We're assuming the category growth rates are only slightly
better than this past year, and we expect competitive activity will remain elevated.
Perhaps a second try will prove
better than this past year's Searchlight / Swank outing.
Quicken For Mac 2018 is significantly
better than past years, but it still doesn't fully compete with online free options
Not exact matches
That's
better than the
past two
years, though.
That's
better than not surpassing the high, but many stories failed to mention the drastic increase in the cost of healthcare and education that's occurred over the
past 18
years.
Our management team has a
good track record of making the right bets, which has led to a greater
than 1,000 percent average annual growth over the
past three
years and enabled us to make the Inc. 500.
Polished or not, the VR we are seeing today is
better than anything we've seen in the
past, and the promise of what VR could become in a few more
years is tantalizing.
And yet — here's where things get interesting — Canadians are far
better off
than one would tell looking at our dismal productivity performance over the
past 20
years.
On Tuesday, Calgary - based Calfrac
Well Services Ltd. reported it more
than doubled its first - quarter revenue compared with the same period last
year and is reactivating equipment it parked over the
past three
years.
The
good news is that lenders have opened the spigot in the
past few
years, and more capital is flowing to companies
than it did during the Great Recession.
But unlike in
past years, consumers will have to shop around to get the
best deal, as some of the major wireless carriers have decided to sell the new Samsung models for 10 % or more higher
than the list price.
«Everything we do today is
better than what we did yesterday,» says Ron McArthur, the company's president for the
past five
years.
The company has completed more
than 10 acquisitions over the
past year, including assets in Mexico, Russia and Brazil, as
well as the Edmonton - based maker of Cold - FX, Afexa Life Sciences.
Within days, a team of designers was in the XJ offices, mapping out the next generation in customer - relationship management software with a clear mandate: «Take the
best of what we've done in this space over the
past 20
years,» says Tatham, «and starting from scratch, build
better than ever before.»
Perhaps more surprising is Buffett's second -
best pick over the
past year, as it has recently been known more for controversy
than outperformance: United Airlines stock, up almost 44 % since the investor bought it in the third quarter of 2016.
He expects that next
year, as large companies negotiate their benefits contracts, they will be asking much more
than in the
past «will a carve - out option look
better, or does the carve - in option look
better?»
For the
past several
years, the fund has produced double - digit returns, a far
better performance
than any savings account, which is why you need to allocate even limited financial resources across different savings and investment vehicles.
Women have largely flocked to medical and law schools in greater numbers over the
past few
years, but they are now turning to business school as
well in part because business schools are mindful of the shortage of women students and are recruiting them more aggressively
than they have before.
«We have seen our online sales grow by more
than 50 per cent in the
past year and new services, such as in - store reserve and pickup, more
than doubling,» said
Best Buy Canada president Ron Wilson in a release.
And several Democrats said recent conversations with Springer, as
well as his schedule, suggested he seemed to be more seriously interested in running this time
than in
years past.
Some of the
best - performing stocks in the sector over the
past year include Nvidia and Micron, both of which are up more
than 100 percent in that period.
Out of more
than 600 jobs tracked by Statistics Canada, the following 10 professions had the
best combination of high wages and employment growth over the
past five
years.
He argued that the Fed's inflation record over the
past 15 to 20
years has been as
good as or
better than central banks in Europe that have only a single price - stability mandate.
A recent survey of small - business owners conducted for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce by Harris Interactive reported an 11 percentage point rise in the last
year in the number of owners who are unsure of whether their business will be
better off in the future
than it has been in the
past.
Here's hoping it does
better than his mining interests, some of which fell almost 50 % over the
past year.
Rozovsky basically said that having studied 180 teams at Google over the
past several
years and trying to determine what made some teams perform
better than others (despite every team being filled with over-achievers who work at Google) one factor stood out more
than others: Creating «psychologically safe environments.»
Both are fairly small, intimate experiences with the school entering less
than 100 students in each of the
past two
years — and both are filled with a
good bit of experiential learning opportunities to offset the younger age of the students here who tend to have a bit less work experience.
Cable sports giant ESPN's struggles in recent
years have been
well - documented, with the Walt Disney - owned network shedding more
than 12 million subscribers in the
past six
years as the number of cord - cutters has ticked upwards and cable providers have started offering slimmer bundles that don't always include ESPN.
He's said in the
past that the company is in
better shape this
year than it was in the 2016 U.S. presidential election when Facebook said to be used by Moscow to sow discord among Americans.
That deal has turned out
better than the acquisitions HP has made during the
past five
years under three different CEOs.
I have been blessed with my own business for the
past year and a half as
well as a job that I love more
than anything (besides Mom, of course.)
Fox's guest stint didn't just reinforce how much the show has evolved
past its initial premise — if anything, losing Jess made the show
better than it had been in
years.
Best of all, Wells Fargo has grown its interest earning assets by $ 123 billion, or 8 %, over the
past year alone, which is significantly greater
than its competition.
2016.02.12 Overspenders in overdrive this
past holiday season, shifting into savings mode in 2016 — RBC Despite their
best intentions, the number of Canadians who are spending more
than they expect to each holiday season continues to grow, reaching the highest point in five
years this
past December...
Well, to kick things off, it is important to mention the fact that during the last five
years, bitcoin's value has increased with around 25,000 %, which means that if you would have bought the digital currency in the
past, you may have been able to earn 250 times more
than your initial investment today.
To be sure, over the
past year China has powered through a slowdown in home price gains, weaker credit growth and an environmental crackdown to deliver
better -
than - expected growth.
They had forward price / earnings (PE) ratios9 higher
than less expensive countries that provided
better returns over the
past year.
Investors over the
past few
years who had the foresight to lock in yields that are far
better than they are now currently have been rewarded.
The 235,626 ounces of gold produced at Lihir during the quarter was
better than six of the
past nine quarters, and suggests the mine is still capable of becoming the million ounce per
year gold mine that it was always supposed to be.
This figure is a
good deal higher
than the 1.7 per cent for the latest
year - ended rise in the CPI, but the pick - up includes the effect of dropping out the impact of the health insurance rebate, which reduced the CPI in the March quarter 1999, some further effects from
past movements in crude oil prices, and an increase in tobacco taxes in the December quarter.
This is when people poured thousands of dollars to start their companies, such as Laundromats, store fronts etc; But if you really look at this scenario, maybe about the 5 % who did make it
past the first five
years, 3 of them were struggling just to pay rent and stay alive, 1 was doing a little bit
better than the others, and the other 1 was doing exceptional.
Since a month ago that I got in contact with you my trading knowledge has gotten
better than it was in the
past two
years.
In the
past 10
years, a falling dollar is
better for stocks
than a rising dollar, and mid-caps benefit most from the falling dollar.
The
past year was
better than expected for investors.
We know from various studies done in the social sciences in the
past forty
years, as
well as from fifteen plus
years of my being involved with personas, the trio of users / buyers / customers makes decisions based on much more
than just content or information.
Even though the S&P 500 is less
than 3 points above its March peak, and the index remains lower
than its level of 5
years ago, and has underperformed T - bills for the
past 7
years, I realize that the chatter about «4
year highs» can make it seem frustrating that the Strategic Growth Fund is
well hedged here.
In our investigations, we've looked at as much data as possible — emphasizing what we believe to be the
best information, rather
than just the data from the
past few
years.
Since the rise of bitcoin over the
past year, there has been a lot of discussion amongst the anti-government, pro-competing currencies crowd: is gold a
better than investment
than bitcoin or the other way around?
A
better question would be: why do so few of them know that startups have raised more
than $ 220 million in the
past three
years through a new financial instrument that...
IBIS also notes that people are more capable of affording these types of services now
than when compared to some
years past, which helps with industry growth as
well.