Sentences with phrase «point lead of»

Stripping out the don't knows gives Corbyn a 24 point lead of 62 % to Smith's 38 %.

After Philadelphia took their first 20 - point lead of the season, Butler just about single - handedly forced overtime, scoring 51 in regulation before E'Twaun Moore's seven points took Chicago home in overtime.

Not exact matches

«It's a shame that the coffee price issue obscured the real story here for so many people, but, once again, this kind of «one - way» data point thinking led investors astray... when it was actually quite strong,» said the «Mad Money» host.

Case in point, a recent study from Abertay University in Scotland found that a woman that's seen as wearing too much makeup can affect people's perception of her ability to lead.

That's too bad, and is the point of this series: «The Best From the Brightest» focuses on one seminal concept from leading business thinkers.

Its magic sales funnel is a perpetual motion machine of leads, with many entry points.

The forum, it's worth pointing out, is viewed by many to embody the very ideals that led to the populist uprising, including the surprise victory of Donald J. Trump in the U.S. presidential election in November; it brings together the global elite, or those who are typically first to reap the benefits of wealth creation.

The S&P / TSX composite index was up 17.31 points to 12,757.81 as investors wondered if the United States will end up leading a military strike against Syria, which it accuses of using poison gas against its own civilian population.

As a first point of contact, it opens up networking opportunities (online and in real life) which then lead to coverage in media outlets and widely read blogs.

The Fed Audit, which has consistently been fought by the Senate, could easily be dropped - with Republican legislators being able to point to the endorsement of the beltway's leading libertarian think tanks as evidence of being tough on the Fed.

In the introduction to a series that will look back at the events leading up to the election, Silver seems on the defensive somewhat, justifying his analysis of the poll results and pointing out that he predicted Clinton would be weak with the Electoral College and that Trump might prevail.

Films like J. Edgar and The Aviator (for which he got a Leading Role nomination) require him to play a single character through many stages of his life, never allowing the actor to fully inhabit characters at a single point in time.

Depression can have a similar effect on decision - making; it can lead to a more pessimistic point of view, one that renders you unable to use the information available to make the best decision.

That point isn't lost on Steve Roberson, the co-founder and technical lead of Start - Up Hire, a new job site for venture capital - backed companies.

On the landing page, provide a paragraph or two explaining the lead magnet, along with a short list of benefits in bullet points.

The point is to make sure you're doing the things you want to do and that lead to the kind of life and business you want.

Then you realize later the chain of events that led you to that point.

As CEO and professional speaker Jess Ekstrom points out, 90 percent of her leads come from connections made at conferences.

Canadian CEOs agreed that the BP disaster will lead to much tougher regulation of the entire North American oil extraction industry, with a mean of 6 on the 7 - point agreement scale.

The software automatically manages your sales pipeline, documents all points of contact with your prospects and current clients, logs sales, and allows you to see everything about each lead in one place.

If a period of incomprehension is essential for the learning that leads to innovation, then how does your brain assimilate that learning to the point where it can go beyond making connections and think outside the box?

«The fact that they stuck with the three rate - hike forecast sends a signal that at this point they're not ready to adopt a potentially more aggressive stance that a number of people have been talking about for next year,» said Craig Bishop, lead strategist for U.S. fixed income at RBC Wealth Management.

A leader's job description can seem like an ever - growing list of bullet points, but the priority for CEOs, CFOs and staff managers alike is always the same: leading their team.

That survey showed Carson (at 26 %) to have a four - point lead over led Trump (22 %), although Carson's advantage fell within the poll's six - point margin of error.

Markets then surged — meaning most of the funds were hurt by the pain leading up to that point, but missed an ensuing upswing because of the hedges.

While the Republican - led tax reform plan is short on details at this point, the head of a tax policy group called the plan «viable.»

The former First Lady is now enjoying a slight lead over Donald Trump, with most of the polls putting her ahead by a median of 3 percentage points.

Phinney rode attentively and sprinted to the first «king of the mountains» point of the race and put himself into the classification lead.

The Caixin measure of manufacturing activity (PMI) edged up a tenth of a percentage point to 50.1, led by output and new orders.

This leads to an endless recycling and restating of a few salient points.

Curry, the NBA's leading All - Star vote - getter in 2015, has been an advocate of private coaching, publicly pointing to it as a key to his success as a pro player.

An independent panel has endorsed the proposed development of a liquefied natural gas precinct at James Price Point near Broome, but the recommendation may have little impact as project developers led by Woodside Petroleum have shifted their focus to floating LNG developments.

But he missed the central, rural part of the state by 20 points: He had polled a 10 - point Trump lead while Trump ended up winning that area by 30 points.

He said he would be inviting «leading conservatives» and people from all across the political spectrum to talk with him and share their points of view about the issues raised by the Gizmodo story.

Either way, Merkel seems to have little to fear in her reelection bid: The most recent national poll gives her a lead of 11 points.

As Steve Blank recently pointed out in an article in Harvard Business Review, it was the failure to deal with this issue that led to many of General Electric's current problems.

Breakthrough companies discover different leverage points — like outside advice or strong boards or maverick employees who lead them into new lines of business.

Lack of real income growth and falling interest rates over a generation have led to more borrowing, which points to a world of trouble tomorrow.

This has led to the emergence of point solutions.

The situation got Taggar thinking about the difficulties of that market, which eventually led him to exploring pain points of the people on the other side — the landlords.

According to a Pentagon inspector general's report: «Leon Panetta was fully cooperating with the movie project and that several CIA staff used White House - approved talking points to talk to Mr. Boal [the producer of Zero Dark Thirty] about the intelligence that led to UBL's [Usama bin Laden's] location.»

Pessimists, on the other hand, can point to two sets of concerns that could lead the SEC to give the thumbs down.

Elena Delle Donne's third season was the best of her short career, as she led the league in scoring with over 23 points per game on 46 % shooting, to go with over eight rebounds, a steal, and two blocks per game en route to winning MVP.

Ashish Jha, the senior author of the JAMA Internal Medicine paper, points out in a blog post that there are reasons why women doctors might well deliver better care, citing research to suggest that they might adhere more closely to established clinical practice guidelines and that patients often report better personal experiences (something that ultimately might lead to better outcomes).

A two - time Defensive Player of the Year who's led the league in blocks four years in a row, Griner is now leading the league in scoring, averaging 22 points per game on 57 % shooting while once again leading the league in blocks per game.

Jesse Hulsing, a Pacific Crest analyst, points out that it's already working with a number of leading universities, such as Georgetown University, Berkeley and the University of South Carolina.

I built a career around the marketing of good deeds, working with a lot of great organizations, from Points of Light to Share our Strength, led by Billy Shore, who I think is probably one of the originally nonprofit entrepreneurs.

Titled «Talking Points Embassy of U.S. in Colombia as Political Post for Ambassadorship,» the memo advised Trump not to choose a career diplomat to lead the embassy in Bogota.

Of course, one of the long - standing selling points of leading business schools is the unrivaled access they provide to lucrative, highly selective careerOf course, one of the long - standing selling points of leading business schools is the unrivaled access they provide to lucrative, highly selective careerof the long - standing selling points of leading business schools is the unrivaled access they provide to lucrative, highly selective careerof leading business schools is the unrivaled access they provide to lucrative, highly selective careers.

While Philly had scored the go - ahead field goal with just a minute left that gave it a 13 - 10 lead, the chance of the Eagles stretching the lead beyond the point spread seemed hopeless.