Sentences with phrase «changed over the years by»

Many of my beliefs have changed over the years by simply learning more, observing more, listening more... nothing traumatic caused these changes.

It is made worse that ALL the old data has been substantially changed over the years by such projects as the EU «Improv».

Not exact matches

As we've all seen and heard, the technologies, platforms, and scientific discoveries that have emerged over the past several years — and that continue to emerge by the day and week — are changing life and the way we live.

By recognizing that the marketplace is changing, Volk - Weiss, in response to that change, has built a 120 - person company that he says grew its revenue (from licensing, streaming, and production fees, product sales, and ad - revenue sharing) more than 100 percent annually over the past three years — and more than 200 percent over the past two.

According to the chart below — not to mention every single piece of research written by Hussman over the past year and change — the first qualification has been more than met.

One of the reasons the IMF has changed its tune on fiscal policy is because research it has done in the past year shows that borrowing to pay for infrastructure pays for itself over the longer term by generating faster economic growth.

Over the years, the amount of change left behind by travelers at airports has been steadily climbing — jumping from about $ 489,000 in 2011 to almost $ 675,000 in 2014, and hitting $ 766,000 in 2015.

Indeed, when one ponders the changes that the global economy has had to digest over the past 25 years, from the fall of the Iron Curtain to the flowering of the Internet - based economy to the entrance of 1.3 billion Chinese into the labor force, it would be surprising if the effects weren't felt by American workers.

Dominion plans to increase solar generation by nearly 50 percent over last year's forecast, a change made possible in part because of the technology's increasing affordability, company executives said in an Associated Press interview.

Like all small businesses, they have seen ups and downs over the past year, buffeted by major changes in tax policy and, more recently, great uncertainty around trade policy.

The fastest - growing wage, meanwhile, belongs to librarians, whose salaries have increased on average by 39 % over the past five years, due, in part, to the changing nature of their work.

«Over the past 15 years, led by California, 15 states plus the District of Columbia have adopted laws permitting some form of marijuana consumption or distribution for medical use,» notes the See Change Strategy study.

In 2012, social media conversations were driven by confusion over payment options and whether to use them; the following year, the conversations changed to which mobile payment option to use.

Iowa cropland prices increased by a quarter over the past year, with the choicest plots changing hands above US$ 10,000 an acre — far above historical averages.

So, while Hilton says HHonors's changes match those made by competitors over the past few years, customers who see loyalty points as cash in hand are still indignant.

All of these changes could push the West Texas Intermediate benchmark down by as much as 25 % over the next five years, he says.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

Next, the divergence between the HSBC and NBS PMIs, which can arguably be accounted for by considering the changing composition of Chinese growth becoming more orientated to inland cities over the past year or so.

Looking over the two - year period, we see that realized price returns have been driven almost exclusively by changes in equity prices (below chart).

As I wrote in my blog over a year ago, («Oil Price Spread Costing Canadian producers big bucks,» November 10, 2011), oil sands producers have been continually getting short - changed for their oil by refineries in Cushing, Oklahoma, where most of the product from the oil sands flows.

While Booking Holdings is holding its own financially — the company recently beat analyst expectations by reporting $ 12.7 billion in 2017 revenue, up 18 percent over the year earlier — the brand is making changes.

Over the last two years, Sharon Vogel and Bruce Reynolds have been at the forefront of change in Ontario's construction industry leading up to the fundamental amendment of Ontario's Construction Lien Act, which is currently under consideration by the provincial government.

These include: C$ 4.5 billion to support research, training, and infrastructure at universities and colleges; a Strategic Innovation Fund that will provide C$ 1.26 billion for business innovation in the aerospace and automotive sector; a Connect to Innovate Program that will invest C$ 500 million to bring high - speed Internet to remote and rural communities by 2021; and, C$ 70 million over six years to support agriculture innovation with a focus on climate change, and soil and water conservation.

By contrast, in Australia there has been no noticeable widening of risk spreads in the corporate bond market over the past year, and credit has been easily available from intermediaries, with no reports of significant changes in banks» lending attitudes.

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Inadequate flood protection infrastructure, which right now might not contain high tides in El Nino years; Lack of action on annual sediment removal from spring freshets, which each year move over 30 million m3 of sediment and leave about 3 million m3 of silt in the navigation and secondary channels of the lower reaches; and, By the end of this century sea levels at the mouth of the river could potentially rise more than one meter due to climate change overtopping the diking system.

Over a year which has seen large banks halt funding for fossil fuel projects, major institutions divest from oil, gas and coal holdings, and oil companies snap up power and renewables companies in a bid to diversify their asset base, research published today by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) and the Climate Change Collaboration suggests nervousness over climate risk has shot up in financial circOver a year which has seen large banks halt funding for fossil fuel projects, major institutions divest from oil, gas and coal holdings, and oil companies snap up power and renewables companies in a bid to diversify their asset base, research published today by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) and the Climate Change Collaboration suggests nervousness over climate risk has shot up in financial circover climate risk has shot up in financial circles.

The Fed, however, has been signaling rate increases for quite some time now, so it might be a bit surprising that the markets would adjust that drastically to the recent changes in the 10 - year treasury rate, which has grown by 35 basis points over the past year.

Figure 8 illustrates how the data have changed more recently, by averaging the PCE inflation data over one year, over six months, and over three months.

This change will cost $ 152 million over five years, beginning this fiscal year, and $ 27.5 million a year after that, according to the budget tabled Wednesday by Finance Minister Bill Morneau.

As NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman leads the NHL into its latest war of revenge against Jerry Moyes for trying to recoup his losses by attempting to sell the Phoenix Coyotes to the outlaw buyer, Jim Balsillie, it is well to remember that his triumph in the courts over the now three time loser didn't change one ugly fact: the Phoenix Coyotes still lose huge sums of money every year.

Over the last year and a half a number of prominent voices in the Bitcoin community have been warning that the system needed to make fundamental changes to its core software code to avoid being overwhelmed by the continued growth of Bitcoin transactions.

The social media company was able to make this change to the largest companies by market cap list thanks to a 30 % increase in stock over the last year, despite not being as large a company as WMT, reports Quartz.

In general terms, an ownership change results from a cumulative change in the equity ownership of certain stockholders by more than 50 percentage points over a three - year period.

In general, an «ownership change» occurs if there is a cumulative change in our ownership by «5 % shareholders» that exceeds 50 percentage points over a rolling three - year period.

The GOP bill including some changes would increase federal budget deficits by $ 1.7 trillion over 10 years, according to Joint Committee on Taxation estimates shared by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

But economists and professors cast doubt on whether tax policy changes were the driving force behind the move by a retailing giant that for years has stood as a lightning rod for criticism over low worker pay.

Mr. Scribner has over 18 years experience in retail being responsible for driving business and market growth in multiple retail facilities by assessing economic trends, changing demographics and competitive market share.

The graph below plots the median expected 12 - month forward growth rate expected by analysts, along with the percentage change in actual S&P 500 earnings per share over the preceding year.

The 1 - year non-deliverable forward (NDF) rate for the renminbi rose by 2 1/2 per cent over November and December as officials stated China's commitment to flexibility in the exchange rate without confirming any timetable for regime change.

If we stay on our current emission pathway, this will change: The metro region will likely see 2 to 7 extremely hot days on average over the next 5 to 25 years, 4 to 17 such days likely by mid-century, and 11 to 59 days — nearly two months — over 95 °F likely by the end of the century.

Commodity prices have changed little on average over recent months and remain at high levels; the RBA Index of Commodity Prices fell by 0.8 per cent in SDR terms over the three months to January to be 10.2 per cent higher over the year.

We now complete the circle by looking at P / E changes over the last 120 years.

Volvo has announced that it will be making massive changes to its car lineup over the next few years, aiming to release a hybrid version of each of its cars by 2020.

If you want to see a cool infographic showing the changes in the Federal Reserve Board of Governors over the years and how it has evolved from a multi-faceted and diverse organization to one that is very monolithic, monotheistic and dominated by academics, check this out: http://goo.gl/eCKVrS.

Mylan has been called out again and again over the years — by the company's own employees, regulators, patients, politicians and the press — and hasn't changed, even as revenue has skyrocketed, hitting $ 11 billion last year.

Proposed changes in a plan supported by Paul Ryan, Speaker of the house, would levy an 8.75 % tax on cash and cash equivalents and 3.5 % on other profits, spread over an eight - year period.

EDMONTON — In response to PC legislation claiming to increase government accountability, NDP Leader Rachel Notley called for a series of changes that would effectively protect Albertans from several forms of inappropriate behavior demonstrated by the PCs over the last several years.

These changes also caused the yield curve to flatten by over 70 bps as the year progressed.

The reconciliation instructions identify the authorizing committee (s) tasked with reconciliation, the dollar amount of budgetary changes that must be achieved over designated time frames (usually the first year of the budget and the five - or ten - year period covered by the budget resolution) that the committee (s) must achieve, and the date by which the committee (s) must report reconciliation legislation.