After poor financial results in March, the combined effect of Pokémon Go's success, the release of the wildly successful NES Classic Edition, the hyped launch of Mario Run, and the promise of the Nintendo Switch on the horizon saw the year end on
a high note for Nintendo.
The Alabama legislative session ended on
a high note for animals as lawmakers sent HB 27, a bill to strengthen the state's animal cruelty laws, to Gov. Robert Bentley for his signature, receiving praise from The Humane Society of the United States.
The Bologna Children's Book Fair, the world's largest book fair for young people, began on
a high note for the Polish children's book community.
The Phantom Pain is the seminal experience of this year, toppling the competition unabashedly and forging the perfect
high note for one of modern gaming's most iconic series.
The success of «Creed» is
a high note for distributor Warner Bros., which hasn't had many of those this year, and it gets the fading franchise off the mat.
Minecraft Story Mode Season Two started out on
a high note for me, but as I wrap up Episode 3, Jailhouse Block, I'm to the point where the only notes worth appreciating are the musical ones.
Few would dispute that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 concluded things on
a high note for the biggest series in film history by earnings and concentration.
Making an appearance during the Autumn / Winter 2011 shows (from Jean Paul Gaultier to Dries Van Noten); printed pants went on to hit a catwalk
high note for Spring.
The month of May closed on
a high note for bonds as the drop in yields saw the S&P / BGCantor Current 10 Year U.S. Treasury Index closed at a yield of 2.47 %.
President Obama will leave on
a high note for startup policy as having the first administration that recognized
The Tennessee - based boot camp program hits all
the high notes for industry hopefuls and pulls strings to help them get started.
Exclusively available on HTC smartphones, Beats Audio ™ provides authentic, studio - quality sound that delivers the most immersive sound experience with an enhanced audio profile, crisper vocals and detailed
high notes for your music, games, movies and videos.
This two - bedroom Kauai condo hits all
the high notes for your next Kauai vacation with its easy style that is just right for up to 6 guests.
Not exact matches
Additionally, they
noted that those who were more likely to push back against their superiors as children «also have
higher levels of willingness to stand up
for their own interests and aims, a characteristic that leads to more favorable individual outcomes — in our case, income.»
Eastern State Penitentiary has a 16 - foot -
high bar graph, showing the dramatic jump in the prison population, due to expanded definitions of crimes and longer, mandatory sentencing
for nonviolent offenses,
notes Sean Kelley, Eastern State senior vice president.
As they fade, the need
for continued monetary stimulus will also diminish and interest rates will naturally move
higher,» Poloz said in
notes for a speech to the Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce.
These traders are «looking
for the VIX index to continue declining from its recent year - to - date
high and settle back nearer its 10.79 July / August average,» Ihor Dusaniwsky, managing director of predictive analytics at S3, wrote in a client
note.
They justify their early focus on luxury goods by
noting numerous
high - end brands successfully expanded into the mass market by grabbing «customers hungry
for a piece of the brands» cachet.»
It is worth
noting, though, that continent - wide surveys conducted since Brexit show that support
for the EU generally remains reasonably
high across the 27 remaining member states despite the rise of populist movements, bar the obvious exception of Greece, which has been in an economic stand - off with the EU
for a number of years.
Thanking your team
for their contributions during the year is a great way to end on a
high note and gear up
for 2012.
«The path of least resistance
for U.S. stocks is
higher,» hedge fund manager Bill Miller says,
noting the greatest market risk is political.
The important thing to
note is that the CSO Advance - Decline Line
for breadth is confirming the price
highs of the current bull market, and it is unlikely that the broad market will run into serious problems under those conditions.
This was the ideal opportunity
for them to improve my experience and have me leave on a
high note.
The lobbyist said that rural states would be most adversely impacted,
noting that even though Trump's plan includes $ 50 billion in federal funding
for rural infrastructure projects, that may be a
high enough compensatory figure.
As Agnieszka
notes, although having a
high valuation doesn't sound like the worst thing
for a startup (it is a bit of an ego boost after - all), it could seriously harm a company.
For all this, my time in Davos ended on a
high note.
It's worth
noting, though, that the Utopia isn't as difficult to «drive» as other
high - end headphones, so you don't have to pay that much more
for an amp to hear things.
StarBev, he
notes, is not generating the
high sales growth typically associated with an emerging - market player, and that should be a concern
for its new owner.
This spring, they'll be providing shade
for Toronto tastemakers and patrons of the recently opened Shangri - La Hotel, though Flader is quick to
note that every custom order is special: «The little lady living with 25 cats in Burnaby is just as
high profile as the Milan millionaire,» she says.
Also, notwithstanding a silly fiscal policy and the ongoing political impasse, the U.S. economy has some very good things going
for it now, as even king of doom, Nouriel Roubini, couldn't help but
note: the Fed is going to stick to its asset - buying regime
for the foreseeable future, providing a monetary protein shake the recovery still very much needs; the housing rebound is well on its way, which is helping Americans rebuild their wealth and is boosting employment in many states with
high jobless rates; and the shale oil and gas revolution continues to power investment, job creation and revenue growth.
«They're not thrilled that he's already jumping ship to run
for higher office because that's exactly what he campaigned against and what he promised he wouldn't do, be a ladder - climbing career politician,» Petersen said,
noting a JTD strategies poll that found half of Missouri voters think Hawley could be using his attorney general career as a stepping stone to
higher office.
The Morgan Stanley
note also estimates the Pixel will be half as profitable
for Google as the iPhone is to Apple, thanks to the former device's
higher cost of materials.
«The test... is an intelligent way
for Kohl's to: (a) leverage unutilized parts of its store footprint and (b) help improve frequency (and potentially drive sales
higher) in its stores,» Gordon Haskett analyst Chuck Grom wrote in a
note to clients.
He met with three or more people a day, prepared a 48 - page set of interview
notes, and rode the
highs and lows of pitching himself
for a job that many thought he was an odd fit
for.
Lee
notes that while the company has a YouTube icon on its home page, the account hasn't been updated in a year, and while Vimeo is a great video site with
high standards of quality, YouTube is a better fit
for the fitness market with more than 1 billion unique visitors a month compared to Vimeo's 70 million, and a huge selection of fitness videos with millions of views.
If they have shorter maturities, investors will be able to reinvest their money at
higher rates over time and not get locked into today's particularly low rates
for long - dated Treasury
notes.
In peer countries like Canada, some citizens are taxed at
higher rates throughout the year, the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development
notes, but they get a lot more from their government in terms of social services, including health care.
Branson also
notes that flexible work is not just
for low - level employees but should also be offered
for positions
higher up in the pipeline so that «rising stars have flexible jobs to progress to.»
As The Wirecutter
notes, «Details on the
high end are clear but not piercing, the mids are even with no muddy, blurred sound, and
for $ 70, the Swimbuds Sport headphones sound better than some of the merely water - resistant headphones that cost upwards of $ 40 more.»
But he did
note that the stock's current
high reflects the potential
for PayPal to move offline, becoming a payment method in brick - and - mortar stores.
The
high court
noted Pfizer had conducted tests proving sildenafil was the key to treating erectile dysfunction, and so concluded that «the invention was the use of sildenafil
for the treatment of ED.»
The same is true
for women with
higher incomes: 30 percent of women with family incomes of $ 100,000 or more report they've earned less than a man who was doing comparable work, Pew
notes, compared with roughly one - in - five women with lower incomes.
For retailers and small and medium sized business (SMB) owners, the winter holiday months are the last lap in a long race to finish out the year on a
high note.
Wall Street brokerage Jefferies, which provided the funding estimate cited by The Economist, said in a
note last week it expects refinancing risk to remain
high for the Silicon Valley venture until it can consistently produce 10,000 Model 3s a week.
The editorial board
for The Architect's Newspaper, writing in
high dudgeon, posted a response condemning the AIA's «conciliatory
note» and the «tone, character, and appropriateness of Ivy's memorandum.»
Jack Lew was appointed U.S. Secretary of the Treasury last year and, the Journal item
noted, «The terms of Mr. Lew's original employment contract with Citigroup included a bonus guarantee if he left the bank
for a
high level position with the United States government or regulatory body.»
«Lending libraries
for this type of stuff exist but are too
high - friction to be popular today,»
notes Corbitt.
While excitement is riding
high for «Red Dead Redemption 2» — so
high that an announced delay in its release take knocked Take - Two's stock — it's important to
note that the game isn't a juggernaut on the level of «Grand Theft Auto.»
Analysts at BofA Merrill Lynch said in a
note Thursday that Aereo appears to be attempting to force the case back to the
high court so it can find a way of paying some smaller fees
for content.
The company said it didn't have further data to share at this time, but
noted that
highest use times
for the service coincide with last call on Friday and Saturday nights in virtually every Uber city globally.