Sentences with phrase «gotten close to»

«And it could have gotten close to this price last year.

Handy: Theoretically, the amount in private equity should be larger early on and taper off over time as they get closer to retirement age.

SoftBank, Dragoneer, & Didi get close to finalizing investment in Uber.

I like to get close to the fire,» banking industry CEO Arkadi Kuhlmann explained in his interview.

Nike recently announced a reorganization to «get closer to the customer.»

All of these places offered an opportunity to get close to one another and bond with locals in your community.

What do you tell a prospect who asks you the dreaded «let me file you away» question, ready to spring the metal bar to trap you as soon as you get closer to the cheese they have so innocently guided you towards?

With millions of smartphone and tablet users scattered about, it is essentially another way to connect with your audience and get closer to their wallet.

«One of the biggest challenges in the industry as a whole is to get closer to market,» says O'Neill.

If you think you're getting close to the top but there's a possibility it has more to go, exit a portion of the position (scale out) and take some profits off the table.

The 1/2 inch plates allow the BaBylissPro Mini to get close to the scalp, so it will straighten hair from root to tip.

The development contractors get close to $ 70 an hour.

That is true, but you also have to know that the vast majority of companies that are funded by VC firms never get close to the million - dollar paydays.

But, what if we were to tell you there are certain things you can do to get you closer to feeling happy all the time?

Shell's Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden said the oil sector had yet to emerge from troubled waters, but huge cost savings meant oil majors were getting closer to balancing their operations at today's oil prices of around $ 50 a barrel.

We could be getting closer to yet another make - or - break - moment between Greece and its international creditors.

Based on your answers, only consume content that will get you closer to reaching these specific goals.

Apple is getting closer to making a deal that would allow the company to start assembling its phones in India, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Though researchers don't yet have all the answers, they are getting closer to posing the right questions.

Will they ever be able to get you closer to market rate?

I probably won't get to fly those airplanes, because I'm getting close to retirement.

As we get closer to the goals we set for ourselves, our confidence grows, our belief grows, and we tend to separate ourselves from the flock.

«So it shouldn't surprise anyone that the family, through me, are getting closer to the business to make sure that the vision that we've established, that supported the investment, actually gets delivered and executed,» he said.

«As a tax cut gets closer to passage (and assuming it is passed), the potential tailwind to earnings and nominal growth is likely to drive incremental fund flows into US equities,» Parker said.

Fed Chair Janet Yellen said last month that the U.S. central bank was getting closer to raising interest rates, possibly as early as September, saying that the Fed sees the economy as close to meeting its goals of maximum employment and stable prices.

Some people even believe that as we get closer to 2015, the percentage of failed businesses will increase.

However, getting close to accomplishing something that means so much to you can be overwhelming or make you question whether you're making the right move.

That could threaten the company's chances of at least getting closer to profitability, as it targets an IPO within 18 to 36 months.

As we get closer to present day, forecasts get more accurate, but are still too conservative (2013, 2015).

Once a possibility only for trained astronauts, then for the insanely rich, space travel is getting closer to becoming a reality for everyday people.

Caterpillar shares have traded at around 11, 12 and 13 times in the past and as we get closer to the sector's cyclical peak — which may be in 2016, says Tiss — then the stock could get less expensive.

Participants were apt to complete a tedious task (entering 10 - character strings of code) faster when they could tackle quicker segments first, with their motivation increasing as they got closer to completing the task.

When you see something start to get close to a penalty, you acknowledge it.

«We see that there is this drive in the region to become the Silicon Valley of the GCC, and I think they've done wonders to try to get it closer to that, but it's still relatively premature as an ecosystem,» Toubayly says.

If this is the case, then some CEOs may become more humble as they get closer to retirement.

Investors can be particularly susceptible to recency bias as they get closer to retirement — exactly the time when they can least afford big losses.

If that happens to you, he advises extreme caution, especially as you get closer to retirement.

Buying stuff is nice, but at the end of the day, it doesn't get you any closer to financial freedom.

«We all feel we're getting close to the ceiling,» said Kate Eglinton, marketing executive at ANZCO Foods Ltd..

A soft - spoken engineer who had founded three companies in Boulder, Cohen had been making angel investments since 2005 but was looking for a way to get closer to the companies he was trying to help.

Reporters who spend a long time on the beat often find themselves getting close to or friendly with senior government officials, and even the president himself — relationships that can make it hard to be tough in their reporting.

Aboulhosn says his service is proving to be popular with Canadians as a result, with the company getting close to 100,000 activations (he doesn't count subscribers, since they pop in and out of the service as needed).

I also like the fact that the Flex can shoot ultra-high-definition videos with its main 13 - megapixel rear - facing camera, although again that's not a benefit that you can even get close to enjoying on the phone itself thanks to its lower - resolution screen.

-- 10:35 a.m.: It's getting close to Twitter's stock debut.

Strive for personal betterment, so you'll appeal to people who could help you get closer to your aspirations.

It looks like he's getting close to it, and she's just beside herself with this.

It's crucial to figure out what the question is asking before you start doing pointless calculations that won't get you any closer to the answer.

You ignore everything that will not get you closer to that goal.

«Then, as it gets closer to December, we raise it up to 40 percent.

One student told me that he thought college students tended to ramp up their privacy settings and change them more frequently because «we're getting closer to being in the real world and we've all heard these horror stories of prospective employers mining applicants» Facebooks.