Sentences with phrase «of being close to home»

While neighborhood schools are beloved for a variety of reasons — tradition, community pride, practicality of being close to home, etc. — not all are living up to their primary responsibility of providing students with a high - quality education.

The feel of a destination wedding with the convenience of being close to home.

Plus they have tons of options to pick from such as different languages taught, times of day, preference of being closer to home or work, licensed family daycares and the list goes on.

One of these is close to home ownership and title insurance.

Not exact matches

If any of these habits hits close to home, it isn't too late to flip the switch.

Out of the 48 stores Home Depot had to shut, six remained closed as of Thursday morning, but ensuring timely deliveries to the rest is a challenge and retailers are counting on vendors to help out.

The global network of business leaders was supposed to help emerging - market entrepreneurs scale up, but now the organization is needed closer to home.

Manayunk is home to hundreds of college students thanks to its close proximity to six of Philly's biggest schools.

But the median price of single - family homes for sale in Monrovia is currently closer to $ 650,000.

Home sales in 2012 almost doubled those in 2011, and Shannon Dos Stantos, an agent with ReMax Kitimat, estimates close to 60 % of the sales are from buyers in the Lower Mainland or Alberta.

The Tal Afar offensive will target an area which is close to Turkey and home to a sizeable population of ethnic Turkmen, with historic cultural ties to Turkey.

Dual - class shares and other regulatory changes are making Chinese technology firms look closer to home for listings, says Wilson Chow of PwC.

In the coming months, owners of the Google Home smart speaker will be able to ask Google Assistant — the AI system embedded in Google's devices — to find the closest store with a particular item in stock.

Some 10 companies — mostly Chinese, including the Temasek backed Innovent Biologics and Shanghai Henlius Biotech — are already planning floats and some have dropped U.S. IPO plans in favor of listing closer to home.

The days of taking out a home equity line of credit to pay for college, a new car or for someone's silence — and take a tax break on the interest — are coming to a close.

For ESPN host Tony Reali, the attack hit close to home, as the driver initially started right outside of his New York City apartment where his wife was and finished blocks from his daughter's school.

For many in tech, this travel ban hits close to home, since many of the top companies in the industry — including Google, Tesla, Uber, and Intel — were founded by immigrants.

Things got weird in the closing hours as a contingent of Clippers, including owner Steve Ballmer, Rivers, and players Blake Griffin, Chris Paul, and Paul Pierce decided they were not going to leave Jordan's home until his new contract was signed at 12:01 a.m. ET, according to Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.

Last year there was a string of serial rapes and we are speaking with some of the local advocacy groups and developing a plan to keep the space open and staffed Friday and Saturday nights until an hour after the bars close so that if there is anyone feeling uncomfortable or threatened by a situation can come and use the space as a safe haven and have the option of being walked home at the end of the evening.

Certain proposed transactions, including the divestiture of Humana's subsidiary, KMG America Corporation, the acquisition of a minority interest in Kindred Healthcare, Inc.'s Kindred at Home division by Humana, as well as the acquisition of a minority interest in Curo Healthcare Services by Humana are subject to various closing conditions, including various regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, as well as other uncertainties, and there can be no assurances as to whether and when these transactions may be completed.

There will be millions of gatherings to watch the game, and just about every snack will have been purchased close to home.

According to some of Canada's top luxury real estate agents, the wealthy are looking for value in their new home — properties that are in good locations, in close proximity to work and local schools.

Closer to home, there's a reasonable chance that our current president will implode because of his historically low popularity, a fight with his own party and a looming investigation of Russia's interference in our last election.

A growing number of U.S. businesses are taking a closer look at a curious provision in the current draft that could actually advantage those we're trying to punish (in this case, Russia) at the expense of our own businesses here at home.

Whether it's language barriers, a lack of information on specific opportunities abroad or uncertainty about details on tariffs, there are a wide variety of reasons many Canadian businesses remain too close to home.

Among homes valued at $ 5 million or more, Trulia says the median price is close to $ 7.4 million and comes with 5,663 square feet of living space on nearly an acre of land.

Even in little Sparta, a 90 - minute drive from Manhattan, the brothers found plenty of talented people who were eager to work close to home.

With the rate of home ownership now close to 70 %, and with household debt at a record high, much of the financial health of Canadian households is inextricably linked to home values, making it the kind of dominant concern that not only affects household finances, but consumer psychology and confidence.

Sensors installed around the home monitor motion (tracking, for example, if the resident appears to be wandering or fails to rise from a chair or bed and how often doors open and close); check room temperature; and allow remote reporting of blood pressure, pulse, weight, and other health indicators.

Arkansas, the home state of Walmart, Nevada, and North Carolina are also getting close to sending bills to their governors» desks ready for signing.

Many of houses are war - time era homes, although you will start to find larger, historical homes as you get closer to the canal.

A close friend of the couple's told Vogue that «Family is very important to Jeff, and he absolutely relies on her to create that stable home life.

This city boasts a high number of patents per capita, and is close to Microsoft's home in Redmond.

In determining its top such spots, International Living advised readers to keep in mind how close a new location is to their old home, whether it is relatively easy to get long - term visas for residency there, offers a low cost of living and is home to a preexisting population of foreigners like you.

Sticking close to home on the banking front is a strategy that Donna McGovern, a financial consultant and owner of Custom Business Results Inc., based in Huntington Beach, Calif., recommends to her clients in all economic environments.

Only the company's acquisition of Pixar — which the company bought in 2006 for about $ 8 billion — even comes close and that's mostly thanks to home video sales.

I was so fortunate — a wonderful nanny who brought the babies so I could nurse, a home close to my office and the freedom to work from home, leave early, or take a chunk of time off when my family needed me.

For the record, a quick list of things that need to be done: Sell or rent your current house, find your new home, squat in temporary accommodation in between, pack and move, close out old utilities, set - up new utilities, update your health insurance and driver's license, ditto with banking and vehicle registration, deliver said vehicle to new location, ensure spouse and children have jobs and school / daycare placements, find childcare in between if necessary, settle everyone in.

Many first - time homebuyers are driving as far north as Brantford and Innisfil to achieve their dream of owning a home, but there are affordable options much closer to Toronto.

The first thing that jumped out at me was that their mortgage payment alone was close to 50 % of their take - home pay.

Every item sold and every service offered is designed to maintain the community he has created — one that has helped him fulfill his dream of turning his dad's business into a true growth company and of staying close to home.

You stated your interest in a city where you can grow your company to 50,000 employees over the next 20 years, a home base that can hold your interest... a strong sense of place, a rich cultural life, great transit systems, smart young people and plenty of infrastructure - ready land that is close to both the business center and top universities... density, walkability, and diversity... some of the nation's finest universities... tech - savvy millennials... Philadelphia, the birthplace of America, offers all of these desirable attributes at a more affordable cost.

For home buyers who want to be a little closer to the art - scene action consider our No. 2 pick: the neighbourhoods of Ritchie, Hazeldean and King Edward Park.

That sounds much faster than the 2.5 % to 3 % growth expected here at home, but many economists doubt the accuracy of Chinese government numbers, estimating that growth will be closer to 3 % to 4 % in the years to come.

Those homes are more likely to be purchased in the close suburbs rather than in urban cores, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data by real - estate listing firm Trulia, which found that millennial growth in big - city suburbs was 1.4 percent in 2013, compared with 1.2 percent growth in dense cities.

Wells Fargo & Co.'s attempt to force aggrieved customers into closed - door arbitration over its fake - accounts scandal is drawing a legislative backlash in its home state of California and risks subjecting the bank to another round as a public punching bag.

This landmark case began when Linda was denied entry into a school closer to her home because of her race.

Even closer to home for advisors is the class action lawsuit brought employees of CheckSmart who are charging that CheckSmart and Cetera Advisor Networks, as co-fiduciaries, allowed «grossly excessive» fees in a 401 (k) plan whose investments performed poorly over a period of six years.

Home affordability is close to a multi-decade high, the stock market has more than tripled since its lows and millions of households have been able to refinance their mortgage loans, which in the process has saved thousands of dollars a year.

Heads rolled in the federal sponsorship scandal, and politics is better for it Dinner parties with foreign billionaires, charter flights, private islands, selfies with Bono and Kevin Spacey — it might sound like Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, but to Canadians it hits a bit too close to home, or rather a bit too -LSB-...]