Sentences with phrase «earlier records for»

He held an early record for richest man in the hemisphere — a record he apparently later broke, when God gave Job back double the amount that he'd lost.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Once the FBI learned the identities of the two brothers today, the FBI reviewed its records and determined that in early 2011, a foreign government asked the FBI for information about Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

He sent a letter to Carter earlier this month asking for a record of all the expenditures for the controversial task force because he wants to audit the organization's receipts.

Lewis points out, for instance, that early baseball stats didn't bother to record the number of walks a batter earned — mostly because one of the early promoters of baseball stats, a journalist named Henry Chadwick, happened to be a fan of cricket, a sport where there's no such thing as a «walk.»

«The general picture is little changed on last month, with the overall employment rate and that for women both at record highs, the inactivity rate at a joint record low and the unemployment rate falling to its lowest since early summer 1975,» Matt Hughes, a senior statistician at the ONS said.

The Trump administration has only released a detailed breakdown of criminal records for the 675 immigrants targeted in the early February raids.

The bank has a strong track record on semiconductor deals, advising NXP on the sale of its standard - products business to a group of Chinese investors for $ 2.75 billion earlier this year.

And at the University of Southern California's Marshall School, the average scholarship award for an MBA is now a record $ 35,490 a year, up from $ 33,650 a year earlier.

The current record holder for being the fastest to gross $ 1 billion is Comcast Corp - owned Universal Pictures» Jurassic World, which took 13 days after its release earlier this year, Rentrak said.

Feb 7 - U.S. stocks overturned early losses to trade higher on Wednesday as some buyers returned to a market still shaking from a record fall for the Dow Jones Industrial Average earlier this week.

Stocks were lower again in early trading Tuesday, continuing Monday's retreat from record highs, which saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average close above 17,000 Thursday for the first time.

A NWS advisory released earlier on Tuesday said the record was for Texas.

Many major retailers, including Kohl's (kss) and J.C. Penney (jcp), have set the deadline earlier this year for placing an order and being sure it gets delivered by Christmas, in a move aimed in part at handling the record volume of packages retailers and shippers expect to handle.

After a sharp drop, bitcoin has surged into record territory again, hitting $ 385 in early Tuesday trading on Mt. Gox — one of the many exchanges for the digital currency.

Early - stage startups seldom have the resources for a full - time CFO, but if you aren't diligently recording spending, you have no way of knowing if you're going over budget.

However on an adjusted basis, the bank said it earned a record $ 1.41 billion or $ 3.18 per diluted share for the quarter, up from $ 1.15 billion or $ 2.89 per share a year earlier.

Yes, James Cameron, who holds box - office records for not one, but two of the highest - grossing films of all time, took time out of making the next three «Avatar» sequels to read over an early «Deadpool» script.

MEDIAL EARLYSIGN SHOWS AI AND EHR DATA CAN BE USED FOR EARLY DETECTION: Researchers from Medial EarlySign, a provider of machine - learning solutions, found that the combination of machine learning technology and electronic health record (EHR) data can be more effective than current clinical tools in identifying the risk of kidney damage in diabetics.

Earlier on Monday, a British theater chain Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group said that it experienced record demand for online ticket sales for the movie.

For some, this relationship between Trump and the network got uncomfortably close earlier this week, when an audio recording was leaked of what appeared to be an unscripted, off - air conversation between Scarborough (a former Republican congressman), his co-host Mika Brzezinski (daughter of former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski) and Trump.

For fiscal 2017 as a whole, each of the five biggest Canadian lenders reported record annual profits for a collective total of $ 40.3 billion in net income, up nearly 13 per cent from a year earliFor fiscal 2017 as a whole, each of the five biggest Canadian lenders reported record annual profits for a collective total of $ 40.3 billion in net income, up nearly 13 per cent from a year earlifor a collective total of $ 40.3 billion in net income, up nearly 13 per cent from a year earlier.

Morrison said the month ended about three - per - cent below the 10 - year average for sales in August, signalling a return to historically normal activity after record - breaking sales earlier this year.

Earlier this month the social networking site topped Google to win the title of most visited site in the U.S. Yes, that was just one week in March (for the record, the second week).

Passengers claimed that the airlines» collusion began in early 2009, led to higher fares and reduced flight choices, and together with low fuel prices and higher fees for checking bags and other services helped the industry post record profits.

For example, Houston home prices didn't really crater until late 1987, even though the job market plummeted a year earlier and oil prices recorded their biggest year - over-year decline in 1986's first half.

Cook said at the company's annual shareholder meeting earlier this week that the public won't ever be allowed to see the inside without an Apple badge, and authorities have been called for at least one trespassing complaint in the early days of the new headquarters, according to the records.

The company famous for its innovative design experienced at least two incidents of men walking into glass and causing injuries serious enough to warrant calls for local emergency services in the early days of its new «spaceship» campus, according to documents MarketWatch obtained via a public - records request.

Only two startup funding deals were recorded in the week gone by, in the leanest spell for early - stage investment activity for...

The Dow set record highs for 12 consecutive sessions in early 1987.

Early in his career, he developed an online pharmacy for one of the first patient health record companies.

Billionaire Jack Ma - led Alibaba Group said also that its net income for the second quarter was 7.07 billion yuan, or $ 1.06 billion, down 69 % from a year earlier when it had recorded a one - time gain from a revaluation of the company's health and pharmacy business.

Earlier in the week, Irma sustained 185 mph winds for more than 24 hours, a record length of time for a hurricane in the Atlantic.

I merely wish to record that from about the middle of 1999, markets around the world began to recognise that the accommodative stance of monetary policy by major central banks that had been so appropriate for 1998 and early 1999 was starting to look less appropriate as 1999 progressed and strengthened.

While Barbara Stymiest will provide a detailed review of our first quarter results that were released earlier this morning, I am pleased to report record earnings for the quarter with net income of almost 1.5 billion dollars, up 28 per cent from a year ago.

Finally, in late January and early February ASICs started coming online resulting in record hash rates for the Bitcoin network.

President Trump's campaign promises for tax cuts, infrastructure spending, and deregulation sent consumer confidence soaring earlier this year, pushing stocks to record highs amid hopes for a range of economic stimulus.

If our records show that documents proving age or citizenship / lawful alien status have already been submitted for an earlier Medicare or Social Security claim (such as Disability, Supplemental Security Income, etc.), you do not need to submit the documents again.

A local teenager who broke a Guinness World record when he started his charity Kids4Community earlier this year, is now putting together hygiene kits for Hurricane Harvey victims.

Apple at that time had had yet another good quarter: sales of the new iPhone 4 were going well (a record, with phone sales up 94 % year - on - year to 14.1 m, and iPad sales too had begun gaining momentum — up from zero when the iPad went on sale in April 2010, just six months earlier, to 4.2 m for the three months to September.

If your widow or widower qualifies for retirement benefits on his or her own record, they can switch to their own retirement benefit as early as age 62.

If your surviving divorced spouse qualifies for retirement benefits on their own record they can switch to their own retirement benefit as early as age 62.

High Yield Bond Funds posted outflows for the 13th time in the past 15 weeks, with the latest redemptions the biggest since early March, while Emerging Markets Bond Funds recorded their largest outflow since the second week of February.

The EU competition regulator revived a long - dormant antitrust probe of the search giant once she took office, and earlier this year, she slapped Google with a record - breaking $ 2.7 billion fine for prioritizing its shopping search service over rivals» offerings.

June 16, 2015 — Yesterday the CBOE Volatility Index ® (VIX ®) rose to its monthly closing high of 15.39, and earlier today in the June 16 Extended Trading Hours (ETH) sessions, the estimated trading volumes during ETH were 30,920 for VIX futures (the high for the month), and 6,984 for VIX options (the all - time record high).

Husky reported net earnings of $ 248 million for the first quarter on Thursday, up 249 per cent from the $ 71 million in net earnings the company recorded for the same period a year earlier.

The Chinese conglomerate had bought the Midtown office tower for a record $ 2.21 billion just nine months earlier.

GM (GM) said earlier this year that it sold more than 4 million vehicles in China in 2017, counting its joint venture partners — a record high fueled by strong demand for Cadillacs and Buicks.

Given our strong track record, we are excited by the opportunity to help early - stage technology companies, shape the local innovation ecosystem, and drive excellent returns for our investors,» said General Partner Brad Johns, Yaletown Partners.

Earlier figures covering January marked an important milestone in the region's battle against deflation, showing all of the monetary bloc's individual member states had recorded price rises for the first time since February 2013.