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While trafficking routes have changed over time, in recent years narco subs and other vessels leaving southwest Colombia or northwest Ecuador laden with drug cargos often head out in the Pacific, even around the Galapagos Islands, before turning north in an effort to skirt law enforcement closer to home — which may include underwater sensors in Colombian waters — as well as US - led interdiction efforts.

The new media darling launched to the top of this year's readers» choice poll with a total of nearly 750 votes, far outpacing Etsy, its closest rival, with more than 330 votes.

With news of both Jessops and HMV closing down just days after the start of the New Year, for people wishing to start up their own business especially, the outlook isn't good.

Previous CEO Paul Straus ran Home Hardware for 26 years, from 1988 to 2014, while Hachborn, who still keeps in close touch with company affairs, was in charge for the 24 years before that.

Harley - Davidson, another company with a great stock symbol (NYSE: HOG), had revenues of $ 6 billion last year, mostly from selling close to 270,000 cruisers.

This financial picture, combined with the labour strife, has forced its share price below 90 cents, down from $ 1.10 in January and a tiny fraction of its value five years ago, when it traded at close to $ 20.

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.

This year's game was close throughout, with Eagles quarterback Nick Foles leading his team to its first Super Bowl victory and Patriots quarterback Tom Brady heaving a last - second pass that fell incomplete.

«With this process taking close to two years to come to a conclusion, we think the final outcome and the structure of the transaction were well anticipated,» said Jain, who has a hold rating on Walgreens.

The idea is that retirees with well - diversified portfolios can start by withdrawing 4 percent (actually, it is closer to 4.5 percent) of their holdings — or $ 4,500 per year for every $ 100,000 of investments — to allow themselves a cost - of - living increase every year and still be reasonably assured of not outliving their money.

Store owners in some cases report up to doubling traffic levels across the weekend with peaks in traffic hitting on the Saturday before the weekend winds down, last year alone the NFIB reported independent merchants saw record Saturday sales with consumer spending close to $ 5.7 billion.

Battered by nearly a year of off - and - on declines from record highs because of fears of a slowdown in iPhone sales, Apple «s stock now is valued closer to IBM, which has disappointed Wall Street for the past four years with declining revenue, than to Silicon Valley technology pioneers Alphabet and Tesla Motors.

He notes that the membership offer to Montenegro comes a year after Russia intervened in Ukraine in response to Kyiv seeking closer ties with the West.

Farrell said Kenny «does not want to be seen as too close to Trump or to be identified with Trump and the same time he wants to preserve a relationship with a guy who is going to be president of the United States» for the next four years.

With this new capital, we are closer than ever to the first flight of our XB - 1 Supersonic Demonstrator in about a year.»

The other essential program, one Accurate Drafting has depended on for close to five years now, is Minute7, a cloud - based timesheet application that integrates with QuickBooks.

The study found that those companies with low engagement had an average operating margin under 10 percent, whereas for those with high engagement, the average one - year operating margin was close to three times higher, at just over 27 percent.

The federal government has indicated its interest in a free trade deal with China, something that would undoubtedly take years to negotiate but would result in closer economic relations.

One such company, Midea, closed a $ 4 billion deal earlier this year to acquire Germany - based Kuka AG, a leading, global robotics supplier for plant and automotive robots with a research and development center in Austin, Texas.

«With core earnings outperforming despite transitory flu impact and Fidelis on track to close and contribute 13 % incremental (year over year) growth to 2019 as a starting point before core growth, we view this as an overall positive print,» wrote Evercore ISI analyst Michael Newshel in a research note.

Disney has closed more than 120 stores in the past two years as it struggled to keep its own merchandise competitive with lower - end retailers.

Silver Lake Resources has flagged more job losses in July with the announcement that it plans to close its Lakewood facility in Kalgoorlie, which is the company's second plant to shut down this year.

With a year as impactful and chaotic as 2017 finally coming to a close, it's time to look back on all of the people whose work and art have made a mark on us over the past months.

The previous month, the media giant had announced, with great fanfare, that an upstart Internet service provider based in Northern Virginia would be appending its initials to the front of the Time Warner name in a monumental (and immediately controversial) corporate marriage — a deal that would close a year later, on January 11, 2001.

The Wall Street Journal dropped a bombshell story on Monday, reporting that U.S. counterintelligence officials warned Jared Kushner last year that Wendi Deng Murdoch could be using her close friendship with Kushner and wife Ivanka Trump to advance interests of the Chinese government.

The 12 - year old scandal over the Australian Wheat Board's payments to the government of Iraq has moved closer to final resolution, with its former chairman Trevor Flugge convicted today of breaching his duties as a director but cleared of more serious charges concerning his knowledge of the payments.

She had chosen the life of a crafter because she wanted to be close to her 5 - year - old son, but she felt as if she hadn't spent any meaningful time with him in months.

While the plans to build your own TieFi are real (it calls for a tiny Raspberry Pi computer and some software customizations), the launch is a stunt — a tongue - in - cheek reminder to close the laptop and spend some time with your kids this Father's Day, lest you find yourself Cat's Cradled a few years from now.

Last year there was a string of serial rapes and we are speaking with some of the local advocacy groups and developing a plan to keep the space open and staffed Friday and Saturday nights until an hour after the bars close so that if there is anyone feeling uncomfortable or threatened by a situation can come and use the space as a safe haven and have the option of being walked home at the end of the evening.

In another blog post, Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith sets out the goal of serving 70,000 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the first year of this program, donating services «with a fair market value of close to $ 350 million.»

After closing a $ 72 million Series D last year, Giphy partnered with SNL and the Grammys to offer live GIFs and is now testing sponsored GIFs.

«We closed out the year with our business advancing at a great pace,» according to Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, who spoke with Fortune recently at the Great Place to Work annual conference in Dallas, Texas.

«Coal is literally choking our cities, with close to a million people dying every year from coal pollution.

Other major U.S. food makers, such as Campbell Soup (CPB) and Kellogg (K), have closed factories in recent years as they struggle to deal with slower demand for processed and packaged foods, The Wall Street Journal said.

Up to Wednesday's close, GE's stock had fallen about 25.7 percent this year, compared with a 1.2 percent decline in the S&P 500 index.

So over the past few years, the company has pulled back: reverting to original recipes, closing underperforming stores and retrenching in areas with large Filipino communities.

The U.K. had been expected to follow close behind the Federal Reserve in raising interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, but with lower commodity prices and weak wage growth still keeping a lid on inflation, economists now think that the U.K. may not raise rates till 2017 — even though new data out Wednesday showed the employment rate hit a 45 - year high of 74 % in the three months to November.

Martin Diedrich, founder of the popular Kean Coffee in Orange County, California, says that he can go years without actually checking the official price of coffee due to his close, almost familial, ties with farmers.

According to one limited partner who has been involved in every Founders Fund pool since 2007, performances have ranked in the «top quartile, if not the top decile» of all VC funds of their vintage (i.e., the category determined by the year the fund closed), with annual returns in the 35 % to 45 % range.

The handout came with strings attached: Salus had to sign off if RadioShack wanted to close more than 200 stores a year — essentially giving the firm power over one of the company's only ways to raise cash.

More than half of these 18 - to 24 - year - old members of Gen Z identified with 10 of the 11 feelings associated with loneliness, while more than 90 % of people 72 and older reported feeling close to others, having people to turn to and talk to, and feeling «in tune with others.»

TOKYO, April 10 (Reuters)- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) plans to book a charge of 50 billion yen ($ 470 million) for the year ended March, as it closes or merges unprofitable domestic branches to cut costs, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

Various factors may cause differences between Bellicum's expectations and actual results, including risks and uncertainties associated with market conditions and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to the public offering, as well as those discussed in greater detail in Bellicum's filings with the SEC, including without limitation in its Form 10 - K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

In some cities, like San Antonio, Texas, Waste Management simply closed its plants; in other cities, the company is auditing waste streams and strictly enforcing years - old contract agreements with cities that commit to not going above a certain percentage of contamination.

As more and more bookstores have closed, Amazon is now believed to be the nation's largest bookseller, with an estimated 30 per cent of a total book market that PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates hit $ 34.9 billion last year, and 60 per cent of an e-book market that PwC pegged at $ 7.9 billion.

I'll close with some good news: You don't have to wait till April rolls around next year to start taking steps to get smarter with your money.

«If workers» earnings grow in line with the OBR's forecast, we project that real median income growth will be close to zero over the next two years, before picking up after 2018 - 19,» the Institute for Fiscal Studies said in a report published on Thursday,

While we grapple continually with how to stop more suicides (close to 3,700 Canadians take their lives each year, according to Health Canada), we must always ask ourselves if the suicides of eight soldiers within three months could have been avoided.

The charity watchdog's view stands in contrast to the way the foundation was characterized during the presidential campaign, but it's consistent with the views of some who have been close to the Clintons over the years and have observed how the foundation operates.

As 2014 winds to a close, it seems the perfect time to stop and reflect on the stories that truly resonated with our audience this year.