Sentences with phrase «new year high»

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Cryptocurrency trading saw a massive uptick in the past year as bitcoin's price skyrocketed to new highs.

NEW YORK, April 23 - The U.S. dollar rallied to a four - month high on Monday as the 10 - year Treasury yield's climb toward the psychologically important 3 percent level spurred buying of the greenback, leaving the euro and yen lower.

For example, Uber sold new shares to SoftBank Group in January in a deal that valued the ride hailing startup at $ 48 billion, significantly higher than the nearly $ 4 billion valuation at which Google had bought its stake in the company five years ago.

After a successful 32 - year investment banking career, Bill Henson, a decade ago, made the transition to inner city education, initially joining the board of Cristo Rey New York High School, a private Catholic college preparatory high school that educates children of all faiHigh School, a private Catholic college preparatory high school that educates children of all faihigh school that educates children of all faiths.

«For electric vehicles in China, we have a new technology model every two years,» says Dong Yang, a high - ranking Communist Party official at the China Association of Automotive Manufacturers, the auto lobby.

I read the actual book a few years ago, and it's definitely one that I wish I could go back and tell my seventh - grade self is worth reading, especially since I liked «Brave New World» so much when I read it in high school.

Cornell's decisiveness, along with a better - than - expected holiday - season increase in sales at the website and stores open for at least a year, has revived Target's stock: The shares have jumped 30 % under the new CEO, to all - time highs.

NEW YORK, May 1 - The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and U.S. bond yields inched higher again on Tuesday as the recent rise in oil prices fueled expectations the Federal Reserve could flag more interest rate hikes at its policy meeting this week.

«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.»

If you buy new high - end vehicles every four years, you may need to scale that back — and if you opt not to, then your vacation or clothing budget will need significant rollbacks.

The dollar index hit a new high for the year ahead of the Fed statement, and traded lower afterward but reversed course again.

At the start of a new year, that first look at annual goals can be intimidating for some employees — especially if the bar has been set high.

Bitcoin's price soared in 2017 — reaching a record high of more than $ 19,000 in December — but saw sharp declines at the start of this new year due to fears of regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrencies.

From free trade deals opening new doors to growing demand for high - value services, here are five trends to watch this year

Jackson is the lead author of a new study to be published in Psychological Science that tracked nearly 5,000 married Australians for five years and measured how a spouse's personality impacted whether their partner received a promotion, earned a higher salary or experienced higher levels of job satisfaction.

According to new data from the Pentagon, incidences of rape and sexual assault within the U.S. military are up 10 % over the last fiscal year, reaching the highest number of reported assaults since at least 2006.

They have also demanded a new vote on the budget for next year after the government approved the spending plan by not putting it though parliament, but holding the vote in an nearby chamber, with a high number of government supporters — something that the country's opposition deemed as «illegal.»

Over the years, the USDA has backed a handful of these new, high risk biofuel factories.

Yet nine years down the road, the Dow and S&P 500 are setting new highs partly in anticipation of tax cuts, but also thanks to developments in technology.

The practice means that each new year's grants tend to end up being potentially more valuable than the previous year's, just because stock prices tend to drift higher over time.

The company's board put a special provision in Papa's employment agreement that turbocharges his pay the way a videogame might when a player levels up into bonus points mode: If Valeant's stock price reaches a new high of at least $ 270 a share in the next three years, Papa gets double the allotment of performance - based stock.

Two years ago, Lou Hoffman, president of a $ 5 - million public - relations firm in Silicon Valley, was in the enviable position of being able to grow without necessarily adding new business, mostly because his high - tech clients were growing so quickly.

The euro, which in the aftermath of January's meeting rose to a new three - year high, started the year surging against other currencies, including the U.S. dollar, as the region's economy improved and political risks dissipated.

What's more, the news - reading public has grown accustomed to announcements of multi-million-dollar investments over the last 15 years, a period of extremely active venture capital funding, which reached new highs in 2015.

South Korea's new management - minded approach is a dramatic turnaround from its energetic regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrency exchanges this past year, alarmed at a heated market that saw local prices of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies in South Korea trade for higher than international levels.

For somebody who had never been to New Orleans, but moved there initially to teach and then a year later left the classroom to start a company, I've seen firsthand just how much the community has invested in bringing in and retaining young people who really want to contribute to rebranding the city, bringing it from, old oil and gas and just tourism really into the 21st century with lots of high - tech, high - growth businesses.

Business activity in the euro area hit a fresh six - year high in April on strong demand and increasing business prospects, new data showed on Friday.

The new research shows that something different has been happening: Boards have been allowing CEO pay to climb ever higher by offering executives the same number of options year in and year out, regardless of company stock prices.

But unlike in past years, consumers will have to shop around to get the best deal, as some of the major wireless carriers have decided to sell the new Samsung models for 10 % or more higher than the list price.

It was late February 2016 — still high season for Asian casinos, thanks to the Lunar New Year holiday — and Ding had been here for days.

For half a year, Mehta negotiated with buzzd investors to recapitalize the company, touting a new «direct - response» product that could help big brands get high click - through rates.

The Dow Jones industrial average got out of the gates in the new year like gangbusters, surging to an all - time high on Jan. 26.

The latest U.S. proposal for updating NAFTA's automotive rules would carry a four - year phase - in to meet a higher, 75 percent regional value threshold as well as new labor content rules requiring substantial work at hourly wages of at least $ 16.

The $ 7 billion in capital expenditures is far higher than the $ 5.2 billion the company invested in new technology, facilities, and capacity last year, and the $ 3 billion spent in 2016.

The confluence of easy credit, low interest rates and smart, new models are driving auto sales sharply higher this year but analysts who follow the industry don't see that changing any time soon.

The handsets come with designs nearly identical to last year's Galaxy S8, but run on new, higher - powered Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processors.

Bloomberg maintained high approval ratings for nearly all of his 12 years as New York City's mayor (2002 - 14), winning his first reelection by a 20 - point margin, the largest ever for a Republican in the heavily Democratic city.

WALINI, Indonesia — Indonesia broke ground Thursday on a new rail line between the capital Jakarta and Bandung, officially marking the start of three years of construction on what is expected to be the first high - speed rail service to operate in Southeast Asia.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Shares of Verizon Communications Inc. hit a 12 - year high Thursday after it posted another quarterly report that showed its wireless revenue rising at a rate that's the envy of the industry.

This month, the EU approved the first new GM crop for use in 12 years — a high - quality starch potato for industrial use, not consumption.

Sales of vacation homes slumped nearly 22 percent in 2016 to the lowest level in three years, even as overall home sales hit their highest level in a decade, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

Home prices keep pushing higher, with the median new home price above $ 300,000, a 6.1 % gain over last year.

New Year's Eve is the most in - demand night, and hourly rates are higher, too — an average $ 14.25.

Demand tends to be higher as parents look to fill the gap between summer camps and activities, and the start of the new school year, she said.

The study, which surveyed 50,000 adults in 24 developed countries, found that «daughters of working mothers completed more years of education, were more likely to be employed and in supervisory roles, and earned higher incomes,» reports Claire Cain Miller in The New York Times.

Half of employers plan to offer graduates higher pay compared to last year, according to a new survey from CareerBuilder.

The new union would commit $ 50 million over five years to organizing new workers across all economic sectors, which is far higher than both unions currently contribute to organizing efforts.

«By the time that statement comes in January — Happy New Year — your interest rate is now higher.»

Souki was the highest paid CEO in the U.S. last year, according to a New York Times / Equilar survey published earlier this year.

Each team was to pursue a new high - profile case every year.