Of course, China has a much larger pool of consumers to attract to its global shopping festival, but that doesn't mean its numbers aren't worth noting.
This does
not mean the numbers weren't high before.
That you make multiple comments here that end up at an average of 50 comments on articles posted here does
not mean you number anywhere near 100.
Even if your calorie intake looks good on paper, doesn't mean the number on the scales will.
That doesn't mean the number needs to be glaringly large, but it does need to grab guests attention.
And I don't mean the number of book deals that an literary agency has made.
They don't mean the number of books in stock or the number of sales you've gotten.
While the above guidelines make it possible to find out how much car you can afford, that doesn't mean that number should be your actual budget.
Just because carriers are part of an alliance does
not mean the number of miles required for any given trip will be the same for all partners.
This DOES
NOT mean the number of unique individual users (real people) that visited, which is impossible to determine using just logs and the HTTP protocol (however, this number might be about as close as you will get).
Not exact matches
While that
number is lower than Trump's estimation, it's also important to note that Trump's term did
not begin until noon on Jan. 20, which
means he can't accurately claim credit for all 216,000 jobs created in January.
But
numbers alone don't necessarily
mean that much.
These
numbers alone are
not alarming — interpretations of what sharia
means and how it should be applied vary widely across the Muslim world.
Just because the
number of women in technology - related fields has always been dramatically lower than that of men doesn't
mean that things will stay that way.
Sort by median salary to find the jobs with the fattest pay cheques; sort by five - year wage growth to see which fields have the fastest - growing salaries — that can indicate a shortage of qualified candidates (and opportunity for you); or sort by five - year growth in the
number of people in the field — those are the places that have been on hiring sprees (but watch out; that doesn't
mean they'll continue the streak).
That doesn't
mean week - to - week or in the earnings
numbers, and I kind of almost don't respond to those day - to - day moves.
«I don't know why she would ask the victim for the perp's phone
number,»
Means said.
According to the Small Business Administration, the
number of startups funded by VCs in 2012 was an abysmal 300 of the approximately 600,000 new businesses started in the U.S., that
means 99.95 percent of entrepreneurs did
not gain access to VC for their new businesses that year.
Means also wasn't sure why a detective would ask Beth for Luke's phone
number.
However, that doesn't
mean you can't look to others for ideas — a
number of business people have inspired me over the past few years.
This
means that while we can certainly use calories as a tool to guide our eating choices, we shouldn't live like Lulu Peters, focusing solely on one
number.
But what matters even more than the
numbers is knowing what the
numbers mean, and what they can and can
not tell you.
By pure logic, if the expected return,
meaning the real cost of capital, is really 8 %, then today's P / E must be
not the a sustainable
number as the bulls argue, but an ephemeral peak that's set to fall sharply.
It
means getting out on a
number of campuses and canvassing the masses for a look at what's hot and what's
not.
Saturday and Sunday used to be for rest and relaxation, but for a growing
number of entrepreneurs, weekends don't
mean downtime.
«But just because the
numbers don't exist doesn't
mean that they aren't important.»
I don't
mean fulfilling as in, «We made a huge sale,» or, «Our
numbers are really high.»
That doesn't
mean it's all smooth sailing: An equal
number say they've had to make layoffs in the past year.
That
means you truly know them; they are
not just abstract
numbers that enter into your financial statement or statistics.
It
means that when we discuss policies to increase the
number of women on boards, we're
not arguing about where we're going — we're just arguing about how to get there.
I don't think now that they have a majority they're going to all of a sudden rock the boat with Conservative principles, which could
mean any
number of things in terms of cost - cutting and other policies.
As a result of Amazon's decision,
Nest decided to stop selling any of its products through Amazon,
meaning the limited
number of
Nest devices listed on Amazon today are expected to disappear from the site once current inventory is sold out, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Fortune has seen several suspicious online profiles and personas that, although their legitimacy couldn't be determined, raised several red flags: a small
number of followers, unverified accounts, no apparent links to accredited charities, and no
means to track where proceeds go.
And how were they going to do that if they didn't know what the hell the
numbers meant?»
However, there's also the notion of «jack of all trades, master of none,»
meaning that a generalist can provide basic competency on a
number of tasks but
not actually perform a single task with great expertise.
What these
numbers mean is that renewable energy can attract capital from parties
not exclusively engaged in impact mandates.
With these kind of
numbers in mind, it's clear that adding some coding know - how to your toolkit is a wise investment in your career future, whether or
not you're specifically interested in developer roles — since having programming skills
means you can work in virtually any field.
Princeton researchers, for example, assumed that using Twitter alone
meant looking at consumer sentiment and
not the amount of buzz, measured by the
number of tweets over time.
By all
means, run the
numbers to see how your generosity will affect the bottom line, but don't discount the goodwill and PR that can add value to your business.
Because majority is defined as «the greater
number,» all you have said is that 51 percent of your customers are satisfied, which
means 49 percent are
not so thrilled.
What's more, every single body beyond the absolute minimum
number required
means that some other job isn't getting done as quickly as it could — a key consideration when your organization is trying to accomplish more in two days than most companies would in two months.
Although different methods of calculating retail sales
mean that these
numbers are
not directly comparable, they all translate the same tone: Sales will good, but
not great.
Your notebook may be old, but that doesn't
mean its days are
numbered.
But, if you have too big of a
number stuck in your accounts receivable,
meaning you don't have the cash yet, that gives you an action item to tackle.
Trying to make everyone in the office best friends is a bad idea for a
number of reasons, but that doesn't
mean they shouldn't have meaningful conversations outside of a typical work environment.
Sadly, the
number of U.S. locations has steadily declined for a decade, but that doesn't
mean there isn't still room for growth.
But even the bleakest overview offers at least some bright spots, and just because many companies have woeful
numbers when it comes to gender diversity, that doesn't
mean every company is doing a bad job of recruiting and supporting female technologists.
While certainly
not a shabby
number, that contract also
meant Miller's ability to test the open market would be delayed by a year.
STANLEY FISCHER: Well, I
mean, seeing inflation taking hold when, for the first time in how many years, I don't know, but a large
number years.
Just because something has worked for a
number of years doesn't
mean that it will continue to work, or that you can't find a better way to do it.