Sentences with phrase «at first base for»

But if the Sox land Bell, they might thereby gain enough hitting to justify using slick - fielding Mike Squires at first base for his defense.

Adrian Gonzalez was at first base for the Red Sox, going 1 for 7 with a walk.

He might hit a million billion home runs for the Rockies and shed the butcher's reputation he's developed, possibly because he hasn't found a team willing or able to shove him at first base for an entire year.

Not exact matches

Ironically, it was a decision that Jobs forcefully resisted at first, insisting that third - party developers who wanted to create apps for the iPhone and other iOS devices should design Web - based apps that would run within the iOS browser.

I can remember my very first site visit realizing that I needed to, almost on a daily basis, advocate for myself in a way or at least present myself in a way that I would be taken seriously, seen as an expert and really prove myself.

First Solar has awarded contracts to Perth - based construction company WBHO Civil for structural and electrical work at Australia's largest solar energy plant, near Nyngan in New South Wales.

During the first class of the introductory macroeconomics course I teach at Ivey, I present the students with four propositions that are the basis for most, though not all, schools of thought in modern macroeconomics.

In private industry, says the Bureau of Labor Statistics, wages and salaries rose at 2.6 % for the 12 months ended September 2017 — 20 basis points above the rate the prior year and notably higher than what we saw in the first half of the decade.

At least 13 states, including Alaska, Illinois and Kentucky, have indicated they will be awarding funds on a first - come, first - served basis for the 2018 - 19 school year.

In a lengthy post titled «On One Very, Very Strange Year At Uber» Fowler alleges that during her first few weeks at the San Francisco - based tech firm her team manager propositioned her for seAt Uber» Fowler alleges that during her first few weeks at the San Francisco - based tech firm her team manager propositioned her for seat the San Francisco - based tech firm her team manager propositioned her for sex.

When Heath Shackleford was debating whether to expand the head count at his Los Angeles - based marketing agency, Good Must Grow, one of his first stops was a closed networking group for B Corp business owners.

First, they want a secure price base for their securities, not one that bounces up and down like a yoyo, or even too much at all, except perhaps throughout the ups and downs of the economic cycle.

Toronto - based Satish Kanwar, director of product at Shopify, an Ottawa company that offers software for creating an online store, speaks of the opportunities found by those who choose to work in a startup before taking the plunge themselves: «One of the best things someone can do is date a company first to see if you like startups and the entrepreneurial space before you commit to it,» he says.

LP Maurice, the CEO and co-founder of Montreal - based bus travel company Busbud, tells me he thinks that first working at a startup is helpful for those hoping for eventual new - business launches.

Austin - based insurance agency owner Ashley Hunter was upgraded to first class on Delta Airlines twice in the past year, happy results that she credits to tweeting the airline — once when her seat was taken by another flier and a second time for praising service at the gate.

UK - based Sky, with more than 20 million customers for its sports, entertainment and news channels across Europe, is at the centre of a three - way battle for control between Murdoch's Twenty - First Century Fox, Walt Disney and Comcast and their veteran bosses.

And based on key measures followed by Wall Street, Facebook's usership, margins and capital expenditures were little affected by the outcry, at least for the first few weeks.

At CES, HumanScale is also offering a first look at its new web - based program, ErgoIQ, that allows employers and individuals to monitor whether workstations are optimally comfortable and ergonomic, providing aggregated data and suggested solutions and eliminating the need for a visit from a third - party consultanAt CES, HumanScale is also offering a first look at its new web - based program, ErgoIQ, that allows employers and individuals to monitor whether workstations are optimally comfortable and ergonomic, providing aggregated data and suggested solutions and eliminating the need for a visit from a third - party consultanat its new web - based program, ErgoIQ, that allows employers and individuals to monitor whether workstations are optimally comfortable and ergonomic, providing aggregated data and suggested solutions and eliminating the need for a visit from a third - party consultant.

First Round based its performance evaluations on the difference in a company's valuation between the VC firm's initial investment and current fair market value for the company or value at the time of an exit.

However, this relevance wasn't personalized at first, it was based on a judgment of relevance for the average person.

For trivia and history buffs, Harcourt Education in 2002, a division of Reed Elsevier at the time, was the first organization to ever use research - based buyer personas for marketing and salFor trivia and history buffs, Harcourt Education in 2002, a division of Reed Elsevier at the time, was the first organization to ever use research - based buyer personas for marketing and salfor marketing and sales.

Allocating money for retirement can have the snowball effect — meaning it may not seem like much is happening at first, but as a result of compound interest, those savings will eventually build up to form a large base of cash,» he says.

Again, with trend reversal setups, it is crucial to first wait for an extended base to develop at the lows, in order to ensure the ETF has actually found a significant bottom, rather than trying to catch a falling knife:

In the olden days when customers would pay for a desktop app once (or at least the EULA that let them use it), software vendors could only prosper by getting every more first - time customers, or angering at least a third of their user base every year by offering a paid «upgrade» of either features that should have been in the software to begin with or added as developerd, or features nobody wanted.

«We now know that young people who are going into the office for the first time are making decisions about who they work for not based on how much they're getting paid, but on the space design,» ASID president Randy Fiser told members of the design community at the recent Science of Design Conference at Liberty Science Center in New Jersey.

«As part of Dollar General's continual commitment to provide quality products at everyday low prices to our diverse consumer base, we are thrilled to announce our first Innovation and Supplier Diversity Summit scheduled for this spring,» said Jason Reiser, Dollar General's executive vice president and chief merchandising officer.

At first glance, the idea that smaller blocks are bad for mining revenue may appear incorrect, since fee rates have recently exploded based on the demand of Bitcoin transactions outpacing the supply of space in the blocks.

Smart Energy Instruments (SEI), a Toronto - based cleantech company with a unique solution to improve electric grid reliability, and Hitachi High - Technologies Corporation of Japan, today unveiled the first component of SEI's planned chipset product line for smart grid applications in an event at MaRS Discovery District.

Based on the financial results for the first seven months of 2016 - 17, public debt charges could be as much as $ 1 billion lower than forecast in the Update, while direct program expenses could be at least $ 2 billion lower.

Based on the financial results for the first nine months of 2016 - 17, public debt charges could be as much as $ 1 billion lower than forecast in the Update, while direct program expenses could be at least $ 2 billion lower.

The company Qwiki, maker of an iPhone video sharing app, was hatched at a Summit event and acquired last year by Yahoo for $ 50 million; Basis, a company that makes wristwatch health trackers, secured its first major investment at Summit and was sold to Intel last year for over $ 100 million.

Ever for the reason that first decentralized blockchain - based cryptocurrency (Bitcoin), there have been makes an attempt at a community takeover, -LSB-...]

Since the rally off the lows of that base (~ $ 20) shot the stock 90 % higher to the $ 38 area, the stock probably won't have much gas left in the tank to break out to new highs without first going sideways for at least several weeks.

Studio Y, an immersive fellowship for Ontario's young leaders and innovators based at MaRS Discovery District, introduced today the second cohort of 25 Fellows and showcased the achievements of the first cohort.

The Series A Preferred shall also be convertible into any future series of Preferred Stock (the «Future Preferred») under either of the following circumstances: (a) if such conversion is approved by the Board or (b) if such conversion is in connection with a future Preferred Stock equity financing in which the Company's fully diluted pre-money valuation is greater than the Company's fully diluted post-money valuation immediately following the Series A Financing contemplated by this term sheet (a «Future Financing»), in either case, on a one - for - one basis (subject to anti-dilution adjustment) at the option of the holder; provided however, if such conversion is in connection with a Future Financing, that the holder may convert into shares of Future Preferred only in the event that all of such shares of Future Preferred received by the holder upon conversion are sold to an Approved Investor (as defined below) no later than 90 days following the first closing of the Future Financing at a price per share no lower than the price per share at which the Company sells shares of such Future Preferred in the Future Financing and, provided further, that such Approved Investor is not an affiliate, family member, or related party of the holder.

«For the first time, we're looking comprehensively at the source of what has been a large and persistent trade deficit that has contributed to job losses, the loss of our manufacturing base and other things,» said Peter Navarro, the director of Mr. Trump's National Trade Council.

When scanning thousands of stocks and ETFs for equities that meet our disciplined, rule - based criteria for potential trade entry every night, the first thing we do is look at the longer - term weekly charts, which gives us a «big picture» snapshot of the overall trend of the stock or ETF.

Last year I wrote on Suven Life Sciences, also I did some secondary level maths to get a sense of returns an investor could get buying the business at then market cap (~ 2000 INR Crores or 400 Million USD) and exiting in 2024 See Snap shot below The base case CAGR didn't excite but reading management commentary compelled me to take a tracking position in model portfolio Over to this year One thing in AR gave me a Jeff Bezos moment For the first time management was sounding optimistic (this is coming from a management which is very conservative on record) Emphasis mine Management views on past Despite having grown the business every single year across the last five years, our business sustainability has been consistently questioned.

The San Francisco - based company was at Alibaba headquarters in Hangzhou to mark the launch, promoting a «Super Brand Day» marketing campaign on Tmall to jumpstart sales for its Blaze smart fitness watch and the Alta fitness wristband, which were first released in the U.S. in March.

Analysts at Oppenheimer tempered their expectations for United Therapeutics Corp's (NASDAQ: UTHR) first - quarter citing the Maryland - based biotech's historic propensity to log seasonally slow sales during the start of the year.

TORONTO, Oct. 15, 2014 — Studio Y, an immersive fellowship for Ontario's young leaders and innovators based at MaRS Discovery District, introduced today the second cohort of 25 Fellows and showcased the achievements of the first cohort.

Boston based RxAdvance is an innovative national full service Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) company created specifically for the future of healthcare to reduce overall pharmacy costs and avoidable drug - impacted medical costs leveraging disruptive Collaborative PBM Cloud ™ platform unveiling for the first time on June 3rd through June 5th at AHIP Institute 2015 in Nashville, TN.

In January, Connecticut - based insurer W.R. Berkley Corporation made its first big New York purchase, buying 600 Lexington Avenue for $ 305 million, and Boston - based AEW Capital Management entered contract to buy a 470,000 - square - foot office building at 330 Hudson Street for $ 385 million.

The Racine, Wis. - based family - owned marketer of such brands as Windex, Pledge, Glade and Ziploc is now «A Family Company at Work for a Better World,» changing the tagline for the first time in nearly two decades.

Swenk explains his method for compensating sales reps. Starting at a base salary of around $ 45,000 to $ 50,000 with a tiered commission is a great way to get employees motivated when they're first hired.

Robert Goddard in 1920 was the first to describe what a heat shield was based upon observations of meteors and their core temperature however it took 31 more years for the heat shield to be developed by H. Julian Allen at the Ames Research Center.

On the basis of the First Amendment, as well as the general principles of the Constitution, he opposed public payment for chaplains in Congress and the military, spoke out against national proclamations of days of prayer (though as president he did «recommend» them) and while president vetoed congressional efforts to incorporate churches in the District of Columbia (fullest statement, V: 103 - 105) At the same time, Madison frequently opined that it was appropriate for private citizens to support chaplains and various kinds of semiorganized public religion through voluntary contributions (V: 104,105)

This is the basis for the belief, held in Japan for centuries, that the emperor was divine, a belief repudiated for the first time by Hirohito, in a radio broadcast after the surrender of Japan, at the end of World War II.

Late night talk show host Conan O'Brien is accompanying First Lady Michelle Obama at a U.S. military base in Qatar to film a special show for...

In the same year, the 12th Anti-Corruption International Conference, which was held at Prague, for the first time included a panel — in which I was invited to participate — about the contribution of faith based organizations to the struggle against corruption.