Despite a particularly
challenging year in the housing market, they donated $ 11,000, bringing the eight - year total to more than $ 80,000.
2012 was
a challenging year in many respects: the introduction of the omnibus crime bill described below, Bill 78 in Québec to restrict student protests, the resort to criminal libel prohibitions in New Brunswick, Bill 115 in Ontario that denies rights to bargain collectively... CCLA was present in all of these fights.
Kip Daechsel, co-managing partner of the firm, acknowledged in a statement that «2013 has been the most
challenging year in many decades for our profession.
Ashurst saw operating profit drop by more than 20 % during 2015 - 16, after
a challenging year in which the firm made significant investment in new premises and IT systems, the firm's limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts show.
While 2016 was also
a challenging year in many ways, we're proud of what we achieved through persistence.
It has been
a challenging year in the art world with record auction prices and soaring fair costs.
The Spurs had a very interesting and
challenging year in 1898.
Challenging year in year out without actually winning anything?
Fourth place and finishing 20 odd points from top isn't consistent — it's embarrassing for a club that is supposed to be
challenging year in year out!
Rougher waters ahead in 2015 «We expect 2015 to be
a challenging year in light of lower oil prices but we have built our business and our balance sheet to capitalize on this type of market environment.
He said it was
a challenging year in some ways, but made the company more disciplined.
Thus we conclude that the three most
challenging years in the life of a pastor are: (1) when s / he is thirteen, (2) when the kids are thirteen and (3) when his / her church is thirteen...
Key contributor for strategic restructuring decisions during
challenging years in telecommunications industry.
Not exact matches
Among the wave of financial technology companies attempting to
challenge the hegemony of Canada's Big Five banks are «robo - advisers,» such as Wealthsimple and WealthBar, whose platforms help clients create and maintain portfolios of mostly passive investments, such as exchange - traded funds, for fees
in the neighbourhood of 1 % of assets per
year.
«
In order to meet the growing
challenge of a tough market last
year, I was forced to consider alternative options to keep my business viable,» said Dr. Alan Glazier, the company's founder and CEO.
I was working on creating an indoor,
year - round space for a farmer's market, and through that I heard about the
challenges wholesale buyers face
in sourcing local food.
The tariffs, which have increased frictions with U.S. trading partners worldwide and have prompted several
challenges before the World Trade Organization, are aimed at allowing the two U.S. metals industries to increase their capacity utilization rates above 80 percent for the first time
in years.
In the key swing state of Ohio, Ted Strickland was elected governor as a pro-gun Democrats in 2006, but largely reversed his views on guns before challenging incumbent Sen. Rob Portman this yea
In the key swing state of Ohio, Ted Strickland was elected governor as a pro-gun Democrats
in 2006, but largely reversed his views on guns before challenging incumbent Sen. Rob Portman this yea
in 2006, but largely reversed his views on guns before
challenging incumbent Sen. Rob Portman this
year.
Earlier this
year, Zuckerberg acknowledged the damage the Facebook community is causing
in the world, saying «Facebook has a lot of work to do,» and has made fixing it his personal
challenge for 2018.
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.»
As he puts it: «I'd like to
CHALLENGE every woman
in tech who's a) got a nice care, b) owns a nice house, or c) is making over $ 125K a
year to start thinking of themselves as the next Ron Conway or Esther Dyson
in the making and commit to investing
in startups...» I'll forgive him for the poor grammar, ditto for the wisecrack a couple of paragraphs later about how some of us might have spent $ 5,000 to $ 10,000 on our MBAs... or our wardrobes.
Another
challenge for Jolly Time: Consumers have also gravitated more toward pre-popped, bagged popcorns
in recent
years rather than microwave popcorn.
For the nine
years I've spent so far at NHPF, I've found it both
challenging and rewarding overseeing an organization providing quality housing for those
in need.
Of course, innate aptitude plays a big role
in what any one of us can achieve (for instance, I could practice all day, every day for the next 100
years and never become an opera singer — «Happy Birthday» might even remain a
challenge).
Nonprofit City
Year Chicago has recent college grads lining up for a $ 12,000 annual salary to work
in economically
challenged schools.
In just four
years, Warby Parker's chic glasses and affordable prices have helped establish the company as one of the go - to places for eyesight -
challenged.
More than once
in the intervening
years, Minhas has faced
challenges she describes as anything but fair: regulatory hurdles slowing her products» spread, retail monopolies denying access to their store shelves and larger competitors muscling
in on her turf.
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.
This
year, however, Lapointe had a very specific
challenge in mind, because Bombardier was
in an unusual position as a powersports manufacturer.
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.
«If the current bear does follow the average path
in a broad sense, our historical study suggests 2011 could be a
challenging year.
Prakash's next
challenge is to bolster the company's presence
in Canada, where sales are down nearly 4 %
year - over-
year.
(DHX now produces 22 Minutes, which is
in its 21st season; Donovan has previously said he'd like 22 Minutes to break Front Page
Challenge's on - air record of 37
years.)
In June 2014, however, Target Canada released its apology on YouTube, which featured employees and executives reflecting on the
challenges of the first
year and confessing to their sins.
And they admit there are
challenges as incomes have been stagnating and people haven't had a real raise
in 30
years.»
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.
Less than two
years later however, AirAsia had turned itself around, having repaid its debt — even with the
challenging travel environment it was
in at the time.
If you're one of them, and you have expertise
in, say, one or two areas, the broad range of questions you must answer — with little or no prior experience to draw on — burdens those first few
years of running a business with
challenges.
On a full -
year basis, 2013 same - store sales growth of 1.1 %
in the Canadian segment was below our original target range of 2 % to 4 %; we believe this was due to ongoing
challenging economic conditions and increased competitive intensity
in our industry.
This
year he has put
in place a yearlong
challenge with a bonus payable quarterly if the company is profitable.
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.
But on Monday, McDonald's reported a comparable sales decline of 1.3 %
in the U.S., which the company said reflected «the
challenging comparison against the prior
year launch of the very successful All - Day Breakfast.»
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.
Despite a
year of upheaval, scandal, and legal
challenges, Uber is still the most valuable startup
in the US.
«As a now 130 - person software company with plans to hire 100 more
in the next
year, our hardest
challenge will be to keep the same level of shared purpose and context across everyone
in the company.»
We're very good at launching Mario Party - type games — that's one franchise that does better
in Canada than other markets, for example — but when it comes to launching new IP it's a huge
challenge in today's world, where consumers are just bombarded with entertainment options that didn't exist when we first launched Mario 30
years ago.
«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.
If you're
in the exhausting middle
years of your life, squeezed between growing kids and a growing career, chances are good that getting out of bed early enough for self - care is a perpetual
challenge.
The
challenge is that, if you are a specialist, your skills may not be valued
in 5, 10 or 15
years.
«After a
challenging first half, the firm performed well for the remainder of the
year as the operating environment improved,» CEO Lloyd Blankfein said
in a statement.