Sentence examples for signal confidence from inspiring English sources

The markets signal confidence, which is the most important product the Federal Reserve is selling.

By paying a regular dividend, a company may signal confidence in its finances to investors; if there were any question about the company's ability to cover its costs, including interest, it probably would not pay a dividend.

Sir Martin has agreed to buy the firm for about £266m; most to repay debt, with only some £10m going to Cordiant's unhappy shareholders.Rather than signal confidence in the outlook for advertising, the battle for Cordiant seems to be an opportunistic bid to buy growth.

–Companies generally don't want to have very low share prices, so a split can signal confidence that management views recent share-price gains as sustainable.

But even without the fallout from Meltdown and Spectre (which included a 2% drop in Intel's share price after they were made public), Krzanich's sale is noteworthy because executives usually hold onto more shares than they are required to own to signal confidence to investors, so this will very likely cast a cloud over Krzanich's CES keynote address next week.

"Kroes herself is unlikely to wield the influence of, say, Angela Merkel," said Global Insight's Kirby, "but her visit is intended to signal confidence in China and register the E.U.'s continued interest in trade with China and access to the sizeable economy".

In appearances Thursday, Mr. Romney avoided predictions but signaled confidence.

On Thursday the president signaled confidence that Ms. Pritzker would be confirmed by joking about it.

In choosing Mr. Foster the library is signaling confidence in the ethos of our own era, while nodding to a distinct past.

"The Walt Disney Company signed the president of ABC, Stephen McPherson, to a new contract, signaling confidence in the maverick executive's ability to deliver new hits to succeed workhorses like 'Grey's Anatomy,'" Brooks Barnes reports.

The sale of stock and preferred shares worth $1.45 billion signals confidence in Canary Wharf and London property in general, David Pritchard, the chairman of Songbird, said during a conference call.