Sentences with phrase «grew while the number»

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But while a growing number of European and American companies have begun effective programs — tackling everything from sustainable cotton production and water management to living wages and the reduction of hazardous chemicals — their Canadian peers have seemed slow to follow suit.

While United's fourth - quarter profitsurpassed Wall Street's expectations, investors were focused on its plan to grow capacity, or the number of seats it flies, by 4 percent to 6 percent each year through 2020.

And while historically, women in the U.S. have never been prosecuted for receiving abortions, a growing number of American women have been arrested in recent years for performing DIY abortions.

While employment numbers haven't thrilled in recent years, this category is set to grow considerably in the next few

While the firm grew through word - of - mouth recommendations, MacDonald says, the number of jurisdictions with noise restrictions for energy - production companies has jumped.

More favourable growing conditions this season should lead to a sharp increase in the number of red and white grapes crushed, while regions such as Swan and Manjimup should continue to see increasingly larger yields over the next five years.

Over the course of two hours, we discussed a number of topics, including his successes and failures while at the White House, growing up in Tanzania, and his current job as a senior vice-president at software - as - a-service company Salesforce.com.

Denver is the home of the Great American Beer Festival and many of craft's biggest names, while Charlotte is a fast - growing beer city with a number of very strong brewers who are gaining a national reputation.

While the HBO service won't be immediately available in Canada, it demonstrates that the U.S. company is prepared to follow a growing number of viewers who are cancelling their cable in favour of services like Netflix.

While the offerings are growing — the current number of apps is north of 40,000, according to Microsoft — navigating through the store is a bit like sorting through a dog's breakfast.

«Small business owners are seeing the number of alternative sources for financing their companies grow at an unprecedented rate, and while this is a good thing in terms of increasing access to capital, borrower protections have not caught up,» Mills said last month while introducing the borrowers rights bill in Washington.

While it was once women who struggled with their upbringing and cultural norms in order to be more assertive, a growing number of men are similarly wrestling with their soft - spoken natures in order to succeed, says Sowden.

Between 2008 and 2010, the number of visitors to Lower Manhattan grew to nine million from seven million, according to the Downtown Alliance, the local business improvement district, while the residential population has more than doubled since 2000, to 56,000 from 22,904.

This certainly isn't to say that all short people experienced such events while growing up; the trend only becomes apparent when large numbers of people are considered.

While personal computers and smartphones are still key demand drivers, it's the growing number of connected automobiles that is making analysts excited.

But while the number of smart home devices continues to grow, the industry still faces hurdles as it matures.

While the estimated number of cord cutters is still relatively small, they've grown significantly in recent years, especially in younger demographics.

The results have been strong sales numbers and almost zero attrition, while the centre has grown from a staff of 30 to almost 70.

Guissett's company is one of a growing number that are popping up to offer location - independent employees a place to plug in while enjoying the view.

While the outdoor tourism industry as a whole is flat, the park expects its number of visitors to grow over the next few years.

While Gartner doesn't include sales of Apple iPads or Google's low - cost Chromebook laptops in its PC shipment numbers — reasoning that they don't generally compete for the same users as the mainstream PC — the firm does say that Chromebooks are growing like crazy.

The number of servers sold worldwide grew just a scooch in the first quarter, while total server revenue dipped, according to new numbers from market research firm Gartner.

While it's rare to see CEOs here take a public stand (witness the silence of Toronto's business leaders when the Rob Ford scandals unfolded), a growing number of American executives are stepping into the public spotlight, taking stands on issues like religious freedom, gay marriage and gun control.

A growing number of startups and event organizers are working to upgrade the industry and develop solutions that help marketers more effectively leverage events while improving the overall consumer experience.

(For comparison purposes, Gartner's fourth quarter numbers showed that worldwide server revenue grew 8.2 % while unit shipments rose 9.2 %)

While a growing number of Americans have a retirement account, most are still woefully unprepared for their golden years, experts say.

While there are certainly a stable of proven sale strategies that are widely applicable to growing your startup regardless of the industry you're in, it's not quite as simple as copying, pasting, and kicking back to watch your numbers soar.

It's a small, but fast - growing, niche that's making inroads in a number of ways — such as providing an alternative to overseas outsourcing while offering jobs in domestic areas that often have few employment options, particularly for skilled workers or those with college degrees.

While the companies on Entrepreneur's 31st Annual Franchise 500Â ® grew overall — adding more than 12,000 units, 2.9 percent above 2008's numbers — that growth was considerably smaller than the 4.7 percent increase of the year before.

While the iPhone X is controversial for a number of reasons — Face ID in place of Touch ID, the lack of a home button, the ability to incorporate «animojis,» where emojis use facial recognition instead of the traditional emojis we've grown to love — what really got people talking was the $ 999 price tag for the bare - bones model (a maxed out, 256 GB model will run you a cool $ 1,149).

While sales and revenue grow, the number of composite businesses in this industry is predicted to decline by 3 percent through 2016 as smaller firms consolidate or become independent advisers helping larger companies.

This transaction now puts us in a position to compete with real focus and weight in the core markets where we operate, while giving us valuable and growing equity stakes in a number of big and important markets where we don't,» he wrote.

Throughout the world, a growing number of social impact - motivated entrepreneurs like Mycoskie are doing well by doing good, truly making a difference in people's lives while generating economy - boosting profits in the process.

It's worth noting that while the number of financial institutions continues to decline, the financial services sector is growing.

Amazon's pure e-commerce revenue represents 74.1 percent of total sales while number - two Wal - Mart has e-commerce revenue of just 2.8 percent of its total sales — which indicates that the world's largest retailer has plenty of room to grow online.

While a number of vocal critics dispute the wisdom of these actions, there is general agreement - based on a growing body of evidence - that forward guidance and quantitative easing have had a significant and beneficial impact.

Still, while McDonald's sales grew more than expected, the number of people visiting its U.S. restaurants fell in the first quarter.

While data isn't available for chatbot usage, it is a small, but growing portion, of that number.

While government efforts to come to grips with digital money have been fraught, the more important trend may be the growing number of money managers who are looking at cryptocurrencies as an asset class for investment.

Finally, while many emerging - market economies tend to run current - account surpluses, a growing number of them — including Turkey, South Africa, Brazil, and India — are running deficits.

While the government crackdown sent bitcoin prices plunging as much as 30 percent, it has now recovered those losses, even as a growing number of governments take action.

While many areas of the United States of seen decreases in the number of new businesses created each year, St. Louis has grown and thrived with business creation growing 18 % from 2012 to 2013 alone!

He also notes that, while the number of users of app - based taxi services is growing, most Millennials surveyed still say that they prefer to own at least one car.

From 2001 to 2011, the number of nonprofits in the United States grew 25 percent while the number of for - profit businesses rose by half of 1 percent, according to the most recent figures compiled by the Urban Institute.

While equity crowdfunding has been targeted as a boon for startups and small companies in need of early stage funding, a growing number of businesses are comprehending that offering shares, in a transparent manner, to consumers familiar with the brand or company can be very effective.

While working with businesses, she realised the growing number of ASX - listed Chinese companies were struggling to connect with shareholders, leading to share price stagnation.

Multiple myeloma drug Revlimid and anti-inflammatory Otezla have the potential to grow sales by double - digits throughout the remainder of the decade while also expanding into a number of new indications.

It grew steadily in four years, numbering 450 paying members, while a much larger number were actively engaged in extending its influence and carrying out its principles.

Karen Mills, former head of the U.S. Small Business Administration and the keynote speaker at the event said, «Small business owners are seeing the number of alternative sources for financing their companies grow at an unprecedented rate, and while this is a good thing in terms of increasing access to capital, borrower protections have not caught up.

While most of the businesses in the West Bank will remain small, a growing number of businesses are maturing to the next level, adopting higher standards, more modern processes and reaching international markets.