Sentences with phrase «growing number of holdings»

This would add to Amazon's growing number of holdings of companies who may... [Read more...]

This would add to Amazon's growing number of holdings of companies who may not be wholly associated with the book business, but who can serve to improve Amazon's ability to do what it does best.

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Sageworks Inc., which does financial analysis of privately held companies, gave us 2009 sales percentage increase numbers for the most growing fields.

According to a Business Week Online article, «between 1997 and 2004 the number of women - owned companies grew 28.1 percent — nearly three times the rate of all privately held businesses.»

Despite the growing number of cities dreaming of a car - free future, or at least a multimodal one, Ford's latest ideas bet on Americans holding onto their love of cars and their tendency to commute alone.

Worse, Facebook has likely worsened or maybe even created the «filter bubble» effect in which a growing number of us mostly or only hear news that reinforces the beliefs we already hold.

Following a series D round of funding to the tune of $ 135 million in June, the startup announced its $ 2 billion valuation, making it one of tech's growing number of unicorns: privately held companies with valuations of $ 1 billion or more.

Before being ushered out of view in November, the prince was considered to be one of the world's richest men, with Kingdom Holding owning or having owned meaningful positions in satellite TV networks, as well as in News Corp. (a stake it mostly sold), Citigroup (shares of which it has owned since 1991), and a growing number of tech companies.

«As a growing number of homebuyers, many of whom put their purchase on hold due to stricter lending guidelines, now reactivate their search, the expectation is for renewed growth in home sales in the second half of 2013.»

The important essay entitled «Jewish Intellectuals and the De-Christianization of American Culture in the Twentieth Century» holds that the old Protestant cultural hegemony was defeated in no small part by the growing number of Jews championing «a secular vision of American culture» in the «American academic and literary intelligentsia» and in the best and most influential universities.

Special Report: Luxury packaging trends Luxe Pack, the luxury packaging exhibition held in Monaco last month, had grown again this year with, it seemed, an even greater number of suppliers targeting the wine and spirits sector...

Competitions are held in a growing number of countries and regions around the world, including Italy, the UK, USA, Germany, Scandinavia, Belgium and other locations, with more competitions added each year.

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The number of craft beverage manufacturers holding a farm - based license has grown by over 150 percent since the first Beer, Wine, Spirits and Cider Summit in 2012.

It is only an opinion, but one that is held by an ever growing number of Arsenal fans, that the reason why Arsene Wenger seems to be impervious to the sort of sackings that we see in football all the time is because he runs the club on a sound financial footing.

A 63rd Senate seat would likely help keep the Republicans, who hold a slim one seat majority, in power in the Senate, even though over the last several years the number of Republicans in the state is declining, while the number of Democrats is growing.

«Teachers report to me that a growing number of children can not form letters or even hold a pencil,» he continued.

Speaking in the House of Lords Lord Patten, who held a number of junior ministerial roles before joining John Major's cabinet as education secretary in 1992, claimed there was a role for «grown - up SpAds» but said there are too many and they often have too high opinion of themselves.

Over the years, I've grown to root for this type of young prospect, holding out hope that one day I'll see one of them wearing a single - digit number in a regular - season game and I'll know they've made it.

A growing number of MPs, councillors and activists want the party to commit to staying in the single market and customs union at the very least, with some saying he should hold open the option of campaigning at a future election to stay in the EU to safeguard jobs.

Today, a growing number of billionaires are likewise investing in scientific research as their personal philanthropy, choosing areas that reflect their deeply held passions.

Prather, a 49 - year - old professor at the University of California, San Diego, is one of a growing number of scientists who suspect this largely unexplored microbial ecosystem might hold the answer to one of the great mysteries of the weather: Why do clouds produce precipitation when they do?

The number of postdocs studying in science and engineering (S&E) fields at U.S. degree - granting institutions grew 18.6 %, from 36,158 to 42,889, between 1994 and 2001, respectively.1 Over the same interval the number of S&E doctorates holding tenure - track positions increased 6.1 % (from 36,830 to 39,080).

Novel stem - cell technology developed at Swinburne will be used to grow the massive number of stem cells required for a new hand - held 3 - D printer that will enable surgeons to create patient - specific bone and cartilage.

Sapiosexuals hold intelligence in higher regard than surface characteristics like looks and the number of people who identify as such is growing.

NY TIMES - Apr 14 - Chinese men increasingly find themselves lovelorn and despairing as a growing number of women hold out for a mate with a deed.

A small but growing number of lawsuits around the country are seeking to hold school districts responsible for the sexual harassment of students by their classmates.

Since then, the movement for pre-K has truly taken hold, with 29 governors recommending more than $ 800 million in new spending this past spring, and growing numbers of farsighted states making pre-kindergarten available to all three - and four - year - olds.

That decision by the state board of education, made Jan. 12, comes as a growing number of states are grappling with whether to hold firm on high school graduation requirements even as many students fail to pass graduation exams.

The widely held belief that children born to cocaine - using mothers are forming a permanently damaged» «biological underclass» may be largely a myth, according to a growing number of researchers in the field.

And there must also be improvements in the governance of MATs as they grow in size and number, and how we, on behalf of the public, hold them to account — and again, we'll seek your views on this.

And in a growing number of districts (14 %), most new hires held substandard credentials or permits in fall 2017.

As a teacher Ken held a variety of positions including: founding speech and debate coach of a team that grew from 15 students to 250 and was number one in Southern California, technology coordinator, conference champion football coach, a member of the USA Today All - teacher team, and National Board Certified teacher.

Now West Chester may be joining a growing number of districts around the country in eliminating class rank in its high schools — a high - stakes strategy that educators hold could help some of their students get into the nation's elite colleges, since those schools often overlook candidates who aren't in the rarefied percentiles.

As both the number and size of school groups continues to grow, government must think carefully about how it holds them to account.

While the it's beginning to age in comparison to Lexus» growing number of fresh products, the RX still holds it own.

«The number of dealers attending the SEMA Show continues to grow each year, and during the past two years that we've held a dedicated Dealer Day Conference, we've seen more and more participants express a real interest in incorporating an accessories program into their businesses,» Kersting said.

The hope is the growing number of hand held devices will grow sales and to continue to perpetuate the popular art form on yet another technological platform.

A growing number of authors held out hope that Amazon would intervene on the author bullying issue after Amazon acquired book review and discovery site Goodreads, but that hasn't come to pass.

The number of today's bestsellers from small to medium publisher debut authors is also growing year over year, although not at the same explosive rate with which indie debuts are grabbing and holding slots on the charts.

GEPL is one of a growing number of libraries that are acquiring self - published books and making them available to patrons, either in dedicated collections or as part of their regular holdings.

And in this person's case, an impression of quirky grew into an impression of bashing those who hold different (and the more common) beliefs about writing craft issues, and that latter impression grew in strength as time and comment numbers increased until I finally said «enough!»

The number of Hispanic families holding a credit card has grown by more than 10 %, according to The National Council of La Raza (NCLR).

From time to time, I read articles saying that growing numbers of financial advisors and stockbrokers are abandoning the traditional buy - and - hold strategy.

Madison is viewed by some as a college town, which makes it a handy location for attracting innovative employers: Nearly half of Madison's residents over 25 hold at least a bachelor's degree while the city is home to a growing number of major corporations from the healthcare, consumer, and biotech sectors.

This leads them to ask why investors continue to hold shell shares and why the number of shell firms growing:

That means more overlooked opportunities and a growing number of undervalued stocks available for the conservative, steady investor to snap up and hold for long - term gain.

A growing number of ETFs use derivatives to get exposure to the stock, bond or commodity markets, rather than holding those assets directly.

With a large and growing number of ETFs and funds available, the decision on what sector or sectors hold the most potential is important.

The number of people across the nation that find themselves holding thousands of dollars of debt increases each year and the numbers will continue to grow as the economy continues to slow.