It is
a big month in our house!
Microsoft's Netflix - style subscription service for Xbox One, Xbox Game Pass, is set to enjoy
another big month in May.
And, I can't wait for June's dividends... it is the second
biggest month in terms of dividends for me.
Putting all of July's Must Have games together in a list made me realize that July 2013 was one of
the biggest months in the history of iOS gaming.
Gamasutra estimates that July was
the biggest month in XBLA history (and August seems likely to match or even exceed July, thanks to Summer of Arcade.)
The timing for this launch is ideal since December is
the biggest month in the U.S. for charitable giving.
The Tampa Bay area has had a big spring break if airport traffic is any indication.March was
the biggest month in the history of St. Pete - Clearwater International Airport, with 237,021 passengers, a 15 percent increase over the same month last year.
Not exact matches
President Donald Trump this
month imposed sanctions on Rusal, Russia's
biggest aluminum producer, and some other companies,
in response to Moscow's alleged meddling
in the 2016 U.S. election.
At other moments
in history — like three
months ago, for example — the «
big deal»
in Trump's remarks might have been confirmation that he intends to overhaul (sorry, «tweak») the trade rules that are the foundation of Canada's economic well - being.
While manufacturing has shown a little weakness, the
biggest difference by far is
in mining — and that's where the Oil patch weakness shows up, as well as coal and metals production for export (recall how awful rail and steel have been
in the Weekly Indicators for the last 4
months).
The slowing economy has hit smaller accounting firms harder than the
big players, judging by revenue data released over the past
month, with practices
in Western Australia affected more than those
in other states.
April 15 - A unit of U.S. activist hedge fund Elliott Management said it now held the largest stake
in Whitbread Plc, making it the second activist
in recent
months to draw attention to Britain's
biggest hotel and coffee - shop operator.
And
in January, Barcelona signed the Liverpool FC midfielder Philippe Coutinho for 160 million euros (about $ 200 million)-- the second -
biggest transfer
in the sport's history, after Neymar just three
months before.
The timing of Lyft's
big expansion is interesting — while it surely took
months of planning, the announcement comes at a time when Uber is embroiled
in a number of controversies.
Reuters reported last
month that Walmart was close to buying a majority stake
in Flipkart, Amazon's
biggest rival
in India, for $ 10 billion to $ 12 billion.
Seattle - based PopCap, meanwhile, was acquired by giant Electronic Arts
in 2011 for $ 750 million, and Finland's Supercell, which currently rules the mobile roost with its hit Clash of Clans, last
month netted a cool $ 1.5 billion after Japanese telecom provider Softbank purchased a 51 % stake, which values the company at $ 3 billion — or
bigger than Zynga.
That's going to be our
big emphasis
in the coming six
months.
Gold edged up on Monday, clawing back some lost ground after posting its
biggest one - day loss
in two
months in the previous session as a softer tone to the dollar took some pressure off the metal.
In the bar graph above, we can see that in the 12 months before the big decline in gas prices, real income increased by 2.4 %, and real spending by 2.7
In the bar graph above, we can see that
in the 12 months before the big decline in gas prices, real income increased by 2.4 %, and real spending by 2.7
in the 12
months before the
big decline
in gas prices, real income increased by 2.4 %, and real spending by 2.7
in gas prices, real income increased by 2.4 %, and real spending by 2.7 %.
«This decision makes the
big boys
bigger and the middle class smaller, and we are determined to restore the law to the way it was,» said Senator Alexander, who added that the legislation has some bipartisan support and could advance to a vote
in the coming
months.
Nike's marquee golf star, No. 1 - ranked Rory McIlroy, is sitting out the tournament after getting injured earlier this
month playing recreational soccer — a blow for Nike, which gets
big exposure when the Irish star is on the course, covered
in Swoosh gear from head to toe.
The world's
biggest sportswear maker last
month reported flat sales
in its home region for its fiscal fourth quarter, its worst performance for over six years amid strong competition from Adidas and Under Armour (ua).
«The top three governors are on their way out and it is only the first
month since they announced the
big package
in January,» he said.
Dataminr is the
biggest player
in a nascent industry — call it alternative big data for big finance — that has exploded in the past six months: In March it raised $ 130 million from Fidelity as well as other investors, including former Citigroup (C) CEO Vikram Pandit, valuing the company at $ 700 millio
in a nascent industry — call it alternative
big data for
big finance — that has exploded
in the past six months: In March it raised $ 130 million from Fidelity as well as other investors, including former Citigroup (C) CEO Vikram Pandit, valuing the company at $ 700 millio
in the past six
months:
In March it raised $ 130 million from Fidelity as well as other investors, including former Citigroup (C) CEO Vikram Pandit, valuing the company at $ 700 millio
In March it raised $ 130 million from Fidelity as well as other investors, including former Citigroup (C) CEO Vikram Pandit, valuing the company at $ 700 million.
What's likely to be a
bigger concern for rate - setters is that the core rate, which strips out potentially volatile items like energy and food, fell to just 0.7 percent
in the year to April from 1 percent the
month before.
Netgear's (ntgr) stock has done fine, but trailed the S&P 500 index for most of the past five years until a
big rally the past few
months, largely over excitement about how well Arlo cameras sold
in the holiday shopping period.
The currency, which was down on the day against the dollar, was on track for its
biggest daily loss
in more than four
months.
According to a story last
month in Recode,
big - name venture firms including Sequoia Capital, Benchmark and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers are participating
in the deal.
Canada provides a safe place for American retailers to expand because the consumers and laws are so similar to those south of the border, and other retailers such as Target are also planning a
big push into Canada
in the coming
months.
Only one thing is really standing
in the way at this point: «The
biggest challenge to adopting that is really for [wireless] operators to come up with a good way to manage your plan, because clearly you don't want to pay another $ 50 a
month just to get a SIM card.»
Before its devastating Supreme Court loss, the Barry Diller - backed upstart allowed subscribers
in several U.S. cities to watch and record live TV signals via an innovative cloud - based antenna and DVR combo for $ 8 to $ 12 a
month, much to the ire of
big broadcasters.
Japan's economy contracted again
in the final three
months of last year, highlighting that the world's third
biggest economy remains
in recession.
Sorahan from Ryanair said: «Our
biggest concern is that we have no certainty as we roll into this time next year and we are
in a position where we're
in 12
months we have to start loading our summer schedule for 2019.»
Roper last
month said that retailers are being more cautious about their buying for hard seltzer after hard soda suffered from lagging interest from consumers after a
big spike
in demand when those products first hit shelves.
Around the office, people were telling us it was the
biggest intake
in months.»
Last
month,
in the buildup to the release of his first book, the 25 - year - old marketer revealed some
big ones.
Spotlight, an investigative journalism biopic, had trailed Leonardo DiCaprio's survival drama The Revenant and the Gold Derby odds - on favorite The
Big Short
in awards season handicapping for the last three
months.
While we can not fully attribute this decrease
in workload due to the implementation of Holacracy, it's one of the
biggest changes
in the company over that 12 -
month period.
Exporters followed a record January with a
big 5.4 % drop
in sales the following
month, as demand from the United States plunged.
«Commercial real estate typically forces you into a three - to five - year lease, but a startup doesn't know how
big it will be
in three
months, let alone three years,» Mandell says.
In the past few
months, he's warned that some
big startups will start to die off and that the free - spending by some companies is unsustainable.
In an interview last month from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Schwarzman said Trump's policies, including the new tax law, will provide a big boost to U.S. economic growt
In an interview last
month from the World Economic Forum
in Davos, Switzerland, Schwarzman said Trump's policies, including the new tax law, will provide a big boost to U.S. economic growt
in Davos, Switzerland, Schwarzman said Trump's policies, including the new tax law, will provide a
big boost to U.S. economic growth.
Moreover, Tran continued, Russia even managed to overtake the Saudis as the
biggest crude exporter to China
in December and three other
months in 2015.
They're gambling that products like Crown, which launched
in Canada this
month, will attract new fans and stem the erosion of
Big Beer's market share.
Michael Smith and Rahul Telang — two professors at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College of Public Policy and Management — explore these questions
in their new book, Streaming, Sharing, Stealing:
Big Data and the Future of Entertainment, published by MIT Press last
month.
Troubled Perth company Macmahon Holdings has flagged an impairment of up to $ 125 million
in its full - year financial result after losing contracts with some of its
biggest clients during the past six
months, including Fortescue Metals Group.
While Black Friday is a diluted event, with sales starting earlier
in the
month at most major chains, it still anchors the
biggest shopping weekend of the year and can get a retailer's holiday season off to a good, or bad, start.
The euro fell to a two - week low versus the dollar, for its
biggest weekly drop
in two
months, as investors trimmed record high bets before a European Central Bank meeting next week where policymakers are largely expected to signal no change
in policy.
In a letter to U.S. authorities last
month, the
Big Six Canadian banks claim it would be «impossible... to determine whether a unitholder is communicating from a location within Canada, the United States or some other country.»
The stock market also ended the
month of November with its
biggest rally
in two years.