Sentences with phrase «after years of spending»

After years of spending too much money on cabs and too much time on the horrible bus experience, I used the Union Pearson Express on a recent trip.

After years of spending cutbacks in Europe and a heavy reliance on the United States through the NATO alliance... «The EU already has plenty of forums for...

After years of spending countless hours scrolling through other blogs, I decided it was time to start one of my own.

But after years of spending tons of time and money, not being able to enjoy going places without bringing my own food and having to think about food every minute of the day, I stopped.

After years of spending Christmas vacation traveling to visit our families who are all across the country, the Husband and I spent last Christmas at home.

As you can see, the families will earn anywhere from 25,000 to 52,900 miles after a year of spending with their Gold Delta SkyMiles ® Credit Card from American Express.

As you can see, the families will earn anywhere from 25,000 to 52,900 miles after a year of spending with their Gold Delta SkyMiles ® Credit Card from American Express.

The rewards earned on a card after a year of spending should far exceed the card's annual fee.

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The push in recent years to patronize small businesses for holiday shopping resulted in the creation of Small Business Saturday, and this year's holiday shoppers spent an estimated $ 5.5 billion at small businesses the day after Black Friday.

After graduating from Brigham Young University's Marriott School of Business, she spent five years working in international operations management.

Of course that initial $ 2.04 per week, after inflation and other escalators, works out to $ 44 billion spent on affordable housing over the next 10 years.

After graduating with a degree in Architecture from Cambridge, she spent a year as Operations Manager aboard the record - breaking biofueled powerboat Earthrace, where she traveled 25,000 miles, visited 120 cities, and ran a campaign to promote the use of alternative fuels.

EBRI found that 46 % of retirees spend at a faster rate in the first two years after leaving their jobs than they did before retiring.

In an interview late last year, Patrick Nangle — who recently took the helm at Vancouver ride - sharing co-op Modo after years of running Purolator — said one of the best things about his new job is that he now gets to spend a lot more time talking to people on the front lines.

After spending millions of dollars and several years doing research, a company can still fail to bring a product to market — leaving its investors with little to show for their money except disappointment and a tax write - off.

They have also demanded a new vote on the budget for next year after the government approved the spending plan by not putting it though parliament, but holding the vote in an nearby chamber, with a high number of government supporters — something that the country's opposition deemed as «illegal.»

There's no guarantee of a job after the program finishes for participants, nor any obligation for them to stay on in the city, but Greene Groves hopes that spending a year in Detroit will help convince participants to build longer - term ties to the city.

We did, after all, spend tens of thousands of years enjoying the vast and beautiful open expanses of new breathtaking landscapes long before we used letters and numbers to communicate.

The partners at Hulse & Durrell had worked together as part of the in - house design team for the Vancouver 2010 Games but, soon after the closing ceremonies, the brand they'd spent years developing effectively ceased to exist.

The first: That Intel (intc), after all these years and billions of dollars spent, still hasn't created market - leading mobile chips.

After getting inspired by Ron Chernow's biography of the first Treasury Secretary, Miranda spent six years of his life writing «Hamilton,» according to Fortune.

Finally, after having spent a small - fortune and many years of your life, the day comes for you to prep for the big journey.

After 16 years and $ 120 billion spent on the reconstruction of Afghanistan since the US invasion, the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces are alarmingly unprepared to take on the resurgent Taliban that's slowly clawed back territory since NATO combat operations ended there in 2014.

After spending much of the year preparing and delivering presents to children all over the world in just one night, Claus takes a much deserved break to recoup and recharge.

On the other hand, more spending cuts could certainly stifle the economic rebound everyone expects to see in the second half of the year after the flimsy performance of this just - ended second quarter.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was offered $ 60 million by Congress from Defense Department funds last year to fight Russian election interference efforts — but after Tillerson waited for seven months trying to decide whether he wanted to spend it or not, the offer was withdrawn, and none of the money was used, according to The New York Times.

After working for Doctors Without Borders in Darfur he began taking photographs, and last year received funding from the U.S. - based non-profit Institute of Modern Russia to spend six months documenting Russian corruption.

As another point of reference, the Starbucks app — the most successful mobile payments app in the US — currently accounts for about 1 in every 15 dollars spent in US - company operated stores three years after launch.

After graduating, he spent the first 14 years of his career working toward that goal, rising to head of research at the Bank of Canada, before leaving for a short tenure in the private sector.

Zuckerberg spent much of last year traveling after he pledged to visit all the U.S. states that he had not previously been to.

After scoring a 760 on his GMAT exam, he spent a couple of years teaching test prep courses for Manhattan GMAT.

Even if you don't develop an app, even if you just spend time in a beautiful place, the benefit of that year will continue long after it's over.»

After the two designed their breakthrough invention — a router that connects computer networks — and spent six years building the company, Lerner was fired by its board of directors in 1990, the same year Cisco went public.

«Julius is really fascinated by computers,» says the company's 29 - year - old co-founder and president, William M. «Trip» Hawkins — a basketball buff who got the idea after spending «a lot of Sundays just waiting to see Dr. J make a neat move.»

A legion of Canadian corporations recently acquired new CEOs: Guy Laurence joined Rogers (which owns this magazine) last December, one month after BlackBerry brought in turnaround artist John Chen to fix its ailing smartphone business; at TD Bank, Bharat Masrani spent a year (some might say his entire career) preparing to take over for Ed Clark, while across the street at CIBC, internal candidate Victor Dodig was given just six weeks before he replaced Gerald McCaughey.

This card, which carries an $ 95 annual fee after the first year, also doesn't assess foreign transaction fees and offers 25,000 points if you spend at least $ 3,000 within three months of opening the account.

The group at the greatest risk of a lifestyle adjustment, in fact, are in the highest - earning category; 41 % of those aged 55 to 64 with an average income of $ 140,000 a year are not saving enough to replace their spending after they stop working.

After he was discharged, Charlie # 1 spent the next 25 years in and out of hospitals and treatment centers.

After years of languishing, corporate spending finally rebounded in 2006, and analysts expect the shopping spree to continue.

After spending the last four years largely defined by military service, it wasn't that easy to just let go of it, but there's nothing wrong with toning it down.

The news is discouraging because it presents the second consecutive year of 5 % - plus healthcare spending inflation after a period of time when spending growth appeared to be hitting historic lows.

«After four and a half intense and wonderful years as CEO of Groupon, I've decided that I'd like to spend more time with my family.

To earn some spending money while attending Thomas Jefferson High School in his Brooklyn neighborhood, Blankfein worked as a lifeguard and got himself into better shape, after years of struggling with his weight.

The dollar store was one of the fastest growing retailers in the years after the Great Recession as low - income shoppers looked for lower prices and closer stores to spend less on gas.

Not until after I took a major risk in my career of quitting my job as a banker and spending two years researching and writing my second book did my mentor take me under his wing and open up for me a valuable stream of knowledge, people and opportunities that have inspired my journey ever since.

Now, after spending most of the past year working under the expectation of the merger, Ainsworth has to come up with a Plan B.

After attaining a license from the province or territorial's association of professional engineers, spend three or four years doing supervised work, pass a practical exam, and you're golden.

Shannon O'Donnell, travel blogger and former National Geographic Traveler of the Year, spent a recent afternoon visiting stationary store after stationary store in Barcelona looking for wrapping paper — no luck.

«I always liked the tangible element of physically selling something and understanding how you build and scale a brand,» says Zak, who before Google had spent four years at Aéropostale after stints in investment banking and at McKinsey.

According to the NAR, buyers of a brand new home spend $ 10,601 on appliances, furnishings or repairs in the first year after purchase.