Sentences with phrase «few years at a time»

His «Room 1408,» starring John Cusack and taken from a Stephen King story, stands as one of the scariest supernatural thrillers of the last few years at times tighter and more single - minded than «The Shining.»

Many international companies have offices in Houston as well, and rotate employees to Texas for a few years at a time.

Above us, satellites like the JASON series have been sensing the whole earth for a few years at a time each.

Similar to the comments above, a successful career does not necessarily mean a traditional path or even having the same job for more than a few years at a time.

Not exact matches

Having founded a video game company, and with major investments in an eyewear company, Piqué is increasingly involved in business strategy himself; in 2017 he underwent an executive program at Harvard Business School, and he says he hopes to run Barça in the future, after he finally retires from football, probably in a few years» time.

The money paid back to Americans in tax refunds so far this year is now roughly equal to cumulative outlays at this time in the past few years, and just slightly below last year's year - to - date total, alleviating any worrying economic signals coming from the data.

In 1993, Conlon joined one of Chicago's top real estate firms at the time, and within only a few short years, he had made a name for himself as one of the most prolific sellers of residential real estate throughout not only Chicago and and the Midwest, but also the entire U.S. with sales approaching $ 200 million annually.

«This is only a few billion below the figure at a comparable time last year, and above the figures reported for some earlier years (almost 60 % of the full year's refunds are typically received by this point in the year).»

Muzak amassed a collection of roughly 5,000 songs within a few years, more than any record label at the time.

In a sport rooted in the hard - partying fringe of Southern California, Hawk was something different: While he was still in high school, he used his winnings to buy a house in Carlsbad, and a few years later, he started his first company — Birdhouse — even though the skateboard industry was tanking at the time.

«A few years ago,» wrote Cook at the time, «users of Internet services began to realize that when an online service is free, you're not the customer.

From Vox, citing a study at the University of Texas: «If 10 percent of the vehicles... were self - driving cars, the country could save more than $ 37 billion a year due to fewer deaths, less fuel, more free time, etc..

The time to think about tax season isn't at the first of the year — it's all year long, and these five strategies can help any small business plan for a simpler tax season with fewer headaches.

The 39 - year - old president, a newcomer to international diplomacy, will meet many of his counterparts for the first time over the next few days at the NATO meeting in the Belgian capital followed by a G7 summit in Sicily.

While spending time with family, I'd stare into a small screen on my lap instead of engaging at a level I would have a mere few years back.

It was a blockbuster product for Nintendo a few years ago, but the company sold fewer than 900,000 in the last quarter, down from 1.4 million at this time last year.

The reviews go back a few years, but there were more than from the last week at the time of writing, which indicates the product is rather popular.

If you've been privy to trends in marketing over the past few years, you've almost certainly heard the term being thrown around at least a few times.

While sales of the company's Banana Republic and Gap brands have been falling for some time now, recent declines at Old Navy — the sole bright spot in the past few quarters — pose a bigger headache for the 46 - year old retailer.

The company is set for growth for the next few years at least, with the only question now being how many times can it double its existing base of 70 million subscribers.

At the same time, Republicans still have a decent chance to win the Senate this year, provided they have enough resources in a few crucial states.

To do it in a few years for $ 22,000 seemed at times just plain impossible.

Since selling textbooks is largely a seasonal business, our demand spikes at a few different times of the year.

It's not too hard to understand why workers might like this plan; it offers them the ultimate flexibility: Instead of running out or cramming vacations into the last few weeks of the year, vacation days can be taken at any time.

A few years later I was working a full - time job as a marketing and brand manager at a toy company where I got a lot of product development experience and realized I had gained enough knowledge to give this idea a shot.

At the time, all the networks were making 20 - plus movies a year and a couple of miniseries and maybe a few limited series, and so you were making things all the time.

Though she considers herself a «strong people - minded manager» at a firm nationally recognized for its generous family benefits, she was torn when a few years ago a senior manager requested a three - month paternity leave at a crucial time in a significant project.

But, given that it's a few years old, I expect it to give out at any time, which is why I've got a backup ready to go, just in case.

Christie had floated his interest in radio and even filled in for Francesa a few times over the past year to results that are at the very least interesting, but it appears that WFAN will have to look in another direction.

The earliest programs in central Canada air at 6 a.m. and Atlantic Canada at 7 a.m. Numbers from the Television Bureau of Canada show that consistently for the past six years, the 4 a.m. to 5 a.m. slot has had the fewest viewers, with an audience size about one - fifth of the peak time between 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. Still, Canadian broadcasters aren't overlooking the value of starting early.

«Even though my new job came with less money and a 5 a.m. start time, it was the best decision I have ever made,» said Grybek, talking about her second job at a nationally syndicated TV show a few years back.

«With the modest economic recovery of the past few years, finance functions are preparing the enterprise for challenges that could materialize at any time by working to preserve margins and by sustaining a strong focus on working capital management,» said a Protiviti managing director in a release.

But in a few years, when 5G gear sending data at up to 100 times the speed of current networks is commonplace, people may remember July 2016 as a major turning point.

At the same time, companies, particularly large ones, are facing stronger economic headwinds than in the past few years.

But if you run a pizza parlor and get only a couple of customers a day during the winter months, you might be better off staying open just a few hours a day at that time of year, or closing the shop altogether.

At the point the growth began to slow, the multiple would contract, meaning that even if its earnings do grow 600 % in the next few years, if it becomes subject to the law of big numbers - that ever increasing amounts eventually forge their own anchor - the result would be a market capitalization substantially similar to today, leading to no increase in the stock price over a long period of time.

So, when it got really rough a few times this year at our Kabul office, we could leave everything in Kabul and move those 125 staffers north and have them functioning and operational instantly, as opposed to a week or two.

The $ 50 million fund deployed capital at a rapid clip, which left less time for mentoring startups during its first few years.

These are funds that were conceivably geared to someone within a few years of retirement at that time.

The stock broke above 7 - year resistance at $ 8.26 in 2014, then rallied to an all - time high of $ 18.48 a few months later.

I just turned 25, make 100k a year, will max my 401k for 2012 with my next paycheck, opened up a brokerage account to pick up some stock in a few of my favorite companies this year, and also opened up a ROTH IRA at the same time.

The majority also say it's important for them to be able to travel at least once a year (68 per cent), shop for the things they want (62 per cent), and go out for lunch or dinner a few times a week (53 per cent).

While the folks at Nanex have spotted and documented these spoofing events numerous times over the past few years (see above picture), regulators let Sarao continue his manipulative behavior.

«We were attached to high margins at the time, and I think in hindsight that blinded us,» Khosrowshahi told travel news site Skift a few years ago.

«Having hosted and worked alongside America's Road Team many times at my Jet Express terminal and at industry events, I can confidently say that these are some of the finest drivers and representatives in our industry,» said ATA Chairman Kevin Burch, president of Jet Express Inc. «Throughout the last few days, these professionals have demonstrated the positive image and hardworking attitude that the trucking industry is known for and I'm proud that they will represent us for the next two years and beyond.»

As we highlight on this report, with the right actions at the right time, our model suggests Barcelona can generate in between $ 1.7 billion and $ 3.2 billion in ecosystem value in the next few years.

The favorable market performance associated with many historical economic expansions is fully accounted for by 1) favorable post-recession valuations, with the S&P 500 averaging less than 9 times prior peak earnings at the recession low, expanding to just over 11 times peak earnings in the first year of the bull market, and 2) favorable trend uniformity, which typically emerges almost immediately in the form of a powerful breadth thrust off of a bear market low, and is confirmed within a few weeks by much broader trend uniformity.

From creating our Facebook Business page to posting several hundred times over the past few years, we've experimented a lot with various Facebook marketing tips and have enjoyed figuring out the best way to create and manage our Facebook page here at Buffer.

At the time of writing, UBS was the only one of the big European names to have reported its full - year results, but a few others had already flagged up tax impacts to the market.

That's going from zero to one at least a few separate times, with many years in his career left to come.