The administration has said it will only make a deal that includes some protections, and it incorporated two small benefit "bump-ups" — each equivalent to 5 percent of the average retiree's benefit check, or about $800 annually in today's dollars — as part of its proposal.
His music could have benefited from bumping up against audiences.
Analysts use similar companies as a benchmark; if your numbers are better than the comparable company, you'll benefit with a bump in price.
In many ways, the rise of Android is literally like a gold rush – prospectors are setting up shop and staking claims, and suppliers like Nvidia are congregating around the hub to benefit from the bump in the overall supply ecosystem created by the new demand.
Another consideration: your Social Security benefit could actually bump you into a higher income tax bracket.
"We only have one year of revenue to work off of, and that's benefited from the bump of the new stadium and the new-car feel," he said.
"House of Lies" may also benefit from a Golden Globes bump: its star, Don Cheadle, took home the best-actor award in a comedy.
Mets pitchers who followed Dickey in the rotation last year had even more success than Dickey, and Gibbons, hoping to benefit from a similar bump, had chosen the hard-throwing Brandon Morrow to fill the second slot in his rotation, for maximal contrast.
Amazon would certainly benefit from the audience bump and could stream Twitch content to its device set, but the potential synergies are slightly dry beyond that.
