Sentences with phrase «during the boom years in»

He'd built his business with money from a small venture capital firm during the boom years in the late 1990s.

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DURING the sustained economic boom that came to a screeching halt one year ago, business leaders were unanimous in advocating a long - term approach to dealing with the big strategic issues.

During the boom years, those companies were brought to market too soon and scattered their resources in a race against one another, she says.

There was a 25 - year boom that ended with the quadrupling of oil prices in the autumn of 1973 during the Arab - Israeli war.

As well, points out Jurock, the recreational and retirement property boom of a few years ago was «driven by Dad,» whose investing prowess during the stock market run - up put him in a position not only to buy that retirement dream home but to front the kids a down payment for their own place.

The increase in domestic production barely moved the supply needle during the first few years of the shale boom because it was merely offsetting the production shut - ins from war - ravaged Libya and Iraq.

The IPO market has swung back and forth since the dot - com boom in the late 1990s through the bust a few years later and on up to the most recent economic downturn, during which there were six venture capital - backed IPOs in 2008 and 12 in 2009 — compared with 86 in 2007, according to the Exit Poll report by Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association.

And, of course, a massive budget deficit because of a lack of alternative sources of revenue: Moody's noted that the country's gross borrowing requirements through 2019 will average 17 % of GDP, because much of the debt it issued during the boom times is falling due in the next two years.

In certain markets and at certain times, FSBO sites have become essential viewing for anybody looking, and the segment had expanded furiously during the boom years from 2003 to 2007.

It hasn't grown that fast in normal times since the early 2000's, a period that probably wasn't all that normal, as so much of the wealth generated during those years was from America's debt boom and China's once - in - lifetime rise from poverty.

During the boom years, its guaranteed products were a sensation, growing to a portfolio of $ 65 billion in the U.S..

Home prices in St. George went through the roof during the housing boom, at one point rocketing up more than 40 % in a year.

Upstate New York added relatively few jobs in housing - related sectors (e.g. construction and sales of consumer durable goods) during the boom years;

«Temporary help is rapidly approaching a new record,» said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial, who noted that there was also a rapid increase in temp hiring during the boom years of the 1990s.

Last year, during the booming stock market, analysts at Vanguard Group warned that there was «a little froth» and that there was a 70 % chance of a correction, defined as a 10 % or more change in stock prices to adjust for overvaluation.

Tuesday's indictment followed a nearly four - year federal antitrust probe that began after a 2012 Reuters investigation found that Chesapeake had discussed with a rival how to suppress land lease prices in Michigan during a shale - drilling boom.

[4] Non-tradable inflation was elevated during the boom years and growth in nominal unit labour costs was relatively strong for most of this period.

The founder had sold their first company during the tech boom in 1999 for $ 23 million in less than a year with barely a finished project.

The entertainment complex project, launched under developer Mills Corporation during the 2004 boom, fell into default during the economic downturn and hung in the balance for years before being acquired by current owner Triple Five Group in August.

Finally, if overpopulation is indicated by unemployment (not strictly speaking a demographic measure, but one that is sometimes used as such), it would seem that the United States experienced serious overpopulation during the Depression (when fertility fell below replacement levels), and was least overpopulated in the mid-1960s (the years directly following the postwar baby boom).

A hundred years ago, during the boom days of logging and tanning, the local population sustained those churches, one in each tiny hamlet.

The real estate blog 6sqft.com recently posted about the residential boom occurring in the Bronx: «During the first six months of 2016, the Bronx [accounted] for nearly 32 percent of all permitted units, a major jump from its 11 percent average over the past four years.»

The CBI's director general, John Cridland, said there was «gathering momentum» in the economy but more needed to be done to correct the «profound economic imbalances which built up during the boom years», including developing a «coherent» industrial strategy.

Investment in the semiconductor industry was flat in Q2, and investment in networking companies, a favorite during the Internet - boom years, showed another drop in a long string of investment declines.

But a raft of mine expansions during the boom years and weak demand caused by the global economic slowdown pushed prices to a 3 - year low near $ 80 a metric ton in October 2012, and they have stayed below $ 100 since.

In recent years, initial public offering (IPOs) have been in the limelight, and during the IPO boom of 1999 and early 2000 this was the most glamorous and visible type of exit routIn recent years, initial public offering (IPOs) have been in the limelight, and during the IPO boom of 1999 and early 2000 this was the most glamorous and visible type of exit routin the limelight, and during the IPO boom of 1999 and early 2000 this was the most glamorous and visible type of exit route.

She found that people who were between 18 and 25 years old during hard economic times, as measured by unemployment rates, were less narcissistic later in life than those who came of age during economic booms.

In the current issue of Ecology, they found both species of oaks bearing bumper acorn crops in the same week or two during boom years, even when trees were more than 600 kilometers aparIn the current issue of Ecology, they found both species of oaks bearing bumper acorn crops in the same week or two during boom years, even when trees were more than 600 kilometers aparin the same week or two during boom years, even when trees were more than 600 kilometers apart.

Taking a page out of the Blue Collar Comedy Handbook (and no, it wasn't written by Jeff Foxworthy), «The Full Monty» tells the tale of Sheffield, a flourishing industrial town of the early»70s that saw a sudden decrease in productivity during the big technology boom twenty - odd years later.

In 2012 during the height of the e-reader boom the company generation $ 565 million in a single yeaIn 2012 during the height of the e-reader boom the company generation $ 565 million in a single yeain a single year.

A few years Agassiz's junior, Gray first trained as a physician in upstate New York during the boom years after the opening of the Erie Canal.

But many professionals invested in real estate deals several years ago during the real estate boom they thought would never end.

These steady - eddy stocks may lag during booms, but often outperform in bad years.

The astonishing architecture was built during the boom years, after years of the city having no money to invest in urban renewal and infrastructure projects.

While others participated in investor - owned markets or were exposed to exotic mortgages such as option - ARMs and interest - only loans, and while some tolerated lax underwriting standards, FHA stuck to the basics during the housing boom: 30 - year, fixed rate traditional loan products with standard underwriting requirements.

Discover Bank cropped up during the boom in online banking that occurred a few years ago.

In 2009 and 2010, as the recovery from the crisis progressed contribution to ROE rose each year, but still remained below the contribution to ROE that existed during the boom years 2005 - 2007.

Last year, they accounted for about 9 % of the volume of all mortgages made in the U.S. and were especially popular in California, Florida and Nevada — states where home prices rose the most during the housing boom and are now falling most sharply.

But house prices, while setting records and sitting among the most expensive in the country, have not grown as much over 10 years as other metros like Dallas, Houston, and Austin, which had less of a run - up during the housing boom of the mid-2000s.

With the original descendants of the rugged settlers now as entrenched in the Pacific Northwest as the red flannel shirt, Seattle has developed a rich and diverse multi-cultural mix, overcoming boom and bust, fires, earthquakes, and other calamities which have hit the city regularly during its 160 years.

Whatever happens, hotels are expecting a return to the boom years after the convention center work is finished in 2019; the entire facility is said to be fully booked during the post-construction months.

During the early 1970s he studied with John Baldessari at CalArts; he was included in Douglas Crimp's epoch - defining exhibition, Pictures, in 1977; he showed at Metro Pictures along with Cindy Sherman and Robert Longo during the boom years of the 1980s; and he spent his last decade as a recluse in a trailer in EaDuring the early 1970s he studied with John Baldessari at CalArts; he was included in Douglas Crimp's epoch - defining exhibition, Pictures, in 1977; he showed at Metro Pictures along with Cindy Sherman and Robert Longo during the boom years of the 1980s; and he spent his last decade as a recluse in a trailer in Eaduring the boom years of the 1980s; and he spent his last decade as a recluse in a trailer in East LA.

Ali Ağaoğlu, a billionaire developer in Turkey, caused a stir last year when he admitted that his family's company — and most other developers — routinely used inappropriate materials during a building boom in Istanbul in recent decades, creating enormous vulnerability because of the long history of powerful earthquakes in the sprawling city.

During Ireland's boom years, O'Toole found customers in biotech.

Even Calgary's taxi industry had a million fewer riders last year, and prime downtown parking, once the second most expensive in North America after New York (a sort of weird boasting point during boom times), has become a comparative bargain.

During the 25 years of his experience, throughout Europe and in the US, Renaud Roquebert has witnessed and taken part in some of the major global economic events: the inception of emails and the internet for everybody, the dot com boom and bust, the dramatic increase of globalisation and cross...

During the boom years solicitors were pressurised, both by borrowers and by lenders, to give letters of undertaking to lenders in commercial property transactions.

The life insurance industry that was awash with sales of unit - linked insurance plans (Ulips) during the boom years of 2005 - 08, is now witnessing an unprecedented surge in unclaimed policies.

The astonishing architecture was built during the boom years, after years of the city having no money to invest in urban renewal and infrastructure projects.

The enthusiasm that was seen last year during bitcoin and blockchain conferences in Lagos, Nairobi, Accra, and Johannesburg indicates that bitcoin is booming in Africa.