Sentences with phrase «of hits it takes»

A lot of those hits he took in this Detroit game would be penalties these days.

Geroy Simon, who played alongside you for seven seasons, was quoted saying about you, «To see some of the hits he took over the years and to bounce back up and keep on playing, is a testament to who he is as a player and as a person.

Not exact matches

Fill the bulk of your portfolio with a combination of high - rated bonds (weighted toward corporate, rather than government, debt) and high - quality, dividend - paying equities, and you likely won't take a hit.

As for Nike, it and many of its peers took a hit from last year's bankruptcies Sports Authority and City Sports.

But just like banks, private equity will take a hit on the lowering of interest deductions.

The number of US air strikes in Afghanistan has spiked since President Donald Trump took office a year ago though the insurgents have hit back with deadly attacks, including a bloody Taliban raid on a Kabul hotel on the weekend.

The markets are unpredictable, and your portfolio may wind up taking a hit one day by no fault of your own.

Harley Finkelstein, Chief Platform Officer of Canada's tech darling Shopify, took on a second job this year as a judge on CBC's Next Gen Den, the web - only version of the hit show Dragon's Den, featuring younger entrepreneurs and riskier deals.

TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed higher as energy stocks advanced while oil prices hit a 16 - month high and traders took in a mixed batch of U.S. earnings.

In this hangout, editorial director Ray Hennessey talks with branding and customer experience experts Karen Leland of Sterling Marketing Group and Brad Smith of Sage North America about how to come back when your company's reputation takes a hit.

Some haven't been happy about it, while others are gleefully trying to take full advantage of the media attention generated by the biggest (and most embarrassing) story to hit Toronto in decades.

Another grateful occupant Mia, 20, expressed how lucky she is to be part of the program: «I feel like I just rolled some dice and hit something lucky because I don't think I would have found a place that genuinely takes care of kids like they do here.»

Jim Cramer compares the impact of tariffs on Apple and Walmart to see which company would take a harder hit from increased U.S. - China tensions.

Its profits and stock took a hit in 2016 and 2017, due to write - offs from a poorly timed earlier bet: Signature had become a major financier of permits for New York taxi drivers, just in time for the Uber era.

Some lenders say they'll be taking a big hit from these regulations, regardless of market response.

A recent viral hit that has people dumping buckets of ice water over their heads shows what it takes to reach across the globe.

But the entertainment industry might want to take note: more than half of the people surveyed think that by 2025, A.I. will create a Billboard 100 song and write a hit TV series.

Shares of Sprint and T - Mobile took a hit Monday after a $ 26.5 billion merger between them was announced a day earlier.

The tariff would force Mexican companies to raise prices, though probably far less than the full 20 %, since they'd take part of the hit by shrinking margins.

The North American tradition of presenting diamond engagement rings has now spread to China's massive middle class too, and, after taking a hit during the recession, the American luxury economy is rebounding.

Fans of Disney can visit «The Happiest Place on Earth,» movie buffs can hit up Universal Orlando, and animal lovers can take a tour of SeaWorld.

«In other words, instead of taking a «pay cut» when we hit «retirement age,» we'll get a pay increase.»

There are several preemptive measures corporate sponsors can take to reduce the chances of being hit with ambush marketing.

One viral - marketing take - away that Harmon and his team found is that, to gain a loyal following on YouTube, one should create a steady stream of content; it's not enough to be a one - hit wonder.

You end up splitting your focus over many tasks, losing focus, lowering the quality of your work and taking longer to hit your goals.

The Amazon - Whole Foods deal has thrown the entire grocery sector, as well as food producers and even pharmacies, into a state of anxious upheaval, with stocks including Kroger Co., Target, and even Wal - Mart taking hits.

It took a full 7.5 years (2,726 days) for the Dow to hit its next milestone of 12,000, in October 2006.

«Most of our companies are atoms leveraging bits» — lab science aided by computing power — «and they generally take more capital and a longer time horizon to hit those key milestones,» says Lindy Fishburne, executive director at Breakout Labs and managing director at Breakout Ventures.

«Today, after Sen. Marco Rubio said he can't vote for the new tax bill and other Republican senators might be balking too, the market took a hit... how many of you took this moment and treated it as a buying opportunity?

Expectations are high the Bank of Japan may boost its government bond purchases at its April 3 - 4 policy review, the first under new Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, who has vowed to do whatever it takes to hit the BOJ's new 2 percent inflation target.

Because of this, Hansen isn't worried about shareholders taking a hit.

The company has avoided much of the issues that have derailed its peers, and while its stock price did take a hit over the summer after it cut its production guidance, it's still in good shape.

Instead of taking a bad review as a hit to your business, put it in a new light.

We'll take a look at some of them, from renowned fashion designer Vera Wang, who didn't design her first dress until she was 40, to writer Harry Bernstein, who authored countless rejected books before getting his first hit at age 96.

The verdict so far among analysts is that profit will take a hit, but the dynamics of capital and pricing will not.

Though this bout of unrest is certainly ill - timed — Thailand's tourism high season is barely underway and will surely take a hit — analysts like Jefferies» Sean Darby believe the protests are «unlikely to cause major economic disruptions.»

But the company has taken its share of hits, both financially and emotionally.

He does point out that merchandising could take a bit of a hit in the next quarter — it had to pull some of its products from JC Penney shelves as part of the settlement — but it will rebound as it adds new offerings to stores.

Shares of Riot Blockchain and Digital Power, while taking a hit today, are still up 627 percent and 450 percent this year, respectively.

When the IPO market takes a hit like it has, it takes a substantial length of time to recover, usually a couple of years.

«When crude oil goes to $ 55 a barrel, I can take a 12 percent to 18 percent hit on my corrugated [boxes] and plastic packaging,» says the founder of the 15 - person firm.

Our bodies can only take so many sneezes on a flight before our immune system takes a hit and we find ourselves spending our hard - earned vacation days staring at the ceiling of a hotel bathroom.

These might include anything from winning a project, getting a new client, hitting a milestone of some sort, taking a trip somewhere, or making a personal - development breakthrough.

Revenue growth at the 37 - year - old maker of storage systems had taken a hit, pressured by the cloud and the commoditization of hardware.

It means if your investments take a big hit as you are nearing retirement or in the early years of retirement, your losses can be much more devastating than if they had occurred earlier in your life.

Taking stock of the IP they'd amassed, they hit on one idea so obvious no one remembers exactly who suggested it first.

The premise of all these pitches is that you can take any good idea for a product, service or network (typically someone else's idea, who is already hitting it out of the park) and shrink that business down to a narrower target population or niche, or to a certain kind of consumer, and instantly turn the process of serving that smaller segment into a big business as well.

Like breaking a mortgage, however, it could make sense to take the hit, depending on how many years you've already held the fund and the advantages of the alternatives.

Last year, a handful of spots hit on topics such as immigration and diversity but took measured tones aimed at appealing to a broad range of viewers, Taylor said.

There are private meeting rooms where no one looks askance if an employee spends her lunch hour taking a nap or catching up on Family Feud instead of hitting a nearby shop or restaurant.