Sentences with word «nearly»

While hiring was down by 0.1 percent in March, the survey found that nearly 9 in 10, or 87 percent of small businesses, expect the first quarter to be the same or better than a year ago.

Cartwright is part of a growing trend of self - employed and contract workers which, according to some US figures, make up nearly 15 per cent of the workforce and is expected to climb to nearly 20 per cent by 2020.

Plus your flying causes more pollution than nearly any other activity.

On that question nearly every person is at the line.

One of the most popular Kickstarter launches of the last several years was the Glowing Plant Kickstarter campaign, which raised nearly half a million dollars in 2013 to create a genetically - engineered plant that could glow in the dark.

In Pennsylvania, she won nearly 50,000 votes, and Trump's margin was roughly 44,000.

Nearly everyone in the room nodded.

On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration and European airline regulators ordered emergency inspections within 20 days of nearly 700 aircraft engines similar to the one involved in a fatal Southwest engine blowout earlier this week.

As a result, nearly 37 percent of the workforce elects to work remotely at least part of the time.

Bonobos» top keywords show that nearly all of its customers search for it by name; few people stumble upon the site while looking for «men's pants» or «pants that fit.»

From 1994 through the third quarter of 2014, companies with 1,000 employees or more added nearly 34 million workers.

Not all of them were fully functional, but keep in mind as I write this review the app store hasn't gone live yet and Apple Watch is still nearly three weeks away from launch.

That's a big reason why Bank of America grew profits nearly 13 % last year even while sales were flat.

It answers questions that nearly all of us struggle with: goal setting, motivation and decision - making, as well as organizational mysteries such as what makes a successful team and what produces innovation.

The nearly $ 1.5 trillion tax cut required a second vote in the House after a Senate rule forced Republicans to remove three minor details from the bill on Tuesday.

That wasn't the story nearly a year ago when the first Model S sedans were delivered to customers in China.

But then my hair stylist — who looks amazing at nearly 50 — told me one of her secrets.

Entrepreneur's Franchise Zone (entrepreneur.com/franchise) lists nearly 20 automotive franchises, including windshield repair and auto appearance reconditioning, that can be started for less than $ 20,000.

«I have a nearly open office at Stanford so that's why I end up working at home a lot,» he said.

More than two in five employees expect a pay raise in the next 12 months, a nearly 2 - year high.

Office gossip, like nearly every social interaction, in or out of the office, follows a pretty basic formula.

Hardware — as well as more access to high - speed internet connections — were powerful players in why and how the Boston marathon bombings have felt so real: It was documented with powerful cameras, and uploaded nearly instantly to the Web, from multiple angles.

- Stock futures are lower after Tuesday's wild market ride ended with nearly a 600 point gain for the Dow Jones industrial average.

Average home prices in Dandong rose nearly 1 percent in April from March, according to data from the China Real Estate Association, compared with a 0.5 percent decline in the same period a year earlier, although city - wide averages tend not to fully reflect big price fluctuations at individual projects.

Nearly five million people watched the bizarre video, set to Mozart, in which the singer paints flowers on a canvas outdoors.

It's nearly impossible to make money now without engaging with a social media audience and that goes double for small businesses.But still, so many small businesses are not getting the attention they deserve for lack -LSB-...]

As World Bank president Jim Yong Kim told the Shared Value Leadership Summit recently, nearly half the world lived in poverty a quarter - century ago.

We can expand our circles of care and compassion outward to encompass nearly anyone.»

Of course, the banks also had a lot to do with the rise of the S&P 500, which is weighted by market - cap, during the same period: Nearly 36 % of the S&P 500's returns since the election came from financial stocks, according to S&P Global.

Stevia was approved by the Food and Drug Administration nearly six years ago, and since it comes from the leaves of a plant and has no calories, it has led the charge in the search for more natural alternatives to sugar.

He got in his car, which he now refers to as his «test lab,» and drove nearly 15,000 miles across the United States.

Probably not, but they're well worth pondering for nearly any entrepreneur.

In 2015, U.S. consumers spent $ 143 million on refrigerated ready - to - drink coffees and teas — nearly 300 percent more than two years prior, according to the Specialty Food Association, a nonprofit trade group.

ROZZANO, Italy, April 24 - Telecom Italia Chief Executive Amos Genish was backed by nearly all shareholders present at a general meeting on Tuesday, days before a showdown over board seats between the Italian phone group's top two investors.

When the fundraising period closed a month later, nearly 69,000 people had donated a combined total of $ 10,266,845.

And Brazil, arguably the world leader in making ethanol from crops, has been turning sugar cane into fuel for nearly three decades — a process that is 30 % cheaper than corn - based production in the U.S.

Nearly one year after Jack Dorsey retook his position as CEO of Twitter, very little has changed at the tech company.

A McKinsey study found that employees spend nearly 20 percent of their time looking for information or tracking down colleagues to help with specific tasks.

Other writers, including at Inc., have recounted his remarkable rise from his family nearly being killed in war - torn Nigeria to a multiple - award - winning online writer, despite lacking internet connectivity, to starting his own distributed content marketing company.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent nearly 10 hours testifying before Congress this week, answering questions about how Facebook mishandled user data during the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

English and Maltese are the country's two official languages — and nearly 90 percent of the population speaks English.

«What the environmental movement has determined is it's nearly impossible to object to a single oilsands project because there's so many of them and none of them have monopoly power.

After several years of research, in 2011 De Brouwer launched Scanadu, a start - up he believes can be instrumental in solving one of modern health care's major flaws: that humans rely too heavily on the expertise of doctors and not nearly enough on data.

Four years later, the deal was worth nearly $ 350 million for DFJ.

Forbes Insights and Turn also reported nearly 50 percent have created competitive advantages in customer loyalty through data.

Healthy Pop grew to nearly 20 percent of Jolly Time's microwave popcorn sales.

But nobody in his camp was prepared for the outcome: Turnout in the off - year primary was nearly double what the Grayson campaign anticipated, as Paul piled up an eye - popping 23 - point margin across the state.

Three rival companies, founded by scientific pioneers in this field — Editas Medicine, Intellia Therapeutics, and CRISPR Therapeutics — have gone public this year, and together command a market cap of nearly $ 1.7 billion.

From cable to satellite to streaming online, and from 80 - inch screens in the living room to 4 - inch ones in our palms, nearly every part of the entertainment industry is being transformed.

But it's not hard to believe that this could very well be the reason — or at least part of the reason — for their separation, as it's something nearly every couple goes through.