backlog

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The satellite award brings the backlog in Rocket Lab’s growing space systems segment to around $1.4 billion from roughly $600 million.

From Barron's

The figure is a record for a December day in recent years, and is believed to be due to a backlog of people wanting to get across to Kent because of recent bad weather.

From BBC

Google and Apple have reportedly warned some visa‑holding employees against international travel because return processing times could stretch up to a year, reflecting the sharp backlog at U.S. embassies worldwide.

From Salon

In an email to those staff members on leave, the department said it still planned to fire them but now wants them to start working through its backlog.

From Salon

That has weighed on Charles River, but our investment team thinks we are now past the peak of regulatory uncertainty, and that customers are starting to build a backlog after reprioritizing their pipelines.

From Barron's