Sentences with phrase «be a good year in»

I do not think this year is going to be a good year in terms of wins, but I hope the outlook at the end of the year looks bright.

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Best Buy Co. said comparable store sales dipped 0.8 per cent for the nine weeks ended Jan. 4, but that was better than the 1.7 per cent decline in the prior - year period.

2018, in all likelihood, is the year that kind of transformation happens to the corporate communications field, due to the fact that corporations have finally figured out the best ways to leverage mobile phones and communications platforms in order to get their messaging across to their employees, and to the wider world.

That vision and his company's incredible financial performance — Nvidia has been growing profits at better than 50 % annually and its stock has leapt from $ 30 to above $ 200 in two years — make Huang the clear choice as Fortune's Businessperson of the Year for 2017.

I think this will be the year where marketers start to use data to develop better strategies, in order to create better content (with smarter distribution).

One example is the flaring of wells, which is a source of air, noise and light pollution, and has decreased dramatically in recent years.

Government attempts to ease prices — including a 20 percent provincial tax on foreign buyers, a city tax on empty homes, as well as stricter federal mortgage rules — have made little difference: prices are up 16 percent in the past year.

It's a good time to reflect on your business» progress and plan how you want to grow your business in the new year.

The machine could be a successor to Google's own Chromebook Pixel 2, which was discontinued almost a year ago, but other manufacturers could have a hand in its development as well.

What has really happened in private equity over those decades is that investors, net of fees, did about 25 % better than the S&P up through the 2005 «vintage» year (denoting funds that first drew capital in 2005).

Well, if we look at this five - year strategic plan that we've outlined, it is the most ambitious strategic plan in the history of the company.

If there's one thing «The Post» (opening in limited release on December 22 and then wide next year) does well it's capturing the struggle that comes when personal relationships and hard journalism.

Half of small business social media users complain that the platforms take more time than they'd thought, but almost the same number believe it's time well - spent — that their social media initiatives will pay off financially in a year or less.

To be sure, * The Magic of Thinking Big * was not written strictly for entrepreneurs — I'm not sure the word was well - known in the 50s... but applying the principals from this book has contributed to the enormous growth my public relations agency has enjoyed each year of our existence.

These drives have been on the market for a few years and have fallen in price since I bought mine, so there's never been a better time to pick one up.

The bottom line is that when Trump blames the filibuster as his primary obstacle to achieving more legislative wins, he is often ignoring underlying factors, mainly that in most cases Republicans can not agree enough to make good on years of promises.

One of the best - performing stocks in the last 30 years is about to see an «explosive» move higher, according to a top technician.

And then 2015, last year in December, that was definitely one of the best moments of my life: when the rocket booster came back and landed at Cape Canaveral.

For people in their 20s and 30s, Ponnapalli concedes that rules of thumb and general targets are a good place to start since it might be hard to gauge a detailed retirement budget from that many years away.

These are the best ratings in more than 10 years, according to the National Federation of Independent Businesses.

The reason why Tanzania did better than us in 2017 is because their hotels are brand new and modern while our hotels are 40 years old,» he said during an interview on a local TV programme.

As to the question of when he and his party will develop a broad and substantive legislative platform to tackle the critical challenges America faces, McConnell has a ready answer as well: «If we're in the majority,» he says, «we'll be sitting down, intensely, a year from now on the very issue you've raised.»

This article is part of Fortune's Best in Business 2015 package of highlights and lowlights of the year in business, politics and the economy by the writers and editors of Fortune.

Manafort also attended a meeting last year at Trump Tower with Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. and son - in - law Jared Kushner as well as two Russian lobbyists who were said to have offered dirt on Hillary Clinton.

Against a background of more volatile markets and worries that some of the biggest hedge fund managers are nursing losses this year, many in the audience focused on the smaller, better - performing investors like Oleg Nodelman.

Schultz: Well, you know, Starbucks has been in business now for 45 - plus years.

Now is a good time to connect with your coach, or your accountability group, and share your year - in - review.

When you've been building apps for desktop and web environments for 10 years, you become embedded in your own methodologies and what you know as the best practices.

When I ask which boy could be the next Lionel Messi — Barcelona's superstar, and some would argue the best footballer in history — a staff member points to a lanky 11 - year - old in neon - orange cleats, darting across the field.

These excellent results are supported by the success of our innovation drive in advanced materials, the benefits of increased production capacities in specialty molecular sieves in France and PVDF in China last year, the integration of XL Brands in adhesives and the confirmation of the very good performance of our intermediate chemical businesses.

The world's largest retailer, for years slow to respond to Amazon.com (amzn) in the digital wars, has been on a tear in recent quarters, helped by the $ 3 billion acquisition of jet.com and overhaul of its marketplace last year, and by better integration of its stores with its digital business.

The company's Pratt & Whitney unit halted deliveries of its Geared Turbofan engine for the Airbus A320neo for almost a month this year, but the issues are coming under control and «we feel very good about the supply chain and our ability to support Airbus requirements,» CFO Akhil Johri said in an interview on Tuesday.

While hiring was down by 0.1 percent in March, the survey found that nearly 9 in 10, or 87 percent of small businesses, expect the first quarter to be the same or better than a year ago.

Most of all, Microsoft launched Windows 10, which is arguably one of the best releases of the operating system in years.

Earlier this year, his Toronto - based startup was one of 20 selected for C100's 48 Hours in the Valley program, which introduces teams to successful Canadian entrepreneurs as well as influential Valley VCs.

A poll last week suggested that Labour would fail to take Wandsworth and Westminster, but indicated the party was still on track for its best result in 40 years in London.

Like if you go to a 4th place team and recommend changes and people say, «That ain't the way we do it...» Well, maybe the way you do it is why you've been in 4th place for the last few years.

It was the first time in 13 years that anybody other than my family had actually spent 30 minutes thinking about my well being.

Now its average speed is 24.5 miles an hour; that's about 1 mph better than its velocity through most of 2014, but well below the average of 26 mph the previous year — a number it plans to exceed in the next 12 months.

And last year, the Sentry Small / Mid Cap Income Fund was selected as the best of its kind in Canada by Morningstar.

The two CEOs hope that the changes resulting from the merger will be implemented over the next couple of years, creating a «dramatic change» for consumers in which the store will be «not just about products, but also service offerings that can help people on their path to better health.»

In an interview late last year, Patrick Nangle — who recently took the helm at Vancouver ride - sharing co-op Modo after years of running Purolator — said one of the best things about his new job is that he now gets to spend a lot more time talking to people on the front lines.

SEVEN years of aggressive expansion firmly established HHG Legal Group in the Perth legal scene, but the firm says it's in a better place now after two years of consolidation.

Leader - Chivée is one of the individuals I was fortunate enough to interview for a series on the year ahead, Big Ideas for 2018, where I asked a number of my favorite award - winning marketing experts, authors, and other thought leaders — as well as some of Firebrand Group's own digital strategy and branding experts — to recommend one «Big Idea» that companies can take advantage of to get ahead in 2018.

It's also been named one of Canada's Best Managed Companies nine years in a row.

Sony's problems were many: brutal competition for its once - dominant television group; being bested by Apple's (aapl) iPod, a humiliation for the Walkman pioneer; high - cost manufacturing in Japan; a failure to seize the music - streaming initiative despite years of trying.

While the project is massive, it's just one of the Aquilinis» many high - profile, highly profitable ventures: Through Aquilini Investment Group, now more than 50 years old, the family controls one of British Columbia's biggest development conglomerates, as well as its NHL team, the Rogers Arena, blueberry and cranberry farms, restaurants and some $ 80 - million worth of vineyard properties in Washington state.

In a report released today by the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, I give my assessment of whether Canada is better positioned to «compete to win» six years after the Red Wilson Panel.

That's good news ahead of this year's winter holiday season, but there remains weakness in the category.

I read this book well after I started my business, but I think the hardest lesson for entrepreneurs to grasp is that in order to give your business the best chance for success, you need to reinvest the profits for at least the first year.