Sentences with phrase «of a long week for»

I'm speaking to McGovern in her parliamentary office at the end of a long week for Labour MPs, during which Corbyn reshuffled his team to remove the likes of Michael Dugher and Pat McFadden.

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Similar data for China was not available, but the country's consumption has been growing, Last year, Chinese consumers reportedly spent 840 billion Chinese yuan (just under $ 140 billion) in retail and catering services over the week - long holiday, an increase of 11.4 percent from 2016.

For many of us, the next few weeks will bring terrible weather, long nights, and less to do at work.

The adverts remained on the taxis for four weeks afterwards as they transported punters and tourists round the British capital — a physical reminder that though the cryptocurrency sector began in forums, chatrooms and underground recesses of the internet, it's no longer limited to them.

Instead, focus on small pleasures, like scheduling dinner with a friend at the end of a taxing workday, arranging for a massage at the end of the week or at the conclusion of a long business trip, or even relaxing with a mindless television program if your brain has simply been firing for too long.

«The days of working 60 - hour weeks for 30 years at the same company are long gone,» she says.

For plenty of young Americans, spring break is a week - long vacation from school that involves gorgeous beaches and plenty of partying, at least ideally.

Bill Gates is the father of this trend with his long - standing and well publicized habit of taking two «Think Weeks» for deep study and reflection each year.

Similarly, when gauging manager preparedness for new hires, behaviors include creating a schedule for a new hire's first week on the job, determining and assigning onboarding training, introducing a new hire to relevant stakeholders and employees at the company, and providing role clarity with a roadmap of short and longer term goals.

«Tesla continues to target a production rate of approximately 5,000 units per week in about three months, laying the groundwork for Q3 to have the long - sought ideal combination of high volume, good gross margin and strong positive operating cash flow,» the company stated in an April 3 statement.

The campaign is expected to run for four weeks, but Canadian Tire's vice-president of digital is hoping that it'll go on longer until the snow is finally gone.

But in the first weeks of his presidency it is clear that Trump moves very quickly, often with no apparent planning, and often with no regard for long - term consequence, logic, or strategy.

Indeed, much of WWDC, an annual week - long conference where developers also sit through workshops and tutorials, so they can build better apps for Apple's operating systems, is predictable.

In the commodities space, oil prices are headed for their eighth consecutive week of falls on Friday, the longest losing streak since 1986, according to Reuters, after the news of a sharp drop in Chinese manufacturing increased worries over the health of the world's biggest energy consumer.

That's shown no signs of abating, with stocks on track for their worst week since 2011 as the spread between short and longer - term contracts became increasingly negative.

While the firm has long been critical of the types of short - volatility strategies that were blamed for exacerbating stock moves early last week, it's still optimistic about the market on a medium - term basis.

Generally, junior employees can get away with providing a couple of weeks, but longer periods may be required for employees who exercise considerable discretion or power in their jobs.

Bjorn Kjos, Norwegian Air Shuttle CEO, discusses how technology has made it possible for his airline to offer passengers long - haul flights at cheap prices as the company awaits the delivery of two Boeing 737 aircraft this week.

A short - term study of 29 young men showed that they consumed on average 238 fewer calories each day for two weeks when they were told not to eat anything between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. And these calories they were no longer eating were coming mostly from high - fat, high - carb foods.

In recent weeks, a number of Wall Street analysts who follow Wells Fargo have pushed for the bank not only to push out Stumpf, but to also scrap its long - established succession plan, which included Sloan.

A 79 - time winner on the PGA Tour who was world number one for a record 683 weeks, Woods lost form in recent years due to injuries and the mastering of a new swing while his ranking has plummeted to 876 after his long spell on the sidelines.

He recognized that to compete with Silicon Valley techies, many of whom have been coding for as long as he had been running around on football fields, eight weeks of learning was not enough.

A social media post last week for the police in Liaoning, the northeastern border province of China, said they were investigating the firm's alleged long - term involvement in «serious economic crimes» and that relevant suspects were cooperating.

China's Ministry of Public Security announced last week that it would begin offering longer - term visas for foreigners of ethnic Chinese descent that would allow them to stay in the country for up to five years.

After a week - long standoff with regulators last December when Uber argued that its cars do not meet the state's definition of an autonomous vehicle because they require constant monitoring by a person, Uber moved its self - driving cars from San Francisco to Arizona, a state with fewer regulations for autonomous vehicles.

The shifting timing of Lunar New Year celebrations in China, seeing the entire nation break for a week - long holiday, often creates seasonal distortions in Chinese economic data during this time of the year.

Today's entry in my week - long notable CES gadget series is one that I've had my eye on for the last couple of months

Genentech 100 Best Companies rank: 11 At Genentech all exempt employees and hourly workers who put in at least 20 hours per week are eligible for the company's Long Term Incentive program and receive the grants as part of their overall compensation package.

Known for its proximity to the clear blue waters of the Gulf, the Sarasota metropolitan area hosts a week - long Grand Prix speedboat race the week of the Fourth of July.

The most glaring example of this extravagance was a $ 2 million week - long birthday party for his wife, Karen, which became known as «The Tyco Roman Orgy.»

Over the course of the week, tasks pile up, and my to - do list can become so long that it's unrealistic for me to complete all of it.

When Facebook snapped up WhatsApp and Oculus in a span of five weeks, for instance, it looked like a master stroke: a cash - rich juggernaut using its vast resources to assure long - term dominance, no matter what the future held.

Long gone are the days when you were forced to wait for monthly or even quarterly performance results and make up for weeks of time spent with lingering productivity issues.

It also lets you avoid buying bags of lettuce with questionable preservatives that keeps things «fresh» for a week or longer.

With Twitter finally announcing its initial public offering last week, the countdown is officially on for the company to correct some of its long - simmering issues.

Trade - war fears could be a longer - term negative for the dollar, even as the currency gets a temporary lift ahead of the Fed's meeting next week.

«Anything more than a couple of weeks when people's jobs are at stake is a long time for them to have uncertainty,» Hanrahan acknowledges.

The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story debuted last week to record ratings for its network, FX, while a documentary that also focuses on the 1995 O.J. Simpson murder trial airs on ESPN this summer, proving that two decades is not long enough to drain the interest of American viewers in the so - called «trial of the century.»

At last week's Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program graduation at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, N.Y., and again this week at the White House's United State of Women Summit, Buffett offered his number - one tip for business success.

This was also validation and recognition of Iodine's team of nine, who'd been working long hours for many weeks — and who aren't so jaded by the media as I am.

Worries of escalating trade wars could be a longer - term negative for the dollar, even as the currency gets a temporary lift ahead of the Fed's meeting next week.

Long - dated Treasury yields retreated for a second session on Friday, extending a run of buying in government paper, after rates early in the week touched multiyear peaks.

The key long - term U.S. mortgage rate declined slightly this week, after a steady rise for most of April that pushed the rate to its highest level in...

In other words, be prepared for a lot more «noise» over the coming weeks and months ahead, but we are a long way away from this being any kind of pretext to lighten up China equity positions.

U.S. oil inventories declined for 10 straight weeks as of January 24, the longest stretch ever recorded, before jumping again in the week ended January 31.

In a hastily arranged meeting with industry executives that stunned many inside the West Wing, Mr. Trump said he would formally sign the trade measures next week and promised they would be in effect «for a long period of time.»

I can fit enough clothing to last a week in the Setout Backpack — as long as I control my urge to overpack — meaning that the bag will be perfect for almost all of the trips I take.

By contrast shares in Europe are poised for their best week since July and U.S. stocks advanced for a fourth day on Thursday in the longest run of gains in four months.

In the medium and long - term, First Solar could turn out to be one of the very few winners from the Suniva / SolarWorld case, so even though it's lost over 5 percent this week, there's room for a reversal.

On February 16, a three - week - long period of public consultation began for three blockchain - related bills in Malta.