Sentences with phrase «agent than the agent»

The fact is, there isn't much more to the average agent than the agent themselves.

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Chris Severson - Baker, Alberta director of the Pembina Institute, said reducing methane emissions is critical because the gas is 25 times more potent as a climate warming agent than carbon dioxide.

Meanwhile, immigration agents conducted audits and inspections of more than 100 7 - Eleven franchises across the country earlier this year and ICE's acting director has vowed to quadruple worksite enforcement in 2018.

The agency started with1, 470 agents and a budget of less than $ 75 million.

It now has about 5,000 agents and a budget of more than $ 2 billion.

Tal says his unscientific research into the subject — consisting mainly of a recent dinner with over 20 real estate brokers and agents who deal exclusively with foreign buyers — led him to believe the number of «pure» foreign purchasers in the Canadian real - estate market is «probably much smaller than perceived by many.»

With the new facility now up and running, MacDonald argues that his company has been much more successful with its highly focused direct sales strategy than the firm would have been had it recruited intermediaries or agents to drum up customers.

Of those, only 6 percent could be booked online cheaper than with a travel agent.

«We were finding that travel agents were able to get better fares and routes and do it quicker than we were,» she says.

Rather than congratulating the agent on saving the day, he asked whether she'd gotten a receipt for the fare.

And leasing agents are often more generous than banks with credit and payment terms.

You see, the NAR, the largest trade organization in the US, represents more than one million real estate agents in the U.S. and abroad; as sales slump, so too do Realtor commissions.

The sale event for a block of 28 townhomes in an upscale part of Toronto recently drew more than 750 real estate agents; some were so eager to buy they offered more than the list price, neglecting the fact the units would be parcelled out through a lottery system.

«More than anything, people are going to jump off the fence because of interest rates picking up,» said Jason Cassity, a real estate agent in San Diego.

If you make more than that, you don't qualify for subsidies and you should contact an independent insurance agent in your state to review your options.

Homeowners are finding their mailboxes stuffed with flyers and letters from real estate agents designed to entice them into selling, with assurances that their houses are worth more than they think.

Less than honest agents and brokers can over inflate the value of your business, enticing you to list your business with them.

You want to make the playoffs, so rather than recruiting young talent to build a winning team for the long term, you blow the budget on free agents.

«More than anything, people are going to jump off the fence because of interest rates picking up,» Jason Cassity, a Zillow premier agent in San Diego, told Business Insider.

Others are lured by slick agents and managers who are better at sucking up to stars than they are at making investments.

Agents know — if it is bigger than a normal smartphone, you can't use it on the plane.

The old system of subsidies for Canadian companies entering international markets encouraged Canadian entrepreneurs to engage with DFAIT's agents abroad, but with that system long since dismantled, and with the Internet offering growing companies a source of market research more accessible than a visit to a consulate, said Beck, «we need to reach out to you.»

This agent offered services ranging from basic access to the Multiple Listing Service for less than $ 100 to full sales service including advice with respect to financing and renovations.

«I DO N'T WANT ANYMORE,» wrote one customer to an online service agent, after being billed more than $ 140 for what he thought was a one - time trial for teeth whitener.

«I think Comey did more damage than he realized or intended by how he handled things last year,» said former FBI counterintelligence agent Scott Olson.

Data provided by the Department of Homeland Security shows that searches of cellphones by border agents has exploded, growing fivefold in just one year, from fewer than 5,000 in 2015 to nearly 25,000 in 2016.

In place of physical stores, it has a network of more than 450 commissioned sales agents throughout the country who visit shoppers» homes, take their measurements, and help them select bras (prices, which range from $ 40 to $ 80, include a complimentary fitting session).

Being a successful speaker means being persuasive, and who better to borrow techniques of persuasion than from CIA agents, hostage negotiators and con artists.

Contacting the head of a celebrity's foundation is very different than contacting his or her agent, who will be motivated by completely different factors.

Booking a business trip used to be a much bigger deal than it is today and involved actually picking up the phone and interacting with travel agents.

According to the Minerva research team at Georgia State University, the 2014 expansion of IS» so - called Caliphate was foretold by «Wiki Baghdady» - a Jihadi insider, but more than likely an al - Qaida agent - who predicted IS would amass multiple group allegiances and then announce them simultaneously in order to project power and influence.

They are coming in like — well, they're coming in less now than they were because we have a very strong — we have great Border Patrol agents, great ICE — we have great people and they are really doing a good job.

Pamela Wright, founder of Wright Travel, a $ 5 - million corporate travel agency in Nashville, gets facts and figures on upcoming trends and the competition from Travel Trust International (TTI), a Bethesda, Md., group of more than 100 independent agents.

Laws regulating MLM typically 1) require that MLM companies explicitly permit their agents to cancel their agreements and to agree to repurchase inventories at not less than 90 percent of the original transfer price; 2) prohibit inducements under which the agent is told that he or she will earn a specific amount of money; 3) prohibit the purchase of a minimum inventory; and 4) prohibit operations under which agents are only paid for recruiting others.

The next evening, more than 500 people, mostly women and children, began arriving at medical centers in Douma showing symptoms consistent with exposure to a chemical agent, according to Syrian American Medical Society, a relief organization.

Charles Hanes, a Toronto real estate agent for more than three decades, doesn't like what he's seeing today.

Many chemical agents (and maybe even most) interact with more than one «target» — meaning that if a drug has a molecular effect to begin with, it very likely will have one or more side effects.

FBI agents on the case expected that Petraeus would be asked to resign immediately rather than risk the possibility that he could be blackmailed to give intelligence secrets to foreign intelligence agencies or criminals... [T] he FBI, Justice Department, and the White House held off on asking for Petraeus» resignation until after the election... FBI agents on the case were aware that such a decision had been made to hold off on forcing him out until after the election and were outraged.

I have more than I need but I am always happy to find a spot on our team for more great agents.»

I eventually concluded I could make more money as a manager than as an agent.

Miller's agent, Joby Branion, knew his client — arguably the best linebacker in the league — could earn much more than that if he had any bargaining chips.

Its first product, Just Mayo, uses protein from yellow peas rather than egg yolk as an emulsifying agent.

Rather than helping to create opportunity in impoverished communities, some microloan programs have stymied growth as lending agents have pocketed much of the cash raised and placed borrowers in an inescapable cycle of debt.

Jet - drying technology spreads infectious agents much further than paper towels, says a new study.

For more than seven months, Sumner Redstone, now 93 and barely able to speak, has asserted (through lawyers and PR teams) that he remains mentally competent — sharp enough to change his health care agent, to erase a $ 70 million bequest to an ex-girlfriend from his will, and, most important, to remain in control of Viacom (VIAB) and CBS (CBS), the jewels in his $ 42 - billion media empire.

The drugs were sent through the local postal system, then via U.S. Mail rather than couriers, which were more likely to be intercepted by U.S. Customs agents.

Other than a few wildly far - fetched possibilities — North Korean agents running around Havana, or perhaps a secret team of Venezuelan spies subverting their own government's closest ally — that would seem to leave only Russia.

Today, Peekaboo Beans has more than 700 sales agents across Canada and is growing at an estimated rate of 30 new consultants every month.

Our hiring process is long, and we select less than 1 percent of applicants for any position, from call - center agent to mover.

But by 2007, Barinskiy and Kravitz realized that they could make more money selling customer information directly to agents, rather than acting as a middleman.