Sentences with phrase «for about a generation»

For about a generation, that growth has been entirely from immigration.

The continuous rise in CO2 and a constant global temperature for about a generation undermines all extremist views on climate sensitivity to CO2.

Not exact matches

«We saw a generation of people who normally would have started thinking about investing for the future and getting 401 (k) s set up sit on the sidelines.

But while male billionaires» reading choices get plenty of press coverage, we hear relatively less about the books that have been most inspirational for super successful, but slightly less high - profile women — the kinds of books that are most likely to provide similar wisdom and mental nourishment for the generation of leaders coming up behind them.

When little Tommy has the ability to pop in contact lenses to play in a virtual world and doesn't come out of his room for a month, that generation of parents will express the same type of concern their parents did about spending time on Snapchat.

That's because Generation Z has been less about face - to - face communications — they more commonly communicate via text, emoji and video — and they're unprepared for a field such as customer service, where they could interact with irate people.

In the case of video games, rumours have been circulating for a while now about both Sony and Microsoft implementing technology into their next - generation consoles — expected this year — that would make it impossible to play used products.

If you'd only heard about Old Spice before 2010, you might be forgiven for thinking of it as a brand for an older generation — back then, it was a brand largely unnoticed by young consumers.

Nick and Jill moved into a cottage in the redwood forest near Pescadero, where Nick set about working 16 - hour days at the computer and the sewing machine, testing new fabrics for the next - generation product, designing marketing materials, writing patent applications, and starting to build up a network of retailers.

While wind and solar power have grown in recent years, renewable sources accounted for just 10 % of total U.S. energy consumption and about 13 % of electricity generation in 2015.

As William Strauss and Neil Howe put it in their seminal book Generations (almost anybody pontificating about generational cohorts is channelling Strauss and Howe, even if they don't realize it), «More than anyone, they have developed a seasoned talent for getting the most out of a bad hand.»

Asked about President Trump's views on climate change, Gates said, «I hope his administration will decide that funding R&D to invent the next generation of energy (clean, cheap, reliable) is a good deal for the US and for the world.

He heard from friends around town about Seventh Generation, but for the most part, he didn't call in.

It's about creating wealth for generations.

For whatever personal convictions that drives him to do so (not every CEO writes polemics about free - market capitalism in their spare time time) Mackey has elected himself the firebrand leader to inspire the next generation of leaders that must reverse the public perception of business.

Dig Deeper: Website Design for the BlackBerry Generation Making Your Website Mobile - Friendly: Think Outside the Web Mobile Web has its fair share of limitations, but don't forget about the opportunities it provides beyond the desktop.

With a fortune of about $ 34 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Li has been a fixture as the city's richest man for an entire generation of Hong Kongers and spearheaded an era defined by a handful of swashbuckling Chinese immigrants who built large empires across Asia.

Robert Lloyd, Hyperloop One CEO, tell CNBC about the next generation of high - speed travel for Americans.

Finally, investors will be interested in Musk's comments about new products, such as the recently revealed Tesla Semi and next - generation Roadster, as well coming launches for a pickup truck and a compact SUV, the Model Y.

«Microsoft is unable to connect with the new generation of users,» wrote Global Equities analyst Trip Chowdhry in a 2010 research note to his clients, about as damning a sentence as you can muster for a technology company.

Pfund wrote: «we are gravely concerned about the unprecedented decision to impose significantly new charges on existing customers and reduce the value of the credit for excess generation.

You'll also learn a few interesting facts — about job generation, for example, and the trend in self - employment — that our friends in the mass media still don't quite get.

«The trends are in place for you to see more natural gas,» Macaulay said about the future of global power generation.

What made you decide to write Our Turn, about what you see as the incredible potential for a new generation of female business leaders, instead?

In the meantime, maybe we should stop writing columns bashing Millennials for being stressed out about making it in the troubled world older generations have left them.

You have to convince people to pay for the product you believe in,» Taylor Dawson, product evangelist at FirstBuild, General Electric's incubator for the next generation of home appliances, wrote in a recent blog post about his experience in running a campaign on Indiegogo.

«Millennials are more thoughtful than previous generations about what we're doing for our planet,» the entrepreneur says of her success thus far.

Opponents worry about unknown effects on future generations and the temptation by future parents to pay for genetic enhancements such as greater intelligence or athletic ability.

As the world's largest auto market, China was responsible for about half of the sales as the crackdown on polluting industries has propelled renewable alternatives from power generation to consumer products.

About Lennar Lennar Corporation, founded in 1954, is one of the nation's leading builders of quality homes for all generations.

The role of VA can encompass a wide variety of tasks, so make sure you're straightforward about your needs (lead generation) when searching for the right VA..

The more entrepreneurs take responsibility for protecting the environment by giving consumers better choices about what they buy, the more likely it is future generations will enjoy a healther world than we live in today.

In 2014, renewable sources of energy already accounted for about 10 % of total U.S. energy consumption and 13 % of electricity generation.

I say this all the time: it isn't about the generation, it's about finding the right people from every generation that are right for your culture.

For Laing, working longer than past generations isn't just about money, but about fulfillment and purpose.

For centuries, saddles were made by men, for men, and often, in recent generations, with little concern about the well - being of the horFor centuries, saddles were made by men, for men, and often, in recent generations, with little concern about the well - being of the horfor men, and often, in recent generations, with little concern about the well - being of the horse.

Among the most common misconceptions about marketing to millennials is that online ads are the best strategy for reaching this generation.

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Ever since Tesla released its second generation Autopilot hardware and started offering an option called «full self - driving capability», there's been some confusion about Tesla's plan for rolling out fully autonomous driving.

It doesn't have to be a costly graduate degree; as a matter of fact the generation is skeptical about the value of spending and borrowing big bucks for those degrees.

Bocock thought about what it would take to protect the farm for the next generation, and he chose the energy source to match it.

We still have a lot to learn about this generation, given that most have yet to graduate college, but the research we conducted for our report on Early Millennials, Recessionist Millennials, and Gen Edgers helped shed light on this arena.

Anheuser - Busch birthed the global beer industry and Purina the worldwide pet food market; Energizer batteries and the largest car rental company, Enterprise, launched in St. Louis; and say what you want about GMO crops pending your politics, but St. Louis - based Monsanto has ensured for a generation of food production while global farmland dissipates and worldwide population numbers soar.

Our successful entrepreneurs overcame reservations about their long - term viability by selling concrete performance characteristics — faster chips and fourth - generation language software, for instance — rather than intangible attributes like a tangier sauce or more evocative perfume.

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Motivations include concerns about future demand for transport fuels, growth opportunities in low - carbon technologies, and diversifying into power generation to secure demand for natural gas.»

Part of the impetus for writing this book was a) I'm confused about why everyone is obsessed with food and b) does my generation really suck that much?

Now my point is, «i'm old, i've been in the oil business for over 50 years and i've been a part of GETTING US THIS FAR, now, i suggest you be thankful for that tank of gas and Timmy's, I am all about passing the torch to the next generation.

And just like the farming families supplying us for three generations, we're passionate about potatoes - a core ingredient that's virtually fat - free and delivers energy, dietary fiber, vitamin C, potassium and iron.

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