Sentences with phrase «besting national growth»

Professional and Businesses Services grew 11.5 % and Financial Activities grew 9.5 % over the past two years, besting national growth for those sectors by 340 and 540 basis points, respectively.

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«Stingray is well - positioned to capitalize on its global growth ambitions and consumers» embrace of curated content,» wrote National Bank Financial analyst Adam Shine.

This week Fortune caught up with Jarred Kennedy, the co-head of esports at Riot Games, to discuss the world championship (the finals will take place Nov. 4 at the Bird's Nest National Stadium in Beijing) as well as the overall growth of the esports industry and Riot's plans, much like rival Activision Blizzard, to remodel its own esports league after major professional sports leagues like the NFL and NBA.

Despite that high GDP and growth, the state's November 2015 average weekly wage of $ 756 was well below the national average of $ 871.

Despite that growth, the state's unemployment rate of 5.7 % remains well above the national rate of 5.0 %.

Believing that fast growth was essential if Starbucks was to establish itself as the national brand leader, he wanted to head off independent coffee roasters in other cities that were starting to expand, as well as any restaurant chain that noticed the growing market for specialty coffee.

However, the Pan Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change lays out a number of policies that will compel more clean tech innovation in Canada, he said, including a price on pollution with a carbon price, to be in place across Canada by the start of next year, as well as a promised national clean fuels strategy, better energy efficiency standards and limits on greenhouse gases like methane.

While unemployment is well below the national average in Montana, job growth has slowed to a trickle.

Second, as national population growth rates came down gradually, governments would be able to better meet the needs of all their people.

Though Africa has experienced impressive growth for well over a decade now, domestic markets and intraregional economic relations have remained constrained, with national economies driven primarily by mounting foreign demand for the continent's natural resources and commodity exports.

Alberta will stand atop the provincial growth rankings, well ahead of Ontario, the only other province to grow at or above the national rate.

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Other measures, such as the Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI), are at a level consistent with 2.5 percent, or slightly better, growth.

The well - published national debt issues hurt consumer spending in the West, while rising interest rates, energy and food prices dampened the strong growth seen in major markets in the East, such as China.

An increase in national income should reduce mortality not just because it is usually associated with lower poverty and better nutrition but also because growth can be a proxy for other good things: more sensible economic policies; more democratic, accountable governments; and a greater commitment to improving people's living standards.

But 5.6 % is still well above the national forecast for year - over-year price growth, and that makes Dallas another hot housing market to watch in 2016.

In Wisconsin, women - owned businesses have grown by almost 30 % in the last 10 years, but that growth still remains well below the national average, according to data from the U.S. Small Business Administration and studies by the Kauffman Foundation.

Both Realtor.com and Zillow have predicted that Sacramento will be one of the hottest housing markets in 2017, with price growth well above the national average.

In order to protect both national and commercial interests, we need to be sure that the current growth and potential of today's space industry is maintained — better yet, expanded — in the years to come.

According to The Wall Street Journal, the National Association of Home Builders estimates that U.S. builders will start fewer than 900,000 homes this year, well below the 1.3 million needed to keep up with population growth.

In contrast, final demand in NSW has been running at rates well below the national average for several years (Graph B3), largely reflecting slower growth in consumption.

Interestingly, categories like selfie and beautification apps as well as online video were significantly less popular than the national average which doesn't mean that Huawei's users are less narcissistic, it means that they still have room for growth among the younger population.

They accepted the economists» argument that rapid economic growth, national and global, is required to address the problem of poverty and that, with the attainment of prosperity, other problems could be solved as well.

Fourth, while the economic consequences of overall rates of population growth are often ambiguous or obscure, the impact of smaller groups within larger populations on the economic well - being of the whole society, or the impact of differential rates of growth within a national population on prospects for material advance, may be direct and important.

«We had the benefit of early growth, so understanding that there were emerging challenges in the national economy and the general lending environment, we felt that was a good time to really analyze our franchise offering and our products.

«The National Government and Fonterra's preoccupation with growth at all costs is making the dairy sector more vulnerable and less resilient to swings in world commodity prices as well as drought and extreme weather events,» Sage said.

And that growth, Williams said, is not coming from mainstream craft brands, but new local brewers as well as strong regional and national players like Bell's Brewery, Stone Brewing, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, and Allagash, among others.

QSR unveils its fifth - annual Best Franchise Deals report, a collection of upstart brands building a foundation for robust growth, emerging concepts clamoring for a spot on the national stage, and well - known names seeking deeper inroads into the American consciousness.

With significant growth over its» 35 years, NCVA has become the fourth largest region of USAV offering many levels of league and multi-day tournament options, including the well - known NCVA Power League, Far Western National Qualifier / Bid Tournament, and Golden State Qualifier.

According to the creators of Active Start - the most basic set of workout strategies for babies, designed by pediatric specialists and employed by the NASPE (National Association for Sport and Physical Education), it is better to use 10 to 15 minutes to walk a kid rather than use baby carriers, cars, infant seats, etc, because all of these could hinder the physical and mental growth in a child.

This predicted growth in demand has prompted a national debate on how best to provide more capacity in the future for London and the South East.

As shown in Figure 3, for more than two decades Medicaid spending in New York and nationwide rose at a pace well above the general cost indicator for state and local governments; the near doubling of the price index between 1991 and 2011 was more than matched by the greater than quadrupling of national Medicaid costs and an approximately 350 percent increase in New York's Medicaid expenses.7 (The more rapid growth in other states likely reflected their expansion of eligibility, which New York had already implemented.)

Read more: Nduom assures farmers of better living conditions President John Mahama in his address at the 32nd National Farmers» Day celebration held at Kintampo in the Brong Ahafo Region under the theme: «Agriculture: A Business Response to Economic Growth», he refuted claims by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that agriculture has been declining under the NDC government.

Now is the time to take advantage of youthfulness for national growth, economic development and better infrastructure.

Overall, this approach would provide a better return on investment for public money spent supporting growth and a bigger contribution to the national purse.

In outlining numerous successes The Bronx has seen in recent years, Borough President Diaz noted considerable job growth and new attention from national and international media, as well as billions of dollars in new investment that has been leveraged to create jobs, improve infrastructure and build thousands of units of affordable housing.

She entered the race in July, but hasn't impressed national groups like the Senate Conservatives Fund or the Club for Growth, that could provide support to boost her campaign against a well - funded adversary like McCain.

Last week's local elections decided who will make most of the most important decisions in English cities over the next few years — decisions that will have a big impact on local economic growth across the country, as well as the national economy.

The state's growth rate was at 2.19 %, well below the national rate of 9.7 %.

Superficially respectable growth figures disguise an economy that is stagnating, at best, or even contracting again, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics.

Buffalo Niagara is being recognized nationwide on a growing list of accolades that demonstrate an important change in how Western New York is perceived: in 2010 Forbes Magazine called the region the 10th best place to raise a family; in 2011 Relocate America placed Buffalo Niagara among the top 100 best places to live and The Business Journals reported that Buffalo Niagara had the nation's 18th strongest private sector job growth; and in 2012 the National Association of Home Builders ranked our region among the most affordable major U.S. housing markets.

According to Mr. Kyeremanten, in order «To promote entrepreneurship, the NPP will usher in a new golden age for small businesses by launching a comprehensive national plan for entrepreneurship and innovation that will invest in supporting existing small businesses and high growth potential as well as start - ups particularly those initiated by young persons.»

Building Better Budgets: A National Examination of the Fiscal Benefits of Smart Growth Development

The best explanation so far, says Henrietta van Praag, a neurobiologist at the National Institute on Aging, is that exercising the heart somehow stimulates growth factors to produce new nerve cells in the brain.

Enormous good came from that industrial growth, and we are all the beneficiaries of the national prosperity it built.

With 39 states predicted to experience a water shortage in the next decade, Obama advocates developing a national plan to help areas of high population growth better manage water - related resources.

Zero growth may benefit the world as a whole, but it is not best for Uganda says Wilson Byarugaba of the Uganda National Academy of Science.

He currently serves as the center PI for the National Standards for Fetal Growth study as well as the PI for the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program.

Henderson's tenure has seen steady growth in DCPS as well as remarkable improvements on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

The DOE's 2004 National Education Technology Plan predicted that with the «explosive growth in the availability of online instruction and virtual schools... we may well be on our way to a new golden age in American education.»