Sentences with phrase «calling has helped»

The daily interactions with the parents we are calling has helped me see a couple problems with the education system.

Having caught myself checking my cell phone a bit too obsessively looking to see if a guy has called or texted, I thought Why Hasn't He Called would help me gain some perspective.

Covered calls have helped these investors pocket cash from a stock others are down $ 850 on...

Good takeover calls have helped boost the performance of his fund, which has gained 84.3 per cent after fees since July 2006, when he began to manage it, compared to 22.4 per cent for the TSX composite in the same period.

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He would have driven onto your field in a stacking machine called a Stinger — built on the chassis of a New York City trash truck — and asked if you'd like help with your bales.

The so - called «buy the dip» phenomenon has been a hallmark of the eight - year bull market, helping sustain it as traders use weakness as an excuse to load up on more shares.

There have been similar lawsuits in Canada, along with high - profile cases like HootSuite, a Vancouver tech firm, amending its call for unpaid help after accusations of violating B.C. labour laws.

As the man attempted to lead her down an even darker block that she'd known to be dangerous, she decided to listen to her intuition this time, calling out for help to a nearby group of people before sprinting away from him and getting home safe.

Betaworks calls itself a «maker,» and so far they have helped build some of the social web's biggest companies including TweetDeck, Kickstarter and Tumblr.

If a random pitch that lands in my inbox is usually irrelevant, a phone call has pretty much zero chance of helping me get to my deadline faster.

Yesterday and the day before I was at risk when I called for help, and you all, the idiots that kept saying I have mental health issues, you should have helped me.

If not, and you're doing it only to have a calling card, or to achieve some sort of amorphous status that may or may not help your business, or you're hoping to nab some speaking fees, you're probably going to be disappointed.

And in fact, trying to do something — anything — that would help combat racism is a good example of what I would call true corporate social responsibility.

It's running a program for employers, of which about 60 have signed on so far, called 100 % Talent, to help them uncover gaps in pay and in opportunity, and to make changes where necessary.

Maoli knew logistics, but he needed extra help forming those personal connections, so he called an old friend — Gary Gabriele, a hospitality prodigy who had worked his way up from dishwasher to general manager of a local hotel franchise by the age of 21 — and asked him to run Flash's customer service.

It probably didn't help when Tillerson was reported to have privately called Trump a «moron» and, sticking to his guns, didn't deny it.

The medicine, developed by a New Haven biotech firm named Alexion, is called Soliris and it's important to note that it genuinely helps many of those who have one of two rare and often fatal blood disorders — paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) and atypical hemolytic - uremic syndrome (aHUS).

«When people were worried about a friend of mine, they'd call him and ask if he wanted to go shopping or help them clean out their garage.

Questions about where Mr. Low and the prime minister's stepson — a movie producer behind films including «The Wolf of Wall Street» — obtained money for the United States properties have helped fuel political unrest in Malaysia, where several political leaders in the opposition and in Mr. Najib's own party have called for the prime minister to step down.

Others would say — and Dr. Phil did — that you were being hypocritical, that you couldn't hack being called out for creating an app that would help people call each other out.

If you have a good idea in your book, people will call you and find a way to help you, especially if it helps them solve their problems.

The AARP also has a Fraud Fighter Call Center at 800-646-2283 to help protect consumers who may be unsure what to do.

He explained that some time ago he was conducting an empirical study of street prostitutes in the city of Chicago, and, through a connection at a company he was consulting with, met a high - end call girl who had read «Freakonomics,» and who was willing to help him with his study by providing data.

When I was looking for funding for my second startup, local VCs wouldn't return my phone calls, even though I'd previously helped build a public company with $ 120 million in annual revenue.

• Meanwhile, there have been many calls for LPs to help fix this problem, by demanding transparency, holding GPs accountable, and doing more thorough reference checking.

Evoke Neuroscience, No. 131 on the Inc. 5000, grew to $ 3.1 million in revenue last year, having created a system called eVox, which helps physicians measure and manage memory loss.

Martinez has formed a nonprofit called Technology Transfer Solutions, which works with various Colorado organizations to help high school - equivalency students get entry - level IT jobs.

Devita Davidson of Foodlab Detroit, a network of food entrepreneurs in the city, has helped create a partnership with local urban farms called Detroit Grown and Made.

(Executives at Oak Brook have since conducted an «operations reset» and brought what they call high - density prep tables into the kitchen to help with speed and customization.)

My very first hire was an assistant who would also help me to make sales calls.

So far, Inovio has made the most progress with a so - called therapeutic vaccine — one that helps defeat a disease even after a patient has been diagnosed — for human papilloma virus, or HPV.

No, you don't need to follow the script word for word, but if you're nervous about making calls, it helps to have something in front of you.

«If they can't call in new employees to help service demand or send people home, they're going to have to err on the side of less employees in the interest of costs,» she said.

I know you have lots of friends... but how many people do you feel comfortable calling in the middle of the night if you need help?

O'Leary vowed on the call to deploy his television fame — by this point, he'd left the Den but was working as a commentator for BNN — to help make that happen.

To help keep some middle and lower income people from being hit by the AMT, Congress has enacted temporary relief during each of the past several years by passing what's called a patch.

Musk, 46, has built up a showman's reputation as the founder and chief executive officer of Tesla (tsla), calling on true believers to help him overcome the «haters» who question his company's ability to usher in an electric - vehicle age on an ambitious timetable.

«We were hiring on the wrong criteria — SAT scores, schools, majors,» says Bock, who has cofounded a tech firm called Humu to help leaders, managers, and other employees be more productive and happier.

One product that helped out immensely whenever Ben had a runny nose was the NoseFrida ($ 20) from a little company based out of Florida called Fridababy.

Gong has developed a unique «conversation intelligence platform» that allows companies (with permission) to record, transcribe, and analyze all of its sales calls «so they can drive sales effectiveness at scale, figure out what's working and what's not, and ramp new hires faster by helping them replicate your top performers.»

One investor calls bitcoin «a gift from God to help humanity sort out the mess it has made with its money.»

In the wake of a historic and deadly hurricane season, an app called Zello Walkie Talkie has become the communication tool of choice for both people working to help in cleanup and first responder efforts, such as the Cajun Navy in Houston, and those affected and displaced by these storms.

Schatz has teamed up with Elizabeth Warren (D - Massachusetts) and Claire McCaskill (D - Missouri) to re-introduce a bill Monday — it was called the Stop Errors in Credit Use and Reporting (SECURE) Act when it was last introduced, in 2015 — to help Americans catch and correct credit report errors.

One of those efforts, which he calls «Find Your Words,» is aimed at combating the persistent stigma around mental health issues and involves «showing people that there is a way to ask for help and to say you have a problem.»

The most prescribed types of insulin are called analogues, which are slight variations of human insulin that aim to help diabetics» bodies function more closely to how they would if they were able to produce the insulin themselves.

Whereas Cook's early efforts were essentially copycat social networking sites, his new company -; a website called Moveline, which helps people compare and hire movers -; has no obvious competitors.

The legislation, called PROMESA, would create a federal oversight board to help Puerto Rico governments balance their budgets, improve financial reporting and facilitate debt restructuring when voluntary agreements between creditors and borrowers can not be reached.

The report also calls for implementing the International Entrepreneur Rule, which would help international founders launch startups in the U.S..

Since the financial crisis, Carson has developed a number of specialty strategies, including managing rental properties, buying health - care royalty streams and writing covered call options to help diversify his clients» mix of returns.

I use an app called Gyroscope that helps you stay on track with goals that you have.