Sentences with phrase «own shopping spree»

CNBC's Kate Kelly reports on hedge - fund titan Stanley Druckenmiller's optimism in the markets, including his tech shopping spree and big bet on the emerging markets last quarter.

That doesn't mean you should indulge in expensive vacations or shopping sprees (though those can be nice every once in a while).

The company has also been on a shopping spree, snapping up smaller e-commerce players like ModCloth, Moosejaw, and Bonobos.

He had thought that launching in the holiday shopping spree might be a boon for his campaign, but «the obvious hindsight observation is that one of the coldest months of the year is not the time to trying to get people excited about coolers,» said Grepper.

If you're looking for another reason to feel good about a shopping spree, here's one.

In addition to the recipe book giveaway, we are having a Pamper Yourself Holiday Shopping Spree Giveaway, where one lucky person can enter to win a $ 100 Visa Gift Card!

For the past few years, Chinese investors have been on a German shopping spree.

Prosecutors say the bribes funded a luxury shopping spree over a two - month period on two continents.

You'd be hard - pressed to find a more divisive issue in the craft beer community than Big Beer's recent shopping spree for small brewers.

Offer shopping sprees by limo to people who exceed performance goals.

During what are expected to be record - breaking shopping sprees on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, cyber security experts are warning that the shopping frenzy could provide the perfect cover for cybercriminals.

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Former NBA player Shaquille O'Neal admitted that after signing his first professional contract, he went on an expensive shopping spree and blew through $ 1 million in an hour.

iSight said it began notifying clients of the threat in October, and other retailers more recently in order to give them time to track down and remove the malware from their machines before the Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping sprees.

EOne used the $ 200 million it had raised from existing investors and the proceeds of its IPO to go on a shopping spree.

Massive tech players like IBM and Capgemini could go on a mergers and acquisitions «shopping spree» for financial technology (fintech) start - ups next year, the chief of one such start - up has told CNBC.

Chinese billionaire Guo Guangchang is defending his company Fosun's multi-billion dollar shopping spree abroad.

Points can be converted into free nights in Marriott hotels and resorts, shopping sprees, and full travel packages.

But that's the annual message of Buy Nothing Day, thoughtfully timed to coincide with Black Friday shopping sprees.

This year, anticipating the new Administration's emphasis on energy efficiency — if not the $ 8 billion worth of weatherization grants as well as more generous tax credits in the stimulus bill — Serious has gone on a serious shopping spree.

After years of languishing, corporate spending finally rebounded in 2006, and analysts expect the shopping spree to continue.

As a result, websites no longer look like the result of an uncoordinated stock photo shopping spree.

We let our fans tweet and post to Facebook as entry options, like during our recent Holiday Giveaway where we gave away a $ 12,000 Trek Bikes shopping spree.

Along with holiday parties, shopping sprees, and family get - togethers, one hallmark of the holiday season is decreased productivity in the workplace.

They'll also get four tickets to Hamilton, a Black Friday shopping spree on Fifth Avenue for $ 7,500, a two - night stay at a luxury suite at the Mandarin Oriental ($ 4,395), a limousine for their travels, a guided tour of the city, dance lessons at Fred Astaire Dance Studio, a $ 260 carriage ride through Central Park, and a $ 20,000 Ulysse Nardin watch.

The company was acquired by Google in 2013 during a robotics shopping spree led by Android creator Andy Rubin, but the team struggled to find its place within the tech giant after Rubin's departure, former Boston Dynamics employees said.

While the Black Friday shopping spree has been a remarkable post-Thanksgiving ritual for years, the introduction of Cyber Monday has also created tremendous opportunities for modern retailers.

I have asked to tag along on this late - fall shopping spree to better understand the habits of the retail industry's current darling and newest cash cow: the fashionably minded male.

By the second year, Buytopia went on a shopping spree and bought six competitors.

Datapipe, based in Jersey City, N.J. has been on its own shopping spree.

For example, customers can use consumer credit to pay off large ticket items or a holiday shopping spree over the course of a couple months rather than in one lump sum.

The emergence of further interest in Vocus brightens buyout prospects for a firm which has seen its share price slide in the wake of a May profit warning as it struggles to make the most of acquisitions bought in a three - year $ 2.4 billion shopping spree.

Jack Ma's shopping spree is starting to weigh on Alibaba's bottom line just as profit and revenue growth ease.

When people with a lot of money go shopping, they usually go on shopping sprees, right?

Compared to his first two shopping sprees, he's buying at lower prices.

«You don't want to potentially lose your home over the shopping spree you engaged in three years ago.»

Prizes include $ 25 weekly gift card prizes, $ 250 monthly gift card prizes or a $ 2,500 home shopping spree.

«Starting in late 2014, overseas buyers began a US corporate bond shopping spree, adding $ 11.5 billion a month, on average, over 13 consecutive months, taking down roughly 35 % of net supply of US issuer paper,» Melentyev writes.

US$ 111.1 billion — that's how much the nationwide shopping spree in China over Lunar New Year last year was worth....

If you're already strapped for cash, you likely aren't blowing money on Starbucks, fancy dinners out, avocado toast, or shopping sprees.

The rewards programs makes this an excellent addition to your wallet, for everyday use as well as getting some savings off your Amazon shopping sprees.

While a raise, generous birthday gift, or lucky lottery winnings may trigger a shopping spree for most of us, Mr. Money Mustache's instinct is to invest surplus money, which in part eliminates any spending temptation that may arise.

Jessica @ Making Sense of Cents writes How I eliminated my debt in less than 1 year — And I'm not talking about you cracking under the pressure of being frugal and racking up a bunch of credit card debt after a blackout shopping spree at Nordstrom (though that very well could happen to you).

The shopping spree may start months, weeks or maybe the day before the school year begins.

This makes sense when we compare it to a shopping spree for credit cards, for example.

Some 46 % swipe cards or lay out cash after a drink or two, spending an average $ 206 on our sauced up shopping sprees.

One important thing to keep in mind is that some people use credit cards or other lines of credit to finance vacations, high - end clothing, or regular shopping sprees.

Alibaba has reached agreements with governments and vendors from many countries, including the U.S., France and South Korea, to increase product offerings for this year's online shopping spree.

That wasn't the case, though, as the company went on another shopping spree this past quarter.

By now, Christmas merrymakers have packed away the decorations and may even have paid off their holiday shopping sprees.