Sentences with phrase «in a close second in»

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

A poll released hours before the debate was taped showed Walsh in a close second in the race behind Perez Williams.

Coming in a close second in importance was the need for programs beyond the so - called «core curriculum.»

Generation X comes in a close second in average credit card debt at $ 6,866 per person.

Not exact matches

The transaction, which is expected to close in the second half of 2018, is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

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.

Apple, the largest publicly traded company in the U.S., is scheduled to report fiscal second quarter earnings and revenue Tuesday after the close.

The second biggest contributor in the Dow's record - breaking journey is also a bank, but it doesn't even come close to Goldman Sachs» influence on the market index.

The second, and more pressing problem, is closing what is estimated to be a multi-billion dollar budget gap in fiscal 2012.

A VC firm started by OpenTable founder Chuck Templeton has closed its second fund at $ 180 million to invest in food tech startups.

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.

«We are moving forward on both the regulatory and integration planning fronts in support of a close in the second half of this year and a smooth, efficient integration of operations,» CVS Chief Executive Officer Larry Merlo said in a statement Wednesday.

The bold red and white livery features close to 5000 dots, and is only the second time in the airline's history that its iconic flying kangaroo (always on the aircraft tail) has been changed to become part of a special painted design.

The transaction was unanimously approved by the board of directors of both companies and is expected to close in the second half of 2018, if it's approved by regulators and shareholders.

Western Australia ran a close second to Tasmania in recording the biggest drop in new car sales in 2011, with local sales falling by 7,961.

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.

Just as you were taught in your second - grade English class, your presentation should have an obvious opening, a body, and a close.

The deal, slated to close in Salesforce's second quarter ending July, is expected to increase the company's 2017 revenue by about $ 100 million - $ 120 million.

The network equipment company said the deal would likely close during the second half of 2013 and it expects the acquisition to be slightly dilutive to non-GAAP earnings in fiscal year 2014.

«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.

In what seemed like seconds, 20 players closed or were acquired.

The merger is expected to close in the second half of this 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.

The dunk happened in the closing seconds of the first quarter, with James driving through the Brooklyn defense and overpowering Joe Harris to slam the ball home.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland arrived in Mexico City to close out the second round of talks to modernize the North American Free trade agreement on Tuesday along with Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo.

Silver Lake Resources has flagged more job losses in July with the announcement that it plans to close its Lakewood facility in Kalgoorlie, which is the company's second plant to shut down this year.

The second is the slow process of creating the «ever closer union» that the founders of the European project envisioned when they began in the 1950s.

The inconvenience caused by security procedures came in a close second, earning a mean score of 4.7, with one executive saying he would «make more efforts to avoid the U.S.» Many also cited teleconferencing as a viable alternative to flying, giving it a mean score of 4.6.

Last year's surprising acquisition of Country Style Food Services Holdings, Ontario's second - largest coffee chain, boosted MTY's store count by nearly 50 %, and the most recent addition — Quebec hot - dogs - and - fries specialist Groupe Valentine, a deal that closed earlier this month — has brought the total to more than 1,700 restaurants that ring in about US$ 400 million in annual sales.

The $ 4.48 billion deal is expected to close in the second quarter of this year.

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.

So close to being the second largest cultural producer in the world, just inches away from the number one spot.

HP, Inc. (hpq) is a close second, however, with shipments of 54.2 million PCs in 2016, up 1.3 % year over year.

Since then, Binary's future has looked in jeopardy as it reportedly paused on closing its second $ 75 million (# 58.2 million) fund in the wake of the scandal.

Suntory expects the deal to close in the second quarter of 2014, and says it will create «a stronger global player in premium spirits» with more than $ 4.3 billion in annual combined sales of spirits.

He had his staff spend two years and close to $ 2 million building a complex computer program called Pipeline, which tracks the cost of every second of every call so that he can find and stamp out any inefficiencies hiding in the traffic.

The deal is expected to close in the second half of this year and CME said it has identified $ 200 million worth of cost savings from the combined group.

GSV Asset Management and Learn Capital, among others, are expected to participate in the second closing on the round this fall.

In the second case, the malware causes the infected computer's iTunes program to open multiple times without closing to the point where it crashes.

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.

The deal is expected to close in the second half of next year, pending regulatory approvals.

Disney's animated juggernaut Frozen came in at a close second.

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.

The Dr Pepper Snapple deal is expected to close in the second quarter.

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 second quarter, the number of closed transactions decreased more than 50 percent year - over-year.