Sentences with phrase «own slice of»

Although the name has changed, it's still the same industry once denoted as «leveraged buyouts» — that is, the business of buying companies with a thin slice of nonpublic equity and mountains of debt, in which fund managers grab richly generous (to themselves) fees.

And with good reason; millions of entrepreneurs and businesspeople have embraced the idea that carving out a slice of an existing market can certainly be effective, but finding new opportunities — finding blue oceans — is even better, since those gains don't have to come at the expense of other businesses or other people.

Because of that, Dunbar feels we have different layers or slices of friends: One or two truly best friends (like your significant other and maybe one other person), then maybe 10 people with whom we have «great affinity» and interact with frequently, and then all sorts of other people we're friendly with but who aren't actually friends.

There are still questions in the investing community about which international exchange Saudi Aramco would list on, with exchanges in New York, London and even those in China in the running for a slice of the public share offering.

Already 131 businesses have applied for licences, hoping to carve out a slice of an industry the ministry expects will grow to $ 1.3 billion by 2024.

Cyber Monday sales will top $ 2 billion this year, according to IBISWorld, but Canadian company are likely to take home a tiny slice of the Thanksgiving e-commerce pie.

Because you need to spend those marketing dollars to create and nurture customers in a world where getting a slice of their attention is becoming harder day by day.

I haven't had a slice of pizza in months.

Sure, it's an online giant grabbing for a big slice of the $ 2.7 billion a day — that's $ 1.9 million per minute — that travelers spend on trips to and within America alone, according to the U.S. Travel Association.

Or, they target certain slices of the population, such as parents, seniors or pensions.

As more mainstream lenders (or their subsidiaries) look for a slice of the lucrative factoring pie, new customers are needed.

And then there's Portland's Pie Lab, with slices of pie — extra for ice cream or whipped cream on top.

«After I came out, I felt like in a kind of dream, like I didn't feel things were real,» he says, over a slice of cake with cream and cherries.

This time around, YouTube is concentrating only on a narrow slice of homegrown talent.

Each January, the technology industry, or at least a healthy slice of it, gathers in Las Vegas for a glimpse of the future.

At the moment, he estimates that only 5 percent of his customers order beverages through the app, but it's a number that's been picking up steam over the last few months; if the trend continues, and 5 percent grows to a more substantial slice of the pie, he says he'd push to renegotiate his terms with the company.

Description: You can't walk five feet in New York City without seeing a slice of pizza!

Investors who buy in will be getting exposure to a huge slice of the U.S. market.

The slice of patients above the age of 60 consumes about 85 % of the drugs and devices and diagnostics out there,» says Justin Stephenson, senior life sciences analyst at Vancouver - based independent investment dealer Haywood Securities Inc. «That is only going to get significantly bigger in the western world, which is the main market for Canadian health - care products in the next five to 10 years.

The combo include four slices of Little Caesars Deep!

Swearing that you will never have a scoop of ice cream, slice of pizza or piece of chocolate again is not realistic for most people.

Choose between Buttermilk Pancakes, three slices of French Toast or a Belgian Waffle.

Upon closer investigation, it becomes clear that the 241 calories only account for one slice of the pie.

It seemed to me the only proper way to honor my Uncle Douglas, who I could also count on to keep me warm with dry clothes after rainstorm or just a slice of homemade pound cake, was with a fishing trip.

«This doesn't work on [an iPhone] 6s, doesn't work in a 5s, and so we have a tool that works on a narrow slice of phones,» Comey said during a question - and - answer session recently.

«Instead of saying one slice of bread, or a piece of pie, you will say 100 Calories of bread, 350 Calories of pie,» she wrote in 1918.

A substantial slice of these outsized profits result from the avoidance of environmental «scrubbing» and other regulations imposed in the U.S., Japan and Europe.

In a slow - growth world, everyone is left fighting to protect their slice of a smaller pie.

Comey added that the flaw, which is now believed to have been found by hackers who worked with the FBI, would only work on an iPhone 5c running iOS 9 — a relatively small slice of Apple's total iPhone users who have largely moved on to the bigger iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s lines.

A Toronto - based company hopes to capture a slice of the $ 1 - billion brain fitness market by helping baby boomers answer that question.

Outgoing London Stock Exchange CEO Xavier Rolet accompanied Prime Minister Theresa May on a recent visit to Saudi Arabia to lobby for London to get a slice of the IPO.

But the nostalgic desire he's expressing here, of wanting to keep communities the way they once were, with a steel mill to work in and a mall to shop at, clearly resonates with a slice of the electorate.

The last two years, Instagram started to get a big slice of the pie, and we are seeing steady growth for Twitter and Snapchat.

Depp's lawyer claims his managers did not have a right to a slice of his earnings without a written contract.

People will own and trade small digital slices of everything from real estate, to cars, to houses, to patents, to stocks, to artwork — many of which may programmatically pay out dividends via software - defined «smart» contracts.

«We just need a small slice of it to supplement the advertising that is already out there.»

New York, Hong Kong, and Tokyo are also lobbying Saudi Arabia for a slice of the mammoth IPO, set for next year.

Plans sold under Obamacare are individual health insurance plans, which is just a tiny slice of the overall insurance market.

Morneau earmarked $ 15 billion in up - front capital — a thin slice of the $ 180 billion the federal government is pumping into infrastructure overall, mainly the old publicly financed way, through shared - funding deals with provinces and municipalities.

How about a slice of whole - grain toast topped with low - sugar jam?»

The landscape of search is changing due to the onset of new technologies and the massive influx of brands and businesses looking to get a slice of that first search - engine - results page (SERP).

That winter, two researchers, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, were fiddling with a thin slice of germanium.

I try to eat around a third of my target calories for the day - this usually looks like four slices of toast, four eggs, two bacon medallions, about 100g smoked salmon, an apple and a tangerine.

For long - time DE2 fans, the paint scheme brings a wistful smile; for newer fans, the paint scheme makes that slice of history come alive.

Those who don't have time to dither in long lines can hand over about $ 100 and a slice of their privacy.

The sign out front says: «Mystic Pizza: A Slice of Heaven.»

It is competing with Barbie maker Mattel (mat) and Hasbro (has), the firm behind My Little Pony, for a slice of the $ 31 billion toys and games market in China.

PARIS, May 2 - France's L'Oreal on Wednesday said it had agreed to buy South Korean make - up and fashion firm Nanda, as foreign cosmetic industry leaders jostle for a slice of one of the world's most innovative beauty markets.

Meanwhile, the largest slice of the pie, $ 42.0 million (35.7 %), goes to pay the coaches and staff members.

Rudolph, who was visiting the middle school along with other FSU athletes, noticed the boy sitting alone, so he took a seat and joined him for a few slices of pizza.