Sentences with phrase «as at last year»

As at last year when it was its peak, the cryptocurrency market comprised of just 1 % of the global economy.

3M's Library System loves to show up at a packed conference and show off something new and innovative for the world of library ebook lending, such as at last year's ALA Conference when all the buzz was about the dedicated e-reader designed specifically to be checked out from local public libraries.

«Even, as at last year, the 2016 Appropriation Act voted N40bn for the project on the insistence of the ministry and only N26bn was released.

In addition, as at last year December, more than 250 billion images have been uploaded also.

Not exact matches

The upheaval at Ford underlines pressure on all three Detroit automakers to prove they can avoid losses as the U.S. market begins to slow from last year's record sales.

«Watch out for Remain - voting areas swinging towards Labour and Leave - voting areas swinging towards the Tories, much as happened last year,» said Curtice, professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde.

«During the Trump Administration, we will shift from playing defense at the FCC to going on offense,» Ajit Pai said in December last year, a month before president - elect Donald Trump appointed him as the new chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Manafort also attended a meeting last year at Trump Tower with Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. and son - in - law Jared Kushner as well as two Russian lobbyists who were said to have offered dirt on Hillary Clinton.

«I can at most venture a personal judgment, based on some examination of the historical evidence, that the initial effects [on employment] of a higher and unanticipated rate of inflation last for something like two to five years; that this initial effect then begins to be reversed; and that a full adjustment to the new rate of inflation takes about as long for employment as for interest rates, say, a couple of decades.»

Late last year, she accepted a job as a senior consultant on ocean governance for World Wildlife Fund Canada, which provides her with new mentors, new skills and the chance to go home at the end of the day.

Boire, who previously worked at Best Buy and Brookstone (which filed for bankruptcy last year), parlayed his successful tenure of sales declines at Sears into a job as CEO of struggling bookseller Barnes & Noble, where, somehow, we think he'll feel right at home.

By late last year, people — investors, angels, venture capital firms — were all overpaying for growth in technology startups and stocks, just as they had been 14 years earlier at the height of the last bubble.

Papa John's founder John Schnatter, who stepped down as CEO at the end of last year, had blamed falling sales on the NFL's failure to resolve the raging controversy over players taking a knee during the national anthem, in order to protest against police brutality.

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Dan has spent the better part of the last 20 years as a proprietary equity & options trader at hedge funds (SAC, Exis & Cheyne Capital) and within the equity derivatives group of Merrill Lynch.

At last year's gathering, Trump was unofficially represented by hedge fund manager Anthony Scaramucci, who would later last just 10 days as the White House communications director.

We have always believed that the Employment Tribunal's decision from last year October was entirely correct in saying that our GMB member clients were entitled to workers» right such as the minimum wage and holiday pay,» said Nigel Mackay, employment solicitor at Leigh Day, the firm that represented the union members.

«Skylanders: Swap Force was the most successful game sold at Toys R Us last year and biggest action figure line, as well.»

«At the end of the day, I've been very fortunate to have been as successful as I have been for the last 22 years in digital marketing.

Our record was not very good as a team (4 - 12) but we still managed to have 12,000 at our final game of the season last year.

Similar articles appear every year (indeed, we at Fortune published one just last month) and while technically accurate, they strike me as missing the point.

«The cheapest show is $ 3.8 million an episode,» CAA TV literary agent Peter Micelli said at a panel last year, as reported by Variety's Andrew Wallenstein.

The company showed off early prototypes at last year's show, so this year we'll be getting much more detail as well as, I'm sure, some hands - on time.

Last year, the Levene school introducedan international MBA aimed at students withlittle prior work experience, and which featuresa trip abroad to network with otherMBA students and international businesses.They can add on an optional co-op as well.

The numbers, as reported last month, back it up — this year's second quarter saw 48 home sales priced at $ 5 million or higher, the most activity in almost a year and a half, according to a report by Miller Samuel Inc. and Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

As I've noted before, since the start of 2013 — when the «fiscal cliff» calamity was averted at the very last minute with a deal struck between Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R - KY)-- investors have been impervious to the sorts of anxiety attacks that caused significant corrections during the first four years of the bull market.

LONDON — Losses at Victoria Beckham's high - end fashion label jumped by 78 % last year as it invested «heavily» in design, production, marketing, and sales.

A cheap date — defined as cab rides, dinner or lunch for two at a pub or diner, soft drinks, two movie tickets and a couple of beers — runs about $ 195.90 in Zurich, down around 7 percent from last year, the survey found.

Michael Wilson, chief U.S. equity strategist at the firm, said in a note Monday that the S&P 500 could reach his «bull case» target of 3,000 «by the middle of the year as investors bid up P / Es toward 18.5 x on one last surge of euphoria before settling back down by year end.»

«To honor Barbara Bush as a commencement speaker is to honor a woman who has gained recognition through the achievements of her husband, which contravenes what we have been taught over the last four years at Wellesley.»

Sure, at debates, like last night's great one in Milwaukee, candidates are always asked questions that begin with, «As president, will you...» but we all know that presidents alone can't really do anything but put their socks on or, in more recent years, play a lot of golf.

3) Denver Beer Co.'s Graham Cracker Porter - While I haven't had the original, I did taste a couple of the offshoots (such as Coconut Graham Cracker Porter) at last year's GABF and enjoyed them thoroughly.

«There's definitely a cap on growth at that airport,» says Steve Silverhart of HUBS Aviation Consulting, who spent a year as ground services manager at Billy Bishop, which handled two million travellers last year.

Halfway through last year, Jason Kint of the advertising trade group Digital Content Next looked at the total ad revenue booked by those two companies as a proportion of the overall industry, and found that they accounted for about 90 % of all the growth in the business.

At Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting last May, for example, Buffett expressed regret for not investing in Google (now known as Alphabet)(googl) and Amazon (amzn) stock years ago, having failed to appreciate the tech companies» great potential.

Last year, a handful of spots hit on topics such as immigration and diversity but took measured tones aimed at appealing to a broad range of viewers, Taylor said.

A former top Fox News reporter left the bureau at the end of last year as rumors swirled about his history of alleged harassment.

The state's rural confidence is at its highest level in over two years after a rainy autumn has found 84 per cent of farmers expecting this year to be better or as good as last year's season.

The residents of the wooded manors in Canada's richest neighbourhood are as likely to be found abroad as at home: about a third have made a trip to Europe in the last three years, with a little more than that taking a Caribbean sojourn in the same period.

At one point last year, as many as 100,000 websites were blacklisted in Turkey.

Last year there was a string of serial rapes and we are speaking with some of the local advocacy groups and developing a plan to keep the space open and staffed Friday and Saturday nights until an hour after the bars close so that if there is anyone feeling uncomfortable or threatened by a situation can come and use the space as a safe haven and have the option of being walked home at the end of the evening.

According to data released by China's National Bureau of Statistics, the number of unsold new homes nationwide increased 14 % to 437 million square metres as at October 31 last year.

«For the supermajors, the U.S. shales may be just the portfolio medicine needed to repair short -, mid - or long - term portfolio damage as a result of the last several years of severe exploration cutbacks,» Brian Lidsky, managing director at PLS, said in a briefing on 2017 dealmaking.

At MI Developments, Stronach replaced former Liberal MP Dennis Mills as CEO late last year.

The handcrafted medal on the right was awarded to him last year when he served as co-president of the parents council at his son's school.

But vacation home sales tanked last year as demand outstripped the supply of available homes, said Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the NAR.

It's this career philosophy that has fueled her turnaround effort at Yahoo since she joined the company as CEO last year, at age 37, after more than a decade at Google.

«As a reality check, Tesla is worth twice as much as Ford, yet Ford made 6 million cars last year at a $ 7.6 billion profit while Tesla made 100,000 cars at a $ 2 billion loss,» wrote Thompson, who has consistently outperformed the market as a hedge fund manageAs a reality check, Tesla is worth twice as much as Ford, yet Ford made 6 million cars last year at a $ 7.6 billion profit while Tesla made 100,000 cars at a $ 2 billion loss,» wrote Thompson, who has consistently outperformed the market as a hedge fund manageas much as Ford, yet Ford made 6 million cars last year at a $ 7.6 billion profit while Tesla made 100,000 cars at a $ 2 billion loss,» wrote Thompson, who has consistently outperformed the market as a hedge fund manageas Ford, yet Ford made 6 million cars last year at a $ 7.6 billion profit while Tesla made 100,000 cars at a $ 2 billion loss,» wrote Thompson, who has consistently outperformed the market as a hedge fund manageas a hedge fund manager.

She and her twin sister, Lieke, a teammate on the Dutch squad for several years, are known as for the particular attribute that earned Sanne a silver medal at worlds last year and a gold medal in Rio.

Buffett, who for much of his career avoided tech stocks, has capitalized on that rally by doubling — or, if you will, sextupling — down on Apple stock: He owns six times as much of it now as he did at this time last year, making him one of the iPhone maker's largest shareholders.