Sentences with phrase «coming as a surprise to»

When Toys R Us said in March it was shutting its stores, for instance, it didn't come as a surprise to vendors, Marks says.

For starters, it may come as a surprise to many investors that, technically speaking, Amazon is not a tech stock.

It may come as a surprise to non-scientists, but science itself is about as «old boy network» as it comes.

So it may come as a surprise to many that Adblock Plus is launching its own ad platform.

The policy may even provide a degree of stimulus, which would come as a surprise to those who assumed negative rates simply would cause a run on cash.

It should come as no surprise to any household tracking its finances that 2011 was a terrible year for wage growth.

These results may come as a surprise to you, but you're not alone.

Although the change may come as a surprise to the public and some Starbucks employees, the company has been sending to signals to Wall Street for the last year about its intentions to carry out a the succession plan, announcing a reorganization in the summer that gave Mr. Johnson oversight of the day - to - day operations.

It came as a surprise to some who know or have worked with Joanna Hendon that she would represent President Donald Trump in the case against his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen.

That came as no surprise to us here at TalkTo.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently denied that his company is a media company, which no doubt came as a surprise to many people who have gotten used to thinking of it that way.

If Donald Trump wins the presidential election on Tuesday, Citigroup predicts it will negatively affect the stock market because the result would come as a surprise to the financial industry.

The government's reported divestiture demands came as a surprise to investors, who sent Time Warner shares down more than 6 percent on fears the deal might not go through.

Given that cancer is something people tend to get later in life, an upcoming rise in its incidence should come as no surprise to anyone.

It may come as a surprise to some, but there's more to Canada's technology sector than a certain smartphone company based in Waterloo, Ont.

It should come as a surprise to no one that the list is heavy on tech jobs — data scientist, solutions architect, mobile developer.

Ed Strapagiel, a retail consultant with KubasPrimedia, says this development shouldn't have come as a surprise to supermarkets, as combination stores have been a distinct category in the U.S. for 20 years.

Obama's veto didn't come as a surprise to anyone who has listened to the president discuss his views on climate change.

So it came as a surprise to Barclays analyst Mark Moskowitz that despite the apparent momentum, HP's «guidance seems conservative,» as he put it in talking to executives.

It came as a surprise to the global shipping industry as international patrols had suppressed pirate hijackings for several years.

Larry Simon's banking problems wouldn't come as a surprise to many entrepreneurs.

Let's assume the crying comes as a surprise to you — and possibly even to them.)

That a passing bird dropping stale bread can neutralize a multi-billion dollar scientific facility comes as no surprise to anyone who has experienced delay on the Toronto subway — where flakes of snow can shut down the system for months — but two scientists have come up with a novel alternative theory for the disruption: time traveling terrorists.

With the oil industry reeling from low prices and Southwestern Ontario a key battleground in the next election, it should come as no surprise to find an emphasis on manufacturing in the budget.

That may come as a surprise to some but not to Tan, who hails from Malaysia.

SoulCycle's success comes as no surprise to the thousands of loyal riders who turn out in droves for the company's fast - paced classes and cult - like fitness community.

It comes as a surprise to many people that simply meeting an income limit doesn't necessarily mean a family gets any help.

That comes as no surprise to the Publish creative manager, as he sees the trend spreading all over the market.

Fed officials have stressed for months they don't want the first rate hike in nine years to come as a surprise to investors.

This should come as no surprise to faithful readers — it's been apparent ever since the downturn in SBA lending began last spring.

The timing of the announcement also came as a surprise to White House aides, even those who had been informed days earlier of the imminent shake - up, two sources familiar with the plans said.

Still, it came as a surprise to many, as the company was reportedly self - funded and had been scooped up a mere six months after it had launched publicly.

The fact that program expenses, and in particular direct program expenses, were lower than expected should not have come as a surprise to anyone who follows federal financial affairs.

The new tax is unlikely to come as a surprise to the Chinese government or Chinese investors.

That came as a surprise to many economists, not to mention Washington's pundits, as did the broader turnaround in the third and fourth quarters of 2013.

This won't come as a surprise to many...

This will come as no surprise to readers of this blog.

This comes as no surprise to us - the needs of the globally growing numbers of startups and independent workers are universal.

It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, then, that California has one of the highest Gini coefficients, a measure of economic inequality, in the nation.

That designation didn't come as a surprise to me.

The fact that Facebook probably has a profile of you whether you're a Facebook user or not might come as a surprise to some users, though today even the company's chief executive denied kn

But it should come as no surprise to anyone that a $ 300 billion dollar fund would either underperform or closely track a market benchmark.

It appears sources are split relatively down the middle on the topic of where Bitcoin will head, north or south, and this should come as no surprise to the rest of us.

Such advice comes as no surprise to readers of Fried's 15 years of posts on his company's popular and influential blog, Signal vs. Noise or who have read any of his books, like Rework, the New York Times best - seller he co-wrote with his Basecamp partner, David Heinemeier Hansson.

The choppy trading we've seen at the onset of 2018 should really come as no surprise to those who have been watching both tech and broader market price multiples expand since the financial crisis playout of nearly a decade ago.

Those executives, several confidential sources affirm, have been surprised at his forthrightness and sureness, two qualities that come as no surprise to those who have worked with the tech entrepreneur.

The changing accounts about the president, the payment and the pornography actress came as a surprise to the attorneys of Ms. Clifford and Mr. Cohen and are forcing some of Mr. Trump's advisers to prepare for a new round of questions from the public.

The announcement that AOL is likely to close or sell off the social networking site Bebo comes as no surprise to industry watchers, marking the latest in a string of acquisitions that seem to have become the kiss of death for web startups.

This may come as a surprise to some California renters, who feel that owning a home is beyond their reach.

Of course, this should come as no surprise to anyone who follows real estate headlines (or HBI's news blog).