Sentences with phrase «in about a century»

Now we need to be there to help Terry overcome his campaign debts and hit the ground running as the first Democratic senator from his region in about a century.

We're very excited to be actively participating in the first harvest in probably a century, the first legal harvest in about a century in New York,» said Kyle Kingsley, the CEO of Verio Health, who provided a media tour of the facility on Thursday.

Some coral populations in peripheral seas (or extreme environments such as tide pools) live today in environments that climate change projections expect for the tropical ocean in about a century.

A century later the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service convened a roundtable of experts to look at how this most populous bird species ever was extinguished in about a century and what lessons could be learned from this extinction event.

The correspondence goes out of phase in about a century, at the point that a resonance of 14/15 (physically VERY unlikely) has been proposed.

But air temperature would increase significantly, and entire atmosphere could hold many factors more water, so in about century, all ice caps could be gone.

You may think 15 - 20 ppm swing over the majority of half the earth in a period of 1/4 of a year isn't much, but we're all excited about an increase of 100 ppm in about a century.

Not exact matches

Time Warner (TWX) was also down about 5 %, to its lowest level in 2015, and 21st Century Fox (FOX) was down a little over 4 %.

«In the middle of the 20th century, it was the most famous, the most admired, the most widely respected company in the world,» says Quinn Mills, professor emeritus at Harvard Business School and the author of «The IBM Lesson» and other books about the company's history and culturIn the middle of the 20th century, it was the most famous, the most admired, the most widely respected company in the world,» says Quinn Mills, professor emeritus at Harvard Business School and the author of «The IBM Lesson» and other books about the company's history and culturin the world,» says Quinn Mills, professor emeritus at Harvard Business School and the author of «The IBM Lesson» and other books about the company's history and culture.

We have no doubt about America's ability to thrive in the 21st century.

But he couldn't resist a final dig at those rooting for his firm to fail, relaying a «little ditty» about how short sellers were apparently dealt with in the 19th century: «He who sells what isn't his» n, must buy it back or go to pris» n.»

Even if you never intend to put a shovel in the ground, though, thinking about brands as places may prove to be the sturdiest paradigm for strategy in the 21st century.

The twentysomethings below are some of my personal picks who are helping to determine how we talk about issues such as politics, culture and identity in the 21st century.

That part of Murdoch's holdings — which split in two in 2013, with the newspapers staying in News Corp., and the rest renamed 21st Century Fox — is worth about $ 50 billion.

Entrepreneur met with Tollin in his New York City apartment to discuss the life and leadership lessons he learned following these men, and what the process of working on a quarter century - long project taught him about creativity, focus and the pursuit of one's true passion.

In general, transits occur about 13 times each century.

«Chief Justice Roberts could have serious misgivings about the unprecedented implications that Hobby Lobby's position could have in upturning centuries of corporate law practice,» Elizabeth Wydra, chief counsel Constitutional Accountability Center says.

In the 21st - century business climate, non-competes can be as incongruous — and about as useful — as an earthen bread oven.

According to recent estimates, Fox generates more than $ 1.5 billion in revenue every year, or about 25 % of the total at 21st Century Fox, and that buys a lot of freedom.

In a statement provided by 21st Century Fox, founder and executive co-chairman Rupert Murdoch said: «To ensure continuity of all that is best about Fox News and what it stands for, I will take over as Chairman and acting CEO, with the support of our existing management team under Bill Shine, Jay Wallace and Mark Kranz.»

While the traditional pension of the 20th century is rapidly disappearing, companies haven't stopped caring about the later - in - life success of their employees.

For example, the iconic 20th Century brand Sears was all about having a trusted single place, be it the catalog or the store, in which to find everything you could possibly need, at a competitive price.

Most of this research backs what happiness gurus have been telling us since before R. H. Tawney wrote about The Acquisitive Society a century ago: that the constant pursuit of more and better stuff — higher salaries, privilege and the baubles that accompany success — doesn't result in increased happiness.

Comcast and 21st Century Fox are in talks about a sale of Fox's worldwide entertainment and distribution assets to Comcast for Comcast stock, according to people familiar with the situation.

The «Squawk on the Street» crew weighs in on talks between Disney and 21st Century and what it indicates about changes ahead in media.

Located off the southeastern coast of China, Taiwan is about the same size as Belgium and was named Formosa Island by Portuguese explorers in the 16th century due to its stunning natural beauty.

For decades, if not centuries, talking about one's salary has been the biggest taboo in capitalism, which is why the idea of salary transparency — the current «it» strategy among progressive young private companies — makes so many people uncomfortable.

Automation has been replacing people in the workplace for two centuries, of course, but there's something particularly unsettling about a humanoid machine being dropped in as a one - to - one substitute for a flesh - and - blood employee.

Dave and I chat a lot about technology in the recruitment world, and, as he points out, «Technology, and big data, in particular, has hugely impacted the way we do business in the 21st Century, but what about the art?

Timothy Snyder: When we think about power, we often think about it in terms of traditional, twentieth century indices, like for example, gross national product or capacity for technological innovation.

To get a flavor of The Ledger, check out our inaugural stories published here this morning (and in Fortune's Sept. 1 issue): Jen Wieczner's «The 21st - Century Bank Robbery,» about the digital crime spree targeting cryptocurrency exchanges like Coinbase, and Robert Hackett's «Blockchain Mania!»

The BRI is a huge, epochal, lucrative and open - ended Eurasian project people have dreamed about ever since that Venetian nobleman and trader (Marco Polo) showed the way to Serenissima's riches in the late 13th century.

It had about 2 million half a century ago, when it was the fifth - largest city in America.

Other investors include Silicon Valley fund Technology Crossover Ventures, which invested $ 250 million in 2014 for a 10 % stake, and 21st Century Fox, which in 2013 bought what was then a 5 % stake in Vice for $ 70 million (it now owns about 3 %).

Some, however, had an interest in history or some time to kill and ended up following me around the 17th - century building while I rattled off facts about the portraits and the Civil War - era bullet holes.

In this sense, Trump is precisely who King was so earnestly warning us about half a century ago.

And it would be hard to compile any list of the best business books of the year without mentioning Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty - First Century — which «sparked a fantastic global discussion this year about inequality,» Gates writes.

After digging into the history of the term, I found that journalists used «fake» in the 19th century to warn American consumers about products proffered by patent medicine pushers, con artists and hucksters.

That could be a long while — Greece spent about half of the last two centuries in default.

Just a century ago, the average lifespan in the developed world was about 47 years, and has since risen to about 78.

If you haven't read Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty - First Century, if you haven't read The Zero Marginal Cost Society [Jeremy Rifkin's account of how extreme gains in productivity are disrupting capitalism by rendering many goods and services almost free], you can not even have a conversation with me about what the future is holding.

Over the last few days, leading CEOs, academics and designers spanning all industries engaged in an array of panels to grapple with hefty questions about business and design: What does it mean to be a designer in the 21st century?

Hostess, which has filed for bankruptcy twice in its nearly century - old history, generated sales of about $ 650 million in the 12 months ended May 31.

Though the Canadian Business of the 1930s covered many topics that wouldn't seem out of place in the 21st century — rising taxes, truth in advertising, the imminent death of the airline industry — it also ran many stories the editors of 2013 likely would never touch («The story of safety glass») or would at least think twice about («The «social» diseases and business: what is syphilis costing Canada?»).

For centuries, saddles were made by men, for men, and often, in recent generations, with little concern about the well - being of the horse.

«The apps that generally have been the most successful [in the app store] tend to be less about curriculum and more about in - classroom collaboration and 21st century skills.»

This will be an entirely new kind of publishing process for me, and one that I hope delivers a great deal of learning about how to publish a book successfully in the 21st Century.

In 2002, before the sale of PayPal even went through, Musk started voraciously reading about rocket technology, and later that year, with $ 100 million, he started one of the most unthinkable and ill - advised ventures of all time: a rocket company called SpaceX, whose stated purpose was to revolutionize the cost of space travel in order to make humans a multi-planetary species by colonizing Mars with at least a million people over the next centurIn 2002, before the sale of PayPal even went through, Musk started voraciously reading about rocket technology, and later that year, with $ 100 million, he started one of the most unthinkable and ill - advised ventures of all time: a rocket company called SpaceX, whose stated purpose was to revolutionize the cost of space travel in order to make humans a multi-planetary species by colonizing Mars with at least a million people over the next centurin order to make humans a multi-planetary species by colonizing Mars with at least a million people over the next century.

In 2015, vehicle - miles traveled increased about 3.5 percent over 2014 — the greatest growth in a quarter - centurIn 2015, vehicle - miles traveled increased about 3.5 percent over 2014 — the greatest growth in a quarter - centurin a quarter - century.

The technology elite who are leading this revolution will reassure you that there is nothing to worry about because we will create new jobs just as we did in previous centuries when the economy transitioned from agrarian to industrial to knowledge - based.