Sentences with phrase «than a few years at»

Similar to the comments above, a successful career does not necessarily mean a traditional path or even having the same job for more than a few years at a time.

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If you build fewer than 100,000 vehicles a year, it doesn't make sense to manufacture in China, says Steve Man, analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence in Hong Kong.

«Ten years ago, we were at 16 [women in the Senate] and even 20 years ago we had fewer than 10 women serving in the Senate,» she said.

Since this is a role that involves handling sensitive materials, employers should look for candidates with at least a few years of related experience and no fewer than two references.

Unfortunately, that day came much sooner than he expected when his dad passed away only a few years later, at the age of 59.

The more complex debt market has worked wonders in the past few years allowing somewhat riskier companies like Valeant amass more debt, at lower rates, than they would have been able to past.

Millstein acknowledges that being his kind of activist director is hard work, much harder than just spending a few hours at eight board meetings each year.

«Idol,» which averaged more than 30 million weekly viewers at its 2006 peak and ranked No. 1 for nine consecutive years, averaged about 11 million last season (still enough by today's standards to land it in the top 20, but with fewer advertiser - favored younger viewers).

Muzak amassed a collection of roughly 5,000 songs within a few years, more than any record label at the time.

There have been signs of traction already: General Electric, an AWS customer, has been a presence at this conference for a few years now, and companies don't get much bigger than that.

Average five - year growth rate among the 2001 Inc 500 that had Venture - capital funding at start - up: 4,619 % CEO with an M.B.A.: 2,542 % CEO who took 5 days or fewer of vacation yearly: 2,385 % Open - book management: 2,283 % CEO who took more than 10 days of vacation yearly: 1,983 %

At the end of fiscal year 2016 in September that year, the Air Force had 1,555 fewer pilots than it needed, including 1,211 missing fighter pilots.

Few technology trends last more than a few years, let alone several decades, so it is important to take a look at why big data continues to be a force in the technology sectFew technology trends last more than a few years, let alone several decades, so it is important to take a look at why big data continues to be a force in the technology sectfew years, let alone several decades, so it is important to take a look at why big data continues to be a force in the technology sector.

From Vox, citing a study at the University of Texas: «If 10 percent of the vehicles... were self - driving cars, the country could save more than $ 37 billion a year due to fewer deaths, less fuel, more free time, etc..

A police report itemizes more than $ 600,000 in items stolen in a burglary at their home a few years ago, including two Swiss watches, HK$ 200,000 ($ 25,600) in cash, and a kilo of gold.

It was a blockbuster product for Nintendo a few years ago, but the company sold fewer than 900,000 in the last quarter, down from 1.4 million at this time last year.

The reviews go back a few years, but there were more than from the last week at the time of writing, which indicates the product is rather popular.

«We, at GM, have had the view for a little while that the world of mobility is going change in the next few years more than it has changed in the last 50 years,» GM president Dan Ammann told Fortune.

More than a few people view Secunda, a gruff 59 - year - old trained as a mathematician, as the mad genius behind the terminal, a wizard at connecting the worlds of technology and finance.

«Videoconferencing is a whole different experience today than it was a few years ago, and it's more affordable, which is driving it down» to smaller companies, says Brett Shockley, CEO at Spanlink Communications, a Minneapolis communications reseller that markets videoconferencing and other communications networks to small and mid-sized businesses.

The club Lee and her peers belong to is a small one: fewer than 6 % of all decision - markers at U.S. venture capital firms were women last year, according to a Fortune analysis.

LJ: I'm in the 250ish range, you know, a lot lighter than I've been playing at in the last few years.

While the likes of Beate Uhse and Playboy were each raking in at least $ 300 million each a few years ago while I was researching my book, Sex, Bombs and Burgers, the three biggest public companies pulled in less than that combined over the past year.

At first, Winkelman was incredulous that J. Aron could earn even $ 10 million per year, but that modest target was quickly surpassed; in a few years, the business was producing more than $ 1 billion in profit per year, a meaningful chunk of Goldman's overall bottom line.

Tesla's own sales have steadily increased, proving that there's solid demand for at least for Tesla electric cars, but it's still delivering fewer cars in the year than a big carmaker does in a month.

At Intel Andy Grove would grow the company from a few thousand dollars in his first year to more than $ 20 billion in revenue during his last year as CEO.

More than 25 CEOs have stepped into the top spot at a Fortune 500 company so far this year, plenty of them within the last few months.

At the same time, companies, particularly large ones, are facing stronger economic headwinds than in the past few years.

We created this a few years ago for our own inbound recruiting, and it has had more than 3 million views (at writing).

Executives who only a few days ago raged against all the elements of the current compromise now say it is the only possible deal, way better than two more - BC Premier Gordon Campbell topped that at five more - years of uncertain litigation.

Tight oil companies have made the case that through increased efficiency and lower service costs that their economics are better at lower oil prices today than they were at $ 90 per barrel prices a few years ago.

That's why, ultimately, I can't really blame Jana Partners for pushing for a break - up... Qualcomm's licenses by themselves would be a money gusher, at least for a few years, and while I think most investors are more long - term oriented than people think, I can absolutely understand the temptation — and associated price premium — associated with money in hand now.

All this seems to have made Cohen very rich — he co-owned a fleet of more than 200 taxis by 2003 and became a partner at the law firm Phillips Nizer a few years after that.

«A few years ago, I could probably count on my hand how many people had more than 500 LinkedIn connections,» says Ryan Bethea, who goes by the title of Chief Connecting Officer at Socialnomics.

The Aussie will decline to 72 US cents by year - end as restrained economic growth and inflation mean the Reserve Bank of Australia will take a «few years» to catch up with the Federal Reserve in raising borrowing costs, said Philip Moffitt, Asia - Pacific head of fixed income in Sydney at the firm, which oversees more than $ US1 trillion.

We upgraded our view on U.S. consumer discretionary stocks last fall and still believe that households are in a better position than they were just a few years ago: Consumer debt is down while household wealth is up, gasoline prices are much lower than a year ago and the U.S. is creating jobs at the fastest pace since the 1990s.

After years of working with entrepreneurs at accelerators where the goal was always to build a billion - dollar company, Saunders noticed that fewer than 20 percent of accepted participants were women.

The favorable market performance associated with many historical economic expansions is fully accounted for by 1) favorable post-recession valuations, with the S&P 500 averaging less than 9 times prior peak earnings at the recession low, expanding to just over 11 times peak earnings in the first year of the bull market, and 2) favorable trend uniformity, which typically emerges almost immediately in the form of a powerful breadth thrust off of a bear market low, and is confirmed within a few weeks by much broader trend uniformity.

The city's first condo costing more than $ 100 million, which sold in the last few weeks at the new luxury tower One57, had property taxes this past year of $ 17,268, according to the city's finance office.

At its peak, the company had nearly 80 franchises across Australia as well as more than a dozen company - owned stores, but over the last few years, a number have closed and a disgruntled Brisbane franchisee launched an $ 800,000 legal action against Pie Face claiming they were misled over profit projections, which Homschek denied.

If you've been buying vehicles for more than a few years, you'll probably look back at your earlier experiences with rose - coloured glasses.

Home prices are expected to continue rising throughout 2017, though possibly at a slower pace than what we've seen in the last few years.

In the last few months, exits have included VP of finance Gautam Gupta, president Jeff Jones — who was at the company for less than a year — and Anthony Levandowski, an exec at the center of Uber's battle with Google over stolen self - driving car technology.

At that time, the price of one bitcoin was a little bit more than $ 1,000, and we all know how the year ended, achieving 20x increases in just a few months.

While speculator HG Vora made a few bucks on its less than year - old investment, the financial fate of its two buyers can only be guessed at.

Today, fewer than half of high - scoring students from low - income families even enroll at four - year schools.

In our investigations, we've looked at as much data as possible — emphasizing what we believe to be the best information, rather than just the data from the past few years.

This year's tournament was again held at The Ritz - Carlton Golf Club, Orlando, Grande Lakes where more than a full field of 39 teams, 85 percent of them returning from the previous year, sold out in a few, short weeks.

I'm 50, and had a negative net worth until just a few years ago (other than whatever my business was valued at).

The horrible part is that if you had bought your stock a few weeks before this decision was made and the distribution paid out at the end of the year, you would effectively be paying more than 25 years of investment tax for someone else that got to cash out scot - free.