Sentences with phrase «years right about»

Temps have been going up up hundreds of years Right about the time the first SUV was invented.

Every year right about this time designers are trying to persuade us that the outfits on the runway are NEW, never before seen trends.

Not exact matches

«I knew when I was eighty that I would never, for example, think about why I walked away from my 1994 Wall Street bonus right in the middle of the year at the worst possible time.

When I asked him about his role as CEO and especially what his priorities are right now, and whether they've changed over the years, he said he was focused on four areas.

Later that year, Watson was appointed UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and gave an impassioned speech about women's rights.

Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya speaks with CNBC's Kelly Evans at the Sohn Conference about Box being his best investment idea for the year, as well as the growth of big data and consumers» privacy rights.

Rather than applying the «new year, new me» mantra only at the top of the year, the star of CNBC's «The Profit» says he's not shy about setting new goals whenever he feels the time is right.

In the beginning, that's a great business model, right, because all you're doing is you create this anonymous shell company, you give it a name, you don't care who actually is behind it and you stick it in a folder and you forget about it until a year passes and it's time to invoice for the renewal.

Amazon Go's opening was delayed for about a year as Amazon struggled to get the technology just right.

And some of the players to watch out for are the same big guys from 10 or 20 years ago (Microsoft, Oracle, AT&T, etc.) who are the long - entrenched stakeholders and «powers - who - be» in your space — not because they're great innovators or disruptors, but because: (a) they're increasingly well - informed about who's doing what very well (damn those demo days); (b) they're fairly fast followers with great gobs of money; and (c) they have the people, resources, and patience to hang around and keep buying and trying until they eventually get things right in the long run.

She admits to naively thinking she'd be able to turn a profit right away, but for each of the company's first four years she spent about $ 30,000 more than she brought in.

We spent about two years working with a distillery to get it exactly right.

Facebook is about to go public, and clearly, the 27 - year - old has done a few things right.

• Speaking of Time's Up... Attorney Tina Tchen, who Bloomberg describes as «arguably the most well - connected person working in women's rights today, thanks to her six years as an assistant to President Barack Obama and as first lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff,» talks about why it was so important that Time's Up include a legal defense fund: «The fastest way to make sure that someone isn't getting bullied by a lawyer for someone rich and powerful is to make sure that person has a lawyer, too.»

Every few years, some interests on the left or right become frustrated that most Americans care deeply about the small - business community — and that concern gets in the way of those interests» policy objectives.

Top Olympic sponsors can pay about $ 100 million over four years to the International Olympic Committee for exclusive marketing rights to the Games, and they keep a close watch for any guerilla marketing during the event by their rivals.

«About two years ago we realized it was possible to create this part of the future right now.»

«Ten years ago I would never think it possible for a college to punish a rape victim for talking about her attack,» Colby Bruno, a senior legal counsel at the Victim Rights Law Center, said when briefed on Beth's case.

«They said 2010 was the big acquisition year, and 2011 would be about putting everything in its right place and investing in personnel to scale those smaller businesses.

Every Canadian should be thinking about their golden years right now, so they'll be ready when the big day comes.

He began to think about finding a strategic partner in 2006, and thought he found the right match two years later in Dubai World, a large real estate developer that quickly ran into financial difficulties.

Last year, while at an annual strategic China - U.S. dialogue in Beijing, Kerry expressed concern at Beijing's controversial law on foreign non-governmental organizations and about human rights problems in China.

In other words, over a 27 - year period the assumptions will have been about $ 43 trillion off, if Ernie is right.

When asked about the government shutdown, the 73 - year - old Nicklaus said, «Washington has its own mess right now.»

Chisholm Pothier, who was Flaherty's first federal spokesman and worked with him for about seven years in all, said his boss — despite being an ardent tax cutter — was never the right - wing ideologue his partisan critics made him out to be.

«Well, he's in his 70s and I'm sure, as all of us do, he's thinking about what he wants to do with the years we've got left and wanted to select the right team to continue with his company,» Grossman says.

As the Journal story points out, YES signed a deal with the Yankees to lock up TV rights for 30 years at a cost of about $ 1.5 billion.

The more time you spend swapping complaints about your boss, links to the best video you've seen all year and — oh, right — questions about work, the harder it becomes to recover and produce.

If Philip Morris is any indication — its share price has increased 43 % over five years and about 20 % year - to - date — their prediction will be right.

The company grabbed the rights to the Teletubbies franchise last year when it purchased Ragdoll Worldwide from BBC Worldwide and other investors for about $ 28 million.

Adweek applauded Duracell's «Island Without Power» ad talking about Puerto Rico's struggles in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, saying,» «Island Without Power» is an example of a brand doing activism right in the wake of political upheaval and natural disaster in a year when many brands got it very wrong.»

He says most people want to jump right in, but to get your feet under you, you need about three months for each year you were employed there.

Even though Neometals is now holding less than 15 % of Mt Marion, company management had the exceptional foresight to insist on the right to purchase a sizeable percentage the lithium off - take after about three years of operation.

While letters like these can come at any time throughout the year — and throughout your career — they tend to tick up right about now.

This CEO knows all about hiring the right staff: His previous venture grew to 100 employees in less than a year and a half.

I think 1,000 stores over 10 years is about right.

Right to Rise, a pro-Bush PAC, saw contributions fall to about $ 15 million in the second half of the year, down from more than $ 100 million in the first half.

If Kew's right about that demand, revenues could skyrocket again next year.

At right: We surveyed Inc. readers about their bonus plans for this year.

While Apple has not gone as far as Salesforce in opposing the bill in Indiana, where it operates two stores, the iPhone maker has expressed its concerns earlier this year about whether that bill and others like it would undermine existing civil rights law and damage the business climate of those states.

Instead, he went right back Paris Fashion Week the next year, and while The Telegraph was not much more enthusiastic about this collection, they conceded that it was not a «hit with a capital S.» Meanwhile, his track record with footwear is another matter entirely.

Under the agreement announced on Thursday, Microsoft will have the right to receive about 22.7 percent of total proceeds of Nook's digital business, which excludes the college bookstores, if it is sold in the next three years.

Ten years ago, I was ghost writing computer and tech manuals, I was dissatisfied with being overweight, and I was stressed about everything happening in my life, right down to what kind of car I drove.

He was right — he projects first - year sales of about $ 275,000.

Former Goldman Sachs (gs) chairman John Whitehead spoke to me several years ago about how he fought offerings that diminished shareholder rights.

It took me about 14 years of hustle and grind and getting the right mentors to learn about business, how to scale a business.»

Before you officially leave, think about creating a schedule of projects and deadlines you have in the New Year so you can jump right back into work upon your return.

After 13 years of running my own company and being active on several boards, as both an advisor and board member, I have learned a lot about the importance of surrounding yourself with the right set of advisors.

According to the IMF, North - South trade is growing by about 15 % a year right now, compared to 21 % growth for South - South trade.

Amobi: I think it's probably a few years out but you know, we're very excited about this Amazon Web Services unit, right — the cloud infrastructure business which by, you know, far and away is the fastest growing division within Amazon.