Sentences with phrase «making half»

«Forget the money, forget the fines, this is about making an institution heel,» Cramer said, adding that the government is using events like the London Whale trading debacle as justification for its actions.

Nonny de la Peña, an L.A. - based journalist and pioneer in VR film - making, created a 3D virtual representation of the night that Trayvon Martin was killed, and has also made an immersive film focused on the refugee crisis in Syria.

At the same time, online job markets like Elance and oDesk have removed one of the greatest fears of many would - be entrepreneurs — making sales.

The number of data professionals in Canada — people employed as statisticians, mathematicians and actuaries — has increased by 48 % over the past five years, making it the fastest - growing job category in the country.

Ultimately, journalists and audiences must come to some kind of agreement on what is acceptable in the new world of immersive and VR journalism, and determine what kinds of film - making behavior are too manipulative.

It's important when making new and exciting decisions that you include your partner in that vision of your future.

It's not about starting a business and making money.

Successful listening is a matter of balancing executive purview with populist input, which adds a layer of complexity to any decision - making process.

Sumit Malhotra, an analyst with Scotiabank, says RBC could buy back its shares in the near term instead of making a splashy purchase.

The federal government and private organizations have tried to encourage sharing in recent years through initiatives like the Genomic Data Commons, a «unified data repository» intended to hasten cancer cures by making research public.

Then there are the scenes when plot points are achingly hand - fed to us, like a scene in which Ellsberg is making copies of the volumes of files that make up the Pentagon Papers (which also drags on a few beats too long).

Reading with your kids at bedtime is more important than making sure all the laundry is precisely folded.

Newscast: Some U.S. companies are making a fortune by selling human bodies that were donated to science.

Although you'll likely never please everyone, making small tweaks to the environment of your office can have dramatic effects on productivity.

Understanding the psychology of customer reviews is important for making smart business decisions, winning the Buy Box and ultimately thriving online.

For example, Henry Ford once said, «The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all but goes on making his own business better all the time.»

In 2012, Apple held an event in New York City to talk about education, where it unveiled its iBooks 2 platform, its tool for making and publishing books online, but even that event was all about the iPad.

Consider making small adjustments to improve the commonly dreaded payment process or schedule follow - up calls after you complete service.

Thanks for the article and for making us think about these things.

There's nothing wrong with opening a bike shop in your hometown and making a living serving a community of local riders.

The stores are still filled with staff, making ready - made meals to go and stocking shelves.

And even the Federal Reserve's modest rate hikes have had an outsized impact on the bottom line of Bank of America, which pockets the extra interest it collects on loans while paying out much less on consumers» deposits (making money on the so - called spread).

It's about making hundreds of changes per week, not per year.»

If you count early cave paintings as infographics, then humans have been making and consuming this type of content for the past 32,000 years.

So much so, that she was able to snag a book deal and start making lots of money off of her 5 - year - old blog, Momma's Gone City.

What we're doing is flattening organizations: SoapBox lets all employees submit ideas for making or saving money, for changes they'd like to see in the company or for ways to improve the customer or employee experience.

As WeWork expands around the world, making sure its many locations strike the right blend of high - tech and cozy won't be easy.

The order bars Lumosity from making claims that its games improve cognitive performance or stave off cognitive decline without first collecting scientific evidence from randomized, blinded and independent trials.

By focusing on outcomes for Canadians and making evidence - based decisions that are anchored in meaningful data and indicators, the Government is moving to a culture of measurement and impact, and is putting in place the tools to deliver on priorities, align resources to programs and activities that deliver real value for Canadians, and provide meaningful information to Canadians and Parliament.

In his book No B.S. Time Management for Entrepreneurs, business coach and consultant Dan Kennedy reveals the steps behind making the most of your frantic, time - pressured days so you can turn time into money.

People think, you have 2 million followers, you must be making $ 2 million every year, and that's certainly not the case.

Chances are that you rely heavily on reviews in making your own purchase decisions.

Maybe it's by making an introduction, doing a podcast interview or providing insight into a certain business problem.

In making its case to cities, Uber can start by better explaining the benefits it can bring to municipalities, says Jui Ramaprasad, a professor of information systems at McGill University's Desautels faculty of management.

«It was very clear working with my father and grandfather and uncle that it wasn't just about making money,» he said.

«Impropriety in the Texas prison system goes unnoticed by museum visitors, making contemporary inmate battles for human rights seem unwarranted,» she reportedly wrote.

Other relevant social media efforts can include blogging from the show floor, making regular updates on Facebook and posting videos of customers visiting your booth on your website.

Although the interface for setting them up is relatively simple, actually making the creative (a.k.a. the artwork), tweaking all the settings, finding the right audience and then determining ROI all take a long time to master.

She started her business with no start - up costs, hand making every towel.

«You are seeing a very strong earnings quarter on its own, but it is amplified by tax reform, and that is making it extraordinary,» Aurelio told me.

With promotional help from the national association, Launch Academy, a Vancouver incubator, is making a condensed version of its Lean Entrepreneur Acceleration Program (LEAP) available online.

That's why using big data is so important for small businesses: Culling and organizing data from the company is a direct way to take the guesswork out of delegating, making it easier to measure success and adjust course as needed.

The field, covering nearly 75 square miles, was discovered in 1911 and has produced over 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE), making it one of the most productive fields in the United States.

The plea hearing began at 10:30 a.m. Flynn has been charged with making false statements to federal investigators about his conversations in December with Russia's ambassador to the US at the time, Sergey Kislyak.

«We can make food that will give kids fuel so they can grow and thrive.»

STUDEBAKER [1955 — 1967]: The company's South Bend, Ind., plant produced its last U.S. - made car in 1963.

ESPN and other sports offerings make up one of seven different add - on packages, while various channels owned by Comcast and Fox are included in other packaged groups arranged under common themes such as «Lifestyle» and «News & Info.»

«I bet it surprises to the upside and some money's made by the bold people who own it.»

The Raptor engine will be the highest thrust to weight ratio of any kind of engine ever made.

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