Sentences with phrase «called me no less than»

Higuain had a goal disallowed for a tight — but probably correct — offside call less than three minutes after the opener.
«Call me less than impressed - vacationing at a Skaneateles B&B is great, but it in no way represents what life is like in the rest of Upstate, NY,» tweeted Broome County Executive Jason Garnar.
Good, Bad, No Credit and 2nd Chance are approved.Just give us a call or fill out loan application We will call you less than 45 mins with the approval.
The illustrations for this book, which Kirkus called no less than «[e] xquisitely simple and memorable,» were rendered by Caldcott Medalist Beth Krommes, pictured here, who is joining me for a cyber-breakfast this morning.
Along with the paper comic books, EA has released video counterparts, and while the art style could be called less than stellar, the team behind Dead Space has managed to combine superb voice acting with a deep and intriguing story that may even be on par with Aliens, which it has been very closely compared to.
Yes, I know, I called you less than an hour ago, but now I need some bigger perspective parenting advice again.»

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The so - called kids» table is for the lower polling candidates, those with support from less than 3 percent of likely Republican voters.
Remaining true to the brand meant avoiding some of the most notoriously unlikable elements of traditional outsourcing: massive and depressing call centers, slavish working conditions, and resulting work that is less than stellar.
Meanwhile, the turmoil at Politico may be giving some media watchers déjà vu, or at least flashbacks to another Allbritton - backed venture that went through substantial upheaval: In 2010, a number of senior journalists including former Washington Post digital chief Jim Brady started an ambitious hyperlocal effort called TBD, only to have the entire effort implode in less than two years after what appeared to be a power struggle with Allbritton over the future direction of the site.
Some online joked that Apple should call it the iPad «education edition,» partially because it's priced at $ 70 less than the iPad Air 2 it replaced.
Of those, only ten became so - called unicorns in less than three years, setting the speed record for all the rest.
In a conference call with employees on Wednesday, CEO David Brandon blamed some of the downfall on a devastating holiday season, when sales were less than half of the $ 600 million usually made in a year.
The basic definition of microfluidics is «fluid flow in a channel that has a dimension of less than one millimeter,» according to Ben Moga, president and cofounder of a company called Tasso Inc..
It turns out, lost deals actually have a 12.8 percent higher sentiment score (in other words, the buyer uses more positive and less negative language, generating an overall higher «score) than closed - won deals, across all calls that span the sales cycle.
When it came to that last question, there was plenty of anger to go around, with many complaining about David Cameron's decision to call the referendum, others infuriated at the weak Leave campaign, and still others offering less than polite commentary on segments of their fellow citizens.
Specifically, the last sentence of the official statement weirdly calls out the fact that the number of complaints the company has received regarding its sun block lotion is»... less than one half of one percent of all units actually sold.»
Nike CFO Andy Campion gave some extra clarity about future orders on the company's conference call, saying there had been less correlation between orders and revenue than in the past, and thus Nike would change how it would report those figures in future quarters (likely to de-emphasize Wall Street's attention to those numbers).
You can camp in a tent on the playa, what Burners call the desert basin that is home to Black Rock City, for less than $ 1,300 for the week.
Li quietly negotiated with the bank, now called HSBC Holdings Plc (hsbc), to buy Hutchison shares for less than half their book value.
Cold calls generate follow - up conversations only 10 percent of the time, and lead to in - person meetings less than 2 percent of the time.
It's a situation called «occupational segregation,» and it's a common reason why women earn less than men across the economy, not just at Google, Glassdoor's Chief Economist, Dr. Andrew Chamberlain told Business Insider.
Less intrusive than a phone call, email is convenient and fast.
It would be great to pick up the phone just once and make a sale, but that is a rarity, as less than 2 percent of sales happen on the first call.
In less than 24 hours, the advocacy group Equality Florida has raised more than $ 2 million for the victims of the Orlando shooting at a gay night club called Pulse that left 50 dead and more than 50 injured over the weekend.
For reference, older studies found making calls to be less distracting than using voice command technology.
Mylan paid rebates on slightly less than the $ 960 million amount, which was reduced because of subtractions for so - called dispensing fee — rebates are not assessed on those fees.
And as so - called unicorns — private companies worth more than $ 1 billion — struggle with lower valuations, less potential investor cash, and more demanding investors in follow - on rounds, it should be a word of warning for startups of all kinds.
In less than a week, the company pulled together the legal and banking infrastructure, all while leasing cloud - based servers capable of delivering outbound calls to ten times more customers than Splice had served with its North American clients.
Those proposals speak less to debt settlement companies themselves, in most cases, than they do to so - called «lead generators» — companies that advertise debt settlement, sign - up potential clients and then sell their information to back - end service providers.
The worst case scenario is that the country will experience what economists call a «hard landing,» essentially a major slowdown in GDP growth, to less than 5 % or the approximate rate of inflation.
Traders can use call options to capture potential upside in a stock while committing less capital upfront for the trade, as the price of each options contract is often less than the price of the stock.
If you're talking about a new project with no significant investment already deployed, building a new mine if you expect today's prices to hold in the long term is a tough call — a 50 - year oil sands project is a lot of risk for less than a 10 % rate of return — but even there, you can see the impact of the lower Canadian dollar and the hedge provided by a royalty regime which lowers rates when prices are low.
Debt: If your company has been in business for less than three years, has no record of regular profitability or has a negative net worth, most banks won't take your call.
It's called «Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon» and it refers to the fact that pretty much any actor or actress is most likely just a few roles away (or less) from having worked with Bacon, who has starred in more than 80 films and TV shows.
The «alpha» produced by most VC's is less than the Russell 2000 over comparable windows, so to call them «smart money» is just wrong.
The path Coursera has taken since its inception just two years ago looks a lot like what Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen calls «disruptive innovation,» which he defines as a new technology that starts off both cheaper and less good than the established competitor.
«We expect it (revenue from big six) to be more or less like that this year, so it will be less than last year but now the declines are much smaller,» Chief Executive Officer Tom Leighton told Reuters on a post earnings call.
Less than a month into office, he signed an executive order directing the federal government to «thwart transnational criminal organizations» and calling for the removal of foreigners involved in those organizations.
But, it is a lot less personable than a phone call, where they can better hear your voice and personality shine through.
Surveys usually have very low open and click rates, but are less time consuming than calling each customer.
An interactive voice response (IVR) «chatbot» in today's call centers can do very little human interaction, and customers are more like to hang up frustrated even after in efficient, inhuman interaction than they would be after a less successful, empathetic interaction.
The backup utility built into Vista and XP doesn't have a catchy name (it's called Backup Status and Configuration), but it's a powerful tool that gets far less attention than it deserves — and it costs nothing extra.
That's why analysts expect the government to look for operating expenditure cuts — such as cutting remaining fuel subsidies — even as it tries to keep up development spending and target lower - income households, often called the B40, or bottom 40 percent with incomes of less than around 2,500 ringgit a month.
In the south, business executives and development officials interviewed by Reuters were less likely to call for new tariffs and trade deals than to worry about how any new regime may disrupt a system they have learned to work with.
How the internet calling service went from an idea to a multibillion - dollar acquisition in less than a decade.
It's a lot less glamorous than just running up and down the sideline calling plays.
In fact, Uber has shown that using their ride - sharing feature called Uber Pool is less expensive and more convenient than owning a car — in the short term and long term.
Incidentally, the «rule of law,» broadly understood, is what makes so called «say - on - pay» rules something less than a slam - dunk from a corporate governance point of view.
HOW TO DEAL: The golf course is often called the outdoor boardroom, but Post says that's less about sealing deals than «establishing relationships that you can build business on from there.»
(It's called fika, and it's less about caffeine than it is about socializing.)
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