Sentences with phrase «money on a few»

This raised a few eyebrows in the football media, despite the fact that the club did actually spend a decent amount of money on a few new players in the summer transfer window.

It has saved me some money on a few occasions.

I'd rather spend a lot of money on a few quality, open - ended green toys than have a household full of cheap, plastic junky toys.

«But instead of sprinkling money around,» says Aebersold, «the most efficient collaborations focus a lot of money on a few groups.»

Her parents spend lots of money on the few foods she can eat, and excessive amounts of food preparation time and energy, to heal her bit by bit.

Drop a little more money on a few decent pairs upfront to save your wallet and your body from problems down the line.

It is also happens to be the one season I allow myself to spend a little bit of money on a few items to update my wardrobe.

I plan on doing a little bit of shopping for the boys and also spending some of my birthday money on a few things I've been needing!

To lasso millions of busy and distracted people into movie theaters, the major studios are spending more money on fewer films.

Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt blamed the Conservatives for spending «hundreds of millions of taxpayers» money on a few free schools in areas where there are no shortages of places».

Most self - published authors are, on average, earning more money on fewer books:

If so, I'd like to sign up right then and there to get it (just the sample I mean, I don't ever pre-order much because I only ever want to download the sample and then I make a buying decision, that has helped me from spending money on a few dogs!).

More self - published authors are, on average, earning more money on fewer books [than are traditionally published authors].

I am happy to spend some money on a few extra characters because this is such a well - made game that promises a blast every time you start it up.

Ultimately, I would say: it's better to spend lots of money on a few games that you love than nickel and dime yourself on cheap games that you won't play anyway.

What happened was I made enough money on a few real estate deals to buy the house across the street from hers.

Thanks everyone for your input, especially on good info for beginners, my grandpa has accidentally made money on a few real estate deals but this is the first time any of us have looked into REI as s source of additional income.

I'm a huge fan of personalized gifts and I would love to spend the giveaway money on my a few of my girlfriends, one of which is a big pearl lover, for Christmas.

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Only once every few years do they turn up at a high - profile wedding or bestow money on a worthy cause such as the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC.

«An excise tax on the endowments of some private colleges and universities, regardless of how many or how few institutions it affects, is a remarkably bad idea that takes money that would otherwise be used for student aid, research, and faculty salaries and sends it to the Department of the Treasury to finance corporate tax cuts,» said Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education, a higher education trade group.

To the average reader of a business magazine, these may seem like ridiculously simple questions, but Lusardi and Mitchell's research over the last few years shows that, in general, you can not count on even this base level of knowledge about how money works.

It has been spending heavily to ramp up the digital side of its business so customers can move money in seconds with just a few clicks on their mobile devices.

That last line is key: «Increased bank reserves held at the Fed don't necessarily translate into more money or cash in circulation, and, indeed, broad measures of the supply of money have not grown especially quickly, on balance, over the past few years.»

Pinterest is almost four years old and it's big enough for its britches — big enough to pull the plug on its affiliate links program, a money - making gravy train that more than a few brands, bloggers and Pinfluencers will sorely miss.

Snapchat will regret not taking that $ 4 billion: Snapchat, an app that lets you take pictures on your phone that disappear after a few seconds, doesn't make any money, but it sure as hell turned down a lot last year.

Increased bank reserves held at the Fed don't necessarily translate into more money or cash in circulation, and, indeed, broad measures of the supply of money have not grown especially quickly, on balance, over the past few years.

Either way, the premium on pure speed goes down, and that will cost a select few players, including the exchanges themselves, a lot of money.

If you're raising money for your startup (or keeping an eye on your own investment options), here are a few big trends to keep in mind next year.

While many businesses waste money on ineffective advertising targeting leads that go nowhere, very few are focused on activating what I call your «power base.»

Here are a few pointers on how to get their attention and hopefully their money.

Forrester's report, titled «Social Relationship Strategies That Work,» confirms that because so few people see organic (i.e. not sponsored or promoted) posts on Facebook, it's a waste of time, money and resources.

It's worth noting that French broadband provider Free tried turning on network - level ad - blocking a few years back, in a bid to get money out of Google, but the government told it to stop.

He's the top earner on the PGA money list while competing in fewer events than any other player in the top ten.

Or, on the other hand, is it an admirable act of charity — a rich guy giving a bunch of his own money to a few dozen colleagues?

GC: We'd been talking to a few different companies, and we had to decide do we want to continue on and raise more money, or join another company?

When the company launched Discover, the special content hub within its app in January and its biggest bet on making money, it included content channels from a few partner publishers, as well as one for its own material, such as short series, and music videos.

In order for companies like UniQure to make money on these novel drugs, they'll have to be priced at an exorbitant premium, which few if any patients could ever pay.

Money supply has declined in the last few weeks but remains quite positive on a monthly and yearly basis: M1 declined -0.5 % for the week!

The fact that video is one of the few places where media companies can still make money becomes obvious when you see how many places are banking on it for growth, whether it's Facebook ramping up its live video offerings or services like Genius pivoting to focus on it.

They've collaborated on successful launches for the likes of Tony Robbins, Snoop Dogg and Cash Money Records and have won more than a few awards along the way.

Sure, parents could decide to visit Store B instead of A because they can knock a few items off of their own shopping lists, but money is tight enough for most shoppers that savings on one item aren't likely to be spent on unplanned splurges.

Within a few years, Intrade amassed 25,000 users willing to wager money on whether Osama Bin Laden would be captured, the strength of the upcoming hurricane season in the U.S., or more mundane matters such as the Nasdaq close.

Now, just a few years later, the company finds itself in the strange position of having to justify that accomplishment — and to rationalize it in order to get people to spend the extra money on its new console.

If that were to happen, it would surely lead to the destruction of many small, online businesses and a tax hike on Americans, leaving us with less money in our pockets and fewer choices online.

A stagnant job market — or worse, a consistently declining one — could mean fewer people will be able to spend money, even on necessities.

It may seem that everybody is investing in bitcoin, but there are a few things to consider before you buy: the cryptocurrency is extremely volatile, crypto hedge funds charge serious fees to invest your money, and the value of bitcoin is only based on the assumption that it will continue to grow and become the predominant cryptocurrency.

Millennials should look into personal financial management apps such as Digit and Acorns among others, that provide users with real time insight into their spending habits and make it easier to allocate money to their retirement savings with a few taps on their phones.

We've burnt a lot of money on ads and we had just a few conversions and no trials.

Very few, she says, respond with «more money» when a custom, personal and far more meaningful reward is on offer.

They could appear at the incubator's door, with their idea on the back of a napkin and, a few weeks later, pop out with investor money to burn.