Sentences with phrase «over than past year»

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The Minneapolis metro area saw 2.3 % job growth over the past year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, almost a full percentage point more than the nation as a whole — adding nearly 45,000 jobs.

Index - tracking products have taken off over the past few years, especially in the United States, where the broad S&P 500 index has risen more than 200 % since the market bottom in 2009, aided by the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus.

Rent increases in neighborhoods that experienced the biggest influx of those workers have risen 65 percent faster over the past five years than areas with the smallest influx, according to Zillow.

Some industry observers predict that retail will change more in the next five years than it has over the past century, and that the extinction of brick - and - mortar stores isn't far off.

Sales were flat in North America, compared with a 38 percent growth in the Asia - Pacific region, but that was enough to knock 5 percent off the stock which has gained more than two - thirds in value over the past year.

Solar power has grown at a whopping 68 % average rate over the past 10 years, but still accounts for less than 2 % of total U.S. electricity generation.

Over the past three decades, companies less than five years of age have added an average 1.5 million new jobs annually, while older firms have tended to just shed jobs.

That's better than not surpassing the high, but many stories failed to mention the drastic increase in the cost of healthcare and education that's occurred over the past 18 years.

Over the past year, GE has lost more than half of its value.

By recognizing that the marketplace is changing, Volk - Weiss, in response to that change, has built a 120 - person company that he says grew its revenue (from licensing, streaming, and production fees, product sales, and ad - revenue sharing) more than 100 percent annually over the past three years — and more than 200 percent over the past two.

Western Australia's major hunger relief organisation, Foodbank WA, has released its first national report, finding more than one in five children experienced «food insecurity» over the past year.

This Toronto - based property and casualty insurance company has increased its dividend by more than 50 % over the past three years while its stock price has climbed from $ 35 to $ 62.

According to the chart below — not to mention every single piece of research written by Hussman over the past year and change — the first qualification has been more than met.

Our management team has a good track record of making the right bets, which has led to a greater than 1,000 percent average annual growth over the past three years and enabled us to make the Inc. 500.

However, there is one couple who may be more devoted to the royals than everyone else: Australians Jan and David Hugo have amassed more than 10,000 pieces of royal memorabilia over the past 37 years, effectively turning their New South Wales home into a museum.

The average customer, he says, spends more than $ 500, and he has created over 50 videos a month consistently for the past year.

Expedia's stock had dropped by more than 22 percent over the past year through Thursday's close, compared with a roughly 12 percent rise in the S&P.

And yet — here's where things get interesting — Canadians are far better off than one would tell looking at our dismal productivity performance over the past 20 years.

On Tuesday, Calgary - based Calfrac Well Services Ltd. reported it more than doubled its first - quarter revenue compared with the same period last year and is reactivating equipment it parked over the past three years.

Over the past year, Tumblr has gone from 2 billion pageviews a month to over 13 billion and from 1 billion total posts to more than 10 billOver the past year, Tumblr has gone from 2 billion pageviews a month to over 13 billion and from 1 billion total posts to more than 10 billover 13 billion and from 1 billion total posts to more than 10 billion.

It isn't within everyone's means to obtain aircraft for a prison escape, but it's easier to get out of prison by air than underground: Over the past 40 years in particular, there has been trend of convicts and their partners on the outside busting out from high security facilities in hijacked helicopters.

The Inc. 5000's No. 69 company grew more than 4,000 % over the past three years, to more than $ 6 million in revenue.

Medved is one of the more successful VCs — over the past 20 years, he has helped bring 11 companies to valuations of more than $ 100 million, with some of his more notable investments including Shopping.com (acquired by eBay) and Answers.com (acquired by Summit).

By some metrics, houses are less affordable now than at any point over the past 30 years.

In Germany, prices in major cities have increased more than 30 percent over the past five years, according to Berlin - based research firm Bulwiengesa.

Moreover, the rate of growth in the fraction of non-employers (28.2 percent) run by women has been higher than the rate of increase in their share of non-employers (23 percent) over the past five years.

If Jobs» biggest accomplishment over the past 10 years could be pinpointed, my vote would go to his convincing AT&T to offer unlimited data on the iPhone for less than $ 100.

But over the past three years, revenue grew more than 250 percent to $ 18.2 million.

Over the past two years, Groupon's stock price has gone from $ 26 a share on its first day of trading in November 2011 to less than $ 3 a share a year later.

Those kinds of struggles had led 53 percent of those small businesses to apply for funding or credit lines over the past five years — and more than one in four said they had sought loans multiple times.

After the 2008 financial crisis when Goldman became a bank holding company, it could take in more customer deposits, which led to an increase in its holdings of more than $ 40 billion over the past six years.

When Alexandre Pestov, a strategic consultant and research associate at York University's Schulich School of Business, compared buying a two - bedroom Toronto condominium to renting it over the past 25 years, he found that the renter ended up $ 600,000 richer than the owner if he invested the spare cash in low - risk bonds.

Lewis managed to meet his goal of «one dollar more» than the previous year for all but six of his 45 years on air to date, earning around $ 60 million annually over the past decade, for a career total of nearly $ 2.5 billion.

Over the past 8 years, more than 100,000 people from over 100 countries have participated in Google's Online Marketing ChalleOver the past 8 years, more than 100,000 people from over 100 countries have participated in Google's Online Marketing Challeover 100 countries have participated in Google's Online Marketing Challenge.

The Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE), for instance, is down 6.5 percent over the past year, while the S&P 500 is up more than 14.5 percent.

Over the past three years, half of small business owners reported applying for a loan from banks or another financial institution, with 20 percent applying more than once for financing.

Compared to the 6 % peak five - year rate over the past five years, Shearer will save more than $ 50,000.

The latest report from the International Panel on Climate Change, an intergovernmental group charged with researching the effects of carbon emissions, said at the end of September that climate change is unequivocal and that going forward, sea levels will rise at a faster rate than they have over the past 40 years.

Like I mentioned the other day, that system may have worked in the past but since the wide - scale rise of the Internet over the past 20 years, the masses are more aware of what they don't have than ever before.

The company has completed more than 10 acquisitions over the past year, including assets in Mexico, Russia and Brazil, as well as the Edmonton - based maker of Cold - FX, Afexa Life Sciences.

The Association of Enterprise Opportunity, the industry's trade group, says members help 300,000 businesses each year and have lent more than $ 2 billion in the U.S. over the past 10 years.

While the Dish Network's reach and power have weakened over the past few years just as Viacom's have, the satellite company is still in a somewhat stronger position than it used to be relative to the entertainment giant, because it knows that Viacom is already suffering from low viewership numbers, and that impacts its ad revenues.

Yet, a recent report from the Financial Times shows that over the past two years MBA graduates have cooled on entrepreneurship, with less than one in five choosing the less stable startup experience.

The incident appears to have triggered a lot of anger and resentment about the direction Reddit has taken over the past year, and in particular the movement towards making it more of a self - sustaining business rather than just an online community.

Even if you set the issue of employment aside, the U.S. trade deficit over the past five years increased, meaning that the rest of the world was more successful at selling us more stuff than vice versa.

It's probably a bit lower than that, given that Dell's earnings have likely increased over the past two years.

Other than making vague promises to place more police officers on the streets, encouraging DNA testing for death - row inmates and calling for the need to reduce recidivism by investing in «proven community - based law - enforcement programs,» the Democrats» policy solutions over the past eight years have done little to dismantle the carceral state that they helped create.

Within days, a team of designers was in the XJ offices, mapping out the next generation in customer - relationship management software with a clear mandate: «Take the best of what we've done in this space over the past 20 years,» says Tatham, «and starting from scratch, build better than ever before.»

But the fact that China has lost more manufacturing jobs than the U.S. over the past 20 years is a strong indication that playing hardball with the Chinese isn't going to do anything to increase employment in the United States.

The state says the Silicon Valley company has presented Oregon with «false claims» for more than $ 240 million as payment for those contracts over the past three years.