The report touches on the «temperature hiatus» of the last 15 years, but notes (as in the graphic above) that the basic trend in warming is unrelenting when looked
at decade by decade.
Not exact matches
I got my job
by slowly becoming more and more qualified
at many things over a few
decades.
Fast - forward six
decades and one of the remaining posters was discovered
by a bookseller who bought a box of old books (where the poster was hidden)
at auction.
Indeed, this story of intrigue might be just a salacious distraction were it not taking place
at the top of the ruling class of China, which will likely be the world's largest economy
by the end of the
decade and a place upon which Canada's fortunes increasingly hinge.
«People who live
at least another few
decades will likely be affected
by diminished funding of Social Security, and also the economic impacts that impact the broader economy, including rising interest rates and inflation,» Hamrick said.
A number of high - profile attacks in Afghanistan towards the end of January were claimed
by competing terrorist groups ISIS and the Taliban — putting the spotlight back on a country that has been
at war for over a
decade.
Latina - owned businesses explode: In the last
decade, Hispanic Americans have been starting and growing new businesses
at twice the rate of the general population, according to a new study
by researcher Geoscape and the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
By the beginning of this
decade (as Fortune wrote
at the time), tech executives were calling the area «Silicon Slopes.»
Earlier this year, the mogul extended his business relationship with Live Nation
by signing a
decade - long touring partnership valued
at $ 200 million.
The police questioning of Cho Hyun - min, a former senior president
at Korean Air, comes amid mounting pressure for elite families to scale back their influence over the companies founded
by their relatives
decades ago.
In the first
decade of the century, the large integrated oil companies traded
at an average discount of between 11 % and 12 % compared to their pure - play competitors, according to a study conducted
at the time
by Citi Investment Research and Analysis.
«The energy market is changing more rapidly than we could have imagined, and it's changing because the costs of competitive fuels are coming down,» says Simon Flowers, chief analyst
at Wood Mackenzie, who predicts global demand for gasoline and diesel fuel will peak as early as a
decade from now and «certainly»
by 2030.
The first phase of the renovation
at St. Elizabeth, which includes a town square, is slated to be completed
by the end of 2017, but the entire expansion plan will take roughly a
decade to finish.
The industrial country has high levels of PM2.5 (particulate matter
at 2.5 micrometers), pollution caused
by decades of heavy manufacturing and unfettered vehicle exhaust — particularly from motorbikes.
Investigating judges suspect that managers of Bollore SA used advertising company Havas to facilitate the election of Alpha Conde in Guinea and Faure Gnassingbe in Togo nearly a
decade ago
by providing communications advice
at a discount price, according to a person with knowledge of the case.
According to a fascinating recent Nature article
by Tom Clynes, science has been hard
at work trying to figure out the answer to that question for more than four
decades with the the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth.
Looking
at the number of options awarded
by S&P 500 companies for the roughly two
decades between 1992 and 2010, they found about 20 % of the time boards simply kept the number of options they granted to their top executive the same from one year to the next.
Congressional testimony and investigations
by the company and regulators revealed that GM engineers knew of the faulty switch for
at least a
decade, but a series of errors led to affected vehicles being recalled only in 2014.
The two -
decade time horizon was significant because it captured transactions that occurred after legislation designed to discourage inversions
by requiring stockholders to pay capital gains taxes on their shares
at the time of the inversion.
The great success of the Ford class will not be defined
by any one innovation on board, but
by the foresight displayed
by the designers who are boldly creating a carrier to launch planes that haven't even been designed yet, to fire weapons not yet built, and to secure the US's interests
at sea for
decades to come.
Here's a look
at forecasts
by the EIA for annual energy production from solar in the U.S. over many
decades, courtesy of Steffen Christensen:
About two
decades later, the Firearm Owners» Protection Act effectively banned newly manufactured machine guns from being purchased
by civilians
at all.
Geek Squad computer repairmen have reportedly been working with the FBI for
at least a
decade, according to documents acquired
by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
But he concedes that Canada's share of North American manufacturing, which peaked
at 17 %, will drop — likely to 11 % or 12 %
by the end of the
decade.
Racial discrimination in hiring and employment practices continued
at investment bank Morgan Stanley (ms) despite a class - action settlement more than a
decade ago, according to a new lawsuit filed Thursday
by a former employee.
«Several
decades back, a return on equity of as little as 10 percent enabled a corporation to be classified as a «good» business — i.e., one in which a dollar reinvested in the business logically could be expected to be valued
by the market
at more than 100 cents.
In fact, the authors of the study, who looked
at wage data covering all U.S. companies from 1978 to 2012, found that the wage gap between the average worker
at individual companies and the highest ranking executives (CEOs and other C - suiters)
at those firms had only grown
by a «small amount» in the past three - and - a-half
decades.
But the Target strategy is also likely to ease pressure on its margins
by cutting down on overtime and general pay
at a time when shoppers are scarce, the results of the «Black Friday» creep that has led many retailers to open their doors on Turkey Day and progressively bring up store opening times in the last
decade.
An oft - cited study
by Oxford University's Carl Frey and Michael Osbourne found that 47 percent of U.S. jobs are
at risk of being replaced
by AI technologies and computerization over the next one to two
decades.
The mall - based mobile stores,
at 1,400 square - feet only 3 % the size of a regular Best Buy, were opened a
decade ago well before the smartphone boom ushered in
by Apple's iPhone and when margins were higher.
Today,
decades after the breathtaking string of innovations
at Bell Labs, much of their formula has been broadly adopted
by the corporate world.
And Torstar is controlled
by a trust comprising five families, who made a court commitment
decades ago to promote social justice, a promise that analysts have long insisted eats away
at margins.
«Smaller, sometimes over-leveraged companies with
decades of drilling inventory
at the current pace can create value
by combining with larger producers to accelerate development.»
Here's a look
at the donations of
at least $ 1 billion announced during the past
decade, as tracked
by the Chronicle of Philanthropy:
McDonald's (MCD), which is suffering through one of its worst years in more than a
decade, hinted
at its investor meeting last week that it's looking to make progress in this department
by simplifying ingredients.
At Panera, which has had a menu for kids for roughly a
decade, the overall line will be «clean» and adhere to Panera's «No No List» of ingredients
by this September when the fall menu launches.
Smith started Vice as a print magazine with Suroosh Alvi and Gavin McInnes in Montreal more than two
decades ago; with Smith
at the helm as CEO, it's now a multi-platform content mill with a reported audience of between 250 million and 300 million people a month, many of them members of Generation Y. Smith made his money
by convincing an older generation that Vice knows millennials better than they could ever hope to, and that pitch has worked: Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox paid US$ 70 million for a 5 % stake of Vice in 2013, and Rogers Communications (which owns Canadian Business) inked a $ 100 million partnership.
This wasn't unexpected, since the market was rising in just the right mix of conditions: Volatility as measured
by the Cboe's index was
at historic lows, the GOP was set to pass the most comprehensive corporate - tax reform in
decades, and economies around the world were in growth mode.
«Hezbollah was able in past
decades to impose a reality in Lebanon
by force of arms directed
at the chests of Syrians and Lebanese,» he said.
But two
decades of attending both horrible and excellent holiday parties thrown
by my clients have taught me a few things about throwing an office holiday party that have nothing to do with flowers and decorations and customized invitations purchased
at Staples.
Hit
by Amazon's explosive growth a
decade ago, as well as the rise of e-books (which now seem to have peaked
at around 20 % of total book sales), Barnes & Noble closed stores year - in, year - out, benefiting from a savvy move in the 1990s that saw it opt for short leases.
At the same time, Burry, who made a fortune in last
decade's financial crisis
by betting that the housing bubble would burst, is also gaining a following north of Hollywood, as a Silicon Valley tech investor.
«When I joined the company in 1992, we used to talk about our mission as putting a PC in every home, and
by the end of the
decade we have done that,
at least in the developed world,» said Nadella.
Trump's plan to tax pass - through income
at 15 % could cut tax revenue
by as much as $ 1.95 trillion over a
decade, a report said.
University of Delaware professor Charles Elson and his graduate student, Craig Ferrere, have documented an annual, compounded structural 17 % increase in CEO pay over
decades as a result of the way CEOs are paid
at or above median and the marketing of peer group data
by consultants.
Let's review my 401 (k) savings targets
by age and see when various age groups of savers may become 401 (k) millionaires if they are able to work
at a job with a 401 (k) plan for several
decades.
As a matter of fact, a report
by Bankrate.com revealed that almost 40 percent of people under 30 years old preferred cash for their investment of choice in money they won't need for
at least the following
decade.
But
at the same time, the seemingly endless economic doldrums (the flicker of optimism from this week's jobs numbers notwithstanding), the rise of the Occupy movement, and the general sense that young people are being particular battered
by coming of age in a monster recession, suggests that while the»90s and naughts didn't offer much to rebel against, the current
decade certainly does.
As John Herrman
at The Awl described so thoroughly in a recent piece he wrote about the disintermediation of journalism
by the web and social media, one of the biggest shifts in media of the past
decade has been the ability for anyone — journalist or not — to pick up a phone and share information with vast numbers of people.
Not only that, the arrival of the baby - boom generation
at retirement age over the next two
decades will see the ratio of seniors to working - age people (aged 20 to 64) go from just over 1:5 in 2006 to 1:2
by 2056.