Sentences with phrase «as such this year»

While the conference does not have an overall theme as such this year, they have listed these as learning outcomes for attendees:

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LONDON, April 30 - The 10 - year U.S. Treasury yield's rise above 3 percent last week for the first time in over four years may be cause for concern across wide swathes of financial markets, such as equities and emerging markets.

A year ago, the London - based multinational undertook a study entitled «The World in 2050,» which projected Canada would be the only major developed economy to hold its position in the world — at the No. 10 spot — at mid-century, largely because of the demand for its resources and its ties through immigration to emerging markets (which by that time will no longer be labelled as such).

Among the wave of financial technology companies attempting to challenge the hegemony of Canada's Big Five banks are «robo - advisers,» such as Wealthsimple and WealthBar, whose platforms help clients create and maintain portfolios of mostly passive investments, such as exchange - traded funds, for fees in the neighbourhood of 1 % of assets per year.

In the two years since Watson Health launched, it has struck partnerships with an impressive array of academic institutions, such as the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and prominent biopharma companies like Pfizer (pfe), Medtronic (mdt), and Johnson & Johnson (jnj).

Only once every few years do they turn up at a high - profile wedding or bestow money on a worthy cause such as the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC.

For years now, emerging markets such as Brazil, China and India have been the go - to place for many investors seeking growth.

For much of its 40 - year history, the medium has been ruled by huge console makers and mega-publishers, such as Microsoft, Sony, Electronic Arts and Activision.

A year after Couture and Laforce bought the business, Artika's products were being offered across Canada and the U.S. at such retailers as Costco, Home Depot and Lowe's.

It refined them over the years, giving them new features such as a more adjustable kickstand, faster processors, better displays and weight distribution, and a stiffer keyboard.

The BlackBerry had been entrenched in the corporate world in North America for years before the company actively courted consumers, whereas it was already equipped with consumer - oriented features such as music and social networking capabilities when it entered new markets more recently.

AFTER 30 years of designing products such as kettles, bike racks and even bra holders, Perth - based industrial designer Edward Khoury has decided the lure of the mining boom can be ignored no longer.

«We run it on a budget of about $ 500,000 per year, which compared with other campaigns such as Road Safety is a fairly lean and mean campaign.»

But putting yourself on the hook for 30 years is a big deal and should be treated as such.

Late last year, Wheeler floated a «split the baby» approach, whereby ISPs might be regulated under Title II in their dealings with large content providers such as Netflix and Google's YouTube.

Pebble, the smartwatch maker that two years ago launched its business with a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, is making all kinds of waves in the world of connected devices, where brands such as Apple, Google, Samsung and Amazon.com dominate.

This unit of the company targets news verticals such as energy and health, and sells newsletters and other coverage for which some government clients spend upwards of $ 10,000 a year.

In fact, 41 percent of the on - demand workers we surveyed had faced a personal financial hardship in the past year (such as a job loss, health emergency or unexpected major expense).

They said the comments from Hastings and Sarandos were only intended to suggest that the streaming - video provider wants to do more Vice-style documentaries, as well as news - related shows such as the one it is planning with comedian Chelsea Handler for next year.

One of the ways the central bank assesses the mood of business owners and managers is to ask them how things such as current orders compare with a year earlier.

Non-permanent workers such as freelancers have grown from 17 to 36 percent of the U.S. work force over the past 25 years and are expected to comprise 43 percent of the work force by 2020, according to Alex Chriss, vice president and general manager of Self - Employed Solutions at Intuit.

I am really sorry that I could not make this event this year, as it seemed like such a great experience!

After 15 years of building companies such as Hotbar.com and SmartShopper.com, Oren Dobronsky checked out of technology and into... hummus.

Univision has been aggressively expanding beyond its Spanish - language roots for the past year or so, launching a news website called Fusion as well as acquiring web properties such as the African - American culture site The Root and the popular humor site The Onion.

Fortune broke down some of the highlights of this year's festival, including a variety of virtual reality - focused panels and the premiere screening of Netflix's (NFLX) Pee - Wee Herman film reboot, while corporate sponsors such as McDonald's (MCD) and Samsung will also be on hand with big events.

In touting the deal last year, the company said more U.S. and European craft and mainstream brands could find their way onto Canadian shelves, while domestic brands such as Creemore could be exported.

There are currently about 1.8 million caregivers who earn a median income of $ 20,980 a year providing seniors with such daily tasks as bathing, cleaning and cooking.

Priceline and its competitors have also beefed up their listings of vacation rentals in recent years as Airbnb and such accommodations in general became more popular.

Chinese cities such as Xingtai and Shijiazhuang and the Saudi refining hub at Jubail were also highly polluted, but the data for those places was 4 - 5 years old, and Maria Neira,...

Especially after losing legends such as David Bowie and Tom Petty over the last few years, I'm treasuring the chance to catch my favorite acts in concert while I can.

And then there are the more nuanced signs of trouble, such as the collapse of support among rural Americans, whom Democrats lost by eight points in 2008 and by 28 this year.

There appears to have been a surprising shift in the music business last year, as sales of digital downloads fell, with fans turning instead to streaming services such as Spotify and vinyl.

These struggles have left them with 22 % fewer workers than they employed a decade ago (on average), and net capital assets (such as factor floor space and machinery and equipment) that have shrunk 2.2 % per year on average.

«We served more customers more often, achieved our best comparable sales performance in six years, gained share in markets around the world and made tremendous progress with growth platforms such as delivery, mobile order and pay and Experience of the Future.»

His company, which sells around 80 homes each year and solicits business for related services such as appraisers and home stagers, grossed around $ 200,000 in sales last year.

Organizations such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank generally are more optimistic than they have been in years.

Beyond this year, Target is also looking into expanding the TargetExpress concept in greater Philadelphia and in Los Angeles, as well as additional such stores in metro Washington, San Francisco and Chicago.

The plan comes with other consumer - friendly perks, such as free email access to board - certified doctors 24 - 7, free generic prescription drugs, and three free physician visits per year.

As such, he estimates it would take at least 25 years to develop the technology to build and land a ship of the size that Musk is proposing, which would place a manned trip to Mars sometime in the 2040s.

Although NBCUniversal's theme park revenue was strong compared to the previous year, the entertainment unit's movie business didn't do so well, thanks to some weak releases such as Ride Along 2 and Hail, Caesar!

2016 was an especially monster year for Disney at the box office distinguishing it from much of Hollywood as the movie studio continues to close ranks around its core franchises, such as Pixar and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

There are also forums dedicated to policy issues such as drug pricing and medical standards — last year, former Vice President Joe Biden announced a federal Genomic Data Commons to expedite cancer research during a keynote address.

Over the next few years, count on some walk - in urgent - care centers to evolve into true standalone emergency rooms and for ambulances to increasingly head there instead of to hospital ERs, particularly in the case of certain types of injuries (such as wounds or broken bones).

Two years later, a panel on competitiveness led by Red Wilson, a former BCE president, said the same thing and added a lengthy list of additional benefits, such as increasing the number of sources for financing existing telecoms.

The Anaheim, California - based website, which ranks No. 135 on this year's Inc. 5000, sells pet products and pup - themed clothing, such as T - shirts proclaiming: «I Love Big Mutts and I Can not Lie.»

She taps into 15 years of recruitment and leadership experience, after working at companies such as Google and Salesforce.com, to now coach, advise and speak around the world.

Only in recent years has insurance been used to provide protection against relatively small losses, such as on consumer goods and airline tickets.

While concentrations in traditional areas such as finance have existed for years, a new wave of industry - specific program announcements include golf and resort management (introduced at Wilfrid Laurier this fall) and mining (another Ryerson option).

Coal has seen significant declines in recent years, accounting for just 9 % of electricity generation in 2016, down from around 23 % the year before, as coal plants closed or switched to burning biomass such as wood pellets.

As such, it includes everyone from Grade 10 students to 95 - year - olds.