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The tariffs, which have increased frictions with U.S. trading partners worldwide and have prompted several challenges before the World Trade Organization, are aimed at allowing the two U.S. metals industries to increase their capacity utilization rates above 80 percent for the first time in years.

As you've no doubt guessed, it's a digital revolution that calls into question the very principles of education, prompting Peter J. Wells, chief of higher education at UNESCO, to remark that: «Industry employers contend that half of what students learn in the first two years of a four - year technology degree will be out of date by the time they graduate.»

The company lost $ 69.3 million in the first six months of 2013, compared with $ 49.1 million at the same time last year.

In addition, «for the last 50 years we have manufactured tablets in factories and shipped them to hospitals and for the first time this process means we can produce tablets much closer to the patient,» Dr. Mohamed Albed Alhnan, a lecturer in pharmaceutics at the University of Central Lancashire, told the BBIn addition, «for the last 50 years we have manufactured tablets in factories and shipped them to hospitals and for the first time this process means we can produce tablets much closer to the patient,» Dr. Mohamed Albed Alhnan, a lecturer in pharmaceutics at the University of Central Lancashire, told the BBin factories and shipped them to hospitals and for the first time this process means we can produce tablets much closer to the patient,» Dr. Mohamed Albed Alhnan, a lecturer in pharmaceutics at the University of Central Lancashire, told the BBin pharmaceutics at the University of Central Lancashire, told the BBC.

In a sport rooted in the hard - partying fringe of Southern California, Hawk was something different: While he was still in high school, he used his winnings to buy a house in Carlsbad, and a few years later, he started his first company — Birdhouse — even though the skateboard industry was tanking at the timIn a sport rooted in the hard - partying fringe of Southern California, Hawk was something different: While he was still in high school, he used his winnings to buy a house in Carlsbad, and a few years later, he started his first company — Birdhouse — even though the skateboard industry was tanking at the timin the hard - partying fringe of Southern California, Hawk was something different: While he was still in high school, he used his winnings to buy a house in Carlsbad, and a few years later, he started his first company — Birdhouse — even though the skateboard industry was tanking at the timin high school, he used his winnings to buy a house in Carlsbad, and a few years later, he started his first company — Birdhouse — even though the skateboard industry was tanking at the timin Carlsbad, and a few years later, he started his first company — Birdhouse — even though the skateboard industry was tanking at the time.

Their joint statement came after the conclusion of a historic one - day bilateral summit aimed at achieving peace between the longtime adversaries for the first time in more than 60 years.

The tariff headlines come at a time when China has come back into the foreground as a concern for investors for the first time in two years.

And if that's not enough, he currently drives part - time for Chip Ganassi Racing, has competed in all three of Nascar's national series, and earlier this year won his first Xfinity Series race at Mid-Ohio.

The 39 - year - old president, a newcomer to international diplomacy, will meet many of his counterparts for the first time over the next few days at the NATO meeting in the Belgian capital followed by a G7 summit in Sicily.

Where were you when the U.S. Federal Reserve announced, at 2 p.m. Washington time on December 16, 2015, that it would raise its benchmark interest rate for the first time in nine years?

Shares of the company are flat for the year after its most recent earnings report failed to beat Wall Street estimates for the first time in two years, but Marshall said that he expects its revenue to continue to grow at above - market rates.

The move means no Latino will serve in a presidential cabinet for the first time in nearly 30 years and comes at a time when Hispanics are now the largest minority group in the country.

For the first time in at least three years, the big screen at the stadium won't be a Daktronics product.

Phin Barnes, a partner at First Round Capital and an investor in startup Modern Fertility, says the number of pitches he sees from companies addressing women's health care has increased about 10 times in the past five years.

At the University of Texas» McCombs School of Business, the percentage of students who took jobs in the technology and finance fields was «neck - to - neck» this year for the first time, said Velma Arney, McComb's director of BBA career services, with 12 % of students heading into technology and 13 % going into banking.

And for the first time since the final quarter of 2011, China's debt - to - GDP ratio didn't increase and stayed unchanged at 255.9 percent in the second quarter this year, latest data by the Bank for International Settlements showed.

Though a brand - new teacher in Korea makes just $ 27,702 in their first year, by the time they've hit the 10 - year mark it rises to $ 41,875, and at the top end it's $ 77,979.

Though her owner, photographer Sandra Boos, managed to bring the animal in the first time, the 20 - year - old pony ran much further in her second attempt, prompting an onlooker to call the police at 5:30 p.m.

For the first time in three years, the findings weren't discussed publicly at the annual offsite meeting of the top leaders in July.

In the first five months of 2016, there have been at least 23 reported shootings by toddlers, as compared to 18 in the same time period last yeaIn the first five months of 2016, there have been at least 23 reported shootings by toddlers, as compared to 18 in the same time period last yeain the same time period last year.

But when you're sliding down the hillside and wondering when you're going to be able to stop, and at times you're not even sure why you're sliding in the first place, and then you factor in that you've been so successful for so many years, you're just like, «Wait.

The joint statement Friday, from the border truce village of Panmunjom, concluded a historic one - day bilateral summit aimed at achieving peace between the two adversarial nations for the first time in more than sixty years.

Austin - based insurance agency owner Ashley Hunter was upgraded to first class on Delta Airlines twice in the past year, happy results that she credits to tweeting the airline — once when her seat was taken by another flier and a second time for praising service at the gate.

Looking at individual stocks, RBS reported a large earnings beat on Friday morning with the U.K. lender highlighting that it had swung back to a first - half profit for the first time in three years.

But once I got over that, I was able to go from a kid at 18 years old that was always like a very average, underperforming student and then fast forward almost to the day 18 years later, I flew in space for the first time.

An example from the games this year is Serena and Venus Williams, who have won the women's doubles in the Olympics three times but lost in the first round at Rio.

This is the first time in at least three years that Facebook's revenue is lower versus prior quarter, but it's obviously still a lot of money to make.

Dell soon dropped out of college to build computers full - time and found himself at the helm of one of the fastest - growing companies in the country, with $ 6 million in sales in its first year of business.

Click - through rates reached a new high of.88 % during the second quarter, while at the same time costs per click slipped to $ 0.46 from $ 0.53 in the first quarter of the year.

Made of iron and wood, the first New Year's Eve ball to be dropped from the flagpole at One Times Square in 1907 weighed 700 pounds.

Sure, the figurehead at the top had changed for the first time in 17 years, but it didn't look as if the fundamentals would.

«I've been covering whiskey for 20 years, and this is the first time I've seen significant growth in bourbon whiskey,» says Donna Hood Crecca, the senior director of the Adult Beverage Resource Group at Technomic Inc., a research firm.

Even before the devaluation, Schlossberg had said the Fed won't hike rates for the first time in nine years at its meeting next month, as many on Wall Street believe following Friday's solid July employment numbers.

In his first four seasons at Coastal, he led his team to the National Playoffs four times and three conference championships while being named Conference Coach of the Year twice, as well as AFCA Regional Coach of the Year in 2014 and winner of the prestigious Eddie Robinson Award for National Coach of the Year in 201In his first four seasons at Coastal, he led his team to the National Playoffs four times and three conference championships while being named Conference Coach of the Year twice, as well as AFCA Regional Coach of the Year in 2014 and winner of the prestigious Eddie Robinson Award for National Coach of the Year in 201in 2014 and winner of the prestigious Eddie Robinson Award for National Coach of the Year in 201in 2015.

Last year, First Solar announced it could take an impairment charge of between US$ 500 and US$ 700 million in the phasing out of the thin - film solar panel model it was producing at the time, its flagship Series 4, and speed up the development of the new model, Series 6.

The annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank last month was upbeat because for the first time in years, the world's major economies all were doing pretty well at the same time.

In the olden days when customers would pay for a desktop app once (or at least the EULA that let them use it), software vendors could only prosper by getting every more first - time customers, or angering at least a third of their user base every year by offering a paid «upgrade» of either features that should have been in the software to begin with or added as developerd, or features nobody wanteIn the olden days when customers would pay for a desktop app once (or at least the EULA that let them use it), software vendors could only prosper by getting every more first - time customers, or angering at least a third of their user base every year by offering a paid «upgrade» of either features that should have been in the software to begin with or added as developerd, or features nobody wantein the software to begin with or added as developerd, or features nobody wanted.

Kayak, which lets shoppers looking for flights, hotels and vacation packages search multiple sites at the same time, had a 48 percent increase in sales in the first nine months of the year.

That means 32 percent more robots were bought this year than at the same time in 2016 — it's the strongest first quarter on record for robots ordered by North American companies, according to the Robotic Industries Association.

Additionally, though the event has been held elsewhere in the past, this was not the first time it has taken place at Mar - a-Lago: Not only was last year's ball held there, but the very first Red Cross Ball was hosted there by the property's prior owner, the famous socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post.

The Federal Reserve is expected to hike short - term interest rates for the first time in almost 10 years at some point before the end of the year.

As a result, as I got a little older, it was probably no surprise to anyone that I would spend the first 10 years or so of my professional career in field sales — we called it outside sales at the time.

Because portfolio loans are interest - only, these were interest - only for the first 10 years and assumed a sale of the business and full repayment of capital at that moment in time.

Overall, however, traders were surprised as declines in US stockpiles since January brought them below the closely watched five - year average for the first time since 2014.3 Quarter - end US oil inventories stood at 429.9 mb, which was 19.5 % below the year - ago level.3

At the same time, projections for total planted US corn and soy acreage was reduced as farmers shifted to other crops; they are, however, expected to plant more soybeans than corn for the first time in 35 years.5 Brazilian corn acres also showed a downward bias.

Financial technology firm Revolut said on Thursday its valuation had jumped by five times in a year to $ 1.7 billion at its most recent funding round, making it the first of Britain's digital - only banks to reach unicorn status.

For the first time in years, advertisers may have at least one proper way of measuring the audiences of the future, but Gorman believes that measurement's future has two potential outcomes.

«For the first time in many years, we are beginning to see levels of card fraud decreasing, providing a needed reprieve for exhausted consumers and financial organizations,» says Andrei Barysevich, Director of Eastern European Research and Analysis at digital security consulting firm Flashpoint.

PMI manufacturing stalling out at 50.7, with the production component falling below 50 for the first time in almost seven years.

The favorable market performance associated with many historical economic expansions is fully accounted for by 1) favorable post-recession valuations, with the S&P 500 averaging less than 9 times prior peak earnings at the recession low, expanding to just over 11 times peak earnings in the first year of the bull market, and 2) favorable trend uniformity, which typically emerges almost immediately in the form of a powerful breadth thrust off of a bear market low, and is confirmed within a few weeks by much broader trend uniformity.