Sentences with phrase «first big spend»

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Particularly in a startup, it might seem silly at first glance to spend time on small things that delight your customers, when you have so many big problems.

I spent $ 150,000 on the first restaurant, then more and more to make each one bigger and better.

Aaron Draplin: First, who am I to tell some big agency that's just spent six months toiling with a tough client how to do their job?

First, women made big concessions in spending during the recession, and women make 70 percent of the purchases.

Construction spending slipped 0.4 %, the first and also biggest drop since June 2014, after a downwardly revised 0.3 % gain in October, the Commerce Department said on Monday.

And even though Jim had just spent 36 days alone becoming the first person to cross the mountainous Ungava Peninsula in northern Quebec in winter (the peninsula itself has been crossed in a single season by canoe much further to the south)... we decided this was too big a challenge for us to miss out on.

And, for the first time ever, the federal government made up the biggest share of spending (29 %) thanks to Obamacare's expansion of Medicaid.

Digital boss Mark Read and acquisitions specialist Andrew Scott used first - quarter results from the world's biggest advertising group to outline their initial plans to counter lower customer spending and huge technological upheaval.

In addition to moving to a bigger office and boosting marketing of existing products, the team will spend some of the second - round cash to roll out several new products that will be their first step toward the company's future.

The Capital One Spark Cash for Business Card gives you $ 500 cash - back when you spend $ 4,500 in the first three months, that's the biggest cash - back bonus available from any credit card, whether business or personal, according to Wallethub.

In the first instance, this has meant a big drop in investment spending, especially in the oil patch.

Indeed, data from the first quarter show that household spending, including big - ticket items such as motor vehicle sales and housing, has remained strong.

«If it isn't extended, it will have an impact on consumer spending in the first half of next year because it'll put a big dent in consumer income,» said Conrad DeQuadros, senior economist at RDQ Economics.

Titled «Building a Strong Middle Class» the 278 - page document is essentially a sequel to last year's «Growing the Middle Class,» with page after page reminding voters what the government did in its first big - spending, deficit - ballooning budget.

After spending the first 23 years of her life categorized as «morbidly obese» Ashley decided to make some big changes resulting in a 140 lb weight loss and complete lifestyle transformation.

Add in the big sign - up bonus, and this card can easily pay for itself and then some, even with an annual fee of Earn 50K bonus points after you spend $ 4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.

ST. LOUIS — An old fighter jet being refurbished at a hangar in Missouri is the first of several planes being sent to the Boeing facility as the Pentagon spends the biggest budget in its history.

Consumer spending, by far the biggest piece of the economy, accelerated in the first quarter, and the moribund housing sector also showed signs of improvement.

Itâ $ ™ s the kind of budget a New Democrat could love, and indeed in the first Question Period following Liberal Finance Minister Bill Morneauâ $ ™ s presentation of his big - spending, green -, child -, labou...

Spending all or most of their savings on the down payment and closing costs is one of the biggest mistakes first - time homebuyers make, Conarchy says.

First, we are told that God loves us and really wants to spend eternity with us, but there is a big problem.

The first, and most ideal, is to just pass a big bipartisan spending bill — called the «omnibus» — that funds the government.

The final option is sort of a hybrid of the first two (it's even nicknamed the «CRomnibus») that passes parts of a new spending bill for less controversial appropriations while Congress continues to fight about the big ones like healthcare and border security.

It's true that when I first started this new way of eating I did spend more than usual but now I do a big stock up about once a month then just buy fresh stuff like veg every now and then.

This is such a useful guide — wish I had had it about a year ago when I first spend some big money on a blender.

Samantha Dover, Retail Analyst at Mintel, said: «Valentine's Day is now the biggest spending retail event in the first half of the year, overtaking Easter by a significant amount.

And while the Blue Jays would seem to have the bigger need (with Justin Smoak the incumbent at first), the Yankees feel more like a spend - $ 100 - million kind of franchise.

To be fair the draw has not been too hard on Arsenal this year, although it will still be tough to beat the big spending French champions PSG into first place.

Of course at the same time unless the club are willing to spend big on players who can win the big prizes then there is no point in being in the competition in the first place.

lol first of all I barely have ideas about the should I say Godzilla guy you mentioned, 1st, wenger wud never replace xhaka cos he spent 40mills on the dude he'll rather suck the life outta him, 2ndly I don't even see all this happening, all our players are stunting big time..

A staggering # 300m has been spent by Premier League clubs in the first week of the summer transfer window as they gear up for a big season ahead.

What I was saying is that Arsenal could not afford two big name signings considering what had been spent on replacing keeper, RB, CB, and CF.. In addition Arsenal had a right of first refusal meaning that it would not have had influence over the price at which Fab would be sold.

The Dutchman took over at United in the summer, and has made a great number of changes to the first - team squad at Old Trafford, offloading some under - performers and spending big money on some exciting high - profile names such as Angel Di Maria and Radamel Falcao.

Sandwiched between the unanimous favorite and the next big superstar in golf, Rickie Fowler spent much of his first two days at the PGA Championship in the unusual position of riding in the sidecar.

Most of the big boys have spent time at the top of the table and missed out, of course, so you might not be too concerned to see Manchester United in pole position after the first two games.

I'm so sick of people telling those of us who are disgruntled fans to relax and give this club time to correct itself... for anyone who believes that taking a wait - and - see approach is appropriate at this juncture they should take a good long look at themselves in the mirror because they are a big part of the problem... no other «big» club's fans would stand for this shit for nearly as long as we have... think about it, we've witnessed a changing of the guard at every major club in England, Spain, France and Germany in the last several years because those «big» clubs failed to live up to expectations (Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern, PSG, Chelsea, ManU, ManCity etc...)... for some reason, many fans have become as fragile as our current manager, believing that there couldn't possibly be a suitable replacement, even though everyone of these clubs have found multiple replacements and still achieved far more than our club... this mindset has been created by an organization that has been milking it's fans, telling countless lies (no world class players available) and lowering expectations every since they rolled out the biggest lie of all: that we couldn't spend because of the new stadium but once it was paid off we could compete with any team in the world... this organization is rotting from the inside out and if we don't demand that those in charge put soccer first this despicable behaviour won't end with Wenger's ridiculous 2 year contract... I think the real fear isn't that a suitable replacement doesn't exist, but that this organization is so money hungry and poorly mismanaged that we will sink even lower by choosing our next coach the same way they choose our players, on the cheap... even so, we need to see what mustache will do if left to his own devices so he will have to show his true colours... only then can we purge this club and start anew

The Cardinals, Reds and Red Sox each spent the first third of the season treading water until Big Mac, Ken Griffey Jr. and Nomar Garciaparra — the centerpieces of their respective lineups — returned from injuries that have severely limited their playing time.

A big club like Arsenal should be able to buy 4 first team players at once, especially considering we haven't been spending much in the past.

If Arsenal do as we expect them to this weekend and run out as winners of the home game against a struggling Southampton side getting used to their new manager Claude Puel, while he gets used to the English Premier League for the first time, then we will be heading into the next round of matches a bit closer to at least one of our big spending Premier League rivals.

Then if (and I mean a very big IF) we go on to win the title, he can come out and claim we did it without spending big, and take all of the credit and applause for being the first manager in a long time to not «buy» the title.

let him first put us in a very stable financial base and uplift our stature in his knowhow of tracking world class talent so we can keep on expanding every now and then.we need to give more patience until a proper long term solution arises that way we can spend each season enjoying our clubs big name stature.

Carlos Santana got lucky that a big - market team with a protected first - rounder decided that this was the year they were going to spend money and contend.

we won cuz an OG from Palace and now we are contenders??? 2 games no clean sheet yet for our only signing and we are yet to play with the big guns, that is ARSENAL problem the fans are deluded as their Manager, GIROUD is a fair good striker but far from be a first choice for a club like ARSENAL, WENGER spend you old toot.

Yeah we know 95 % of our dream transfers do not materialize Transfer season is like deciding how your gonna spend the big lottery win Its fun and fanciful but fills in time till the first preseason games.

If we first make sure we cement the rest of our roster and evaluate items such as whether Austin Riley will be the guy or we need to go outside the organization for a 3B, who we go get for a COF spot, and just who out of our starting pitching core will take the next step, like Folty and Newcomb, only then would it make sense to go spend big dollars on a bullpen.

Despite all the big money spent on some of the world's most high - profile players, Lingard's sheer determination to make it for United continues to see him a regular in the first XI and undoubtedly one of the first names on Mourinho's team sheet.

Together that sounds like it's possible to find three out of four of the big need positions in this draft class on the first or second day and then spend the third day drafting for depth....

I ve just read last article on Bale, and some of fans think he isnt worth money, LOL if we had Bale this season i am sure we would be first, not Chelsea, and if you think other big teams wont spend then start preapering 4th place trophy for next year, we are 3rd team, so we need to spend more than city or chelsea to even balance our squad with theirs, now imagine if any of them gets Bale, Aguerro and Bale, or Hazard and Bale, means bye bye EPL for many years!!!

United spent big during the summer on huge names such as Angel Di Maria and Radamel Falcao, and it now looks as though Louis van Gaal could continue to make major changes to the first - team squad at Old Trafford as he targets these two Leverkusen stars.

The thing that really bothers me is the thing we've disagreed on in the past and that's imo Wengers apparent lack of Urgency and decisiveness when moving into the transfer window I know that Scheweinsteiger would be a great addition but He is somewhat over the hill in comparison to the others that are being toted about and while I know that we are not the cash Rich Man Poo or Man Sh!tty or Chelski I do know that we are at a point for the first time in ten years where we don't need to replace many players or are being frced to sell the quality ones we have, we are for the first time in a spot where we only need to add two or three players and we are there in terms of being able to compete, Id hate for the financial Exuberance to stop us taking that final stride forward into the competitive team we nearly are IMO spend the money now, get the striker, get the DM and we wont need to look at transfers in a big way again for several seasons and with that in mind Id rather have the likes of Benzema or Lacazetta or even Cavanni than a nearly over the hill Scheweinsteiger.