Sentences with phrase «base hits in»

Reducing the glycemic response of a meal is like a base hit in peewee baseball league — you've got to keep eating low glycemic foods / getting base hits, day after day, year after year, to see the long - term benefit.

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In addition, pay is «competitive,» «raises are based on hours worked,» and workers receive «twice a year bonuses after you hit top pay.»

That has prompted investors to take another look at the widening interest rate differential trends between the United States and Europe which hit the highest in nearly 30 years at 236 basis points last week, and protracted weakness in the greenback.

Seattle - based PopCap, meanwhile, was acquired by giant Electronic Arts in 2011 for $ 750 million, and Finland's Supercell, which currently rules the mobile roost with its hit Clash of Clans, last month netted a cool $ 1.5 billion after Japanese telecom provider Softbank purchased a 51 % stake, which values the company at $ 3 billion — or bigger than Zynga.

SPIN posited that, based on Spotify's publicly announced royalty rates of artists getting paid $ 0.006 and $ 0.0084 per single stream, that he'd need 287,176,547 streams of his 2002 hit single «Hot in Herre» if he's lucky enough to be on the high end of the payout system.

In 2006, he merged that company with Decode Entertainment, a Toronto and U.K. — based company perhaps best known as the maker of the animated hit Angela Anaconda that was co-founded by producer Steven DeNure.

Perth - based Automotive Holdings Group will incur a $ 35 million write - down hit from the closure of some of its underperforming businesses, in response to the weak market for car retailers combined with recent regulatory changes by the corporate watchdog.

This list, based on data from Pitchbook, rounds up all of the companies in the US that hit the $ 1 billion valuation mark in record time.

Frends products hit Apple stores and Best Buy in October 2012; by the end of the year, the Encinitas, Calif. - based company had revenue of $ 1.6 million.

SunPower, which is based in San Jose, Calif., but does most of its manufacturing in the Philippines and Mexico, will be hit harder than most in the industry by the announced 30 percent tariff on imported solar modules, CEO Tom Werner said in an interview.

Shares of Florida - based WellCare Health Plans hit an all - time high Tuesday, rising 10 % after the managed care health insurer absolutely smashed analyst projections in its latest earnings report.

The Baltimore - based athletic gear maker said that while it still expects to hit $ 7.5 billion in revenue by 2018, sales growth over the next two years would be within the range of the «low 20s» on a percentage basis.

Sitting on the shelf for a year due to financial issues with its production company, this comedy based on the 1997 Loomis Fargo Bank robbery, which at the time was the second - largest cash robbery in US history, is finally hitting screens.

If you delete on a hit - or - miss basis, and you're ever involved in a lawsuit, you could find yourself facing charges of destroying evidence, she says.

«American Idol» debuted in June 2002, during the summer broadcast doldrums, an indication that Fox didn't have high hopes for the imported singing contest based on producer Simon Fuller's hit British series, «Pop Idol.»

Employees of Royal Caribbean (rcl) based in Miami will be evacuated on one of the company's ships as Hurricane Irma hits Florida this weekend.

But at this early stage, the damages are not expected to be so excessive that they hit insurers» capital base in a way that would lift slumping insurance prices or hurt their credit ratings.

Angkor Wat hit the tourist map in the early 1990s, when it became a World Heritage Site — but it is already the world's top - rated tourism destination, based on a combination of the number of reviews and what they say, according to TripAdvisor.

Perth - based Cape Lambert Resources has told the market that its investments in Timis Mining and African Minerals have hit roadblocks.

Steve Seelig, senior regulatory advisor at benefits consulting firm Willis Towers Watson, said that, of three changes related to executive compensation in the tax reform plan — the other two involve stock options and performance - based pay — it's the hit on tax - exempt executive compensation that is the most significant.

But a subscriber - based «broadcaster» like Netflix doesn't need to measure its hits in the same way, since revenues come directly from viewers, not from Chevy or Coke or Taco Bell.

Foreign investors hit the brakes last December, shortly after the Harper government approved the Nexen and Progress deals and the prime minister warned that future takeovers in the oilsands by state - owned enterprises (SOEs) would be approved on only an exceptional basis.

The number of Perth - based technology companies pursuing a listing on the ASX this year has hit 10, with Dreamscape Networks due to list in coming days after raising $ 25 million and Secure2Go kicking off its capital raising this week.

He refused to reveal which cities are contenders for the sports - based offering that has been a hit in the U.S. and U.K., which have a combined 30 locations.

In his third at bat he got hit by a pitch, but was later doubled off first base when he wandered a little too far from the bag on a line drive.

Shares in Perth - based online advertising business Tech Mpire rallied today on news the company had hit a revenue milestone of $ 25 million, but it was a different story for former high - flyer 1 - Page.

The Toronto - based company announced Wednesday that the hit superhero film accounted for 22 per cent of its box office revenue in the first quarter.

At least 12 air strikes hit Latakia's northern countryside as pro-government forces clashed with fighters from al Qaeda's Nusra Front and Turkmen insurgents in the Jabal Akrad and Jabal Turkman areas, the British - based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Subiaco - based internet provider iiNet has announced its customers across all brands will have quota - free access to Netflix, when the online streaming service hits Australian shores in less than three weeks.

Perth - based contractor Macmahon Holdings has flagged a hit to its earnings for the year after terminating its contract in Nigeria and incurring losses at Newcrest Mining's Telfer gold mine in WA.

In this excerpt from «The Song Machine: Inside The Hit Factory,» author John Seabrook describes the night of February 8, 2009, when singer Rihanna left a pre-Grammy party with then - boyfriend singer Chris Brown, based on a police officer's account in an affidaviIn this excerpt from «The Song Machine: Inside The Hit Factory,» author John Seabrook describes the night of February 8, 2009, when singer Rihanna left a pre-Grammy party with then - boyfriend singer Chris Brown, based on a police officer's account in an affidaviin an affidavit.

At the time, in late 2009, Foursquare was just beginning to hit its stride of popularity, and location - based check - in apps were the quickly becoming the focus of investors and entrepreneurs throughout San Francisco and the Valley.

The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that Amazon shares can hit $ 1,123 in the next 12 months, based on Bloomberg data.

«Relentless growth should see the U.S. hit historic highs above 10 million barrels a day (in production), overtaking Saudi Arabia and rivaling Russia during the course of 2018 — provided OPEC and non-OPEC restraints remain in place,» the Paris - based organization added.

«Syria is being exposed to a new aggression with some military bases in rural Hama and Aleppo hit with enemy rockets,» an army source was quoted as saying without elaborating.

The recently listed Kalamunda - based company says year - to - date revenues have now hit $ 1.5 m as it accelerates its rental, rebuild and maintenance offering in the resurgent mining sector.

For Jason Wilson, the founder and CEO of the Gadsden, Alabama - based brewery Back Forty Beer, his overseas business took a hit as soon as President Trump was elected back in 2016.

In his regular press conference after the ECB's governing council meeting, he said the uptick is «overwhelmingly» due to energy prices having hit a seven - year low this time last year, creating a base effect that exaggerates today's modest rebound.

The risk of an escalation in which there were a broad - based tariff across a range of Chinese goods followed by a response from Beijing that was commensurate with that would cause a hit to U.S. and Chinese growth, a rise in U.S. inflation and possibly prompt China to take domestic action to boost growth.

Drug giant Johnson & Johnson has been hit with a $ 417 million verdict in the latest trial focusing on alleged links between talc - based products like its Johnson's Baby Powder, use by many for feminine hygiene, and ovarian cancer.

On a reported basis, L'Oreal sales were down 1 percent in the first quarter at 6.78 billion euros ($ 1.23 billion), reflecting the hit from foreign exchange effects.

Before letting go of a rep who isn't hitting quota, an employer should look in a mirror, says Ryan Tognazzini, an associate principal of Sales Benchmark Index, a sales consulting firm based in Atlanta.

As of early afternoon Thursday, 3,621 flights around the U.S. were canceled, with airports in New York, New Jersey and Boston hardest hit, according to FlightAware, a Houston - based airline tracking service.

When I asked about his confidence in Rovio being able to create a largely unrelated hit based on a similar character — given that Super Mario was based on Donkey Kong — he expressed ignorance of that basic gaming history.

Mandiant was also called upon to investigate the last major attack to hit the health sector, which involved Community Health Systems, a Tennessee - based hospital operator, in August.

The latter announced on Wednesday morning that its monthly average user base hit the 700 million mark, up by more than 100 million in just the last four months.

After hitting a low in 2012, Colombia's cultivation of coca, the base ingredient in cocaine, jumped 134 % between 2013 and 2016, US officials said late last year.

When I asked about his confidence in Rovio being able to create a largely - unrelated hit based on a similar character — given that Super Mario was based on Donkey Kong — he expressed ignorance of that basic gaming history.

PERTH - based Internet stock broker Sanford Securities recorded 5.4 million website hits per day in January.

In the wake of a cyber-hit on banking giant JPMorgan Chase, Europol has intercepted intelligence that Russia - based tech - gangs are planning a massive hit on a financial institution, the publication reported.