Sentences with phrase «very small interest»

Despite the fact that EE series savings bonds pay very small interest today, after 20 years the bond's value will be adjusted.

Not exact matches

But when interest rates and inflation are at very low levels like now, this benefit is rather small.

Even though it's probably a small audience, those who read the book will be very interested in it.

Harkins suggested offering Intel a minority stake in the company — very small (less than 10 %), but enough to keep Intel interested.

CNOOC had made a small investment in the oilpatch before and it gave us a year to share the company's interest in investing in Canada with the very people who would adjudicate on the takeover.

«There's so many interesting applications out there, yet for me, there's still [a] very small number of apps that are fundamental for my day and my week,» Pincus told the FT. «Even if you're a big huge company, or a scrappy entrepreneur, you still have to build a product that resonates with people.»

It may be blasphemy to say it here, but small business is in fact a special interest — albeit a very large one.

«We have a small sample set of students right now, so we're not sure where the greater interest is going to be,» he says, «but some students are very enthusiastic about the business track.»

While it might feel better going for a larger audience, your business may very well end up being smaller, since only a small percentage will be interested in your skills.

But there are some interesting and very vocal exceptions — the many small business owners Donald Trump has stiffed in his long career as a real estate tycoon.

While comedy is clearly a very small and highly specialized industry, it's interesting to see the shifts and trends that are occurring across the economy are also impacting the smallest of niches.

Historically, Credit Unions have had a strong interest in small business banking and your local Credit Union probably offers business banking accounts and services that are very competitive.

A small business loan is very possible, but will likely not come with the best interest rates.

Following an initial (very) small grant from an NGO, the bank's operations are funded by a) interest from microcredit loans (up to 3.5 % monthly but also as low as 1 % depending on size of and purpose of loan) b) fees from the corresponding bank (i.e. Banco Palmas acts as local agent for regional bank to widen access to banking services), and c) commission for changing Palmas to Reais16.

While many investors go in search of the magic triple - digit stock gain, Naples says young investors shouldn't overlook the power of consistent contributions that take advantage of compound interest — even if the contributions begin very small.

What excites me about equity crowdfunding is that people can typically make very small bets (say $ 500), while they learn about what I've found to be the highest risk and most interesting asset class on the planet: startups.

It is not that monetary policy is entirely powerless, but its marginal effect may be smaller, and the associated risks greater, the lower interest rates go from already very low levels.

Over the past several years the prices of gold futures contracts have generally been very close to the spot price and there have been regular small dips in futures prices to below the spot price, but this situation is a natural and predictable effect of the Fed's unnatural zero - interest - rate policy.

The investment fund transactions show the market is becoming interested in the stock, and while the buys are still very low, at around 0.29 %, one should bear in mind that Maserich had not been previously considered as something valuable at all, so even such a small buying volume may boost future performance.

Some lenders offer small loans with very high interest rates and terms varying from 2 weeks to 2 months.

3) The discussion about scaling vs. keeping it small is a very interesting one: I liked that the author presented real - life cases for either scenarios for food for thought instead of advocating one or the other (e.g. presenting a single «formula» as the golden rule that all shall follow)-- I can see how this particular decision can be case sensitive and there really is no «right» answer as long as it works for the entrepreneur!

Others riding on the coat tails of these «minor celebrities» in a very small fish bowl of life... say and do nothing because of their own self interest.

She research [ed] and verified how a very small number of families created an «interlocking directory» of relationships through owning major businesses, holding significant or controlling interests in multiple forms of media (both print and broadcast), serving on major philanthropical foundations and / or non-profit boards, and involving themselves in the shaping of local politics.

In the Jewish community, surprisingly enough, there is very little that commands attention beyond small circles of Jewish interest.

Their books may not be known to most of the general public interested in questions related to Jesus, the Gospels, or the early Christian church, but they do occupy a noteworthy niche as a (very) small but (often) loud minority voice.

So where I disagree with Larison is his claim that «Conservatives actually know very well that they do not speak for a majority in this country, and they are also well aware that changes that would allow for more direct, plebiscitary democracy, whether in presidential elections or in passing legislation, would work to the detriment of their smaller states and their overall political interests.»

It is therefore interesting to find him in the 1880s saying, at the very moment that the giant corporate trusts were forming: «I look forward to a world of small owners....

But a republic will have republican customs — public participation in the exercise of power, the political equality of the citizens, a wide distribution of small and medium property with few very rich or very poor — customs that will lead to a public spiritedness, a willingness of the citizen to sacrifice his own interests for the common good, that is, to a citizen motivated by republican virtue.

Anestasia Vodka is filtered five times by its small - batch contract distiller from water in the Cascade Mountains near Bend, Ore. «What's interesting about the water is that it's very low in calcium carbonate, which when combined with alcohol magnifies that alcohol taste — it makes it harsher,» Mamontova maintains.

The tragedy of Australia's wine sector is that it has always been in reality two wine sectors: big and small, the big having the interests of the large winemaking companies at heart, the small having their own, very different interests.

That question is particularly interesting because outside of a very small corner of the liquor industry, nobody knows who this Steve guy is.

I should specify - I'm particularly interested in sugar - free baking that uses stevia, applesauce, etc., rather than agave or honey, which I use in very small quantities but try to avoid.

The list of active players who pique the interest of casual fans and sell tickets on name recognition alone is very small, likely consisting of just Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar, and Ibrahimovic.

Kickoffs may be interesting, as Ole Miss is very good at covering them (# 4 overall) and TCU is very poor at returning them (# 90 overall); the difference is much smaller on the other side.

I was at a very small fair, just a spur of the moment browse on the weekend in Cambridge and saw an excellent jewellery stall — I didn't even have time to talk to the stall holder so they would have no idea that I was interested, I just took a card.

We're a small team with lots to do, but it keeps the day - to - day very interesting.

I'm very specific in who I target (based on current associations or interests), I use a small daily budget, and I limit my ads to 5 days or less.

In a very small but interesting study, babies who were given a massage at bed time for 14 days (starting around 2 weeks of age) were more likely (at 8 and 12 weeks of age) than babies who didn't get a massage to have their most active time in the morning rather than during the night.

You may notice that your baby is suddenly very interested in trying to pick up small items, such as pieces of carpet fuzz or Cheerios, and that she does this by attempting to «rake» the object towards her palm with all the fingers except for her thumb.

I typically use water but if they aren't interested in that you can definitely try their formula or even just a very small about of juice and water.

I graduated from a small high school, where the principal was very much interested in the poor and the hungry, and in public policy; he taught us how to be an advocate for the helpless people in our community and in our state.»

A reader flagged an interesting, yet overlooked, aspect of Jacob Gershman's very interesting WSJ story about the lack of consensus among New York Tea Partiers on GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino, who's banking in no small part on the support of disaffected Republicans to fuel his hoped - for primary victory over Rick Lazio.

But the reality is that they have won a majority on a very small swing and they have a short - term political interest in the current status quo.

While it easily could be forgotten and overlooked in City affairs primarily due to its very small size, Staten Island politicians have worked across party lines to promote Staten Island's interests and political profile.

«He has a very earnest interest in how we can develop the policy that best promotes the growth of small business, which is the economic recovery engine of our area,» said Tonko.

In particular, «small customers» (those from academic and small company labs, as opposed to big multinationals) often love to talk to you about their research, which makes the job very interesting, and you build up the customer's trust based on your knowledge.

Of the 674 respondents, she found that 27.3 percent were interested or very interested in starting a company, while 37 percent were interested or very interested in working at a small startup company.

The word «quantum» describes something very small but interest in the topic looms large for many of us at Scientific American.

We feature a small number of dissenting voices in our coverage, not because we seek to be impartial between «scientific fact and sceptic fiction», as Bob Ward suggests, but because reflecting the different sides of an ongoing debate is very much in the public interest.

Relaxed, thoughtful and highly literate — in a recent academic article he cited Hume, Joyce and Beckett along with Nobel Prize - winning physicists Richard Feynman and Niels Bohr — McEuen is a man of wide - ranging interests who has narrowed his scientific focus to the very, very small.