Sentences with phrase «looking at a number»

When she looked at the numbers, she saw something startling:

Trump's legal team was initially looking at a number of options to avoid having the president submit to a face - to - face sit down with the special counsel, including providing written responses to questions and submitting an affidavit saying Trump did nothing wrong.

When a court is deciding whether to allow a lawsuit to proceed personally against a business owner, it looks at a number of factors.

One way to get some sense of the amount of innovation happening right now is to look at the number of patents issued for new inventions in the United States.

If you're not convinced, have a look at these numbers.

We're getting guys who do this over and over again, so if you look at the number of companies that have been bought in M&A over the last 20 years, it's something like 1,500.

But if you look at the numbers closely and by industry, it's a slightly different story.

The Labor Department will release a preliminary look at the number of U.S. workers who filed new applications for unemployment benefits last week.

Looking at the number of options awarded by S&P 500 companies for the roughly two decades between 1992 and 2010, they found about 20 % of the time boards simply kept the number of options they granted to their top executive the same from one year to the next.

Has a big upside: Look at the numbers.

«If you look at the numbers, by 2050 we will need to double ag production to feed the world,» he points out.

«We looked at a number of alternatives, but the strategy we settled on was the one that adds the most significant amount of shareholder value over time.

The American Petroleum Institute puts out its monthly report on U.S. oil inventories and demand on Thursday, a day after the U.S. Energy Information Administration releases its own oil inventory report, while Friday brings Baker Hughes» weekly look at the number of oil and gas rigs operating in the U.S..

But a few deep breaths and a closer look at the numbers behind much of the hype reveal a different, more optimistic picture.

He explains that investors in the region focus on business fundamentals: revenue, number of customers and profitability, whereas Silicon Valley will gamble on the potential of a tech business model, looking at the number of new customers and growth rate.

In this edition of the CB Elevator Pitch, editor - in - chief James Cowan suggests companies need to take a hard look at the number of meetings employees are having — or being forced to attend.

After a couple hours, I pulled myself together and started looking at the numbers again.

We didn't even look at the number of links because a better measure is the number of Referring Domains (i.e. websites that link to a site) linking to a website.

«We looked at the numbers, and it turned out we had a problem,» he writes.

«We looked at our numbers and said, «look, we're not bad but the problem is we're not good enough,»» James told Fortune after the announcement.

«Certainly the iPhone is the flavor of the month, but when you look at the numbers it's just a tiny percentage of all phones on the market.

And when you look at the numbers, they would indeed make a decent - size post-secondary institution by almost any measure.

Start looking at the numbers now.

So let's look at the numbers.

When the team looked at these numbers — average rate of improvement between third and eighth grade in math and reading — many schools that are traditionally thought of as «bad» suddenly seemed good.

As I recently wrote in «The IRS Wants to Know If Your Freelancer Should Be Getting a W2,» before working with a freelancer you want to make sure to look at a number of factors including: one) whether the person you hire is truly a freelancer, two) whether you have financial control over the person doing work, three) the extent of control you have over the freelancer's day and four) how the person's work gets performed.

The larger point Wolfers seems to be making with his response to Trump is that looking at the number of record - high closes in a narrow period is not a particularly good indicator of economic performance — particularly for a president who inherited a stock market that was already relatively high in value.

«If you look at the numbers and see big disparities, that's a red flag,» Chaudhry said of the salary gaps between male and female coaches.

«So, now look at the numbers of women we have now.

For example, salespeople can look at marketing conversion numbers, and marketing people can look at the number of prospects in the pipeline.

«It's not just looking at numbers,» says Therese Nicklas, a certified financial planner and owner of The Wealth Coach for Women in Rockland, Massachusetts.

Charlie Harris, who was our CEO of Intellon — Intellon went public, then it was bought by Atheros and it's now closing a deal with Intel — Charlie, I just had breakfast with him, and he's looking at a number of things.

Instead of looking at a number in a bank account, consider lines of credit or capital partners who are willing to pony up more money when the company hits difficult times.

To find this conclusion, SeatGeek looked at the number of NHL tickets that changed hands on secondary markets for all games in the 2011 - 12 season, then isolated which tickets were purchased on Sept. 12, 2011 or earlier.

No matter how you look at these numbers, they're good.

«Look at this number,» he yells, his tone carrying that elusive mix of «Isn't this cool?»

Don't just look at the number of clicks to a specific page.

Cleaning Services Janitorial franchises don't seem very glamorous, but a look at their numbers may make you think again.

«If you just make it a priority and look at the numbers every month, you can make a lot of progress.»

Look at the numbers of women founding startups and you probably won't jump for joy, but you will see grounds for optimism.

Diamandis: So if you look at the numbers and the trends, the answer is no.

I look at these numbers on a monthly basis.

And you have to look at the numbers.

On the one hand, growth is good, and it's not a bad strategy and works for some companies, but if you look at the number of companies with terminal velocity, that have become big, iconic brands, it is so rare.

First, let's look at the numbers.

The Data Despite signs suggesting the contrary, a look at the numbers reveals the industry is still going strong.

And Fortune 9 in revenue, but if you look at number of employees, 360,000 employees, that's more than everybody on the Fortune 9 list with the exception of Wal - Mart.

On the other hand, if we look at some numbers from a different company — Lynton Web, another HubSpot partner — we see a different picture.

The first being somewhat more open and forward thinking wanted a CFO that could look at the numbers, draw conclusions and suggest options and alternatives.

«Enormous untapped investment opportunity exists for venture capitalists smart enough to look at the numbers and fund women entrepreneurs,» said Babson professor, report author, and Diana Project ™ co-founder Candida G. Brush.