Sentences with phrase «grew by»

According to the December jobs report, average hourly earnings grew by 2.9 %, a new post-crisis high and slightly beating the Bloomberg economists» consensus expectation of 2.8 %.

Between 2007 and 2012 membership in loyal programs grew by 50 percent, according to Market Metrix, a hotel consultancy.

According to Immigration Canada, the number of American temporary residents in this country grew by almost 15 % in 2009, and applications for work visas doubled between 2008 and 2010, hitting a record in 2010.

That's why a brightening economic picture in 2013 (U.S. GDP grew by an average of 3.4 % in the second half of 2013 and job growth was the highest since the end of the recession) helped improve TravelCenters» performance and stock last year.

Tesla Motors, the electric car company run by billionaire Elon Musk, said its first - quarter revenue grew by more than 50 %.

Combined sales at HBC and Lord & Taylor grew by 2.5 per cent, while Saks Fifth Avenue saw a 2.6 per cent increase OFF 5TH rose by 1.5 per cent.

A follow - up study looking at six schools found similar results, as apple consumption grew by 70 %.

The company's international subscriber base grew by 3.2 million in the quarter, which was significantly better than most analysts had been projecting.

Case in point: Digital ad revenue across all media recently grew by almost 20 percent to around $ 50 billion.

Total assets for the top 40 «financial leaders» grew by 50 percent between the 2009 and 2014 fiscal years, according to Moody's.

Last month, the Commerce Department said the U.S. economy grew by 2.3 percent in 2017, topping the 1.5 percent rate from 2016.

Profits at international bank Standard Chartered grew by a fifth, as it hit $ 1.26 billion before tax thanks to a growth in loan demand.

Between 2010 and 2013, overall apple consumption grew by 13 %; in 2013 Americans ate 17.5 pounds of apples per capita, the highest consumption had been in nearly 10 years.

Powered by its blockbuster cancer - fighting drug Revlimid, biotechnology firm Celgene's revenues grew by nearly 20 % in 2013.

Sales grew by 2.9 % on a year - on - year basis, the ONS said, up from just 0.9 % in May, and ahead of the 2.7 % that had been forecast by economists polled prior to the release.

The state's economy — which grew by a staggering 6 percent in 2014 — contracted by more than 2 percent last year.

In its monthly release of labour market data, the statistical authority confirmed that while wages grew by 2.1 % including bonuses and 1.7 % excluding bonuses, average earnings adjusted for inflation actually fell by 0.4 % including bonuses, and 0.6 % excluding them.

Meanwhile, outbound travel from China grew by 142 % last year, according to the company.

In 2016 alone, instances of Mac - specific malware grew by 744 %, according to Business Insider.

«Asset values such as the stock market are at all - time highs, every major industry around the world last year grew by more than 20 percent, volatility is at an historic low.

Our proprietary installed base analysis shows that the installed base grew by over 35 % last year to 600mn and we believe that, with growth in the installed base headed towards 715mn by the end 2017, an average replacement rate of around 30 months, and high retention rates, units could grow 9 % to 232.7 mn in 2017.

Inventory of luxury apartments — those in the top 10 percent by price — grew by 15 percent.

Stock price of the e-commerce behemoth, whose Prime subscription service grew by almost 50 % in the latest quarter, rose by nearly $ 50 on news of its strong projections Thursday.

The analysis comes off the back of data released at the end of March which showed that renewable electricity generation in Scotland grew by 26 percent in 2017.

The wealth of Bezos grew by $ 3.3 billion on an after - hours surge of Amazon (amzn) stock Thursday, reports Bloomberg, on the back of the online retail giant's expectations - beating first quarter results.

A new report by global consultancy Capgemini found wealth among millionaires grew by a record 8 percent last year to $ 63.5 trillion.

While American oil production grew by some 850,000 barrels a day during that year, followed by an increase of 1 million barrels per day during 2013, it wasn't until recently that prices began to reflect the increased activity.

«Even as we grew by leaps and bounds, the Hertz people vowed up and down that our approach wouldn't work,» Avis recalled in his 1986 autobiography, Take a Chance to Be First.

The government data showed that average hourly earnings grew by 6 cents or 0.4 %, the biggest jump this year, while the SurePayroll pay index increased for the second straight month.

«In the past decade, the Atlanta region's Asian population surged 74 percent, while its Latino population grew by 101 percent,» the article notes.

In an initial test market in the Phillippines, where Internet.org partnered with Globe Telecom to offer users free access to Facebook and messenger, Zuckerberg said, the number of people using Internet and data has doubled, and Globe's subscriber base grew by 25 percent.

The Honda Accord grew by 51 centimeters and 453 kilograms in the three decades since its introduction in 1979.

In the following years the idea took off: The company's revenue is not disclosed, but grew by 4,000 percent between 2007 and 2010 according to Inc..

According to research analysts at investment bank Versant Partners Inc., U.S. software expenditures in the third quarter of 2011 grew by 6.6 % over the same quarter in the previous year, the highest growth rate in the last four - and - a-half-years.

Ward says the startup, which he grew by bootstrapping, will continue to focus solely on body cameras and cloud storage.

He found the stock of those companies using it grew by 5 % more than those that didn't.

«The declining momentum should already become apparent in the first quarter, for which we expect gross domestic product (GDP) growth of only 0.4 percent quarter - on - quarter for Germany, whereas GDP grew by 0.6 percent in the fourth quarter,» Kraemer said in a note.

Mobility underlying revenue grew by 30.4 %, versus Q1 2017, driven by strong demand from aeronautical service providers in North America following the entry into service of SES - 15 in January 2018.

Government underlying revenue grew by 13.0 % in Q1 2018, compared with Q1 2017, driven by strong growth in both the U.S. and Global Government business.

Retail giant Gap may have suffered declining sales during the recession, but immune to that drop was its online - only women's activewear brand, Athleta, which grew by 10 %.

The number of black women - owned businesses has more than tripled since 1997, making black females the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs in the U.S. Between 2007 and 2012, the number of black women - owned businesses grew by 67 % according to the National Women's Business Council's Survey of Business Owners.

Canadian education startups grew by 65 % in five years as the technology of learning changes our schools and universities.

If the economies grew by as little as five percent, he says, the deficit could recoup some $ 30 billion.

It's hard to overstate CCL's growth: In the first quarter of 2016 alone, revenue grew by 22.9 % year - over-year to reach $ 866.8 million, while net income jumped 31 %.

The industry grew by 35 percent last year alone and forecasts predict a 733 percent growth in cyber premiums over the next 10 years.

Over 54 gigawatts (GW) of wind power were installed globally in 2016 and cumulative capacity grew by more than 12 percent to hit 486.8 GW, according to an April 2017 report from global trade association the Global Wind Energy Council.

Excluding the accounting change, video services grew by 8.4 % (or EUR 6.6 million) year - on - year.

Ed - tech sector is booming By Erica Alini, MacLean's October 29, 2012 Canadian education startups grew by 65 % in five years as the technology of learning changes our schools and universities.

In the larger area of downtown in general, average retail asking rents grew by 2 percent since spring 2010 to $ 103 a square foot, while overall Manhattan retail rents grew by only 1 percent.

She also discusses the importance of Facebook activity, fan engagement and how her community grew by incorporating photos with her personality, beautiful baked goods and connecting with the community.