Sentences with phrase «lost each year because»

Product returns are both a challenge and an opportunity for most retailers, since more than US$ 640 billion in revenue is lost each year because of preventable...

It has been estimated that 42,000 lives could be lost each year because we do not eat enough fruit and vegetables, 20,000 because of eating too much salt.

There were also problems with behaviour in primary school, with an estimated 16 full days lost each year because of misconduct.

Spira estimates that in the United States alone a minimum of 28 - billion hours of productive time is lost each year because of information overload.

Not exact matches

Levanway lost most of his hearing when was 4 years old because of an illness, but cochlear implants let him hear close to normally in face - to - face conversations.

August 14 - The ringgit, which had been on a downward trend, plunges to a 17 - year low, losing as much as 2.6 percent to 4.1180 per dollar, in part due to concerns about the Federal Reserve's expected rate hike, and also because outside investors are concerned about the turmoil surrounding Najib.

This is akin to telling the guy who lost a $ 30,000 a year job that he should be happy because he saved $ 300 a year on the crap he bought at Wal - Mart.

It always starts out slow because my clients are figuring out their needs for the year, but it always ends insanely busy because everyone is rushing to make up lost time from the holidays.

This tends to lead to people actually taking their days off — because if you don't take them by the end of the year, you lose them,» Jan Kramps explains.

If it wasn't the best of year for you, there's incredible opportunity ahead because you have a whole year to absolutely crush it and make up for lost ground in 2014.

This epidemic of disengagement poses a serious problem to employers, who lose an incredible $ 450 billion to $ 550 billion in productivity a year because their employees are not «enthusiastic about and committed to their work and workplace.»

But, for the most part, cities have not yet fully bought in to them, largely because of the inflexibility they introduce: Cities lose their ability to repurpose community - entrusted land for other uses, such as zoning it for commercial use if necessary, because the land is often locked into long - term leases, usually spanning in the 75 - year range.

«Every year, we lose good people because of scholarships.»

Facebook also this year lost a court ruling in Germany, which declared its privacy settings illegal because it fails to obtain the correct level of consent.

Its stock, which surged for years despite narrow profits, has dropped 18 per cent in 2014 to about $ 326, in part because investors have been losing patience with its habit of plowing revenue back into new ventures.

«My 9 - year old said to me, «You lost my dad's money,»» because it was a second mortgage, says Kleynhans.

Pao, for example, a former venture capitalist at well - known Silicon Valley firm Kleiner Perkins, lost a lawsuit last year that she filed against her former employer over allegations that it had discriminated against her because of her gender.

Adding to the crisis is the fact that by the end of this year, up to 1 million Americans will have lost food - stamp benefits because of changes in the law that affect eligibility.

Verizon is down 5 % from where it was last year, and a big part of that is because it's losing customers to smaller companies like T - mobile.

Two hundred years ago, 88 % of farming jobs were lost because of technology.

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a trade group, says the U.S. cloud - computing industry could lose as much as $ 35 billion over the next three years because of surveillance.

If you lose the employee because you're unable to meet his or her demands, you can save yourself years of unrealistic and perhaps unsustainable costs by hiring someone for a more reasonable salary.

If you're old enough, you'll recall that a certain President named Bush not too many years ago probably lost an entire Presidential debate because he got caught sneaking a peek at his watch instead of paying attention to the discussion.

As MPR notes, the city's analysis is weak not only because it looks at just two years» worth of data, but because of one crucial detail: that during the lost 2004 - 05 NHL season, St. Paul actually increased its sales tax intake over the previous season.

When I think about investing vs debt, I tend to think about the Roth a bit differently than other platforms only because elapsed time is not something you can make up (both in the sense that you can not make up for lost investment time AND the fact that $ 5,500 today is worth less than that $ 5,500 was worth one year ago).

As of Oct. 31, the fund has lost 19 percent this year, largely because of Valeant, though it did gain 40.4 percent in 2014.

Investors are losing hope that HP will rebound because the company has made so many questionable decisions in the five years since Apple Inc.'s release of the first iPhone changed the way people use technology.

«The rate at which California has been losing people to other states has accelerated in the past couple of years, in part because of rising housing costs,» said Jed Kolko, chief economist with employment website Indeed.com.

So let's say that Susan thinks that XYZ Company stock is going to lose value over the next year because of negative reviews and high prices.

Many people lose thousands of dollars in sales every year because they have nothing more to offer after the initial sale.

In six years since the Conservatives have arrived, we've lost 500,000 good - paying manufacturing jobs, more than half of them because of the fact that we're not internalizing the environmental costs.

Balsillie warned that the Liberals» plan to run budgetary deficits of up to $ 10 billion in each of the next three years could pale in comparison to what could be lost in the country's ideas economy because of the TPP.

The group loses tens of millions of dollars a year — but it does not matter much because the terminal business that is the heart and soul of the company generates about 85 percent of the company's estimated $ 9 billion a year in revenue, and it is phenomenally profitable.

On the surface, the deal makes some sense for eBay because it is likely the leading online seller in the U.S. of second - hand clothing already, but has lost some mindshare in the tech community in the last two years to well - funded startups that focus exclusively on this category.

Displaced workers are defined as persons 20 years of age and older who lost or left jobs because their plant or company closed or moved, there was insufficient work for them to do, or their position or shift was abolished.

By contrast, India has lost 50 % of its value [of FX reserves] in years 2011 and 2012 as a result of the financial crisis and because of bad financial management.

If you have a health savings account or a flexible spending plan through your employer, total the amount of expenses filed during the previous year and compare them to the total amount you contributed: Make sure you aren't contributing more than you are being reimbursed, because these are «use it or lose it plans.»

If rates drop and you refinance in a few years, for instance, you lose that upfront payment, or have a higher loan amount because of it.

In general, money expert Clark Howard recommends that you buy a car that's two or three years old because brand new cars begin to lose value the second they're driven off the dealer's lot.

Because if you have negative interest rates for 10 years and we're at -2 %, I'm going to lose 20 % of the value of my currency.

But it's rather short - sighted to completely lose confidence in an asset that has a 5,000 year track record because of a few down years.

That's because, prior to losing patent protection, Lovenox was hauling in as much as $ 4 billion in revenue per year.

Paul, co-author of the bestselling Wealth Can't Wait, has beeninvesting in real estate for more than twenty - years and has never lost money because he abides by three simple rules.

investing in real estate for more than twenty - years and has never lost money because he abides by three simple rules.

Considering it was a Mormon missionary who befriended my Grandfather and talked him into to joining the church at 70 years old, and than stole a million dollars worth of real estate from him, something the family knew nothing about until he was on his death bed, because he was too ashamed to tell anybody that he lost the family property.

A few years back i was being led by god to help some homeless people.I'll tell you about the first homeless lady.my girls and i were driving by a liquor store and i seen a girl a lady sitting next to her cart.god showed me through his eyes the hurt she was living with.he spoke to my heart and said, don't pass her up.i turned around whent back and asked her if she was hungry.she was in shock and said yes.god told me to tell her that she is loved.she started crying and had me call her family so she can go home.anyways after that i joind a church and told them and asked to start a homeless ministry.i was told yes and all of a sudden i started getting pushed aside and they took over the homeless ministry.i feel lost and hurt.now i feel like god is telling me to leave the church.i quit going out with the group because of what happened.i don't know what to do.now i feel lost.

Also, it is very heartbreaking talking with people that don't get the proper diagnosis, medication, and counselling until years, sometimes decades go by, and they look back with a sense of lost time, lost relationships, and much sorrow, because intervention didn't happen earlier.

Now i understand why because before i joined the church God is asking me to leave i had spent about 5 years without attending any church but grew daily in fellowship and intimacy with God, which later i lost when i got a church.

«They know that, 10 to 15 years ago, nobody was saying Happy Holidays, everybody was saying Merry Christmas, it was all about Jesus, and they're losing, and they're not losing because of violence, they are losing because people are simply realizing, en masse, that religion is full of crap.

I have been trying to control my anger because i had another contractor go bankrupt and I lost $ 6,000, its up to 40,000 in bankruptcy losses now over 5 years, esgrow loans, and the bank and the builder go scott free.