Sentences with phrase «newer than those around»

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All the hype around startups overshadows the fact that fewer people are starting new businesses today than at any point since 1978.

The new regime at the money - losing retailer, backed by a hedge fund, may have had more in mind than just changing the optics around a brand best known for its sexually provocative — some would say sleazy — advertising.

More than half of working - age adults believe they have the ability to start their own company, according to a new report from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, which surveyed people working in 60 countries around the world.

Rather than creating a new series on startups, for example, consider focusing on a more specific area around which you can create value: perhaps family - owned startups or startups operating on a shoestring.

But unlike in past years, consumers will have to shop around to get the best deal, as some of the major wireless carriers have decided to sell the new Samsung models for 10 % or more higher than the list price.

The new rules were tougher than expected, according to Goldman, particularly the guidelines around earnings stripping, a practice in which US taxable earnings are reduced through the lending of money from one subsidiary to another.

While I did get a ton of new connections — going from around 800 of them to more than 1,500 — it was a pain in some ways, particularly the zillion notifications plus every 20th person emailing to ask me to remind him or her how we met.

And Ruby Tuesday was recently forced to close more than 95 locations and is on the hunt for a new CEO to turn business around.

Alongside its new moniker, the platform offers a host of new features, including curated collections of stories from multiple publications organized around a single theme and a search function that digs through 15,000 back issues from more than 150 titles.

The company says that more than 4 million minimally invasive surgeries have been performed with da Vinci systems since 2000 — a new one begins every 42 seconds somewhere around the globe, Intuitive CEO Gary Guthart tells Fortune.

The very act of seeking new experiences also happens to be great for your mood, and people who are happy are magnetic and far more interesting to be around than downers.

If you look around the world we're still a cheaper market than New York; we're still a cheaper market than London.

In the second quarter of this year, more than $ 300 million of new funding was put into marketing - automation companies around the world, according to VentureBeat Insight.

Rather than having a reputation for being «that guy or gal» no one wants to be around, why not be that guy or gal everyone can't wait to see by buying an extra latte every morning at your favorite coffee shop and randomly give it away to a new person.

Indeed, there are already new - age games around that involve a player's imagination far more than the mindless thrashing of, say, Space Invaders.

HelloFresh sold 31 million new shares in an initial public offering, giving it a valuation around 1.7 billion euros at current prices — more than double the $ 888 million (763 million euro) market capitalization of struggling Blue Apron (aprn).

The combined rewards programs are growing faster than ever, says Marriott, at around 1 million new members a month.

Simple, CNNMoney reports: it has the best supply chain around, allowing it to give buyers the new gadgets they want faster than can any of its rivals.

The main snafus are with the new type of battery the company is building in order to cost - effectively produce the Model 3, which at around $ 35,000 has a much lower price tag than Tesla's Model S and Model X.

«In just a few years, we've grown from a handful of software developers and scientists to a team of more than 1,200, inventing new capabilities and products on behalf of millions of customers around the world,» said Rohit Prasad, Amazon's Boston area - based vice president and head scientist of Amazon Alexa.

Thanks to websites like Kickstarter and EquityNet, it's now easier than ever before to drum up interest around your new idea or innovation and find small loans and pledges that supply the money you need to take things forward.

You'll also burn massive amounts of money in the process — Bain & Co. estimated that it was 7x more expensive to get new customers than it was to keep one around.

When Harte surveyed more than 1,000 men around the age of 22, he found the younger guys using ED medicines recreationally were more likely to report lower confidence in «achieving and maintaining erections» (via New York Daily News).

The new bid had been around 7 % higher than Pfizer's original approach, and would have provided AstraZeneca stockholders with around $ 84 per share in cash and stock. www.astrazeneca.com

A friend has told them your product is worth trying out, and that will encourage them to stick around and try it out longer than your average new user.

Whereas Wired the print publisher would likely be valued at from one to three times the company's 1995 revenues of $ 25 million, Wired the new - media company was now shopping itself around at more than 17 times revenues.

Whether it's donating a portion of profits to support groups helping rape victims, giving free ad space to charity groups, or creating a new catalogue that is focused around stopping date rape, something substantial must be done for Bloomingdale's to come back stronger than before the ad release.

From larger, more established startups like Valve to newer ones like Treehouse, getting rid of managers who boss people around is a deliberate tactic to build the kind of culture that pushes forward creativity and collaboration, with everyone leading rather than following.

Watching the New England Patriots — trailing 21 - zip in the second quarter, down 25 points in the third, 19 points in the hole with less than 600 seconds to go in regulation — rally to win the Super Bowl in overtime, I couldn't help but wonder if there was some mysterious science behind «the miraculous comeback»: something measurable, or at least point - to - able, that captures the transformation of human spirit that drives an individual — or, more inexplicably, a team of separate beings — to see «victory» when «loss» is flashing all around them.

Meanwhile, DotCom Therapy — a telehealth company that provides speech therapy, occupational therapy, and mental health services — booked more than $ 2 million last year, and is rapidly expanding to new markets around the world.

The new contract is built around New York City's upcoming «Freelance Isn't Free» law, which goes into effect on May 15 and requires anyone hiring a freelancer for work valued at more than $ 800 to use a formal contranew contract is built around New York City's upcoming «Freelance Isn't Free» law, which goes into effect on May 15 and requires anyone hiring a freelancer for work valued at more than $ 800 to use a formal contraNew York City's upcoming «Freelance Isn't Free» law, which goes into effect on May 15 and requires anyone hiring a freelancer for work valued at more than $ 800 to use a formal contract.

The directors were also asked how difficult it would be for their company's major competitor to find a new CEO: Sixty - eight percent said fewer than five people could fill the job, and when it comes to finding a CEO to turn around a troubled company in their industry, 58 % said the choice was also limited to five.

Top - line details: Honest's new round would be Series E stock priced at around $ 19.60 per share, which is 57 % lower than the price of its Series D shares (sold in the summer of 2015).

Our new player is faster than ever, which means quicker - loading pages, better SEO, and a superior user experience all around.

Far more - so than marriage, a new job, or a trip around the world.

In Miami, some four million sf of new space is planned for the Coral Gables area and more than seven million sf around the Miami International Airport, says Sandra Goldstein, CCIM, president of Sandra Goldstein & Associates in Key Biscayne, Florida.

While the state of New York has invested more than $ 900 million of taxpayer funds to date into the project and its associated developments, SolarCity has spent just around $ 20 million in capital expenditures in Buffalo so far, according to multiple sources.

Rather than using his Twitter audience to tweet about healthcare or his energy plan, he used it to attack «Morning Joe» co-host Mika Brzezinski, saying she was «bleeding badly from a face - lift» around New Year's Eve.

Directors in our study expressed fairly significant dissatisfaction with boardroom dynamics at their companies: Only around two - thirds (64 %) strongly believe their board is open to new points of view, only half strongly believe their board leverages the skills of all board members, and less than half (46 %) strongly believe their board tolerates dissent.

A new cohort will be selected annually for each of the program's five years, helping more than 120 talented young leaders to realize their full potential and transform their communities and the world around them.

That's not a «burden» on the new speech rights any more than it is a «burden» on me that I am not allowed to run around stealing from anyone I want.

Akorn shares were hovering around $ 32 on Monday afternoon in New York, up by more than a third since April 7, when it confirmed it was in talks with Fresenius about a potential deal.

«In just a few years, we've grown from a handful of software developers and scientists to a team of more than 1,200, inventing new capabilities and products on behalf of millions of customers around the world.

He starts with the EIA estimates of costs of different generation sources, realizes that with those numbers the GEA mix is cheaper than what it replaces according, declares that «it is likely to be the case that the new estimate has been shaped by political pressures within the Obama administration» and therefore dismisses them, and then shops around for a prediction more in keeping with his desired conclusion.

Oath will expand its use of AWS by continuing to migrate legacy workloads and building new cloud - based applications across its portfolio of dozens of media and technology brands, including Yahoo.com, Yahoo Finance, and Yahoo Sports, serving more than a billion people around the world.

The vacuuming robot has been around for a while, but it's getting better than ever: The Roomba 980, a newer version of the floor - cleaning robot, has earned stellar reviews, with some testers saying it does a better job than any upright vacuum, especially on pet hair.

Partnering with Yahoo Finance provides us with the opportunity to reach more people than ever, in key financial centers around the world, from New York to China and beyond,» said Berkshire Hathaway's Chairman & CEO Warren Buffett.

Though Walmart currently offers grocery pickup at more than 100 of its Florida locations, the retailer plans to introduce around 80 new Grocery Pickup locations in the area.

One reason is simply travel and logistics; it is easier for investment firms (most of which have at least a branch office in New York) to trek up to midtown and even line up multiple family office meetings for the week, than it would be to fly or drive around California to the less geographically concentrated family offices there.

The U.S. economy, which was stuttering with a «fits - and - starts» recovery following the Great Recession of 2007 — 2008, has now reached a state of steady, stable growth, with the pace of growth centering around a new normal rate that is lower than its historical norm.