Sentences with phrase «less than a few years»

For example, 2005 is near solar minimum in the 11 year cycle, and radiance now is about 1 - 2 W / m ^ 2 less than a few years ago, which means Pluto and Mars are getting LESS solar radiance on the time scale of the atmosphere and polar cap changes, EVEN IF the radiance averaged over the whole cycle was higher.

Icarus - In this context it doesn't really matter where the CO2 is coming from (since it becomes well - mixed in the air over less than a few years), though the most plausible hypotheses usually require the Southern Ocean to be involved, and the associated feedbacks of ocean biogeochemistry and its interaction with the ocean's physical circulation.

Over a period of anything less than a few years, underlying business performance — which is what we're focused on — is drowned out by market «noise».

«If you have a short - term time horizon — say, less than a few years — you're going to be better off renting because in all probability... you won't recoup transaction costs.»

I remain convinced that the enormous issuance of government liabilities we've observed is likely to result in a longer - term upward shift in the U.S. price level, but there is not an immediate reason to expect inflation pressure at horizons of less than a few years.

If you underperform for less than a few years, they yank funds.

AC, kitchen, stainless appliances, and bath less than few years old.

In the Nova section of the fair, devoted to works less than a few years old, Peres is showing Mike Bouchet, a veteran of two Venice Biennales, and Dorothy Iannone, 82, who currently has an exhibition at Zurich's Migros Museum.

It is a good option if you need life insurance for less than a few years otherwise don't waste your money.

More than a million Millennials still live at home — less than a few years ago, but still a substantial number, including some who are likely to eventually rent apartments.

Not exact matches

The biggest change to the Mac's operating system in the last few years was the integration of the Siri virtual assistant — which is still less helpful than Microsoft's own Cortana.

Hulu — which is owned jointly by CBS rivals Walt Disney, 21st Century Fox, Comcast, and Time Warner — made a similar move less than a year ago, when the service offered subscribers the option of paying a few dollars more per month for an ad - free experience.

But over the next few years, growth will slow to less than 2 per cent, in part due to the cooling housing market.

As of last June, less than 2 percent of active participating security SBICs had losses high enough to be considered «impaired,» compared with 20 percent a few years ago.

(This goal is considerably less gruesome than the one he set a few years ago, when he resolved to eat meat only from animals he killed with his own hands.)

Defense projects make up less than a third of Boeing's total revenue and have been flat for the past few years.

From Vox, citing a study at the University of Texas: «If 10 percent of the vehicles... were self - driving cars, the country could save more than $ 37 billion a year due to fewer deaths, less fuel, more free time, etc..

It's the sort of rapid gearshift that few companies ever experience, much less master: over the course of about five years, FouFou Dog (FFD), a Markham, Ont. - based dog apparel firm, has seen its revenue grow by more than 800 % — a steep growth trajectory matched by the company's shift from providing very specialized boutique goods, like jewelry and booties for small dogs, and to a far wider range of products suitable for mass merchandisers and large offshore customers.

Though much of the success of craft breweries (which are technically defined as those that make less than 6 million barrels per year) and microbreweries (which make less than 15,000 barrels) can be credited to shifts in public taste, those in the industry say they've learned a few truths along the way that have aided in their success.

He also indicated it would be something people wouldn't be embarrassed to wear in public — a nod of recognition to the fact that people were less than comfortable interacting with others wearing Google Glass, the futuristic head - mounted computer system that Google created a few years ago.

Small - business owners can have a particularly difficult time getting capital from a bank if they've been in business fewer than two years, if their credit score is less than 640 or if they need less than $ 250,000.

Airline frequent flier programs have become less rewarding over the last few years by offering fewer upgrades to elite fliers and requiring more miles than ever for award tickets.

I had a few nerdy money guy rules that we discussed to ensure this mortgage was obliterated in less than five years:

Few companies get as far as filing the S - 1, never mind rubbing shoulders with Lehman Brothers — particularly five - year - old companies with less than $ 3 million in sales.

But those buyers made 9 % fewer purchases than last year, and they spent 5 % less.

Only about 200 patients or fewer will take Valeant's branded version of the migraine drug this year, amounting to less than $ 1 million in sales (about 0.01 % of the company's annual revenue).

But after a few years of rubbing elbows with tech bros and wannabe visionaries, I've found there's often more to learn from founders with ambitions less grandiose than changing the world.

Several major U.S. companies have dropped their associations with the National Rifle Association in the last few days, less than two weeks after a 19 year old with a semi-automatic rifle killed 17 people in a high school in Florida.

While the likes of Beate Uhse and Playboy were each raking in at least $ 300 million each a few years ago while I was researching my book, Sex, Bombs and Burgers, the three biggest public companies pulled in less than that combined over the past year.

A few recent examples include Cornell, who came in from Sam's Club to run the American food business and left less than two years later for Target; John Compton, the former president, who left in 2012 for a short stint running Pilot Flying J but didn't return when it didn't work out; and Zein Abdalla, his replacement, who retired abruptly in December.

American adults had less sex in the early 2010s than they did in the 1990s, to the tune of nine fewer times a year, according to new research published in Archives of Sexual Behavior.

Less than a year after buying Virgin America, Alaska Air is facing a question few could have imagined when the deal was done.

Institutional venture capital dispensed thus far in 2014 has been up significantly over the last few years, but is still less than half of the peak hit way back in the year 2000 (over $ 100 billion).

During the first few months of the year the S&P 500 rose by less than 2 %, but Canadians who invested in the index are up more than 5 %, thanks to the loonie's fall to 90 cents (U.S.).

But as more and more book - wielding entrepreneurs crowd the stage, the term published author has less traction than it did even a few years ago, Booher says.

As a result, according to a survey conducted last year by Focus Research Systems Inc. of West Hartford, Conn., less than 7 % of American small businesses (those with fewer than 500 employees or less than $ 25 million in sales) used on - site computers.

In the tech sector, IPOs are less common than they were a few years ago.

Under the new changes, «small creditor» — now defined as institutions with less than $ 2 billion in assets originating fewer than 500 first - lien mortgages per calendar year — would now apply to a 2,000 - loan annual origination limit, effectively easing the path for more banks and credit unions to comply with the ability - to - repay rule.

Her second venture is truly a testimonial to her prowess as an entrepreneur as Industry Canada reports that less than 30 % of new businesses that enter the marketplace survive for five years and few achieve the size and success Marnie has done twice.

His options are more open now than they were a few years ago, as America has become less tethered to Canadian supply.

Few investments grow by a factor of 19 in less than a year.

Oil prices have arisen from the lows set in March, but a glut of inventory and few catalysts for dramatic jumps in global energy demand suggest 2015 earnings will likely be less than half of last year's tally.

Though the secondary market has grown significantly in the last five years, very few firms focus on secondary interests that are less than 50 % funded.

New shale oil well productivity drove U.S. production higher in the last few years, with the average daily rate for the first month of operation rising from less than 100 Continue Reading

In the current market, investors that have great credit, plenty of cash, and little debt might be able to find absolute steals in real estate, picking up properties for far less than they were selling for only a few years ago.

Assuming that the patented compound even makes it to the market, the statement that they only have a few years of exclusivity is definitely true — the market exclusivity for pharmaceuticals is almost always less than half of the patent exclusivity.

The favorable market performance associated with many historical economic expansions is fully accounted for by 1) favorable post-recession valuations, with the S&P 500 averaging less than 9 times prior peak earnings at the recession low, expanding to just over 11 times peak earnings in the first year of the bull market, and 2) favorable trend uniformity, which typically emerges almost immediately in the form of a powerful breadth thrust off of a bear market low, and is confirmed within a few weeks by much broader trend uniformity.

We'll probably sell a few less books five years from now than we do now, for example.

Higher taxes and (most likely) less government spending will surely take a bite out the economy and hiring this year, but there are still a few reasons to be optimistic that the economy and job growth will be more robust in 2013 than 2012:

In the last few months, exits have included VP of finance Gautam Gupta, president Jeff Jones — who was at the company for less than a year — and Anthony Levandowski, an exec at the center of Uber's battle with Google over stolen self - driving car technology.