Sentences with phrase «by only a year»

This time I was older and wiser, if by only a year or so.

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Only two years ago they were rating AAA all the toxic bonds that created the crisis,» said Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, adding that the downgrade was executed «not because of what Greece is doing but because of the decisions being taken by the EU that are not considered as going far enough.»

A year ago, the London - based multinational undertook a study entitled «The World in 2050,» which projected Canada would be the only major developed economy to hold its position in the world — at the No. 10 spot — at mid-century, largely because of the demand for its resources and its ties through immigration to emerging markets (which by that time will no longer be labelled as such).

In addition to those smaller bets, Dopfner has made it clear that he is also willing to make large ones: Earlier this year, he tried hard to acquire the venerable Financial Times, only to be outflanked at the last minute by Nikkei.

The New York Times reported yesterday that, in October of last year, Uber altered its testing program by putting only one safety monitor in each autonomous car rather than two, over the safety concerns of some employees.

«Even if the Paris Agreement were implemented in full, with total compliance from all nations, it is estimated it would only produce a two - tenths of one degree — think of that, this much — Celsius reduction in global temperature by the year 2100,» he said.

At the University of Southern California this year, Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments and chairwoman on several boards, not only spurred students to find someone to be passionate about — but also to expand their bandwidth of diversity by getting to know people with whom they have seemingly nothing in common.

One such firm, Datalogix, was acquired last year by Oracle for a rumoured high nine figures, a tidy sum for a black - box process that, at the end of the day, can essentially only correlate interest and purchase behaviour.

A poll commissioned by Google and released in May suggested only 20 per cent of Canadians had ever made a mobile purchase and only 16 per cent expected to boost their mobile shopping in the following year.

He did it in his recent Tesla master plan, referring to the low chance of success he knew he had when starting Tesla by citing the fact that Ford is the only U.S. car company to have avoided bankruptcy — knowledge he didn't have when he launched Tesla in 2003, six years before GM and Chrysler filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

FBI Director James B. Comey warned last year that law enforcement might be «going dark» because technology companies, including Apple and Google, are introducing ways for users to send encrypted messages by smartphones that can be unlocked only by the users, not by the companies.

21 years of record - breaking, system growth can only be accomplished by continuous pursuit of innovation.

Most of the big law firms in Perth have shrunk in size over the past year, with Ashurst experiencing the biggest drop in staff, while only a couple of smaller firms have achieved significant growth, research by Business News has found.

Spitzer was quietly mugged, off - record, by his Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who was only too glad to capture the governorship himself two years later.

The British response to the Dunblane massacre was clearly driven in part by emotions — the murder of 15 children, only 5 or 6 years old, and their teacher, who apparently tried to shield them, is clearly emotive.

Six years ago, Nintendo's Wii was in a position that every hardware company dreamed of — a game system that not only captured the imagination of the core player but also was widely and warmly embraced by the mass audience.

Only 77 % of homes with Internet connections subscribed to cable or satellite TV last year, down from 81 % in 2016, according to surveys by the research firm Parks Associates.

A previous renewal, billed by WWE as a «long - term deal,» was for only four years.

A survey conducted this year by Canadian Business and Deloitte shows that only 17 % of family - owned businesses in Canada have succession plans.

The Dead took the opposite approach, touring almost year - round and by the 80s only occasionally releasing new albums.

«The fact that you have a bankruptcy where the only asset that it owns goes up by 5,000 %, that's pretty unprecedented,» says Daniel Kelman, a lawyer and Mt. Gox creditor who spent a year in Tokyo working on the case.

He should know: He's been around mining for close to 50 years, and he has built Dominion into North America's only significant pure diamond producer by combining deep industry acumen with unabashed opportunism and razor - sharp timing.

The aggregated value of cash only takeovers so far in 2018 has risen by 33 percent year - on - year while the value of deals using cash and stock has risen by 221 percent, as companies look to exploit their buoyant share valuations.

Judged by monetary growth, they were too little too late, raising monetary growth from 1.5 percent a year in the prior three and a half years to only 3.25 percent in the next two and a half.

Tuesday's deal only accounts for about 1 % of Nestle «s sales, but is part of a larger shake - up by chief executive Schneider, a healthcare industry veteran one year into the job.

In 2013, only 3.6 percent of households headed by adults younger than 30 owned stakes in private companies — a 24 - year low.

Founded only in 2008 but measured earlier this year as the third-most valuable venture capital - backed group in the world at over $ 25 billion, Airbnb also said it would help prevent its service from causing housing shortages by «ensuring hosts agree to a policy of listing only permanent homes on a short - term basis».

«This is only a few billion below the figure at a comparable time last year, and above the figures reported for some earlier years (almost 60 % of the full year's refunds are typically received by this point in the year).»

What we have here is a lifestyle play; the experts say that since the current owner works for only half the year, for comparison you could annualize the earnings by doubling them.

Canada was one of only three developed nations tracked by Scotia to post gains in the third quarter of the year.

«We intend to double our sales within five years, and we anticipate that we can do so only by being «open.»

At the White House's first United States of Women Summit in 2016, Buffett confessed that he only thought to put a woman on the Berkshire Hathaway board in 2003 — nearly 40 years after taking over the company — by the suggestion of his wife Susie.

It filed for bankruptcy protection in 2009 and emerged the following year, only to be purchased in 2011 for $ 345 million by Canadian firm Mood Media.

21st Century Fox (FOX), for example, is only down by about 4 % since the beginning of the year, or less than half Disney's decline.

The fine, as reported by the New York Times, was levied under rules issued last year that ban not only short - term apartment rentals, but even the advertising of such opportunities.

Google is not the only tech company nominated for an Oscar this year — Amazon became the first streaming service in history to be nominated for the most prestigious category, «best picture,» for Manchester by the Sea, which was also nominated in five other categories.

More than half of millennials, defined as people between 18 and 34 years old, have set financial goals compared with only 38 percent of Americans age 35 and older, according to a new survey by Northwestern Mutual.

That's almost all coming out of Pavel Durov's pocket, and the figure is only getting bigger, rising to $ 100 million this year and $ 220 million by 2021.

After a year - end sales slump, for example, the Albertson's supermarket chain pulled SoapWorks products, only to be confronted by customers «who went back in droves, saying, «Where is this product?

The Commission, meanwhile, said Britain will continue to lag the eurozone over the coming years, forecasting growth of only 1.5 percent this year and 1.2 percent next, with the economy hobbled by Brexit uncertainty.

We returned to the establishment about a year later and were served by the same waiter: he recalled not only our names but also what we'd ordered previously.

Research suggests many New Year's resolutions don't make it past the second week of February, and only a measly 9.2 percent of people who make resolutions actually achieve their goals by the time the next new year rolls aroYear's resolutions don't make it past the second week of February, and only a measly 9.2 percent of people who make resolutions actually achieve their goals by the time the next new year rolls aroyear rolls around.

This year, when he tried to dock at the French port of Antibes, Abramovich found the only spot big enough to park the 530 - foot boat was already being used by a Saudi Prince's yacht.

Despite growing public awareness, data shows that of the total companies that received funding last year, only 4 % were owned by women.

SoundCloud's existing cash reserves will only carry it through to the fourth quarter of the year, which is less than 50 days away, according to sources cited by TechCrunch.

Perhaps more importantly, if we take his new statements literally he is now predicting that installation of a Tory government will immediately cause the economy to grow at an absurd 10 per cent per year, 5 times the current rate by implementing only three - tenths of the Million Jobs Plan.

Mystère is now the only Cirque show owned by MGM Mirage, as it went with Treasure Island when the casino and hotel was sold to Phil Ruffin about a year ago.

CVS's deal was the third - biggest offering on record, beaten only by Anheuser - Busch InBev SA's $ 46 billion offering two years ago and Verizon Communication Inc.'s $ 49 billion deal in 2013.

They promise delivery of sculptures on a given date, only to later delay completion of the works by six months to a year, he claims.

While retail sales and industrial output impressed, the only report to disappoint was urban fixed asset investment which grew by 7.5 % between January to September compared to same period a year earlier.