Uptick

Whether the uptick is about setting a precedent against opponents early on or something else, the presence of a player like King can certainly give other teams pause before challenging the Capitals. ❋ Katie Carrera (2010)

Psychologists believe the uptick is most likely linked to the recession, she said. ❋ AP (2010)

Whilean $8,000first-time home buyer tax credit and a separate $6,500 repeat home buyer tax creditexpiring at the end of April mayplay a role in influencing sales — after all, the credits exist to spur them — the uptick is notable. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If the DJIA falls by the target amount, the collar is called the uptick rule. ❋ PAUL R. MARTIN (2002)

The brewer of Castle and Carling beer may see a short-term uptick from the soccer World Cup in South Africa, where it has a nearly 90 percent market share, even if SAB's management did not believe it would see a significant uptick in volumes. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That followed comments he made in March when he called the uptick in homicides "worrisome," and decried, "We have fewer police officers on the streets than we did before." ❋ Joe Lyles (2010)

An Opera spokesman tells us that unlike Mozilla, his company has not seen a significant download uptick from the French. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It simulates, (i) the associated medium term uptick in household and corporate sector loan losses in the banking book, and (ii) immediate mark to market losses arising from trading book holdings of government bonds of each country. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But a short-term uptick in crime isn't necessarily unusual, said Lt. Mike Woods of the Columbus police burglary unit. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Also, we know that Keynesian stimulus creates a short term uptick in economic activity, what people fail to realize is that if you don't have a significant cutback in government spending when the economy is in growth mode, all you're doing is creating another bubble that will eventually burst. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Now, I know that recently their market share has seen a slight uptick from the iPod halo effect, but that doesn’t affect the main statistical point that Apple respondents will tend to be more heavily skewed towards repeat, and therefore (theoretically) happier, buyers. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Though modest, the uptick is the first since 2004, when sales edged up 1.5% from the year earlier. ❋ Ethan Smith (2011)

Chief executives from four U.S. stock exchanges on Tuesday proposed a modified version of the so-called uptick rule, which would limit short selling. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In 1938, the SEC, created by FDR, enacted the so-called uptick rule, which held that investors could not short a stock unless it went up in price. ❋ Unknown (2009)

On Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a raft of restrictions on short selling, including the reinstatement of the so-called uptick rule, which generally bans short sales when a stock is falling. ❋ Unknown (2009)