Sentences with phrase «base year because»

BTW, I chose 1979 as a base year because that's when UAH started doing instrument - based estimates of average global temperature.

2013 was set as a base year because it was most recent year which had education spending figures for the United States.

Not exact matches

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).

Biotech is a «crazy» industry, in that there's no easy way to measure a company's worth, because actually helping patients is at least 10 years away, explains Brian Bloom, president of Bloom, Burton & Co., a Toronto - based investment bank focused on the health - care sector.

But this year, he moved his Niles, Ill. - based company to an office space because the growing business was becoming difficult to manage at home.

Because the performance - based stock grants also aren't worth anything until Valeant stock hits $ 60, the current value of Papa's paycheck last year is much lower, or about $ 14.7 million.

Last year New York City - based Adafruit did a booming $ 10 million trade in sales of DIY open - source electronic hardware kits, so - called because project designs are free and publicly accessible, and customers are encouraged to modify or «hack» the final product.

«If I harvest $ 10,000 in losses every year and I do that for a decade, I created another $ 100,000 in capital gains that will be subject to tax because I've systematically lowered my cost basis by the same amount,» Kitces said.

«Nobody can really be a college marketing expert because the industry changes dramatically every year,» says Leah Bell, president and co-founder of UQ Marketing, a Columbus, Ohio - based company that specializes in marketing to college students.

The shift has squeezed margins in recent years because the cloud business model is based on subscriptions which take longer to pay off — in contrast to one - off, up - front software license payments that was the thrust of its business for decades.

«Maybe the reason why the iPhone 7 is not a big design innovation is because it realizes the aging dynamics of the base and saw this coming years ago, choosing to save the true cycle of innovation for when the base would be incredibly ripe.

U.S. officials blocked a $ 2.9 - billion bid by Chinese investors to buy a controlling stake in a California - based unit of Dutch electronics firm Phillips last year, while another U.S. semiconductor firm rejected a lucrative offer from Chinese investors in favour of a lower bid from an American company because of concerns the deal would not win regulatory approval.

I've never even heard of this man until today which is a little odd for me personally because he's based out of The Bahamas and I've spent considerable amounts of time there over the years.

You can't build a company purely on the basis of the market's sudden growth, because it could reverse itself next year.

But because your Social Security benefits are based on your top 35 years of earnings, it is possible that higher income in later years can help boost your benefits, he said.

Because Social Security benefits are based on your past 35 years of earning, it is important to return to work if possible to offset past low - income years.

Hobson, the 44 - year - old president of Chicago - based Ariel Investments, is now DreamWorks» nonexecutive chairman and also on the boards of Starbucks (SBUX), Estée Laude (EL) r, and Groupo (GRPN) n. She's a valuable adviser, the 62 - year - old Katzenberg explains, because she simplifies complex problems, always thinks long term, and asks questions in an unthreatening way.

At first they claimed Austin - based computer - network consultancy NetForce was too small; a few years later they passed again on NetForce, because it was already saddled with a Small Business Administration loan.

Earlier this year, SASC Chairman John McCain, a Republican representing Arizona, called member hesitation to revisit base closings «cowardice» because he believes it provides money being wasted that could go to more pressing defense needs.

This is at least the third time that Meredith has tried to buy Time Inc, including an attempt earlier this year that fell apart because the Des Moines - based publisher couldn't secure enough financing.

Other than projected free cash flow for the year ending December 31, 2018, for which a reconciliation is provided, we have not provided quantitative reconciliations of these forward - looking non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable forward - looking GAAP financial measures because the excluded items are not available on a prospective basis without unreasonable efforts.

That's because many of the so - called nonbank banks — some of the big credit - card companies and brokerage houses, for instance — have based their own business plans on growth within the entrepreneurial marketplace, in large part because that segment of the economy has been ignored by much of the banking community for years.

That's because the three - year - old Vancouver - based luggage maker has perfectly captured a clean canvas esthetic that probably feels familiar to anyone who attended high school before 1990.

The Clearwater, Fla. - based AsSeenOnTV.com website gets 15 million visitors a year, and because the crowdfunding platform will be embedded in the home website, it already has an organic audience to pull from.

«Right now they clearly have a loyal user base in the younger population, but the over 30 year old demographic is one of the most attractive segments for advertisers because of their spending power,» Eric Kim, managing partner at venture capital firm Goodwater Capital, wrote in a report.

The 10 year maturity U.S. Treasury Note (UST 10 yr) is thought to be the primary benchmark for the U.S. bond market because it has the largest issuance and is used as the basis for fixed rate mortgage pricing.

I had 30 + websites promoting Amazon product some years ago and then Amazon locked all Colorado - based associate accounts because of the tax issue.

Furthermore, the use of a cash flow metric in a long - term incentive plan prevents executives from being rewarded for taking excessive risk because payouts under the plan are based on rolling three - year performance periods.

We are honored to be named among the top three large companies on this list for the fourth consecutive year, especially because this award is based on employee feedback.

People in their 50s who consider using life insurance to create tax - free income should be careful because it will typically take at least 10 years for sufficient cash to build within the life insurance product, said Steve Lewit, CEO of United Advisors based in Buffalo Grove, Ill..

The custom of offering a market outlook on some regular basis, usually at least once a year but often after every calendar quarter, is mostly harmless because it is quickly forgotten, even when it turns out to be mostly right.

Australian - British multinational Rio Tinto and Melbourne - based BHP, two of the world's top aluminum producers, were both upgraded to «BUY» this week by CLSA, partly in response to rising aluminum prices but also because they maintain strong balance sheets and are expected to generate favorable free cash flow (FCF) this year.

Because of the limitations of Internal Revenue Code Section 162 (m), we generally receive a federal income tax deduction for compensation paid to our chief executive officer and to certain other highly compensated officers only if the compensation is less than $ 1,000,000 per person during any fiscal year or is «performance - based» under Code Section 162 (m).

I do own precisely one bitcoin, though, which I purchased a couple of years ago because I felt silly not owning any while I was advising a (since defunct) Bitcoin - based company.

This move is unusual also because gold has had a monthly standard deviation of ± 5.5 percent based on the last 10 years» worth of data.

Last year, Trump told Axios that he doesn't mind Facebook because the platform helps him reach his base of supporters.

The answer is no, because the benefit payment is still based on your 35 highest years of earnings.

It's important to construct your bids this way because if you calculate a bid based on 4 weeks a month, you will short yourself an entire months pay by years - end.

That was a bit worse than even the estimate based on a terminal P / E of 7, because the brutal 1974 bottom formed a sharp but temporary «V.» In contrast, in the 10 years beginning in 1990 (when the price / peak - earnings ratio was close to 11), the S&P 500 achieved a total return of fully 20 % annually.

Because your monthly payments are based on a percentage of your disposable income, which hinges on your family size, you must «recertify» your income and family size once a year — even if your situation hasn't changed.

Because of their ability to invest in these longer duration securities of slightly less credit quality, stable value funds have outperformed money market funds on average by 150 - 200 basis points (1.50 % -2.00 %) net of fees annually over the past 20 years.

Bass makes light of the reunion, saying «It's so nice to see because when we ended things [over] ten years ago, there was no social media, there was no Twitter [fan base], but it's so cute to see how many people are supporting [us] and NSYNC was even trending.»

I've been an atheist for several years now, but decades of attitudes and reactions drilled into your brain don't disappear overnight just because you realize they have no rational basis.

We joined this church about 4 years ago because we felt we needed a good base and spiritual learning for our son.

Based off my years of experience people who have faith generally waste their precious moments on earth by praying and trying to feel a connection with something that doesn't exist vs. the people who have rejected the notion of god who go and live their lives to their fullest because they know of the limited amount of time they have.

The basis of your belief system appears to be that, you will go to a place of eternal fire and torture, unless you accept that 2000 years ago god sent a piece of himself to Earth in human form (Jesus) knowing in advance that this Jesus would live, be crucified, died, then come alive again, then ascend to heaven to rejoin himself, and that this was the only way that humans could be cleansed of the evil that is inherent in them because a rib woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat an apple.

If I created some tech tv show that stated that this and that happened a gaggle - ga - zillion years or after something else, it would make no sense, because it does not relate to the time at hand, that is, the time on your watch right now, based on some calendar.

Why not at LEAST tell me why you calendar can't be any good, because it is based on Jesus, and does not have millions of years in the past.

We've been giving Egypt almost a billion dollars every year for decades, and billions to Turkey because we have missile bases there, and even, dare I say it, Israel?

Scholars of religion are obviously totally uninformed, because you are qualified to judge exactly what Christianity is or isn't, just on the basis of having been a member of one subsect or other for your whole life, and maybe having read some small bits of the bible fifteen or twenty years ago.