Sentences with phrase «historic highs as»

Improving occupancy has pushed up rates, and the U.S. hospitality industry's ADR is at historic highs as well, increasing 4.8 percent to about $ 100 per room.

Commodities at historic highs as well as lows.

Not exact matches

As Fortune reported last week, the nation now has more breweries than ever before: 4,144 in 2015, exceeding a historic high set in 1873.

Markets in Asia had closed higher in the prior session as investors digested a historic inter-Korea summit, which saw leaders of North and South Korea pledge to achieve peace.

And given the current frothy environment around tech stocks, where Facebook's own stock is at a near - historic high of $ 107 a share as of Wednesday afternoon, the timing makes sense.

«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.

«We would agree that Alberta's historic focus on maximizing oilsands production... rather than optimizing production on the highest quality ore may be having unnecessary environmental impacts on things like greenhouse gas intensity and tailings production and lowering returns to Albertans as the owners of the resource,» said Simon Dyer of the Pembina Institute, a clean energy think - tank.

«Once renovations are complete, Hangar One will again be home to high - tech innovation, as Planetary Ventures begins using the historic facility for research, development, assembly and testing in the areas of space exploration, aviation, rover / robotics and other emerging technologies,» NASA said in a statement.

A measure of 30 - day volatility known as the CBOE VIX reached a high of 16.92, which was still well below the historic average.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Kim Jong Un wants a historic, high - stakes meeting as soon as possible and suggested the North Korean dictator has been «very open» and «very honorable,» a sharply different assessment of a leader he once denounced as «Little Rocket Man.»

Operating profit, excluding special items such as higher provisions for costs from its historic diesel crisis, was 17 billion euros.

«The market as a whole is quite high on a historic basis... interest rates are so low that there's no real competition for the money other than art and real estate,» Robertson said.

Price - to - cash flow is also high from a historic point of view, and the yield on the market is no longer as attractive as it used to be.

That certainly doesn't imply that equally catastrophic losses are likely to follow (stocks lost 85 % of their value from 1929 to 1932 as valuations collapsed from historic highs to historic lows, and keep in mind that even moving from a 70 % loss to an 85 % loss involves losing half of your money, which is why I insisted on stress - testing in 2009).

I a anticipate REE prices remaining high on a historic basis, but as costs have also risen, those companies that can present a manageable operating expense are going to win.

Tepper's comments come the same day as the latest Bank of America Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey shows belief that the market is overvalued at historic highs.

The Vatican's finance chief Cardinal George Pell Tuesday became the highest - ranked Catholic to be sent for trial over historic sex offences, as the elderly priest vowed to fight the charges.

«The equation could not begin unless it were poised meaningfully to its historic progress, but neither could the higher unity be there as a unity... unless at all times the Equation and its potential were relative to the necessity whose other name is GOD.

While there is certainly no such thing today as the «Catholic vote» (unified by issues and / or effective leadership), the majority of Catholics did vote for Obama, and we are informed by Catholic News Service that there is a «historic high» of 163 Catholics in the new Congress.

This refers not only to other historic religions, which also produce high fruits of human achievement — whether or not in as great numbers or with as much efficiency as Christianity we are not concerned to say at this point but to movements and influences not ordinarily called religious.

Sandra commented: «Not only is it places like a church that people put a higher value on as a place to get married in over but they put a high value on historic buildings and also places that have meaning to them

As various audience members pointed out, California has a rich and historic culture steeped in wine: wine growing, winemaking, wine history, and the highest total wine consumption in the US.

If the Blaugranas are going to do this then they will need to continue the brilliant form which won them an historic treble last season, as well as being in high profile names from around the continent.

It's a road which connects the Anglican and Catholic cathedrals in a city where the two faiths are still prominent, but it's Liverpool's third religion which is in need of hope as it continues to struggle to live up to historic highs.

Moreover, Tuohy said, the Park District already controls several high - cost historic buildings that remain largely unused, such as the Colonel Palmer house, another prominent 19th Century mansion.

In remarks to that nation's Parliament yesterday, Bob Runciman, a senator from the province of Ontario, called out New York politicians — including the governor — who have blamed Plan 2014 for the historic high lake levels and ongoing flooding as «fear - mongers.»

Carranza also previously served as the Superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District, where he raised graduation rates to historic highs.

«At the same time, as the state's highest ranking elected woman and the Chair of the Commission celebrating this historic occasion, I am inspired by the next generation of young women who will carry the torch and fulfill our vision of equality and create a culture of respect and inclusion for all women, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender at birth, or sexual orientation.»

Several former E-comm structures — once envisioned as part of a high - tech interconnected office complex — would be eligible for the historic rehabilitation tax credit.

With Solicitation # M37 -5-IS-2015, the Parks Department has officially announced a Request for Proposals («RFP») for the development, operation and management of a seasonal ice skating rink at Highbridge Park Pool «From the recent reopening of the historic High Bridge to recently completed restorations at the Highbridge Park Recreation Center and Pool, Highbridge Park is emerging as an increasingly popular destination in Northern Manhattan with improved access for residents of the Bronx,» said NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP in a statement.

«One of the best ways to increase quality of life in communities is to bring historic structures like this back to use as high quality homes.

NEW YORK — With violent crime at historic lows but rents and homelessness at record highs, New Yorkers elected Democrat Bill de Blasio as their next mayor Tuesday after embracing his vow to bridge the gap between rich and poor and to end police tactics...

«As water levels remain at an historic high throughout this region, it is vital that we continue to provide relief and resources to residents and business owners who have been impacted by this unprecedented flooding,» Cuomo said in a Memorial Day announcement that included a tour of the area.

From leading a coalition to risking the future of the UK, David Cameron has been at the centre of many high voltage historic situations without being especially interesting as a political figure.

Astorino, in his address, went through a litany of complaints he's often cited on the campaign trail: New York's high tax and regulator climate as well as historic economic troubles in upstate regions like the Southern Tier.

As you all have stated, the reasons are: high taxes (water), cultural (historic), societal.

He was in Wilson in Niagara County to sign legislation that sends $ 55 million to communities, businesses and homeowners ravaged by Lake Ontario's historic high water levels, as well as for separate wind damage in the Southern Tier.

«As water levels remain at an historic high throughout this region, it is vital that we continue to provide relief and resources to residents and business owners who have been impacted by this unprecedented flooding,» Governor Cuomo said.

Later in the day, Mr. de Blasio held a news conference in the Bronx to announce an increase in the city's high school graduation rate, to 72.6 percent, which he and other officials described as a historic high.

New York State is getting closer to providing a higher level of tax credits for developers of historic properties as the State Senate approved a bill that would hike those credits from $ five million to $ 12 million.

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Researchers expanded their projections to include wells in Kansas that were both depleted and steady in their historic groundwater levels as well as the eight states that rely on the High Plains Aquifer.

Every spring, male sage - grouse, which stand two feet high, return to historic strutting grounds known as leks to perform elaborate courtship dances during which they inflate yellow air sacs on their chests to impress female onlookers.

As the ocean closes in, the best hope for saving Venice is a series of underwater floodgates to block tides up to 10 feet high from entering the historic lagoon surrounding the city.

Klink touted the work Brazil has done to meet its Copenhagen target and exceed its pledge to cut deforestation by 80 percent from historic levels by 2020, as well as to weave climate change into the highest levels of government decisionmaking.

But most African populations show high levels of mixed ancestry, reflecting historic migrations across the continent — such as the movement of Bantu speakers from the highlands of Nigeria and Cameroon across much of eastern and southern Africa in the past 5000 years.

Cal U's exercise science and health promotion program is nationally ranked and recognized as a leader in offering high - quality education from a historic state university.

We received ideas as disparate as pro-nutrition posters for elementary school cafeterias featuring high school athletes in uniform, working with the Bureau of Land Management to remove non-native species from our local beaches, hosting middle school fun nights, installing new school benches, historic preservation, and after - school tutoring.

Secretary Duncan routinely touts high school graduation rates, which indeed are at a historic high of 81 percent, as evidence of his success.

As for rising graduation rates, school reform supporters, of course, credit NCLB and Obama's initiatives, though an NRP investigation this year revealed that the current high school graduation rate of 81 percent — a historic high — «should be taken with a big grain of salt.»