Sentences with phrase «by up to a year»

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday recreational cannabis use will be legal by summer, despite calls by some senators to put off legalization by up to a year to allow for further consultation with Indigenous communities.

That is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail.

Prosecutors charged Shannon Denney, 32, with outraging public decency and public morals, punishable by up to a year in jail and a $ 500 fine.

For the vast majority, this means that effective employment support is often delayed by up to a year, by which time morale has been sapped and barriers to work will have increased, increasing costs both in terms of benefit spending and the cost of addressing these barriers.

Cuomo, in a statement, said anyone who falsely makes bomb threats to a community center can now be charged with a class A misdemeanor offense, punishable by up to a year in jail.

Under state law, a person who «knowingly and willfully contributes, accepts or aids or participates in the acceptance of a contribution» over the limits would be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail and a $ 1,000 fine.

Allen, 46, a first - term legislator who represents the village, Barclay Heights and Malden, was arrested by State Police Friday, Sept. 25 and charged with third - degree assault, a class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail, following a weeklong investigation into the incident.

ENDS Notes to editors Today's announcement brings forward the planned increase in the state pension age, which had been due to take effect in 2044 to 2037, directly impacting and pushing back by up to a year when anyone born between 6 April 1970 and 5 April 1978 will be entitled to start receiving their state pension.

As WCBS 880's Rich Lamb reported, Councilman Rory Lancman's measure would classify chokeholds as a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail.

«What our bill would do would be... make the performance of a chokehold in the course of effecting an arrest a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in prison,» Lancman said.

Intensive local therapy was followed by up to a year of less intense systemic treatment with cis - retinoic acid (a derivative of vitamin A) and interferon in an effort to control any microscopic tumors that had spread to distant sites from the initial cancer.

If the original U.S. warranty is 5 years or less, some cards increase the warranty by up to a year.

Diamond members will be able to extend their status by up to a year, if they have a period of light travel.

Any subsequent offense is punishable by up to a year in jail and / or a fine of $ 1000.00.

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The overall games market will continue climbing to $ 83 billion by 2016, but mobile and online will increasingly make up the lion's share after surpassing consoles and PCs this year.

And this year I plan to lift up the many businesses that have figured out that doing right by their workers ends up being good for their shareholders, their customers, and their communities, so that we can spread those best practices across America.»

For $ 999 per year up front or $ 99 monthly, customers will use a kit sent by the company each quarter to take blood, urine, stool, and saliva samples, and then send them back for testing.

Combine that with a sparkling balance sheet and its history of never cutting its dividend — the yield is now 2.5 % — and its beaten - down share price (down by a third over the past two years) looks like an opportunity to pick up a high - quality bargain.

It also announced that it's teaming up with Danone to jump into the yogurt business, with new Greek yogurt parfaits planned for cafes by next year.

«I bootstrapped with a laptop and my brain, and I brought [the company] up to really high revenue numbers» — $ 65 million a year by the time she sold it, says Roth.

If you wait past full retirement age, your benefit will grow by as much as 8 percent per year up to age 70.

On Thursday, it announced it would reduce its production guidance for the year by about 10,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day to an average of about 315,000 boe / d, with exit production of about 335,000 boe / d, to account for lower heavy oil production, an advanced schedule for maintenance at its Tucker oilsands project and a slower ramp up in liquids - rich natural gas output from its BD Project in Indonesia.

For the quarter ended July 20, Dick's adjusted earnings were 96 cents a share, up from 82 cents a year ago, but less than the $ 1.00 expected by Wall Street and even its own forecast of $ 1.02 a share to $ 1.07 a share.

The rate of new firms entering the marketplace has fallen by nearly half over the 40 - year period from 1978 to 2012, to 8 percent, compared with a steadily increasing rate of new firm closures, up two full percentage points, to about 10 percent, over the same period, according to the Brookings Institution, a policy think tank.

By 2047, costs of servicing the debt are expected to total 6.2 % of GDP, up from 1.4 % this year.

If the judges decide to launch court proceedings, the Catalan politicians could be arrested and, if found guilty of rebellion, punished by up to 30 years in prison.

He says he recently attended one of the largest industry trade shows, Mipcom, and ended up talking to the same people he'd last encountered six years ago, most of whom were still thinking in terms of selling programs region by region to established channels as opposed to «worldwide deals for rights to be exploited via the Internet anywhere.»

Lyon still predicts that the company can increase revenues by 25 % year - over-year in 2014 and he expects earnings per share to hit $ 2.08 this year, up from $ 1.86 in 2012.

BKEG was acquired in 2003 by New Wave Entertainment, a producer of marketing solutions and trailers for the movie industry that's owned by Paul Apel, who started as an editor at the company and worked his way up to owner and CEO, a spot he's had for 23 years.

According to a recent Google Consumer Survey, conducted for the education company Upromise by its financial services parent, Sallie Mae, the majority of students expect to continue receiving financial support from their parents for up to two years after their college graduation.

When American Express raised the annual fee on the Platinum Card by $ 100 last year, the company made it up to users by adding an extra $ 200 in value to the card's benefits in the form of a statement credit toward Uber rides.

Sometimes when I pick up my three - year - old daughter I'll drop by the yard to check in on the business.

Aldi remains on track to open its first Western Australian supermarkets by the middle of the year, ramping up its recruitment drive while construction is under way on 14 stores.

The study, published by the Environmental Defense Fund's (EDF) Climate Corps program, says that solar and wind jobs have grown at rates of about 20 % annually in recent years, and sustainability now collectively represents four to four and a half million jobs in the U.S., up from 3.4 million in 2011.

EN Primeur is a yearly campaign launched each spring by the producers and «negociants» of Bordeaux to drum up interest and sell the wine from the previous vintage as futures, two years bef

• Speaking of Time's Up... Attorney Tina Tchen, who Bloomberg describes as «arguably the most well - connected person working in women's rights today, thanks to her six years as an assistant to President Barack Obama and as first lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff,» talks about why it was so important that Time's Up include a legal defense fund: «The fastest way to make sure that someone isn't getting bullied by a lawyer for someone rich and powerful is to make sure that person has a lawyer, too.»

A dealer - owned co-operative, Home Hardware has worked hard in recent years to stress its connection to the communities where it operates, by sponsoring local minor sports teams and tournaments, and playing up its «Home Owners helping home owners» ad campaign.

But «brokered» CDs with which Wells Fargo is aggressively trying to recruit new money from non-customers helped push its average «deposit cost» up by 100 % year - over-year, albeit from a minuscule 0.17 % in Q1 2017 to a still minuscule 0.34 % in Q1 2018.

But the firm still ended its 2015 fiscal year on an upswing, with revenues up by 10 %, earnings up 17 % to $ 70.2 million and the stock price back up in the $ 25 range.

The global smart transportation sector is expected to grow to US$ 138 billion by 2020, up from US$ 46 billion this year, at a compound annual growth rate of 24 %, according to analysis firm Markets and Markets.

Simply possessing any amount of heroin is punishable by a minimum $ 1,000 fine and up to a year in prison for a first offense; by a third conviction, that rises to a minimum of three months in jail (and potentially up to three years) and a minimum $ 5,000 fine.

Netflix stirred envy in sleep - deprived parents nationwide by saying it will give its employees up to a year of paid leave following the birth or adoption of a child.

Scorpio and co-founder Sam Zaid were members of Singularity's first class, in 2009; they were challenged by Google co-founder Larry Page to come up with a plan that would, in 10 years, impact a billion people.

Up until now, this issue has mostly been watercooler fodder, but with the Federal Reserve having raised rates in December and Donald Trump's election victory causing the 10 - year treasury yield to spike by 19 % since election day, many investors are now reducing their exposure to these rate - sensitive sectors.

«Following today's announcement up to 100 million cups will be recycled this year alone and if the nation's other coffee chains sign up, there is no reason why all takeaway cups could not be recycled by as early as 2020,» Costa Managing Director Dominic Paul said in a statement.

This year the Bank of Montreal upped the ante by offering five - year mortgages at an interest rate of 2.99 % — leading some to wonder whether its risk management department had been ravaged by bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

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This led to tax refunds underperforming last year's year - to - date value by about $ 25 billion up until the massive windfall, which made it appear like there may be an economic problem.

Microsoft, for one, opened a new studio last year that is devoted to creating Kinect games, while other, smaller game companies quickly moved to try and snap up employees laid off by Radical.

The use of prescription sleep medications, meanwhile, grew by 52 % among adults in the five years up to 2006.