Sentences with phrase «years behind with»

In reality, I think many of them are five or more years behind with respect to new discoveries, concepts, method and theory.»

The plan designated it as a significant growth area, but the municipality is at least six years behind with construction of a new sewage plant needed for the town's population to grow from 30,000 to 86,000 by 2031.

I'm usually a year behind with TV because I prefer my TV on DVD.

Not exact matches

The Desmarais family kicked off the new year by snapping up Performance Sports Group, the company behind the Bauer and Easton brands, for $ 575 million with partner Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd..

That's the thinking behind Smarter Science, an Ontario - based program that arms science teachers with the tools to get kids thinking like scientists all year long.

She's still building name recognition outside the world of tech and, with one House run behind her (she lost), the 40 - year - old has time to continue building her political career.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — With a smile that suggested the hard part of an «intense year» may be behind him, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed developers Tuesday and pledged the company will build its way out of its worst - ever privacy debacle.

Shell — a cash machine that racked up $ 9 billion in profit in the first nine months of 2017; a colossus that employs 90,000 people in more than 70 countries; a corporation that, were it a nation, would have the world's seventh - largest carbon footprint, behind Germany; and the No. 7 company on Fortune's Global 500 list last year, with $ 240 billion in sales — is in an existential squeeze.

Also, you should start setting your new goals, simultaneously with the assessment of the business results in the year behind you.

It's actually quite a relief to hear from someone with years of experience who has built a substantial, multi-decade career in a major industry at a global corporation (BP / Amoco) instead of a wet - behind - the - ears «expert» who's had about 15 minutes of startup success and no clue about how he or she got there, or what to do next.

IN 10 years, CJ King and Co Pty Ltd has grown from a small annex behind a North Beach home to what it claims is the biggest full colour printer in the Southern Hemisphere — a $ 1,500 investment that is now turning over $ 10 million a year.With the assistance of Austrade and the WA Department of Industry and Resources (DoIR), the company is taking on the UK market, already with some success.One of the remarkable things about this success story is that it has been achieved through a consummate belief in a philosophy to use standardised, leading - edge technology and to supply just the print trade and other on - sellers.

Abe, now in his sixth year in office, had tried to put behind him questions over the sale of state owned land at a huge discount to a school operator with ties to his wife, Akie.

For example, Apple Pay lagged behind Chinese competitors in providing promotions timed with the Chinese cultural tradition of exchanging red envelopes («hong bao») filled with money during the Lunar New Year.

And while the conversations he's having today with sponsors are more productive than when he started his agency more than three years ago, «in the U.S., we're a lot further behind.»

Former Patersons Securities WA state manager Lewis Fellowes has been charged with using nearly $ 1.6 million in clients» money for his personal use, and could be looking at up to 12 years behind bars.

FDN, the First Trust Dow Jones Internet Fund, is fourth in flows to U.S. stock funds from ETF investors this year, with about $ 1 billion in new assets, behind Vanguard's S&P 500 (VOO), the iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF (MTUM) and Vanguard's Total Stock Market ETF (VTI).

Much of it, of course, pertains to educational gifts, but behind his formula for philanthropy — which he's worked out with the help of Gowlings lawyer Robert Finlayson over the past 15 years — are some general principles that could apply to any gift.

Last year Vanguard managed 23 % of ETF assets, second behind BlackRock, with about 39 %.

Taking the plight of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or «drones» as an example, Bunger sees police forces 15 years behind the military with ground - based military just starting to adopt robots.

Indeed, as labour economist Jim Stanford recently pointed out, our GDP growth fell behind six of the G7 in the second and third quarters of last year, beating only Italy with an average advance of 1.7 % during the six - month period.

With this in mind, Business Insider asked 27 - year - old personal trainer Max Lowery, the man behind the 2 Meal Day diet plan, about his pre - and post-workout routines for getting the most out of his training sessions.

With more than 40 years of experience helping restore men and women behind bars, Prison Fellowship advocates for federal and state criminal justice reforms that transform those responsible for crime, validate victims, and encourage communities to play a role in creating a safe, redemptive, and just society.

(A 21 - year company veteran, he was behind fan favorites such as Tonight Dough and Dublin Mudslide, along with more recent offerings like Urban Bourbon and Truffle Kerfuffle).

The V's professional management team was behind the resurgence of upscale barber shops in the United States with a combined 50 years in business management and consulting.

With that said, I still use the occasion to reflect back on the past year and look forward to the next, and I use this time to examine the reasons behind not achieving my goals from the past year.

The same day, The Washington Post published an 11 - year - old, behind - the - scenes video of then - businessman Donald Trump bragging about forcing himself on women while on a bus with the host of «Access Hollywood,» a popular entertainment show on NBC.

Aritzia, a demonstrably profitable 32 - year - old company with 75 stores, is the kind of IPO Canadians will get behind right now, says Braunsteiner.

Last year, Startup Garage students Tony Xu and Evan Moore were planning and testing the idea behind DoorDash, which matches local restaurants with drivers who deliver takeout in the San Jose / South Bay area.

The U.K. had been expected to follow close behind the Federal Reserve in raising interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, but with lower commodity prices and weak wage growth still keeping a lid on inflation, economists now think that the U.K. may not raise rates till 2017 — even though new data out Wednesday showed the employment rate hit a 45 - year high of 74 % in the three months to November.

Buffett got into a behind the scenes dispute with hedge fund manager Bill Ackman last year over Valeant, after his No. 2 Charlie Munger compared Valeant to famously flawed conglomerate ITT.

«We have lost so much trust with some of our customers that it will require a few more years before we can say that we've left diesel behind,» Diess said of the scandal.

For comparison with last year's list, take a look behind the numbers.

But instead of the black and lifeless lake that lay impounded behind it just two years ago, now there is a firm, rolling meadow sprinkled with snags for hawks to roost on and boulders to create wildlife habitat.

With Christmas behind us and the New Year fast approaching, bowl season is kicking into high gear.

It's been a busy year for Pebble Technology, the company behind Pebble, a watch - like device that syncs up with a user's smartphone and alerts him or her of incoming messages and calls.

Instead, the MacBook Air will stick with Intel's years - old «Broadwell» chips, which are well behind the latest generation in terms of overall performance and battery efficiency.

The Trudeau government simply picked up the thread and put some serious (borrowed) coin behind it, with its big - innovation, big - infrastructure plan racking up $ 145 billion in deficits over six years.

Wang is also the founder of Quantum Bakery and is the brains behind Glow, a pair of earbuds with laser light cords that had a successful Kickstarter campaign earlier this year.

After spending 10 years behind the camera watching survivalist Bear Grylls overcome challenging conditions and teach crucial survival skills on shows like «Man vs. Wild» and «Running Wild with Bear Grylls,» Paul Mungeam, who goes by «Mungo,» has learned how to stay alive in the wilderness.

According to Mike Biselli, a leader in healthcare IT and the visionary behind Catalyst Health - Tech Innovation, «We're not going to revolutionize healthcare just through the largest organizations that have dominated the space for the last 50 years, and it won't happen with startups alone, either.

With another year behind us, it's time to reflect on business successes and stumbles in 2012, and set goals for 2013.

Also, Apple and RIM's other smartphone competitors won't be sitting still: as they've demonstrated in recent years, they're quite capable of competing with RIM, and if RIM does build a BlackBerry that represents a «quantum leap,» Apple and the Android manufacturers won't be far behind.

Earlier this year, MasterCard announced it was teaming up with SoftBank Robotic, the company behind super cute robot Pepper, to roll out its «first commerce application.»

The New York Times reported earlier this year that Gurley was guiding Uber behind the scenes as it dealt with widespread fallout from allegations of misconduct and sexual harassment.

The average person will spent over five years of their life on social media, with Facebook being the second - biggest offender behind Pinterest.

In 2010, Brown - Forman, the 142 - year - old Kentucky - based firm behind Jack Daniel's, Finlandia Vodka, Southern Comfort along with 22 other wine and spirit brands, was one of those companies.

«Ten years ago I had been working in an accounting firm and it was just one PowerPoint presentation after another and someone would stand in the room with slides behind them and talk at their audience.

Oath is the No. 4 in U.S. internet advertising with $ 3.7 billion this year, while Amazon is No. 5 with $ 2.4 billion, both slightly behind Microsoft, according to eMarketer.

With a 10 - year return of 106 %, industrials have long lagged other cyclical sectors, behind consumer discretionary, up 189 %, and technology, up 161 %.

Armed with a concrete system, thanks to Tom and Nick, tireless working coaches Mike and Sarah D, and the whole Rock Star team behind me, I've been accomplishing far more, in a few short years, than I could have ever imagined had I been on my own.