Sentences with phrase «concerns about last year»

Last week, independent school heads said an «unprecedented number» of schools had concerns about last year's iGCSE results as grade boundaries were «exceptionally out of line» with expectations.

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Bitcoin's 1,500 percent surge last year has stoked huge demand for cryptocurrency in South Korea, drawing college students to housewives and sparking concerns about a gambling addiction.

Last year, Poloz was guided by the numbers in front of him, not theoretical concerns about the potential damage of lower interest rates.

The company's iPhone, which makes up the biggest chunk of its revenue, saw its first year - over-year revenue decline ever in Apple's last - reported fiscal quarter ended March 26, investors are deeply concerned about the iPad's future, and even Macs saw sales slip last quarter.

Last year, the United Nations» heritage body expressed concern about the state of the Great Barrier Reef and urged Australia to boost its conservation efforts.

In the same quarter last year, Goldman missed expectations, citing «renewed concerns about global economic growth.»

Last year, while at an annual strategic China - U.S. dialogue in Beijing, Kerry expressed concern at Beijing's controversial law on foreign non-governmental organizations and about human rights problems in China.

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.

If you have read about artificial intelligence over the last year, and heard about the concerns, there's a distinct possibility that some jobs will be displaced by automations.

Shares of a Hong Kong - based crypto company have been halted after soaring last year, as the U.S. cites concerns about unusual activity.

Levels of depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts have gone up in the last ten years,» notes Cowart, as well as a great many others concerned about the mental health of young people.

BI: Given the media scandal you were caught up in last year, were you concerned about publicity for the app?

Over the last year, analyst questions have shifted away from concern and risk and to softballs about Facebook's glorious plans for the future.

Authorities in Baton Rouge last week thwarted a planned attack on police officers days after the shooting of Alton Sterling, a 37 - year - old black man who was killed by police in an encounter that was largely captured on video and raised widespread concerns about the officers» actions.

Honda last year recalled some 900,000 later - model Odysseys because of concerns about second - row seats tipping forward if not latched properly, but Martin said there were no seat - related recalls of the 2004 model.

He expressed concern last year about legislation he feared could lead to the early release of felons, and moved quickly at the Justice Department to ensure privately operated prisons would be available for continued use.

The move came after benchmark 10 - year Treasury yields last week reached 3 percent for the first time since January 2014 on concerns about rising inflation and government borrowing.

As with last year's top risk, unemployment, businesses this year are particularly concerned about inequality, which 46 percent of respondents identify as most worrying.

The DCMS committee's enquiry began last year as a probe into «fake news» but has snowballed in scope as the scale of concern around political disinformation has also mounted — including, most recently, fresh information being exposed by journalists about the scale of the misuse of Facebook data for political targeting purposes.

, which is not entirely fair, as most anyone who follows federal politics will know Mr. Wilks as the backbencher who was very briefly concerned about one of last year's budget bills.)

Three out of five financial advisors say more than half of clients are more concerned about retirement security than last year.

But he recalled that school administrators became concerned last year about Mr. Cruz's behavior and alerted the faculty.

Hanging over everything has been the uncertainty about the company's plan to spin off its $ 26 billion stake in Alibaba, which was announced a year ago but was abandoned last month by the company's board of directors because of tax concerns.

Last year the UK's ad watchdog, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), received 27,138 complaints about 19,398 ads, up 14 % year on year — 73 % of which concerned potentially misleading ads.

Louis Navellier, known for his stock selection prowess, is betting on two firearms companies that have been swept up in a nationwide buying frenzy sparked by Americans concerned about President Barack Obama «s intentions regarding gun control and their safety following terrorist attacks in San Bernardino, California, and Paris late last year.

Last year, iHeartMedia flagged «substantial doubt» about its ability to continue as a going concern, as it struggled to get out from under a massive debt load it took on as part of a leveraged buyout of billboard company Clear Channel Outdoor in 2008.

Concerns about global trade tensions between China and the U.S. and the fear that the stellar earnings could be as good as it gets for stocks are all combining to undermine the sort of confidence that was in abundance during last year's run of repeated records for equity benchmarks, as the U.S. economy enters it ninth year of expansion and as the Federal Reserve moves to normalize monetary policy from crisis - era levels.

In particular, Stein flagged concerns about «floating rate bond funds» or «bank loan funds» that have become popular the last few years among relatively cautious investors.

Concerns about Facebook's monopoly status have surfaced over the last year, with growing calls to break up the company.

Compare this to five years ago when economic uncertainty was their biggest concern or even just last year when only 39 % were very confident about growth.

The mix of information — state level, anecdotal, federally collected, dating from two years ago to last week — is sure to fuel the country's evolving conversation and concern about the potential for violence in a divided America.

Macquarie chairman Peter Warne was quick to defend Mr Moore's remuneration on Friday even after concerns last year about the company's pay practices and opaque structure led to a 15 per cent protest vote against the remuneration report.

Additionally, when asked about their reaction to a 5 % decline in their retirement portfolio, just 39 % said they would be concerned, down from 44 % last year.

But, compared with last year, there is more concern about inflation prospects.

Investors are bailing out of emerging markets from Turkey and Brazil to Thailand and Indonesia, extending a selloff that began last year, amid concerns about faltering economies and political unrest.

Last year the B.C. Fruit Growers» Association passed a resolution against the introduction of GM fruit, stating concerns about consumer backlash and the difficulty of protecting organic growers from contamination.

Washington began to have concerns about Chinese investment in the United States before President Donald Trump took office last year, and those concerns have heightened.

She also said the company has suspended a pre-feasibility study of Pascua - Lama, an open pit gold, silver and copper mine in Chile, which regulators ordered permanently closed last year following court battles about environmental concerns.

If it were 45 % higher, that would bring it to nearly 30, or 20 percent higher than where it was at the peak of last year's high - yield debt concerns and not much lower than where it was during much of the worries about European debt in 2012.

DUBAI, May 1 - Saudi stocks slid 0.6 percent on Tuesday as concerns grew about rich valuations for blue - chip stocks after the region's biggest stock market hit a more than a two - year high last week.

Equity market volatility has increased from the very low levels of last year, partly because of concerns about the direction of international trade policy in the United States.

It was just last month that a United Nations official expressed concern about the two - year war possibly damaging the mosque, a World Heritage site.

Dr Peter Saunders, the campaign director explained the decision: «The judges» ruling was really pretty emphatic... there's been over ten attempts to change the law in British parliament in the last 15 years but all have failed because of concerns about public safety and the ramifications for vulnerable people».

A friend of mine mentioned to me last year that along with their love and concern for me and my family, many in our congregation were worried about themselves, could this happen to them.

Concerned about the future of Obamacare, both white evangelicals and Americans overall ranked heath care as the No. 1 policy priority in last year's election.

Why are fans even remotely concerned about Glennon's salary last year?

Between his role in PSG diminishing and his alleged concerns about staying in France, Edinson Cavani is a high - energy scoring threat who scored more times than Zlatan did in all competitions last year.

As a result, the frenzy might have to settle down as although speculation continues to link him with a move to England, with both Arsenal and Chelsea also mentioned as possible destinations, as noted by The Daily Star last year, it all sounds as though there are valid explanations and little for Atleti supporters to be concerned about at this stage.

What concerns me about more tho is why does it seem year after year we have players in last year of there contracts?

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits