Sentences with phrase «been the same for about»

Not exact matches

In states lacking non-discrimination policies for LGBT people, gay men tend to be penalized most, Klawitter's research indicates, with gay men in same - sex couples earning about 30 percent less than their counterparts in opposite - sex couples.

These efforts are about all of us, and the initiative has inspired more than 200 communities to redouble efforts to create pathways for all youth and led to more than $ 500 million in private - sector commitments to do the same.

The catch: Jobs aren't easy to come by in St. Kitts and Nevis and living costs are about the same as in the United States, so experts say the island may be more suited for retirees than working expats.

By taking a moment to address the awkwardness, both the employer and potential employee are able to get on the same page about the direction of the interview in order to see if they are a match for one another.

And some of the players to watch out for are the same big guys from 10 or 20 years ago (Microsoft, Oracle, AT&T, etc.) who are the long - entrenched stakeholders and «powers - who - be» in your space — not because they're great innovators or disruptors, but because: (a) they're increasingly well - informed about who's doing what very well (damn those demo days); (b) they're fairly fast followers with great gobs of money; and (c) they have the people, resources, and patience to hang around and keep buying and trying until they eventually get things right in the long run.

For the $ 119 annual fee, Prime members gets a slew of benefits (which definitely range in usefulness): free two - day shipping, free same - day shipping, and free two - hour delivery on eligible items (of which there are many), exclusive rewards and discounts, Prime Video, Prime Music, online photo storage, music and books, and about 20 other perks.

Marks arrived at more or less the same definition of liquidity as Hooper, writing that the way to think about liquidity isn't to ask if there is a market for an asset, but whether you can quickly sell that an asset without taking a huge loss on it.

Experienced entrepreneurs seem to have the same advice about employees who aren't doing what's best for your company: get rid of them as soon as possible.

To give you an idea of the training required for this designation, «the pass rate for the exam to become a CFP certificant is about the same as the pass rate on the bar exam that law school grads are required to take in order to practice law,» she explains.

If your fans take an interest in what you're talking about and what you care about, it's only fair for you to do the same.

What you will find is that when an investor learns about that, they will discount their offer price for your business by the amount it would take them to make that same investment at the very least.

«But it was definitely a situation where they have the same core people coming to this thing for years, and they're all guys and they don't want to worry about it,» he says.

Nope, it's not easy to extend your empathy to that woman two desks over who's complaining to you about the same pointless thing for the sixth time this week.

What is powerful about someone like that opening up — and the same thing goes for Sheryl — is that it gives people permission to express vulnerability.

But as a for - profit, I can make smart bets on marketing and talent that will allow us to do a lot of good over time, because I am not scrutinized about how I spend money in the same way that nonprofits are.

One of her priorities was to be more intentional about defining and communicating the expectations for her own leadership — and encouraging her immediate direct reports to do the same.

At the same time, many of the same polls that were so far off about the Democratic race were spot on for the GOP results.

Although the Institute for Family Studies reports that more husbands than wives admit to being unfaithful, according to The Cut, psychoanalyst and writer Esther Perel cites an increase of 40 % in unfaithful women since 1990, while men's statistics have stayed about the same.

What to include: Business plans vary in length — anywhere from 20 to 50 pages — but typically cover the same topics, such as: Cover Page (essential contact information); Executive Summary (what your business does and what market need it solves); Company Overview (profile of company and successes); Industry Analysis (details about the market); Customer Analysis (who are the customers); Competitive Analysis (identify key competitors); Marketing Plan (your brand and how do you plan on getting it in front of customers); Operations Plan (daily and yearly operational processes for success); Management Team (identify key company personnel); and Financial Plans (revenue projections for three to five years).

In January and February, the U.S. trade deficit with those three large economic systems, accounting for about 40 percent of world's demand and output, was running at an annual rate of $ 612.3 billion, a 3 percent increase from the same period of 2017.

For a long time, they both say, they had the same dream about her — that she was still alive, and they had neglected her.

During the early days when I didn't know much about SEO, I deployed this very same strategy on my own site and secured lots of links, but have since been cringing because my website could easily be penalized by Google for doing so.

You know how it's OK when you make fun of certain things about yourself, but not for other people to make fun of you for those same things?

It was similar / same for him about me.

Premiums for health plans sold on Obamacare exchanges are about the same or cheaper than premiums for employer - offered plans, a study finds.

As I've been following Kenny's journey with PRSUIT, I've not only created many of my own email opt - ins, but I've also encouraged just about everyone looking to build a personal brand for themselves to do the same.

We've been talking about our open - ended PTO policy for a while, and whenever we do, the same questions arise: Don't employees take advantage of the company by taking too much time off, damaging business results?

For example, if you don't want them to work for a competitor for a year, you need to be willing to pay them a severance that lasts that same period (we'll talk more about severance in a minutFor example, if you don't want them to work for a competitor for a year, you need to be willing to pay them a severance that lasts that same period (we'll talk more about severance in a minutfor a competitor for a year, you need to be willing to pay them a severance that lasts that same period (we'll talk more about severance in a minutfor a year, you need to be willing to pay them a severance that lasts that same period (we'll talk more about severance in a minute).

JPMorgan's current headquarters at the same site, 270 Park Ave., is an «outdated facility» that was designed in the late 1950s for about 3,500 employees, the company said.

That's about the same as the ratio was in the 1990s, but in the decades prior, dividend appreciation accounted for between 24 % and 71 % of total returns.

That's about one quarter of all non-U.S. companies that have listed here, but only a sliver of the 181 total IPOs for the same time period.

It's not uncommon for such sites to mix information about different people with the same name and present them as a single person.

It was that social network the search giant launched a while back, around the same time signing up for yet another social network became about as attractive as stabbing yourself in the neck with a shrimp fork.

Vanity Fair contributing editor Sarah Ellison said that Trump has also talked with advisors often about his ability to drive high traffic numbers for networks such as Fox News and CNN, and feels that he could do the same thing for his own media company even if he is unsuccessful in his presidential bid.

That's about the same additional capacity as was called for in last year's resource plan, he said.

The Bank of Canada didn't need to talk specifically about the prospects for non-energy exports; it provided an assessment of the U.S. economy, which is essentially the same thing.

«When deciding how to handle the review, we suggest thinking about what your customer service policies are for face - to - face interactions and applying that same logic to your written response,» Holloway says.

In just a few months, we have learned that Flynn lied to Mike Pence, Vice President - elect, about obtaining a security clearance for Flynn's son during the presidential transition; that during the same period, as President Obama was imposing sanctions on Russia for election meddling, Flynn communicated with the Russian ambassador about those sanctions, hinting that President Trump would take a softer line, and then lied to Pence about it (and stood by while Pence publicly repeated that lie); that Flynn was not truthful when questioned by the FBI about the same topic; and that Flynn spoke at a gala for RT, the Kremlin - backed propaganda network and received payments from RT, but dissembled about the source of the payments and seems to have failed to follow U.S. regulations about reporting them.

At the same time, the bank is also trying to improve the profit margins in its wealth management unit, which now accounts for about 40 percent of the company's revenue, looking at both increasing assets under management and selling clients more products.

As he told Eurogamer this summer, «My plan was to do a Kickstarter for about 100 of these things — basically, to get money to buy all of the components required on a slightly larger scale and then send these out to people as kits so they could assemble them themselves using my instructions so they could have the same thing as I had.

There's a famous anecdote about Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad's thrifty ways: apparently, he drove the same 1993 Volvo sedan for 20 years, finally giving it up not to buy something a little more flash with his billions, but simply because it was no longer road - worthy.

Looking at the longer view, McCaffrey says the VC industry has been relatively consistent over the first half of 2013 and expects investment levels to remain about the same or improve slightly for the rest of the year.

Melania Trump, wife of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, has hired the same lawyer that former wrestler Hulk Hogan used to bankrupt Gawker Media, and is threatening to sue several media outlets for defamation related to stories they wrote about her past.

While it might cost $ 3 to $ 4 billion to develop a drug in the U.S., the same development could be done in China for about $ 30 to $ 40 million, Leung explained.

RocketHub, for example, will require all its issuers to be C corporations and sell the same class of stock, says Hillel - Tuch — and keep its commission down at about 4 percent or 5 percent.

'' He was simply reiterating the same sentiments he's been saying about reciprocal trade for years.»

We see the same experience that the customer sees, so there is no confusion about what is working for them and what isn't.

According to the Independent, it used wheat for this experiment that geneticists at Tel Aviv University say is the strain that was used to make beer in that same region about two thousand years ago.

What's different about Twitter's feature is that it will also be able to suggest other pictures for you to alter to encourage users to «participate in trending conversations and breaking news» and even show you «how other users from around the world have edited the same photo.»

A block further you'll even find someone who fell for the Mini Coupé — wherein BMW gave the finger to all those Mini purists clamouring for an authentically tiny Mini (the BMW is about 70 centimetres longer and 30 centimetres wider than the Morris models), by shrinking the interior but keeping the same exterior dimensions.