Sentences with phrase «year levels do»

In contrast, national minimum standards tied to year levels do little to challenge all students to higher levels of achievement.

Not exact matches

Tom Hunt, a TEDx speaker and internet entrepreneur, has had a VA for the past four years to do the «lower level, routine tasks.»

While the high level of existing debt means rate hikes will have a stronger impact in cooling demand than they did in previous years, it is still too soon to know just how much of an effect the bank's three rate hikes have had, Poloz said.

Trump has parted with more top - level staff in his first year than any of his five most recent predecessors did in their respective first years.

«We typically don't go into this level of detail but I think it's important this quarter to give you additional color, and maybe the two most important messages are that we believe iPhone revenue will grow double - digits as compared to last year during the March quarter and also and, importantly, that iPhone sell - through growth on a year - over-year basis will be actually accelerating during the March quarter as compared to the December,» chief financial officer Luca Maestri said.

«The Fed has moved up the short - end rate up to 2 percent, and the 2 - year note yield has moved up to the 2.5 percent level... It doesn't seem there's any significant slowdown in the economy.»

If you were in the market to buy, he'd tell you that this machine has the highest suction rating J. D. Power gives, with «level suction,» which means the vacuum's suction will be as good in the tenth year as it does in the first.

«About a year ago, I stopped drinking caffeine, and I can not say enough for what it's done for my energy levels and ability to wake up each morning ready to charge into the day ahead.

«We're trying to stop [decisions] at the right level and make sure people have the autonomy to do their jobs correctly, without necessarily having to escalate everything,» explains Malboeuf, adding that staff have been asking for such freedom for a few years now.

But after a year's experience, Rhodes feels that lower - level employees either don't understand the idea of ownership or simply don't care.

I have done a lot of policy work in the last few years on a national and international level.

Keywords don't hold the same level of importance they did even a few years ago.

While this doesn't mean all companies are back to pre-recession performance levels, entrepreneurs are likely to see new options for their business next year, thanks to an expected increase in bank loans and a larger pool of potential buyers.

As the clock counted down to the end of Howard Stern's five - year deal with satellite radio broadcaster SiriusXM, speculation about what he might do rose to feverish levels.

So we took a couple of years to do soil studies and climate studies: Looking at soils at different times of the year, looking at moisture levels, at holding capacities, etc..

«I think the Obama administration should have done a lot more when it became clear that not only was Russia intervening, but it was being directed at the highest levels of the Kremlin,» Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff said last year.

The 10 - year Treasury yield has finally done it, surpassing the widely watched 3 percent level on Tuesday.

I think the game is doing well at the high levels, and the things that I've been buying over the last 10 years, you could never buy today.

We have some managers earning more than they did before, and we've saved about $ 20,000 a year on salaries because people choose the level at which they want to work.

Many experts don't expect that the world will adopt Level 4 autonomy — the ability to summon a car that goes from point A to point B without human interference — for 25 years, or a full generational change.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

Whether it's my wife who doesn't know how to press all the buttons on the controller or it's my 12 - year - old who over the weekend has been creating these levels that are just impossible to complete, everybody can enjoy it at their own level.

The count of companies that did not take part in buybacks or dividends remained at a low level (20 companies), right near the average for the past three years.»

Thomas points out that, not only does this natural ebb and flow sound delightful, it also results in an impressive level of productivity (a book a year is a hefty output by any writer's standards).

For instance, agriculture has produced record levels for the past few years and yet inventories are the lowest in 40 years because consumption keeps going higher and higher, faster than production does.

For years, Crystal Cruises was one of the few lines that didn't compete on that level, relying instead on two ultra-luxury mid-sized ships to deliver high levels of service with butlers and all - inclusive amenities like free caviar.

The 33 - year - old executive enrolled in the year - long Certified Sommelier Certificate program at Toronto's George Brown College in 2011 after deciding that «if I was going to study wine, I wanted to do it at a high level and come out of it with a title people recognized.»

Once he had the right mindset, paying down his $ 111,000 tab in two years boiled down to sacrifice: «What I learned is, how fast you do it will depend on what level of discomfort you're willing to endure.

Despite Vogel's involvement in the case that took away 18 years of Avery's life, the attorney does not seem to be experiencing the same level of backlash as Kratz (perhaps because the state's failures in 1985 have been well known to the public for more than a decade at this point).

Reliable data on business creation and destruction, even at the national level, has only been available for the past few years; until relatively recently, economists didn't even know that the startup rate was declining.

And I would say that was because — this is just one example — the field of economics, for many years, did not incorporate the fact that humans don't make decisions generally on a one - to - one level the way that their models would predict.

Bohlig declined to be more specific about her income level but did say the couple has been able to save almost all of Craig's corporate salary over the past several years, which they plan to use to purchase a new home.

To calculate the share of flipped properties in Las Vegas that had approved work done during the flip, we used city - level building permit records provided to us by BuildZoom and matched them with records all properties that were flipped in Las Vegas in a given year.

I don't regret the years I spent in corporate America environment, but business ownership is so much more rewarding.I work even harder than I did before but the level of satisfaction is so much higher.

Yahoo's share price quickly fell to less than half of Microsoft's rejected offer of $ 31 and didn't retain that level for more than five years.

Asset values and levels of borrowing can not indefinitely grow faster than gross domestic product, even though their ability to do so for a time has contributed to economic success over the past few years.

Osborn says another thing employers should do now to plan for the future is to determine which currently exempt employees earn less than the new salary level ($ 50,440 per year).

So, we didn't just write a book, we've created an opportunity for every business owner to take it to a whole new level by working with us, getting inside access to our expertise, and benefiting directly from our many years of successful entrepreneurial experience.

Adjusted for inflation, a portfolio of bonds peaked in 1940 and didn't return to those levels until 1989, 49 years later!

The average rate on the 30 - year fixed at its highest level in more than four years and is not expected to fall back as it did last year.

It makes sense, given that Super Mario Maker is basically a tribute to thirty years of Mario... but that doesn't mean all of the musical levels are strictly Mario tunes.

Precious and Industrial Metals Inflation concerns, geopolitical tensions and interest - rate levels, especially real yields, contributed to a 1.7 % rise in the spot price of gold (to US$ 1,325 per troy ounce), as did swings in the US dollar.1 Gold prices traded within the US$ 1,305 — 1,360 range throughout the period, reached 18 - month highs in March and capped their third straight quarterly gain, a feat not seen since 2011.1 Haven demand was a key support as exchange - traded gold holdings of 2,269 metric tons (mt) neared a five - year high.1 The Fed is widely expected to boost borrowing costs, and investors have been carefully watching the central bank's statements to see whether it targets more rate increases in 2018 than previously projected.

«I don't think you will ever see this company hedge at the very high levels that you've seen this year and in the back half of last year»: Cenovus CEO

3) The Hussman Strategic Growth Fund has gradually shifted from smaller to larger capitalization holdings in recent years, not out of any necessity due to Fund size (at the Fund's current asset level, we could easily populate the Fund with mid-caps if it was optimal to do so), but precisely because large stocks generally carry the best relative valuations.

Now, if negative 10 - 12 year total returns on stocks are acceptable to Wall Street, given the level of interest rates, that's fine, but investors should understand that this is what's being argued, and that the level of interest rates doesn't change that expectation.

Obviously this is no easy task in China, where both the banks and the informal banking system have done a great job in recent years of hiding loan growth and keeping formal debt levels from looking to risky.

Having a person with CFO level experience lending a hand a few times a year can do wonders for your business finances.

The 10 - year US bond yield breaking through the 3 per cent danger level worries India, as it does every emerging market.

We then calculate what the ratio would be if Amazon added 50,000 Amazon workers and 62,500 supplementary workers over a ten year period, as Amazon's RFP projects, and if the city's housing supply grew 20 percent faster than it did in the earlier period.1 We adjusted the 20 percent figure up or down to reflect differences in metros» level of difficulty in producing new housing, and we assumed that vacancy rates would drop to between 3 and 5 percent of the city's housing stock.

«In the coming year however, we do expect the market will gear down its resale levels and that the rate of price increases will soften.»