Not exact matches
In the second quarter of 2013, tech IPOs represented
about a quarter of all IPOs — and plenty of analysts are saying that we're going to start seeing a lot more tech companies (especially enterprise software) go public in the next several
months driven, in part,
by a backlog generated in a sluggish 2012.
About 21 % of Canadians polled
by research firm GfK said they had made mobile payments in the past six
months, compared to 24 % of western Europeans, 33 % of Americans and 39 % of Latin Americans.
According to an independent study done
by nonprofit researchers SRI International, students who used Dreambox for four
months improved their test scores
by about 5 percent.
It said production in the three
months ended March 31 fell
by about 10 per cent to 300,400 boe / d compared to the first quarter of 2017.
Four
months before political cartoonist Mike Fiore won a Pulitzer Prize for his work, his NewsToon app was rejected
by Apple in December 2009, with the company citing rules
about making fun of public figures.
It didn't help — a few
months later, customer servcie complaints increased
by about 5 percent, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index.
The Montreal - based company said the CS100 is now expected to enter into service in the second half of 2015, to be followed
about six
months later
by the larger CS300 aircraft.
While most migrations take
about 30
months, you can greatly accelerate this time frame
by taking the right steps.
By taking steps such as moving the coupon field to the end of the sales process, Bonobos» rate of abandonment could fall 10 percent, adding
about $ 20,000 a
month in sales.
«I took off what I thought was going to be 6
months of work, that turned into a year and I had already been to
about 160 countries
by then,» Lavallo told CNBC.
«Duct Tape Marketing,» hosted
by marketing and sales expert and author John Jantsch, isn't a regular series — he publishes only
about two per
month.
A survey on Monday showed sentiment among manufacturers falling in April for a second straight
month amid growing concerns
about the tariffs, which were imposed
by President Donald Trump in March.
It was widely reported earlier this
month that the reality television star was held up at gunpoint in Paris
by five masked men who robbed her of
about $ 10 million worth of jewelry.
Every few
months, it offers users new tools to mute racial slurs or report threats, but even though the company says it has stepped up its rules enforcement
by an order of magnitude, users who report abuse typically hear there's nothing to be done
about it.
About five years ago, overwhelmed
by the logistics of planning at least two trips per
month, he made the switch from organizing his own travel to using an agency.
The company also moved its global headquarters to Zurich last
month, attracted
by its «regulatory stability,» Casares said, during a time when bitcoin companies based in New York are concerned
about the state's BitLicense regulatory framework.
A typical couple who are both age 60 pay
about $ 100 to $ 150 a
month for each policy, according to data released earlier this year
by the American Association for Long - Term Care Insurance.
Thanks to that and falling demand for the commodity, prices have dropped
by about 20 % over the last 12
months.
Each
month's book selections are chosen
by recurring and celebrity guest judges who are passionate
about books, like Ellie Kemper from «Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt» and Josh Radnor from «How I Met Your Mother.»
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed to cut output
by about 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) for six
months from Jan. 1 to prop up prices and reduce a glut.
With Whole Foods shares boosted
by Amazon.com's premium, Jana Partners — within a matter of
months — pocketed
about $ 300 million on its investment in the grocer.
CouponChief.com now receives
about 250,000 unique visitors a
month, and Gray expects to see that number jump
by 50 percent this year.
As of December, the line is overbooked
by 72 %, which means those on the receiving end can only expect
about 30 % of their requested volumes for the
month.
The Australian Securities Exchange has delayed the introduction of tougher listing requirements
by three
months, after stockbrokers and corporate advisers expressed concern
about the changes.
According to research
by Jeffrey Dew, a faculty fellow with the University of Virginia's National Marriage Project, couples who fight
about finances once a week are 30 % more likely to divorce than those who disagree on the topic a few times per
month.
He joked with reporters
about the possibility earlier this
month, and then sought to clarify
by saying he had «no intention» of running.
Transport Minister Lisa Raitt said
about 5,000 of the most dangerous tank cars will be pulled off the tracks within a
month, part of a series of measures in response to recommendations
by the Transportation Safety Board in the wake of last summer's deadly derailment and fire in Lac Megantic, Que.
Last year's surprising acquisition of Country Style Food Services Holdings, Ontario's second - largest coffee chain, boosted MTY's store count
by nearly 50 %, and the most recent addition — Quebec hot - dogs - and - fries specialist Groupe Valentine, a deal that closed earlier this
month — has brought the total to more than 1,700 restaurants that ring in
about US$ 400 million in annual sales.
On Monday, U.S. stocks pulled back from record highs, with the Dow and the S&P 500 indexes marking their biggest one - day percentage declines in
about five
months, weighed down
by a slide in Apple shares on reports of poor iPhone X demand.
But even after the brutal three
months, capped off
by Friday's disappointing figures, Foot Locker Chairman and CEO Richard Johnson says he's not worried
about Amazon's impact on business (emphasis ours).
The first Amazon Go store opened one
month ago to much fanfare, after more than 12
months of hype that only crescendoed as the company delayed the public opening
by about a year.
Gun sales have surged
by about 40 % in three out of six
months in 2016, and we're on track for another record - breaking year.
Last
month, Trump was asked
about the women in combat issue at an event hosted
by the Retired American Warriors in Virginia.
«I took
about a
month to research it, look back in the code, look back in the white paper,» referencing the bitcoin outline authored
by the cryptocurrency's mysterious creator, Satoshi Nakamoto.
The Sionna Opportunities Fund, Shannon's most concentrated fund, with
about 25 stocks, has only been around for 15
months, though it outperformed the S&P / TSX composite index
by 5.8 % in that time.
In just a few
months, we have learned that Flynn lied to Mike Pence, Vice President - elect,
about obtaining a security clearance for Flynn's son during the presidential transition; that during the same period, as President Obama was imposing sanctions on Russia for election meddling, Flynn communicated with the Russian ambassador
about those sanctions, hinting that President Trump would take a softer line, and then lied to Pence
about it (and stood
by while Pence publicly repeated that lie); that Flynn was not truthful when questioned
by the FBI
about the same topic; and that Flynn spoke at a gala for RT, the Kremlin - backed propaganda network and received payments from RT, but dissembled
about the source of the payments and seems to have failed to follow U.S. regulations
about reporting them.
How will the average retail investor react when he discovers that he is now underwater
by about two percent, after buying the unstoppable S&P 500 just a
month ago?
Over the last two
months, everyone from IMF head Christine Lagarde and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney have warned that a vote to leave would hit financial markets, while President Barack Obama and others, supported
by a stream of studies from think - tanks banks and universities, have warned
about the long - term damage to the U.K.'s economy.
At
about this time three years ago, it agreed to complete its multi-billion dollar acquisition of European druggist Alliance Boots, and followed that 10
months later
by trying (and failing) to buy smaller rival Rite Aid (rad) outright.
Despite a years - long political and economic deterioration and
months of violence, Maduro has maintained
about 20 % support among Venezuelans, but his constituent assembly has been rejected
by an overwhelming majority of the country and drawn international rebuke.
We saved
about $ 500 per
month by switching our servers to a cloud - based system.
For a few
months now there's been speculation
about a Spotify IPO, and a new hire
by the company is doing nothing to quell those rumors.
The number of babies born with microcephaly in northeast Brazil, the country hardest hit
by the Zika outbreak, has increased
about 40-fold from baseline levels in the last six
months, according to reports from Brazil's Ministry of Health.
The new revelation
about Comey's uneasiness with Trump brings to mind a posting last
month by Comey friend Benjamin Wittes on his Lawfare blog, in which he said Comey «saw it as an ongoing task on his part to protect the rest of the Bureau from improper contacts and interferences from a group of people he did not regard as honorable.»
Snap's $ 3.4 billion IPO five
months ago was the largest
by a U.S. technology company in three years, despite concerns
about slowing user growth and a warning
by the company that it might never become profitable.
Total, he's made
about $ 90,000 in the past six
months while giving a tiny number of actual rides, according to pay stubs viewed
by Business Insider.
Shares in Nintendo jumped 10 percent to their highest level in more than two
months with the stock the most heavily traded
by value on Tokyo's main board and giving the firm a market value of
about $ 23 billion.
About 82 % of the 1,000 job seekers surveyed last fall
by career site Glassdoor.com said they expected to use their phones to look for jobs in the next 12
months.
That was current GoDaddy chief executive Blake Irving, writing in Fortune this
month about «why women are so turned off
by the tech industry.»
Merck (mrk) beat competitor Bristol - Myers Squibb (bmy) to a pioneering 2014 approval for its immunotherapy Keytruda
by about three
months.