Sentences with phrase «big note for»

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Facebook CEO and cofounder Mark Zuckerberg used a binder full of notes while testifying in front of the US Senate on Tuesday, indicating he extensively prepared for one of the biggest moments of his career.

The game were always big sellers when they did come out, but critics noted the gap between them was long enough to stall sales momentum for the company's hardware.

«The iPhone mega cycle didn't happen, but many investors stuck around for the next big capital returns update,» Barclays analyst Mark Moskowitz wrote in a note on Monday.

For all the claims that conservative news outlets shape electoral outcomes, Kristol noted that the biggest conservative victories — of Ronald Reagan in 1980 and George Bush in 1988 — came before Fox News (fox) or Rush Limbaugh.

A year and a half ago, J.Crew's CEO Millard «Mickey» Drexler was quoted as saying «I don't know what the rush to be big is for, to be outside the United States,» and noted that growth outside the U.S. can distract from initiatives within the American marketplace.

The new phones are not as big as Samsung's latest flagship phones — 5.1 inches for the Galaxy S5 and 5.7 inches for the Note 4 — but they will be large enough to neutralize a key advantage Samsung and other Android manufacturers have had.

Their letter this year is framed as a letter to Warren Buffett ten years after he pledged most of his fortune to the Gates Foundation — «the biggest single gift anyone ever gave anybody for anything,» the Gateses note.

Baseless provocation has become big business in politics lately — take Brexit and the improbable candidacy of Donald Trump for two particularly vivid examples — and, if they have any sense, marketers are taking notes.

«For me, this is a very big deal; it's a potential partnership of the century, said Jungwirth, who noted the company's ultimate goal is for anyone in the world to be able access self - driving vehicles and get to where they need to go with «push of a button.&raqFor me, this is a very big deal; it's a potential partnership of the century, said Jungwirth, who noted the company's ultimate goal is for anyone in the world to be able access self - driving vehicles and get to where they need to go with «push of a button.&raqfor anyone in the world to be able access self - driving vehicles and get to where they need to go with «push of a button.»

When markets are uncertain and costs come under the microscope, a CFO will take note of a big expense for a small detail and think, «That's such a trivial item that our customers won't even notice it's gone — but it will save us money.»

One very important note: it's natural for companies, as they grow bigger, to start seeing their rate of sales growth go down.

Used by themselves or in combination, the strategies noted below can offer a small or solo business owner big bang for few, or even no, bucks.

The White House, with its big promise to help create jobs and raise incomes for the middle class, might have taken note.

It should be noted, however, that PC shipments plummeted over 10 % year - over-year during the fourth quarter of 2015, which means that although fourth quarter PC shipments fell only slightly in the latest quarter, they're still far from making up for the big drop in shipments last year.

«I think this will be a big part of how we make ourselves sustainable financially,» Koller says, noting that the biggest growth opportunity for the flipped classroom is overseas.

The biggest one to date for a biosimilar product in the U.S. — the treatments have only been around for a handful of years in America despite widespread and long - standing availability in Europe and other regions — Renflexis may ultimately not do much to curb health care and patient spending, as the Wall Street Journal «s Charley Grant points out in an astute note.

If you're looking for an Android phone with a big screen, the Galaxy Note 5 is probably your best choice.

For his part, Musk noted that Nevada hadn't even offered the biggest package (San Antonio would claim that title).

One encouraging sign for both Dropbox and its investors, though, is that some of the biggest tech companies were all active acquirers before going public: Twitter and Facebook both had 31 acquisitions before their IPOs, while Zynga and Groupon each had 20 and 19 deals, respectively, CB Insights noted.

They note that for a network show to justify a $ 50 - million - a-season price tag, it would have to command almost unattainably big audiences.

Osterloh then reiterated that Chrome OS is a «huge initiative» in the company, and noted its market share gains in the US and UK, but then said, «It's clearly a big thing for the company, but no, no plans for us with laptops, Google - branded [laptops].»

The notoriously bearish Societe Generale strategist, renowned for making big calls on the state of the world, used his latest Global Strategy Weekly note to take aim at BoE chief economist Andy Haldane.

As Fortune has noted in the past, Spotify's biggest problem is that it is still losing hundreds of millions of dollars every year, and the main culprit is the massive payments it makes to the music industry for licensing fees.

As part of the explanation as to why Europe gives proportionately more ODA, Gunzburg noted that countries with bigger welfare states — like those for which the Scandinavian nations are famed — tend to pay higher taxes, leading to more government revenue that can be spent on aid.

A side note here: Set up a time frame for getting your smaller jobs completed so you have plenty of time for the big stuff.

The company's overstated political influence was noted by the New York Times political reporter Ken Vogel, who tweeted on Monday that the company's «BIGGEST SECRET» was that it was «an overpriced service that delivered little value to the TRUMP campaign, & the other campaigns & PACs that retained it» and that most people hired it because it was seen as a «prerequisite» for receiving cash from the Mercer family.

Those who want a bigger display, for instance, will find it in the Galaxy Note 8.

For all the talk of fostering superclusters and creating new companies, it should be noted that there's very little in the way of new financial resources to back that up in the budget — despite the big deficits.

As The Washington Post's Ezra Klein first noted, the reason why Democrats in the Senate lobbied for her was a different one: They didn't like Larry Summers, President Obama's initial pick, because of his perceived coziness with the big banks.

Also of note is that Google Earth is no longer a download - only program — it can now be accessed from any computer with Google Chrome installed, with support for the other big browsers coming soon.

The transportation sector is «too big an opportunity not to work on,» he says, noting that the potential market for automobile fuels is greater than all the natural gas produced in North America today.

None of Apple's models are rumored to have a screen bigger than 5.8 inches, but they will match the Note's bright, sharp display by using OLED technology for the first time.

Noting that nearly 65 % of revenues for Canadian firms come from outside markets, the biggest of which is the U.S., he says he's «sure they've been contacted.»

International growth: As CEO Hastings noted in his keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show, the company is now in over 130 countries, and that expansion is one of its big bets for the future.

«This ought not to be a big surprise, given the pace of recovery we have seen and time horizon for the QE program, but it has nevertheless given euro bulls a reason to be more confident,» Neil Wilson, analyst at ETX Capital said in a note.

Plus, he noted, because coal from western states, including Wyoming — by far the nation's top coal producer — is considerably cheaper than Appalachia's, «even if there's a big resurgence in demand, it's not likely to be for Kentucky coal.»

As Scotiabank analyst Jeff Fan pointed out in a note, more spectrum, particularly at the 700 MHz level, isn't a guarantee for anyone looking to be the fourth big telecom player.

As noted above, one of the biggest challenges for SaaS companies in the current era is competition, so branding must serve as a differentiating factor.

Please note my biggest refunds for clients have been with a newspaper chain and a textile manufacturer both of whom received tax refunds exceeding $ 500,000.

«Regulation has been horrible for big business, but it's been worse for small business,» he said, noting that small businesses can not hire the talent and compliance personnel that larger businesses do.

HNWIs are not interested in big - box retail or malls, but they are looking for retail assets that are more internet - proof, such as gas stations, grocery stores and fitness centers, notes Blankstein.

And, unsurprisingly Facebook has acquired the former and the biggest player in the latter (WhatsApp); I say «unsurprisingly» because here Facebook is following Google's playbook as well: the former nailed search, but «borrowed» the concept for AdWords from Overture, acquired Applied Semantics to create AdSense, acquired YouTube, and, as noted above, Android.

On a personal note, this has been one of the biggest weeks of the year for me with the annual mega conference, Social Media Marketing World.

In its relatively short life, Big Girl Branding has become a blog of note... a place for entrepreneurs (and aspiring entrepreneurs) to come and sit a spell... learn a little something... and maybe experience a laugh or two.

Torsten Sløk of Deutsche Bank shares the chart of how Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs, and notes that «when prices of imported steel and aluminum increase it will hurt states that are big importers of steel and aluminum» (For more discussion see here and here).

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Jones appeared to have big plans for Uber as recently as last month, when he posted a note on Facebook promising to give drivers better support, clearer communication and an improved driver app.

It should be noted that a big part of the increase in Synovus is due to its shrinking provision for loan losses (what it expects to lose on the loans it makes); however, the bank did see its expenses fall by $ 50 million over the first nine months of the year and, in 2012, it actually realized a benefit of $ 2 million from taxes versus an expense of $ 72 million in 2013.

While I would concede that there are legitimate reasons to be concerned about the global economy, especially for manufacturers (note that the ISM exports measure fell below 50 for the first time since, you guessed it, 2009), I think the U.S. economy faces a bigger, home - grown problem.

«In fact, some 47 % of respondents noted that the «safe haven effect» was the biggest draw for their respective markets.