Sentences with phrase «tight margin for»

«We make (our product) with electricity, we bake it with gas, we refrigerate and freeze it with electricity and we distribute it with gas and oil,» said McArthur, who said he worries that high prices could cost his company up to $ 15,000 a year in an industry with a very tight margin for profit.

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At a company with tighter margins, leveraging this support becomes even more important for social entrepreneurs.

Polls ahead of the referendum had shown a tight race, but a projection for SRF public television showed the initiative failing by a clear margin of 55 % to 45 %.

Key steps along this path include completion of the transition to full implementation of Basel III, including new liquidity requirements; enhanced prudential standards for systemically important firms, including risk - based capital requirements, a leverage ratio, and tighter prudential buffers for firms heavily reliant on short - term wholesale funding; expansion of the regulatory umbrella to incorporate all systemically important firms; the institution of an effective, cross-border resolution regime for systemically important financial institutions; and consideration of regulations, such as minimum margin requirements for securities financing transactions, to limit leverage in sectors beyond the banking sector and SIFIs.

During the quarter, Best Buy reported same - store sales down 5 % for 4Q10, but profitability was better than expected due to stronger gross margins and tighter cost controls.

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!?

Money is tight, with almost no margin for error.

Hussmann explains that refrigeration systems, HVAC and lighting are responsible for as much as 90 percent of the energy used in a store, and refrigeration systems can be as much as 60 percent of that total — giving an industry that operates on tight margins greater incentive to reduce energy consumption.

Tight economic margins, increasing care costs such as feed and veterinary care, and low farmer confidence are all realities for animal farmers;

In a game as tight as this was today, when the top quality of the Gunners is hard to find and the opponents have their tails up and are making things very difficult, little incidents and fine margins can make all the difference and that is why Alexis is such an important player for Arsenal.

At some point, the bill has to come due for the impossibly tight margins that lifted the Broncos to their most recent division title, and when it happens, they could be dropping back to a pack ready to blow past them.

Normally, they could afford those salaries and build for the future, but with suddenly tighter margins, they could no longer do both.

Bad: Getting the right price for your product can sometimes be tricky — especially with a major retailer as they demand tighter profit margins.

While SurveyUSA and Quinnipiac show surprisingly tight races for Andrew Cuomo and Kirsten Gillibrand, a new Siena poll out this morning has each up by comfortable margins — Cuomo leads Carl Paladino by 33 points, while Gillibrand leads Joe DioGuardi by 31 points.

Unofficial results indicate Republicans will hold their narrow majority in the county legislature, the call for a constitutional convention fell on deaf ears by a near 6 - 1 margin and races in some towns were extremely tight.

Republican candidate Rich Dionisio will remain the winner of the race for town councilman, but the additional ballots brought an even tighter margin to an already close race.

Online bookmakers have very tight profit margins, so some offer generous odds for very short periods of time on certain matches to lure automated or expert betting systems out into the open, says economist David Forrest at the University of Liverpool, UK.

This could make the difference between go and no - go for an operator on tight margins.

For 2002, though, it was a toss - up with the final three cars and trucks getting plenty of votes, and the Altima and TrailBlazer winning by comparatively tight margins.

On tight mountain passes with little margin for error, the hefty 2018 Ford Mustang GT PP1 inspires confidence, tackling hairpins with the sort of speed that would make earlier iterations of the grand tourer need to back down.

That's a small price to pay for good looks, and the tighter headroom still feels well within A4 margins, especially given the extra legroom over the A5 coupe.

They do have a reputation for pushing publishers on price, sometimes beyond what small publishers, who have very tight margins, can afford.

In contrast, I've often quoted the Shiller P / E (which essentially uses a 10 - year average of inflation - adjusted earnings) as a simple but historically informative alternative, but I should emphasize that we strongly prefer our standard methodologies based on earnings, forward earnings, dividends and other fundamentals, all which have a fairly tight relationship with subsequent 7 - 10 year total returns (see Lessons from a Lost Decade, The Likely Range of Market Returns in the Coming Decade, Valuing the S&P 500 Using Forward Operating Earnings, and No Margin of Safety, No Room for Error).

Overall, the dividend has been well covered by cash flow; however, for FY 2014 the margin was extremely tight.

The cost impact of an increased minimum wage for Ontario employers may be great, especially for smaller to mid-sized employers, with limited resources and tight profit margins.

Margins for most lawyers are tight, and they've got tighter in the past ten years.

Say your client engages in a particular type of transaction that by sheer numbers is profitable for the company, but on an individual basis runs on tight margins.

This can help boost profit margins as more work can be completed in less time, and eliminate the need for hiring temporary staff to meet tight deadlines.

Choosing this route provides an alternative source of liquidity for the business, which may provide a safety net for smaller businesses engaged in a high growth phase where cash is scarce and margins are tight.

You can condense your cover letter into a few impactful points, then, without the need for tricks — tricks like tighter margins or microscopic fonts.

Margins look a little tight for me.

Your deals are like you say, for busy people that want a buy & hold rental and with such tight margins, optimistic ARVs, and if you make any mistakes at all, or uncover any problems in the rehab, you might be break even or underwater, praying for the market to continue to appreciate in order to build some equity.

Automating the mortgage process will force tighter margins, but drive higher volume, for lenders.

The prospects of inflation and tighter margins have prompted responses from industry groups such as the National Retail Federation (NRF), which joined the coalition Americans for Affordable Products to resist the proposed policy.