Sentences with phrase «improved over the last year»

Exxon's profits have improved over the last year as the oil market continues to recover from a prolonged price slump.

Eighty percent of business owners said they are optimistic about the financial outlook of their businesses over the next 12 months, and 71 percent of business owners said their businesses had improved over the last year.

More than half (57 percent) said the national economy has improved over the last year, and about a quarter of business owners said their businesses had benefited a great deal from the improved national economy over the past year.

I presume they have improved over the last years?

This team needs an intact OL and front 7 to improve over last year and without it, this team could be as bad.

I also think our defence is much improved over last year (but still far from perfect!).

Here we are now, though, with Marquette looking at a prime opportunity to show that they are improved over last year when they went 1 -7-1 in Big East matches.

He has really improved over the last year and a half, and I am now very happy that he didn't decide to go back to Spain this summer.

Breastfeeding statistics have improved over the last year, specifically when it comes to the number of mothers who initiate Breastfeeding.

The comptroller's report noted that Albany's financial health has been improving over the last year.

«American beekeepers lost 33 percent of bees in 2016 - 17: Annual losses improved over last year; winter losses lowest in survey history.»

While the western snowpack levels have improved over last year's dismally low levels overall, there are still places below average in Colorado, Montana, and New Mexico.

Recently I was chatting with a friend about how the kale scene in Stockholm has really improved over the last year.

«In particular, the Xbox One version is much improved over last year's Ground Zeroes — this time offering a native 1600 × 900 resolution that gives the console a huge leap over the last game's disappointing 720p setup,» the site states.

Right now, stock issues in Japan have dramatically improved over last year, and the long queues and lotteries seem to be a thing of the past.

Career mode has been vastly improved over last years outing, particularly due to the management side of things.

Overall, authorizers» scores improved over last year's, and large authorizers (those with 10 + schools) scored better than small ones.

Seats, switches, and surfaces The Chrysler's interior is much improved over last year's model, with nicer materials and more stylish trim, but the audio and climate controls still lack the thoughtfulness and integration behind those in the Odyssey and the Sienna.

The 2015 Ford Expedition is much improved over last year and performs commendably given its age, but it's not exactly a paradigm shift.

A vehicle must have been significantly changed or improved over last year's model.

It's lighter, defter, and smarter than most SUVs, and it's much improved over last year's Traverse.

It feels well - built and comfortable to hold, and the design is much improved over last year's Kindle Touch — it's thinner, better balanced, and doesn't have an overly - recessed screen for the IR touchscreen anymore.

First impressions are that it is improved over last year's plastic model.

Find out where the new Amazon Kindle Fire HDX tablets improve over last year's models, and learn about the rest of Amazon's announcements this morning.

Since we do not expect RBI to cut interest rates, in this scenario, returns from liquid funds might improve over the last year and it could become a better surrogate to fixed deposits for short term savers.

I was immediately sucked in by some of the great solar power products they have available, and that are new and improved over last year.

One thing that we've improved over the last year at Drummond Woodsum has been the «relatability» or the relationship concept.

52 percent of those surveyed reported that their opinion about cloud computing had improved over the last year, just 9 percent reported that their opinion had declined, and nearly 38 percent reported no change in their attitude about cloud computing.

The important part of this is it does look great when it works, and it can get better with software — we saw Portrait Mode on the iPhone 7 Plus, though not perfect, improve over the last year.

OnePlus also learned that in order to have a competitive smartphone, it needs to have an excellent camera, and the 16 - megapixel camera on the OnePlus 3 is much improved over last year's phone.

What has improved over last year is the quality of the mono speaker, which has seen an ample boost in amplification, and the clarity of the earpiece.

That can make it tough to tell what's new and improved in tvOS 10 and what's been slowly improving over the last year.

The iPhone 7 is the smaller model with a 4.7 - inch screen that improves over last year's iPhone 6s with better front and rear cameras, faster speeds, and waterproofing.

Battery life has improved over last year, though at just seven hours of runtime it's still a weakness.

Moto's ShatterShield improved over last year, is a 5 - layer design that helps prevent breakage or shattering of the screen.

It says that property sector ratings will improve over last year's tepid forecasts, especially for apartments and offices.

Not exact matches

This measure would seem to imply that the labour market has consistently improved over the last 40 years, which seems unlikely.

GrowthWorks» longest - standing product, WOF Balanced Series I, has returned 0.35 % a year on average over the last 10 years (much improved by a 21.4 % surge year to date), according to Morningstar.

Our museum has worked hard over the last several years to improve our reach into the African - American and Hispanic communities, since the region has a large population of the former and is experiencing rapid growth among the latter group.

Bankers with greater depth and longer - term relationships,» said Goldberg, who added that more robust senior talent and improved lending relationships with clients «really has come to benefit the firm over the last couple years, and it was quite evident in the first quarter.»

But at least one rule change appears to have improved the numbers: touchbacks have only resulted in 17 to 20 concussions over the last several years, about half the injuries compared with pre-2011 seasons when that play moved the ball to the 20 - yard rather than 25 - yard line.

Some businesses and events that had boycotted the state over H.B. 2 — like the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament — decided to return anyway, and North Carolina does improve to No. 28 from No. 30 last year in Quality of Life.

This circle would be easier to square if policy elites had performed better over the last 15 years, and could more credibly say that they had created the public institutions necessary for people to improve their own lives.

It's been a great experience and has improved cash flow over the last couple years.

The delay was also technical, he added; the company's mobile apps have improved over the last few years in ways that can better support a heavy - duty search tool.

Longer - term, SCS has grown NOPAT by 10 % compounded annually over the last 15 years, while its ROIC has improved from 1 % to 9 % over the same period.

Meanwhile, Sprint's balance sheet and network performance has notably improved over the last few years courtesy of deep - pocketed Softbank.

Red Lobster also plans to further leverage their Real People advertising campaign, which was introduced last year and designed to complement promotional messaging with specific examples of how the Red Lobster experience has improved, especially around affordability, freshness and wood - fire grilling to help eliminate perceived visit barriers and make the brand relevant for new guests and new occasions over time.

The shale driller struggled mightily over the past few years, which ultimately led to a bankruptcy filing that it emerged from last September with an improved balance sheet.

However, despite this pick up in appetite and improved performance more recently, it is important that investors do not lose sight of the fact that EM equities have still lagged developed markets by more than 50 % over the last five years.