Not exact matches
That likely reassured investors who watched Walmart sacrifice profits for a
couple of years as it gave workers raises and invested heavily
in e-commerce to
better compete online and
in stores.
The two CEOs hope that the changes resulting from the merger will be implemented over the next
couple of years, creating a «dramatic change» for consumers
in which the store will be «not just about products, but also service offerings that can help people on their path to
better health.»
While it's
best to organize your desk before leaving for a holiday, take a
couple of hours
in the New
Year to clear off your desk before settling
in.
In the past couple of years, Sanders has voted against the Keystone XL Pipeline, vetoed by the president in March, as well as for bills that would have prohibited corporate interference with women's health care and increased environmental standards for damaged national infrastructur
In the past
couple of years, Sanders has voted against the Keystone XL Pipeline, vetoed by the president
in March, as well as for bills that would have prohibited corporate interference with women's health care and increased environmental standards for damaged national infrastructur
in March, as
well as for bills that would have prohibited corporate interference with women's health care and increased environmental standards for damaged national infrastructure.
«When I was 22
years old, a guy who owned a little bodega
in my neighborhood told me, «If you really want to start a company, you
better dig under your couch for a
couple of extra dollars, stop going out to dinner four times a month, trade
in your car for a cheaper one, and raise that $ 40,000 or $ 30,000, if you can, by yourself.»»
It started as a modest co-working space
in a former bank branch just a
couple of years ago to a large,
well - managed space and business incubator.
The growth
of the venture capital industry — VCs raised $ 28.5 billion last
year, up from $ 3.8 billion
in 2002 —
coupled with a tepid market for initial public offerings has made the competition among VCs for
good deals more intense than ever.
Well,
in the past
couple of years, the agency has twice been recognized by Ad Age, the most influential trade magazine
in North America, first as Small Agency
of the
Year in 2016 and as International Small Agency
of the
Year in 2017.
It's a «myth that Jamie Dimon is a
good risk manager,» she said, noting that a
couple of years ago J.P. Morgan lost «hundreds
of millions» due to speculative derivative trading
in which they «monopolized the entire global coal market.»
Investors may be greedy, and markets may be delusional, but money is time, and the
best way to ride out a downturn is with a
couple of years» worth
of cash stashed
in your mattress.
We took any project we could get, for
better or for worse, for the first
couple of years we were
in business.
«2016 wasn't our
best year in terms
of growth, but we grew a [
couple of percentage points].»
Not to get ahead
of ourselves, but the
best execs are the ones who learn and develop so fast that I get giddy thinking about how talented they'll be
in couple of years.
«It continues to reflect that equity markets had done so
well, and were so calm, heading into 2018 that this is kind
of unwinding that complacency that we saw set
in over the past
couple of years.»
A
couple of years after participating
in TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield, YayPay is raising $ 5.3 million from QED Investors, Birchmere, Fifth Third Capital, as
well as 500 Fintech Fund, Aspect Ventures, Gaingels, Techstars and Zelkova.
When the jig is up
in a
couple of years, sell most
of your stocks, buy bonds which will do very
well as the stock market and economy implode.
The
good work done over the last
couple of years in the field
of algorithmic tactical asset allocation strategies may start to pay off during the next economic regime shift.
Revenuewise, Snapchat is
well behind where Facebook was when it went public, and even Facebook struggled as a public company
in its first
couple of years.
But if you plan to move again
in a
couple of years, you might be
better off renting from a financial standpoint.
locations around the country, also typically accepts «items that have been
in the retail stores within the past
couple of years, are a current style, as
well as
in great condition.»
Though the US dollar has remained the strongest fiat currency
in a pool
of rapidly devaluing fiat currencies over the past two
years, if one calculates the declining purchasing power
of the US dollar
in the past
couple of decades when using real rates
of inflation inside the US (versus the bogus rates produced by federal entities), then one can easily reach the conclusion that the US dollar has crashed as
well.
It's a nice reminder
of the benefits
of global and style diversification
in a portfolio after the a select group
of stocks
in the U.S. have performed so
well over the past
couple of years.
Over the past
couple of years, speculators have also used short sales
of gold to obtain low cost funds to invest
in other assets — for example, by shorting gold (borrowing it and selling it
in the spot market), market participants have been able to obtain US dollars at between 1 and 2 per cent,
well below the rate
of return available on US assets.
Real estate investments haven't performed so
well over the last
couple years, as the bursting
of the housing bubble really hurt the market and impacted many lives
in a negative way.
Since the end
of last
year, we've purchased shares
in what we'd consider
good businesses with growth opportunities
in the UK and Australia; additional shares
in a
couple of mining services companies as tax selling and a further decline
in sentiment drove down prices; and a
couple of Hong Kong - listed companies with decent businesses and real estate portfolios.
Given also the need for an austerity budget to comply with European rules, growth is likely to weaken, meaning the protest parties will continue to strengthen and may
well be strong enough to take over
in a
couple of years.
Generally, this strategy is
good only if you want to take an extended vacation (likely
in retirement
years) and don't mind taking a
couple of classes.
One
of the speakers at a recent Exit Strategies workshop
in Vancouver (a
well - respected senior M&A lawyer) commented that up until a
couple of years ago he'd rarely heard the term»M & A Advisor».
The median expectation
of consumer price inflation over the
year ahead now stands at 3.5 per cent, compared with levels
of well over 4 per cent
in the previous
couple of years.
So we might see a
better balance
of supply and demand
in 2016 compared to the last
couple of years.
In most years, the return gap between the best - and worst - performing sectors of the typical US core option — US Treasuries, agencies, mortgages, corporates and other sectors in the US Aggregate, for example — would be just a couple of percentage point
In most
years, the return gap between the
best - and worst - performing sectors
of the typical US core option — US Treasuries, agencies, mortgages, corporates and other sectors
in the US Aggregate, for example — would be just a couple of percentage point
in the US Aggregate, for example — would be just a
couple of percentage points.
I started this show as background noise a few
years ago, not expecting much, and here we are 4 season
in, and it's still one
of my favorite shows, while I don't believe this season is as
good as season 2 or maybe 3 as a whole, it has its high points, a
couple of things fall a little flat, but no single episode failed
in my opinion.
That bullshit might have worked when mankind was living
in caves and a
couple of thousand
years ago when some desert dwellers wrote a crappy piece
of fiction now called The Babble, but we now know
better on many, many fronts.
A
couple of years after I accepted my
best position as minister, serving as pastor
of a church
in St. Anne, Illinois, my parents came from Mexico for a visit, During their stay my father, who had recently turned 80, suffered a minor stroke that paralyzed the left side
of his body.
According to Trena Mewborn, Director
of Counseling Service at First Baptist Church at the Mall, there are addicts
in the church as
well: «Just based on the
couples that I've seen through the
years, at least 50 percent
of the
couples who are coming forward have some type
of struggle with pornography or internet affairs or some type
of sexual issue.»
And, the individual responsibility to care for one another has worked really
well over the last
couple of thousand
years when people were left to starve and die
in the streets.
The role
of raising children is entrusted
in principle to married heterosexual
couples because after much experimentation — several thousand
years, more or less — we have found nothing else that works as
well.
The idea
of coalition, by the way, and for all that I was an internal friendly critic
of it for five
years, I would argue that
in the last
couple of generations the coalition government was the
best in terms
of stability and certainly when you compare it to the current shambles you've got to say they were
good years.
He will probably quit football after a
couple of years, buy up an unused arena
in some southern state, marry some barbie bobble head wearing a cross, write a motivational book then squeeze money out his flock
of sheeple... Probably a pretty
good life...
Other witnesses argued that, inasmuch as almost 25,000 married
couples in France have been approved but wait an average
of five
years to be able to adopt because fewer than 5,000 adoptions take place each
year, it is possible to provide every adoptable child with a father and a mother who will offer him or her the
best chance
of integrating into a new family.
My partner was diagnosed with M.E. a
couple of years ago and we have been trying our
best to make wholesome meals
in an attempt to boost his energy levels.
I'm so happy to be back
in the swing
of things, fully immersed
in the forward momentum
of this new
year, eyes wide open and heart willing, with my gears
well - greased and my thoughts on brand new recipes and a
couple of soul - inspiring features to joyfully bring to you
in this upcoming
year.
I have thought about making it many times (the recipe sounds delicious but the title, I confess, is what really lured me
in), but I also LOVE spotty bananas, and between that, and,
well, nursing school, I just haven't gotten around to baking it
in the last
couple of years.
Actually have liquid lecithin
in the pantry now (after a hiatus
of a
couple years without) as
well as instant clear jel - will add it to the mayo trial list!
And I sometimes like the commercials too though honestly I feel like they haven't been as
good in the past
couple of years.
My kids love this Mexican noodle soup as
well,
in fact when my daughter was sick a
couple years ago I brought her a pot
of this soup and she was over the moon.
But here's the
good news — the number
of companies emerging
in the healthy food space is growing leaps and bounds compared to just a
couple of years ago.
I went
in circles for
years trying to fix thyroid problems and it wasn't until I was properly diagnosed with autoimmune thyroid disease and got on an immune balancing protocol (including gluten free, since 95 %
of Hashimoto's patients are gluten intolerant) that I finally felt normal again - it only took a
couple of weeks to start feeling a lot
better!
We experimented last
year with a
couple of Pace Foods demos
in the rotunda area (where the two lobbies meet), and they were
well - attended, so we're having five guest chef demos
in the same area this
year.
A
couple of years back, a
good friend
of mine introduced me to a vegan chocolate mousse created by Attila Hildmann, the author
of a famous vegan cookbook
in Germany.