial women to invest in startups»; Eileen Gittins, a serial entrepreneur who founded book self - publishing firm Blurb and now runs Bossygrl, a mobile app meant to introduce Gen Z girls to entrepreneurship by helping them launch micro-businesses; and Cathie Reid, co-founder and current digital advisor to Icon Group, an Australian cancer - care company with annual revenue of more than $ 1.5 billion.

Kimberly - Clark, the maker of Huggies diapers and Kleenex tissues, reported better - than - expected first - quarter sales, helped by its personal care business.

Studies commissioned by his group project that over the next decade, PBMs will save employers, consumers, and the government more than $ 2 trillion, and have already helped reduce by a third the projected cost of the Medicare Part D program, a largely privatized drug benefit for seniors.

When you realize that taking care of the customer is more important than making the sale, and help them succeed by referring another store «down the street,» they know they can trust you.

Tribal branding is focused on a new kind of consumer — one that isn't a consumer, but a prosumer, helping to form the direction for demand and innovation rather than absorbing the new direction created by the producer.

The company promises assistance in less than a minute by phone or chat and in less than 30 minutes when you submit a help - desk ticket.

For more than 20 years she has helped consumers push the financial reset button when debt triggered by divorce, unemployment, or a costly illness or medical episode became too much to handle.

Such gambles helped make the Rev - x wheel, and by extension the Spinergy brand, cooler than cool.

That's massive growth, no matter how you look at it, which helped push the stock price (NFLX) up by more than 139 % last year.

Some tools will help you do this by providing more data you can use to target your demographics more accurately or allowing you to reach wider audiences than you have up to this point.

Medved is one of the more successful VCs — over the past 20 years, he has helped bring 11 companies to valuations of more than $ 100 million, with some of his more notable investments including Shopping.com (acquired by eBay) and Answers.com (acquired by Summit).

While this may sound like a pipe dream, the idea became a reality thanks to $ 50 million in venture backing — in particular, the $ 40 million invested by Taiwanese entrepreneur and billionaire Samuel Yin in a Series A round in 2011, which trimmed years off production and helped the company quickly ramp up to more than 450 employees.

It's so successful, in fact, that it has helped propel Yeti to a $ 5 billion brand earning more than $ 450 million in annual revenue in just over 10 years in business, as reported by The Wall Street Journal.

With help from Pitchbook, we've compiled a list of the US startups valued at more than $ 10 billion by private investors.

Your legacies of deregulation, a financialized US economy and the Greenspan put have spoken for themselves by helping to cause the world's largest and most productive economy to suffer more than a decade of malaise, 10 ′ s of millions unemployed and a near collapse of the entire system.

For the most part, they were still willing to help, but the supporting ideas they offered were judged significantly less creative than those advanced by a separate control group.

While conducting research for their book, The Mind of the Leader, Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter interviewed more than 1,000 leaders and found that practicing mindfulness, meaning a focus on the present, achieved by meditation and other techniques, helped those leaders engage with their employees, create better connections and improve company performance.

The Results Performance at the North Carolina center improved significantly, helping buyCalls increase sales by 11 percent and boosting the client's revenue by more than $ 120,000 each quarter.

It's also meant to help improve accessibility to the visually impaired — those looking at a screen - reader for information can hear their friends identified by name rather than simply by description.

Those factors partly help explain why Exxon is now seen by Wall Street as a less - desirable investment than Chevron, which has several large oil and gas projects coming online by the end of the decade, offering far - stronger growth potential than Exxon.

Is a 20 - year employee who does just enough to get by, criticizes you and your business at work and at home, and often undermines your decisions more loyal than a 1 - year employee who genuinely embraces where you want to go, and works hard every day to help you and your company succeed?

For example, a pledge made at CGI America last year by Detroit business incubator TechTown to help second - stage companies successfully transition from startups to sustainable businesses has raised $ 278,750 in funds, pulled in five new partners (including Kiva Detroit), and served more than 40 local entrepreneurs since June 2012.

Darren Woods, who has worked at Exxon for more than 20 years, has helped expand the refining business at a time when the company's core exploration and production business has been rocked by low commodity prices.

From taking charge of your tech tools to managing your to - do list, Robbins helps listeners work smarter, rather than harder, by keeping it simple.

By helping your employees build that brand rather than squelching individuality, you can build an army of very powerful advocates,» says Ted Rubin, author of Return on Relationship #RonR and Dynamic Signal adviser.

«Ambient scent may lead to an enhanced subjective experience for retail shoppers... the time consumers spend examining merchandise, waiting in lines, or waiting for help may be made to seem shorter than it actually is by introducing ambient scent into the environment,» the study read.

The company emerged from the 2009 financial crisis more easily than most of its peers, helped by stronger digital firepower and the weakness of lower - end rivals like J.C. Penney (jcp) and Sears.

(Reuters)- Lowe's Cos Inc reported higher - than - expected comp sales and profit on Tuesday, helped by lower costs as well as higher demand for emergency supplies and rebuilding material due to hurricanes battering several regions in the United States.

Other than making vague promises to place more police officers on the streets, encouraging DNA testing for death - row inmates and calling for the need to reduce recidivism by investing in «proven community - based law - enforcement programs,» the Democrats» policy solutions over the past eight years have done little to dismantle the carceral state that they helped create.

INFINITI HR helps more than 600 businesses in all 50 states states reduce costs by effectively managing HR functions.

Still, reviving interest in the F / A -18 Super Hornet sparked by none other than President Trump may help revive the company's fighter jet business.

April 30 - McDonald's Corp reported a better - than - expected rise in quarterly sales at its restaurants on Monday, helped by strong international sales, especially in the UK and Germany, sending its shares up 3.6 percent.

As you start becoming helpful to your direct and indirect competitors, they are going to be more than willing to help you out by broadcasting your content to their followers.

A soft launch of your product will help you learn more about your own development than you ever could have learned by keeping it in - house.

According to one 2010 assessment, companies that help large corporations manage their internal printing costs have stumbled upon a global market that's expanding by more than 30 % annually.

The good ones talk with you prior to the first workout to review your fitness goals, build rapport and establish an understanding that they will help you reach your goals by pushing you further than you would push yourself.

Intarcia has completed several late - stage clinical trials in which it uses the pump to deliver a glucose - controlling drug continuously for months — an idea, that if successful (and approved by the FDA) could significantly help patients with type 2 diabetes, fewer than half of whom maintain the recommended glycemic levels.

The company figures it has so far helped customers save more than $ 6.1 billion, by identifying contracts that should be renegotiated and by consolidating expense data across locations and departments.

Aon also reported better - than - expected fourth - quarter earnings, helped by strength in its retail business.

By mid-2014, the founders had won more than $ 52,000 in competitive, non-dilutive grants, and hired two full - time employees to help scale.

The controversial tax reform bill, also known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, hasn't sat well with more than half of Americans, who say it would help neither their family's financial situation nor the U.S. economy, according to research by Gallup.