Sentences with phrase «in a close second for»

The silver: coming in a close second for gaffe - master of the week is George Osborne, whose failed economic policies have created a political storm of daunting intensity.

Industrial comes in a close second for what will be the most active pro...

, but I definitely need to try those sharpie pens and the notebooks would come in a close second for favorites.

Not exact matches

The incident — in which Turkey said a Russian warplane violated Turkish airspace for roughly 17 seconds — comes four days after Turkey accused Russia of bombing villages in northern Syria inhabited by Syrian Turkmen and called for an immediate end to Russia's military operation close to the border.

It owns close to $ 4 trillion of our debt, and as the second - largest economy in the world, it's also responsible for roughly 15 percent of global exports.

The main culprit for the loss of social traffic to these sites was Facebook while Reddit came in a close second in some cases.»

I did the challenge for second time, for an additional 60 days to a closed community of young entrepreneurs, most of whom I'd never met and who live in different cities.

In the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index last year, for example, Canada placed a close second to Australia, based on the quality of our pension system among a select group of 11 countries.

«The processing time is about 30 seconds and there's no sales tax,» says Dan Lee, the general manager of Green Avenue Market, one of five family - run businesses in Brooklyn, N.Y., which have accepted Bitcoin for close to a year.

After Monsanto, Apple ranked second and third for most damages awarded to it in such cases, with close to a billion dollars from — guess who — Samsung.

He wasn't fighting nodding off... he didn't close his eyes for just a second... he didn't have a glazed look in his eyes.

Snapping up Canada Safeway for $ 5.7 billion, Empire Co. is now looking at more than $ 24 billion in annual sales, making it a much closer second in Canada's grocery store wars — and No. 1 in booming Western Canada.

When people want to give a car a closer look, they must stare at it for a few seconds to get a list of real - time information about the vehicles including the number in stock and their price.

Blackstone had said last month it expected the first close for the fund, dubbed Blackstone Capital Partners VII, to occur in the second quarter.

The company shipped 4.4 million units in the second quarter, 800,000 units ahead of Fitbit's closest competitor, Apple Watch, for market share dominance among wearables.

As they closed in on a second round of financing — $ 16 million in venture capital — the Slavets» enthusiasm for Guru.com was so infectious, it made you want to jump into the game too.

Though Smith won the user vote, the top five finishers in this category were all very close: Smith came in first, Hoffman second, and Bill George and Hank Paulson tied for third.

In the commercial's closing seconds, a narrator says, «This time of year, no one should eat alone, so get a Nando's six - pack meal for six.»

Other areas where Target will redouble its efforts this year in offer gifts under $ 15 meant to serve as easy, affordable gifts customers can get for people outside their closest circle, such as a teacher or a second cousin.

I'm really proud of the work that Amy and I did on that book — I think it is the best book I've been involved in writing (Venture Deals, which I wrote with Jason Mendelson, is a close second) and I'm hopeful that it has a lot of impact and value for entrepreneurs and their partners.

Marathon is also eligible for annual net sales - based payments starting next year, and one $ 50 million sales - based milestone payment, with the purchase expected to close in the second quarter of 2017.

The all - cash deal for closely held Kiva will close in the second quarter, Seattle - based Amazon said today in a statement.

I often counsel the following: set a minimum amount of the round «X» (for example $ 500k) and put a clause in the term sheet that allows you to do a second closing of up to «X» + 50 % ($ 250k in this example) in up to 90 days post closing at the same price.

The now - endangered fiduciary rule is based on a simple — and seemingly unarguable — principle: that in giving advice to clients with retirement funds, stockbrokers, registered investment advisers and insurance agents must act in the best interests of their clients... It simply doesn't seem like a good business practice for Wall Street to tell its client - investors, «We put your interests second, after our firm's, but it's close.»

In an industry where the life cycle of a binary broker or binary option robot goes something like «Grand Introduction to the market — On the news for all of 5 seconds — hundreds of traders go online to complain of foul play (or rather futuristic miracles where money disappear from their accounts in mind boggling speed)-- the complaints get louder and everyone takes note — broker closes after mass trader exodus», that 240ptions has lasted that long is absolutely commendablIn an industry where the life cycle of a binary broker or binary option robot goes something like «Grand Introduction to the market — On the news for all of 5 seconds — hundreds of traders go online to complain of foul play (or rather futuristic miracles where money disappear from their accounts in mind boggling speed)-- the complaints get louder and everyone takes note — broker closes after mass trader exodus», that 240ptions has lasted that long is absolutely commendablin mind boggling speed)-- the complaints get louder and everyone takes note — broker closes after mass trader exodus», that 240ptions has lasted that long is absolutely commendable.

Kite Pharma $ KITE, newly bought out in a $ 12 billion deal by Gilead $ GILD, is coming in a close second with its own application for axicel.

The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index slipped 5 percent today to 12.11, closing for a second day at its lowest level in a month.

A little more than two years later, it received more glowing coverage, including right here, for closing its second fund with $ 175 million in commitments.

With the second closing of Yaletown's latest fund well surpassing its $ 100 Million target, the firm is now actively looking for investment opportunities in Information and Clean Technologies, which include new Alberta - based investments.

Though the first scenario is closest to the status quo, current trends may indicate that the second scenario is possible in the near term, which may lay the groundwork for the seemingly more distant scenarios.

In addition to a real - time API updated every 60 seconds, CoinDesk will provide a GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) end - of - day closing index price including a high price and a low price for the daily trading period.

Likewise, Frances McDormand collected her second Oscar for her work in «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,» which closed out the year trailing the Churchill biopic by some $ 3.4 million in ticket sales.

For the second week in row, and the third week within the past five weeks, $ GLD tested and held support at the $ 123 area (pink rectangle on the chart above), then reversed to close near the highs of the week.

South Korean exchange Youbit closed its doors and filed for bankruptcy last month after being hacked for a second time in a year.

There, a stronger recovery means the Federal Reserve could soon raise rates for the second time in a year, moving monetary policy a bit closer to normal levels.

There is undoubtedly a close relation between Buber's growing tendency to ascribe reality to evil and the events of the past decades — in particular, the Nazi's persecution of the Jews, the Second World War, and the war in Palestine («for me the most grievous of the three [wars]» [Two Types of Faith, p. 15.]-RRB-

It appears that for First Church, Newton, and its theological counterparts, forging that partnership is the major task set before them in the closing years of the second millennium.

In the second verse he is talking about the God (His father -LCB- Not literally his biological father, Its a way to express himself close to God, as we are all children of God, cuz he created us all -RCB--RRB-, how he has reserved space in heaven for the believerIn the second verse he is talking about the God (His father -LCB- Not literally his biological father, Its a way to express himself close to God, as we are all children of God, cuz he created us all -RCB--RRB-, how he has reserved space in heaven for the believerin heaven for the believers.

Awe, thanks for thinking of me — the colonoscopy went well — it's the whole day and night of prep before the test that's draining (literally) and then you go in and close your eyes & it seems like seconds went by and it's all over — can't remember a thing.

You can see him reaching for another slice in the first photo up top... On a scale of 1 to Trader Joe's Cornbread (my Dad's FAVORITE breakfast item) this banana bread came in at a very close second, which is really saying something since there's been times I've flown home with half my suitcase filled with that dang cornbread.

SO is in love — he says these are the closest things to his beloved NY corn muffin, and I expect they will only be better with the addition of the other type of cornmeal which I'll buy tomorrow (for the... ahem... second attempt this weekend).

Yesterday was technically the first day of spring but apparently we're under what's considered a state emergency in terms of the weather and all the state offices are closed... which means that for the second time ever since the start of residency, I get to have a snow day!!

Since my second connection landed in Miami close to midnight, I knew all of the food stalls and restaurants would be closed for business, so I strolled around the terminal in Houston, scouting out the bakery options.

A close second to my search for the best chocolate cake recipe in the world is the one for the best yellow...

The first spoonful I had made me stop in my tracks and close my eyes for a second or two.

Food in general, regarded as necessary for sustaining life: «If bread is the first necessity of life, recreation is a close second» (Edward Bellamy).

It's the «healthier» carrot cake I spent months perfecting for Baby A's first birthday, but as there are a billion gluten free carrot cake recipes on the web, in a close second is the labour of love that is my gluten free «malt» loaf.

I've been competing in the sport of Powerlifting for 3 years now (I'm headed to my second USA Powerlifting Nationals competition in October), and because I am an athlete (and an older athlete at 47), I pay pretty close attention to the way I eat so that I can maximize my strength in relation to my body weight.

Impairment and other lease charges for the three and nine months ended October 2, 2016 primarily included impairment charges of $ 18.5 million related to sixteen Pollo Tropical restaurants that were subsequently closed in the fourth quarter of 2016 and second quarter of 2017 and one Taco Cabana restaurant that was subsequently closed in the third quarter of 2017.

For the taste film — which focuses on perhaps the most intimate of the senses — it was imperative that we bring the viewer as close to Chang and his creative process as possible — only inches, or seconds away from digging in.»