Sentences with phrase «of closing to»

By giving the impression of closing themselves to reason and experience, Christians have too often excluded themselves from the public discussion of what is true.

It's not unusual for a lender to run a final credit report within days or hours of closing to take a second look at your financial situation.

That would represent a premium of close to 30 % of the price of Tribune Media shares on Feb. 28, the day before Reuters broke the news that Sinclair had approached Tribune Media to discuss an acquisition.

An analysis of close to 700 million online shopping transactions concluded that one average, a Pinterest user will spend around 70 percent more per order compared to a Facebook or Twitter user.

But a large 2011 study of close to 36,000 men found that the risk of prostate cancer actually increased among the men taking Vitamin E compared to the men taking a placebo.

A large 2011 study of close to 39,000 older women over 25 years found that women who took them in the long term actually had a higher overall risk of death than those who did not.

Apple, hard to characterise as an out and out manufacturer or pure technology play, currently trades at 13.5 times its estimated earnings for the next twelve months, higher than its five - year average of close to 13.

As of last week, this weird phenomenon accounted for a delay of close to 6 minutes.

Individuals with a net worth of close to or more than $ 11 million ($ 22 million for couples) can still lower the tax hit to their heirs with the use of trusts and estate - planning strategies.

And now, Snap has grown into a massive competitor, with a market valuation of close to $ 28 billion following its initial public offering.

In another blog post, Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith sets out the goal of serving 70,000 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the first year of this program, donating services «with a fair market value of close to $ 350 million.»

When we started ContextMedia, we took a critical look at the needs of those closest to us.

This Naval Academy grad has grown the threat analytics firm she founded in 2003 — it does things like predict the location of IEDs — into a fast - growing government contractor with revenue of close to $ 40 million.

Over the past four years of Weatherhaven's Brazilian efforts, the company's revenues have quadrupled, and 2011's forecast is projecting sales of close to $ 100 million.

While tech ventures are individually risky, a sufficiently large number of them close to each other makes the experience of working in start - ups safe for any one individual.

As the CEO of a rapidly growing company, it's easy to let the job consume you completely, to the detriment of those closest to you: your family.

Goetgeluk says in the next few months the company will ramp up production to work through the backlog of close to 5,000 orders.

Studios created 146 pilot episodes this year, at an estimated cost of close to US$ 400 million.

At its peak, the company, which sold knick knacks, gadgets and monogrammed consumer items that Vernon sourced from buying trips around the world, had sales of close to $ 300 million.

Apple may be one of the most valuable companies in the world, with a market capitalization of more than $ 700 billion and a cash hoard of close to $ 250 billion.

«That means the market cap of the company is selling for less than US$ 400 million, but it has consolidated sales of close to US$ 4 billion,» he says.

Compare this to an average annual increase of close to $ 50 billion annually between 2007 and 2011.

Buffett's market value drop of close to $ 20 billion in Berkshire Hathaway's total market cap would of course be taking that market value loss of almost $ 7 billion in the equities above.

Throughout its history, HLF has typically traded at a price - to - EBV of closer to 1.5.

Using information from the first example, you can see a savings of close to $ 100,000 over the life of the loan when that exact action happens.

Dubbed Canada's Flower City, Brampton is a growing area in Ontario, with a population of close to 600,000 residents.

According to CNBC, Roubini predicted growth of close to 2 % for the third quarter, but believes that it will then slow in the last three months of 2012.

Other private equity firms have so far balked at Court Square's valuation expectations of close to $ 2 billion, sources have said.

Cobb had been a major advocate in the White House for Trump to sit for an interview while many of those close to Trump, including his former lawyer John Dowd, warned against it.

In contrast, the banking sector had a net foreign currency liability position before taking into account the use of derivatives for hedging purposes and a net foreign currency asset position of close to zero after accounting for the use of hedging derivatives.

For example: During the week ending March 8, the 43 active cars on the road only drove an average of close to 0.8 miles before the safety driver had to take over for one reason or another.

Rebar stocks have now fallen 27 per cent from a five - year high of close to 10 million tonnes in mid-March.

The closer you look, the more you'll see that you're picking up the habits of those close to you — and they're picking up yours.

The State Treasurer's Office tracks the fund activity of close to 500 state funds and produces a summary at the end of every month for public viewing.

Most of the close to 50 investors surveyed said recommendations from firms like Glass Lewis & Co. and Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. have a «low influence» on how they vote at annual meetings for companies they own.

Here is a good example of real «divididend» growth investing: From January 2008 to now a portfolio of these stocks (MA, TROW, SBUX, GWW, UNP, & DIS) had a total return (with dividends reinvested) of close to 160 % trouncing the S&P 500 total return (with dividends reinvested) of 27 %....

They give me capital growth and income growth of close to 20 - 30 % per year.

(Reuters)- Buyout firm Leonard Green & Partners is exploring the sale of USIC LLC, a U.S. company that locates and maintains the underground cables of utilities, seeking a valuation of close to $ 2 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.

J&J hopes to expand its presence in the immunology market by launching new drugs like Tremfya, which could reach peak annual sales of close to $ 1.6 billion.

Gold ended that year with gains of close to 30 percent, while prices of silver and platinum swelled more than 80 percent during the year.

That marks a decline in the annual rate of inflation from 0.9 % in November, and brings it further below the rate of close to 2.0 % targeted by the ECB.

«I worked with one specific client who had annual profits of roughly $ 60,000 per year; however, he had inventory values of close to $ 200,000 at cost.»

In real terms service exports have been growing at an average annual rate of close to 20 per cent over the past 10 years.

Working behind the scenes, members of the old establishment, some of them close to Mr. Mubarak and the country's top generals, also helped finance, advise and organize those determined to topple the Islamist leadership, including Naguib Sawiris, a billionaire and an outspoken foe of the Brotherhood; Tahani el - Gebali, a former judge on the Supreme Constitutional Court who is close to the ruling generals; and Shawki al - Sayed, a legal adviser to Ahmed Shafik, Mr. Mubarak's last prime minister, who lost the presidential race to Mr. Morsi.

The five - year forward forecast for inflation also falls shy of the target of close to, but just below, 2 %.

Currently, in the Euro Zone ex UK, the equity risk premium is already above levels seen in the European debt crisis in 2011 and closing in on the 2009 highs of close to 900 basis points.

The biggest decline was, however, seen against the Canadian dollar, with the pair settling at 1.2901 on Wednesday, a drop of close to 1.5 percent for the session.

If we compare operating spending by municipalities to GDP, which is a broad measure of ability to pay, it remains within historical averages of close to 3 % of GDP.  In 2012, operating spending by all municipalities in Canada amounted to just 3.1 % of GDP, the same that it was twenty years ago, and down from the 3.3 % reached in 2009 during the depths of the recession.  This ratio was higher during the recession because GDP had dropped and governments sensibly embarked on stimulus spending to prevent a depression. This was before their misguided adventures in austerity (which presumably the CFIB supports, but have caused devastation to small businesses in countries elsewhere).

A delegation of close to 20 Canadian university presidents travelled to India in late 2010 to encourage this trend, as well as to build research and other partnerships with Indian counterparts.

For example, during the 10 years beginning in 1964 (when the price / peak earnings ratio approached 20 for the first time since 1929), the S&P 500 achieved a total return of close to zero, including dividends.