Sentences with phrase «couple of years leading»

The automaker is burning through its dwindling cash reserves much like GM was in the last couple of years leading up to the Lehman Brothers collapse in September 2008.

Not exact matches

Unsurprisingly, the round of was led by Canada's OMERS Ventures, which has been investing heavily in Canada's up - and - coming tech stars over the last couple years.

The 2008 recession ground fundraising to a near - halt, which in turn led to a surfeit of funds closing a couple of years later when markets picked up again.

And the other main source of economic growth over the next couple of years will come from government spending, led by the federal government's infrastructure program.

Within just a couple of years, Bankoff led a rebrand, which involved incorporating as Vox Media and launching a new technology site, the Verge.

Over the past couple of years, Emirates» expansion into the US market has been met with pushback from a coalition lead by American, Delta, and United Airlines (the US3) that claim Emirates» growth has been fueled billions of dollars in government subsidies.

Over the past couple of years, insurance companies like Progressive and State Farm have created tracking devices that can lead to lower insurance rates for safe driving.

«A couple of years ago, I was going at least once a week, but as time went on I stopped going as much,» says Michelle Langston, concierge wrangler and team lead, who is currently based in the Bay Area.

The one thing that might change in the next couple of weeks is that Joe Oliver «miraculously discovers» new revenues (hidden away) that would lead to a substantial surplus this year.

For the last couple of years, Musk had led investors to expect the Model 3 to reach an annual production rate of about 400,000 cars by the end of 2017.

«In the interim,» Krikorian wrote,» [David] Stager will continue in his role as Autonomy lead, Don Burnette will continue as the Autonomy tech lead and Paw Andersen (a new senior director joining from HQ who has been leading the Business Infrastructure and Marketplace / Dispatch teams for the last couple of years) will be taking point on the rest of the software team including AVMaps — the three of them will report to [Anthony Levandowski].»

All the major oilsands companies are seriously pushing technology to reduce emissions and costs, and have been doing so extremely seriously the past couple years since the price crash of late 2014 and the Paris Agreement,» says Vredenburg, who also led a team of researchers that studied open innovation among energy companies.

Coupled with a continued uplift in commodity supply — partially in response to the huge surge in construction of past years that led to the glut today — it's little wonder why so many remain downbeat on the prospects for commodity prices in the years ahead.

The self - belief that led Castro to think in 1956 that a ragtag band of rebels under his command could overthrow Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship within a couple of years was not that different to the «reality - distortion field» sometimes attributed to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

Cape Town, South Africa leads the rankings with prime rents up 10.2 % year - on - year, as a shortage of rental stock coupled with the introduction of tighter credit regulations has led to a spike in demand as potential homebuyers find themselves having to look for rental accommodation instead.

In many cities, home - price gains have outpaced wage and income growth over the last couple of years, and this kind of trend can lead to housing affordability issues.

The India - born executive, once considered as the heir apparent to SoftBank chairman Masayoshi Son, had led its investments in India for the past couple of years including in Snapdeal and Ola.

The rally over the last couple of years has been very strong and without any corrections of note and it's possible that this has led to some complacency in the markets, with investors perhaps getting a little ahead of themselves.

Yet, for those waiting for the China - led emerging market «blowup,» it is important to recognize that major emerging economies ranging from Russia to China to South Africa to Brazil have already experienced crises of considerable magnitude in the past couple of years alone.

At the behest of a couple of fanatical Frenchmen, leading politicians suggest that the government of the U.S. should punish a French citizen for something he did in France fifty - three years ago.

My life was turned upside down a couple years back in a situation that led to the dissolution of my marriage, I also work in animal rescue, which brings me constant anxiety that animals I know and care about may not make it, and frequently the actual crushing pain of losing them.

In her case, the shock came when, two years into membership, she was told she could not lead a small covenant group of eight married couples because, as a woman, she could not be allowed to have spiritual authority over a man.

He said, «You can lead somebody to Christ in anywhere from twenty minutes to a couple of hours, but it takes from twenty weeks to a couple of years to get him on the road to maturity.»

Over the course of the next couple years, as you learn to live in recognition of your fear and guilt, and as you learn to trust that Jesus is leading you to where He wants, you will look back over your life and see how much more liberated and free you have become.

That's a good reason, for a two year old... You may want to spend a couple minutes and find out why people don't like a candidate, see if there is any validity and then decide on who is best to lead the country which to me is more important than out of spite.

Alliance Wine is a leading UK wine importer and distributor expanding due to solid growth in core sales channels over the last couple of years and is looking for the right sales people to grow the business further.

While strong on - the - hoof prices to Australian farmers for the past couple of years have led to increasing livestock numbers, processors still face several challenges, including:

It is that obsession that led me to try chocolate covered bacon at the Cali State Fair a couple of years ago.

However, the rapid growth trajectory of D's Naturals, which went from zero to «nearly $ 10 million in revenue in less than two years» led by a founder - Daniel («D') Katz - who is just 20 years old, coupled with its potential to become a broader lifestyle brand, had made him sit up and pay attention, said Hickey.

Their points were spread out pretty evenly on Monday Night so instead of giving a shout - out to the leading scorer, I'm going to take this opportunity to thank Captain «sean» Elliot Greenberg who has proved to be a fine evaluator of talent over the last couple years and all around nice guy.

«A couple of years ago we took the lead against Manchester United and the place was rocking.

It's also fair to note that Chronister has really only been tagged a few times in her career, but that a couple of them have led to losses — and for a program that loses like 10 games a year, those losses stand out more.

The days of carrying a Billy, fry pan, a couple of big gas canisters and your little screw on gas cooker are seriously numbered in my opinion as smart cooking or water boiling systems are evolving very quickly and leading that charge for the last few years has been Jetboil.

Is there any concern that the Warriors don't have a motivating theme like they have the last couple of years, i.e. «they got lucky» or «they blew a 3 - 1 lead?»

The length of the national anthem has typically been under two minutes; however, a two minute and 35 second rendition from Alicia Keys in the year prior coupled with the first ever opera singer performing led sportsbooks to set the over / under for length at two minutes, 25 seconds.

I can't help but think WHAT IF we offered Pool 45mil a couple of years ago instead of the infamous 40 +1 bid, and ended up with Suarez leading our attack.

The Uruguay striker will be keen to fight off personal demons at Stamford Bridge, having been part of the Napoli side who came to London two years ago basking in the glory of a 3 - 1 lead after one leg, only to go out of the competition a couple of hours and a dramatic extra-time later.

Money is an issue when it comes to Inter which has led to quiet transfer windows over the past couple of years, but this shouldn't mean the club should sell their captain.

Arsenal Legend Thierry Henry remarked a couple of years back that the side would never win a league title with Giroud leading the line up front.

The 22 - year - old had been offered to other English clubs, but the improvement in his performances coupled with the cost of recruiting Alex Sandro in the current window has led United to consider an alternative strategy of retaining Shaw while adding a younger deputy such as Tierney or Sessegnon.

The Red Devils are notoriously strong in the second half of seasons and a fruitful couple of weeks, either side of the New Year, could see Sir Alex's men open up an unassailable lead.

Costa helped Chelsea win a couple of Premier League titles in three years, leading the attack, but was homesick and wanted to move back to Spain.

In light of a few things that happened of late — the Supreme Court's ruling on marriage for same - sex couples, the addition of the word cisgender into the Oxford English Dictionary, the rise of the transgender movement, with Germany leading the way for parents to register their baby as something other than just boy or girl, the increase in stay - at home dads and egalitarian marriages, universities recognizing a third gender, the desire by some to be called they versus he or she, the declaration that 2015 is the year of the gender - neutral baby, it's clear we are moving toward a society that is busting up traditional views of gender and what men and women, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers look and act like.

A couple years ago, I led a study focused on moms» Internet use and found that getting coupons and deals, of all the activities moms went online for, was the most important type of content moms sought out in digital spaces with nearly all (96 %) moms indicating they had some or a lot of interest in getting deals and coupons from the brands they followed online.

My own experience, combined with years of working with couples in distress — some striving to save their marriage, some to transition out of it — led me to become passionate about offering support to people at perhaps one of the most crucial junctures in their lives.

But in the last 40 years, college - grad couples have opened up a wide lead, as work by Harvard's Robert Putnam (of Bowling Alone fame) shows.

I was officially due on 12/27, and in the couple of weeks leading up to that, I'd been having fairly decent Braxton Hicks off and on for several weeks, very similar to the way it happened with Benjamin (my second baby, 3 years old at the time of this birth).

Through the work of four playwrights, Matt Charman, Moira Buffini, Penelope Skinner and Jack Thorne, the play follows several intertwining stories: a couple in a therapy session discuss the impact that the strong environmental beliefs of one, and the indifference of the other, is having on their relationship, a young woman, against her parents» advice, drops out of university to become a climate change activist, two birdwatchers who, for 40 years, have noted the recession of the ice through tracking the numbers of guillemots, and Ed Miliband's special adviser (SpAd) in the lead up to the Copenhagen Climate Conference.

Smith, who has led a model of opposition in the Lords for the last couple of years — professional, thoughtful and successful — refers to the facts.

Labour have been in the lead in the polls for a couple of years, despite the public being well aware of Ed Miliband and having a negative view of him.