Sentences with phrase «challenge this year from»

The former member of the now - defunct Independent Democratic Conference faces a primary challenge this year from Robert Jackson, a former New York City councilman.

Stefanik faces challenges this year from Mike Derrick, a retired army colonel from Peru, Clinton County, and Matt Funiciello, the Green Party candidate, from Glens Falls in Warren County.

Sen. Charles Schumer, who easily won re-election last time out, could face a challenge this year from CNBC commentator Larry Kudlow.

I discovered Goodreads in 2010, and have participated in the Reading Challenge each year from 2011.

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As to the question of when he and his party will develop a broad and substantive legislative platform to tackle the critical challenges America faces, McConnell has a ready answer as well: «If we're in the majority,» he says, «we'll be sitting down, intensely, a year from now on the very issue you've raised.»

I have a fairly deep spiritual practice in general, but this year with all the craziness, with all the angst in the world around us, with the challenges that are had, it really deepens the need to be present, and the joy that comes from being more deeply present.

Stock investors from all over China have been making their way to Beijing after the nation's stock markets suffered one of the worst corrections in years, posing a challenge to the Chinese leadership.

That's a real challenge for an industry that, for 100 years, shipped a product that's complete from the day it left the lot.

They'll have organized social and cultural events, and monthly team challenges in exchange for a year of participation in the city's hoped for transformation from poster child of urban dysfunction to rejuvenated metropolis.

The Challenge: Howard's is a small Kansas City grocery store, with a twist: The store, which opened in 2012, sells memberships for $ 60 per year; members get a door code allowing them to access the store 24/7 and pick from the locally grown produce and organic foods in stock.

«We did face supply chain challenges last year, but the full - price channels in North America are now clean,» Edwards said in emailed answers to questions from Reuters, referring to new stock that would not have to be discounted.

A few years back, Netflix founder Reed Hastings told Inc. how he got started and how he fended off challenges from Wal - Mart and Blockbuster.

With the core consumer inflation steady in January from a year earlier, it is a sign that a strengthening economy has yet to prompt companies to raise prices, a challenge policy makers have yet to overcome despite years of massive stimulus.

«Although we remain challenged here in the U.S. from a political and capital markets perspective, our issues are familiar and addressable — and optimism is expected to increase throughout the year,» he says.

Over the past 8 years, more than 100,000 people from over 100 countries have participated in Google's Online Marketing Challenge.

Specifically, it's always a good idea to review what worked, what didn't work and why, and think about what you will do in the upcoming year to learn from past challenges and build future strengths.

Adam Benforado (Professor of Law at Drexel University): «I think that that's one of the biggest challenges we face in the coming years is actually from the trial consulting industry.»

«The internet was designed to survive a nuclear war, but even so, I think there are a lot of regulatory challenges that Silicon Valley will be facing from Western Europe and elsewhere in the years ahead,» he said.

After navigating the company through its first substantial challenges (the U.S. authorities investigated Alibaba's accounting practices last year, concerned about data from its blockbuster annual sale), Tsai is making more positive headlines of late.

«It is no secret that this will be a challenge for the rest of the year, but the positive comments from UTC are certainly an additional encouragement to believe that we can make our guidance,» Enders said.

Last year, a team of four students from New York University's Abu Dhabi campus and I presented in front of a panel of judges at the Hult Prize, which awards $ 1 million in seed funding to innovative startup ideas that address a global social challenge.

And the NTSB has listed distracted driving — everything from cell phones to in - dash systems and other hands - free devices — on its 2014 «Most Wanted» list, which identifies the year's biggest transportation challenges.

This year presented its share of challenges: a $ 2 - billion lawsuit related a 2013 factory collapse in Bangladesh; the threat of strike action from some 12,000 workers; and an investigation from the Competition Bureau.

But, given the Security and Exchange Commission's lifting last week of an 80 year ban on «general solicitation,» which prohibited entrepreneurs from publicly discussing private investment offerings, these two archetypal entrepreneurs shed light on the challenges entrepreneurs seeking funds face and how, for some of them, the ban's lifting might be transformative.

The giants are being challenged by four - year - old Call Home America (CHA), which contracts to buy 800 numbers in discounted bulk from AT&T, MCI, and Sprint, then resells them relatively cheaply.

Besides facing that challenge from Apple, Samsung also has been losing ground to upstart Chinese manufacturers after several years of headlong growth, according to IDC.

Even national brands face a daunting challenge: last year, just 20 % of High Liner's wild - caught seafood came from certified fisheries — a level that exposes the company to considerable commercial risk.

The growing, multibillion - dollar fantasy sports industry dominated by DraftKings and FanDuel has drawn increased attention from state regulators over the past year, with the attorneys general of New York, Illinois and Nevada challenging their legality.

If Amazon wants to recruit and retain the best talent, Denver is the optimal place for them because of the growth of our young, motivated, and educated workforce that has been drawn to the city over the past few years... [I] f Amazon decides to make Denver their home for HQ2, it will be challenging to go head to head with them from a recruiting perspective.

The challenge for our team this year was to build a new version of that offering, and to figure out how to seamlessly move millions of people from one to the other.

These are a few challenges I have faced over the last few years, but the joy I get from running this company far outweighs the challenges that are occasionally encountered (except maybe the license fees).

President Donald Trump's re-election campaign spent more than $ 1 out of every $ 5 on attorney fees this year as the president contended with the ongoing special counsel investigation and a new legal challenge from an adult - film star.

Florida's newest tool to prevent mass shootings — empowering police to seize guns from people deemed to be dangerous — could pose serious legal challenges that are likely to be debated for years to come.

The challenge has been in getting support and traction from middle management, those workers who have persevered for many years to get offices and secretaries and the perceived prestige that they bring in a traditional office environment.

This budget makes a substantial investment in upgrading away from diesel: $ 220 million (over 11 years) for communities south of the 60th parallel and $ 21.4 million (over four years, starting next year) for continuing an existing northern program, and a portion of a new $ 75 million «challenge» fund aimed at solving clean tech problems through innovation.

While there are some signs of recognition such as the Fed's reduction in its estimated neutral rate from 4.5 percent to 3.0 percent during the last 2 years, the IMF's explicit use of the term secular stagnation in its World Economic Outlook, ECB president Mario Draghi's call for global coordination and greater use of fiscal policy, and Japan's indicated interest in fiscal - monetary cooperation, policymakers still have not made sufficiently radical adjustments in their world view to reflect this new reality of a world where generating adequate nominal GDP growth is likely to be the primary macroeconomic policy challenge for the next decade.

Asked how far out he reckons graphene is from finding its way into real world electronics, he added: «While considerable challenges still exist, some great steps forward have been made over the past year or so and I expect high - tech applications of graphene in consumer technologies to appear in the general market within the next 2 - 3 years.

After some 15 years of tweaking and polishing the theory and practice of «good» governance, perfectly independent board members remain surprise - prone, estranged from the goings - on in the company, partially informed and lacking the wherewithal to challenge management.

Drawing on a wealth of intellectual capital, our professors will engage and challenge you with their insights gained from years in both business and academia.

For borrowers contacted by a debt collector about very old debt (generally debt you have not made any payments toward for two years or longer, depending on your state), you may be able to challenge a lawsuit from a debt collector on these grounds.

• The character and integrity of those with whom you are doing business • Changing technology as it impacts industries (including the banking industry) • Future changes in the law or even how the law might be interpreted differently 10 years from now • Deteriorating international competiveness (as what happened to our tax code) • Emerging competitive threats • Changes in industrial structure; e.g., new sources of competition • Political influence and unexpected litigation • Public sector fiscal challenges, demographic changes and challenges managing the nation's healthcare resources

For the second year, Walmart Canada is running the Green Student Challenge where teams of post-secondary students from across the country have an opportunity to convince some of Canada's most successful business leaders that they have the most compelling breakthrough idea to change business as we know it.

Fighting back from that challenge is what the company was all about at this year's North American International Auto Show.

Charles spent years learning from experts in food and nutrition about natural solutions to his personal health challenges and got involved in the hemp industry looking for the ultimate vegan protein source for humans — he found it... and much more... in the mighty hemp seed.

For the fourth year, Asian Private Banker will host Chief Operating Officers from the region's premier private banks, for a morning of informal peer sharing and networking around the most dynamic and challenging area of responsibility for modern day COO: technology and digital strategy.

Long - term: Over Skipper's five - year run, ESPN laid out billions of dollars for sports rights for leagues like the NBA, in an effort to solidify its status as the dominant sports network — and to freeze out would - be challenges from Rupert Murdoch's Fox and Comcast's NBC.

«The key challenges faced by Cathay Pacific are stiff competition from well - funded, state - owned Chinese carriers, as well as Hong Kong Airlines and HK Express, which have aggressive fleet - expansion plans in the next two years,» said Corrine Png, the founder of Crucial Perspective, an Asian aviation industry consultant.

My hope is that, before the current speculative episode predictably unwinds in another catastrophe, investors will learn something from my own successes and challenges over more than 30 years as a professional investor.

Analysis of last year's cash flow figures indicates challenges to BGI's No. 1 iShares brand could come in the future from some surprising places.

Further challenges come from the fact that Mrs. and Mr. Surf keep their finances separate (similar situation as in the Case Study for Rene) and Mr. Surf will still be working for a number of years, so we have to make some assumptions on how to assign the tax burden between Mr. and Mrs. Surf.