Sentences with phrase «was rather»

The lead into the Fed announcement (purple circle) was rather positive but once the FOMC statement was released we can see that the markets quickly returned to the monthly lows.

It was rather like reading something out of some Russian communist Pravda article, whereby the «dissident» was commanded to reply before the KGB came knocking at their doors.

While the improvement in weather conditions across the country in autumn was rather uneven, ABARE is expecting a significant rebound in farm production in 2003/04.

Treasuries and the Dollar were in the epicenter of the post-Fed action, as expected, but as the central bank's message was rather confusing, markets reacted in a mixed and volatile way to the first rate hike of the new Fed Chair.

The mid-afternoon rally was rather inclusive, but still featured some notable exceptions, with the drug and other health - care providers under continuing pressure from government jaw - boning about pricing.

In reality it was rather about 10 — 20 % when considering real - time historical prices.

Unfortunately, the DOL guidance in this area was rather murky.

But this was rather annoying as you would think there would be a better way.

But it was rather a determination that if the economy were to go into a sharp decline and Wells Fargo were to go bankrupt, its operations could not quickly or easily be broken up or sold off.

I mention this because I wrote about these bonds last year and I was rather sanguine about Lloyds's ability to call them at par, so, um, that was obviously wrong, sorry!

The new strategy for the company — the $ 1, $ 2, $ 3 menu — wasn't my favorite idea and I was rather skeptical of it when I first heard.

Woods hasn't competed in the Masters since 2015 due to four back surgeries, and while he received a standing ovation while practicing Thursday, his performance was rather disappointing, settling for a one - over.

Einstein once said he had no special talent but was rather passionately curious.

Given that my network was rather thin in Boston, I recruited two close childhood friends as co-founders.

Although the evidence was rather tepid, Cheney and George W. Bush used that intelligence to justify the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Working with him was rather wonderful.

«The first six months, I was rather quiet,» she says.

The conversation was rather awkward, and as Wherry described left more questions than answers:

At Maveron, the other partners were really good at pushing me out in front and telling entrepreneurs about how great I was rather than talking about themselves.

Worth noted that Apple's underperformance is a rather rare occurrence.

«It is such a visual medium that I think that is one of those minimum steps I would suggest people make is bring their design to a state where people can see what the product is going to be rather than imagine how great this will be.»

April's numbers are rather dramatic, with five CMAs (of 33 total across Canada) in three provinces seeing unusually large declines in both employment and the size of their labour forces:

The party has been rather controversial: Farage recently had to hide in a Scottish pub after being surrounded by angry protesters who called him a Nazi, for example.

This is a rather unusual move that certainly raises questions around how far the Trump administration is willing to go to defend its protectionist policies and whether intervening in the private sector will become a norm.

But what is so bizarre is that they differ so vastly, and they don't all apply to each publisher, yet the world's biggest names in publishing all saw a major blip that in some cases will have been rather concerning from an ad revenue perspective.

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

And while the author's zeal grows tiresome quickly, and the advice is rather basic (e.g., «Passion or skill + usefulness = success»), the case studies are intriguing.

The opposition leaders were good at pointing out that Harper has been rather poor macro-economic forecaster.

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Managing Your Online Advertising: Integrate Your Ad Management System Into Your Business The early days of web advertising were rather low - tech -; and subsequently rather inefficient.

A tempting sales pitch will lead you to believe such a program will increase traffic and be rather lucrative for your business, but remember... they make the rules.

Belliveau says the motivation for this is rather intuitive.

Even so, many entrepreneurs find that coming up with specific goals, not to mention methods to attain them, can be rather challenging.

Keeping your idea all bottled up because you're afraid someone might steal it is a rather unlikely scenario and could certainly be worth the risk in order to gain crucial insight into whether you have a viable business concept.

Wired has a blockbuster cover story on Mark Zuckerberg's last two years, which have been rather testing for the Facebook CEO.

I bought a keyboard, which my wife was horrified by because we have a small apartment and it's a rather large keyboard.

For example, when I buy a company, I always look at how the company can be rather than what it's like now.»

Furthermore, if Canadian housing were to crash similar to what occurred in the U.S., there will be a rather traumatic impact on the Canadian economy and all our living standards.

They suggested weighting companies in an index by metrics that tell you more about how good the business is rather than just how big it is.

Between four straight months of falling GDP and record trade deficits, the economic news coming out of Canada over the last few months has been rather grim.

«Much has been made in the media of Jens Weidmann's candidacy, but I'm rather skeptical for three reasons,» Erik Nielsen, global head of CIB research at UniCredit, said in a note Sunday.

Some of the tweets were rather comical.

As soon as it becomes about the camera, it's rather limited; it's about a device.

It also has a huge assortment of free designs and photos, and upgrading is rather affordable.

The functionality of «Me on the Web» is rather limited.

In B2C, however, it is rather simple and required in most cases to derive a healthy return from campaign spending.

ZTE is rather well known among budget phone buyers as a no - frills option, but its cheap phones have gotten a lot better over the years.

The Virgin brand tells you that using this credit card is rather like using this airline, which, in turn, is rather like using this health club or staying in our hotels.

More than several hundred guests will attend each one, and, naturally, there are some rather elaborate requests.

Gleit says Facebook wants to measure and reduce the tool's «noise» — a nice word for what could be a rather annoying stream of pleas for money.