Sentences with phrase «in a single year as»

In the early 1950s at the time of the Korean War, the terms of trade rose by about 50 per cent in a single year as wool prices soared.

These rewards are based on the total number of points you have accumulated in a single year as listed below and are valid for one time redemption per year.

Dr. Francis's reaction to Mr. Will's assertion that many scientists saw the global ice changes in a single year as a sign of global warming:

Outperforming funding objectives by 67 % in a single year as a Grant Writer with the Conservation Corps.

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I'm not sure that in the past year or, honestly, in the past decade or two, there has been a single deal that will be regarded as a more impactful transaction across multiple industries and the entire omni - channel economy than Amazon's recently announced acquisition of Whole Foods.

As earnings season comes to a close — and as the S&P 500 looks to rebound from its worst month in two years — investors are hungry for the types of large single - stock moves that create money - making opportunitieAs earnings season comes to a close — and as the S&P 500 looks to rebound from its worst month in two years — investors are hungry for the types of large single - stock moves that create money - making opportunitieas the S&P 500 looks to rebound from its worst month in two years — investors are hungry for the types of large single - stock moves that create money - making opportunities.

The single biggest difference between now and a year ago, when Dauman appeared to be in full control of Viacom, is the resurgence of Shari Redstone as a factor in her father's life.

The OECD, in a 2007 economic outlook assessment, singled out the U.S. as having an especially sluggish rate of business investment, even several years into the post-dot-com-bust recovery.

That ranks it as the single greatest area of safety improvement in the last 70 years, he said.

Case in point: Despite a growing economy and recovering profits, as of mid-May, not a single energy stock mutual fund in the U.S. had made money this year, according to Morningstar.

Team 8, as it's identified in the affidavit, made an average annual profit of more than $ 1.8 million and better than a $ 3 - million profit in its best single year.

They've created tens of thousands of inner city parking spaces in the last year without so much as turning a spade of dirt or razing a single building.

In the five years since they launched it from a San Francisco loft, Airbnb has single - handedly legitimized couch - surfing as a hotel alternative — and provided a not - insignificant revenue stream for entrepreneurial homeowners.

«In our experience, markets tend to over-react to political shocks, as was seen in the example of Tiananmen Square — where the Hang Seng fell 22 % in a single day, losing 37 % from its peak over the entirety of the protest period, before steadily recovering back to previous peak over the following year,» the team wrotIn our experience, markets tend to over-react to political shocks, as was seen in the example of Tiananmen Square — where the Hang Seng fell 22 % in a single day, losing 37 % from its peak over the entirety of the protest period, before steadily recovering back to previous peak over the following year,» the team wrotin the example of Tiananmen Square — where the Hang Seng fell 22 % in a single day, losing 37 % from its peak over the entirety of the protest period, before steadily recovering back to previous peak over the following year,» the team wrotin a single day, losing 37 % from its peak over the entirety of the protest period, before steadily recovering back to previous peak over the following year,» the team wrote.

The report singles out a $ 65 million September funding round led by Disney (DIS) in VR camera maker Jaunt as one of the year's top investments.

Over the past year that group has grown to almost 3,591 members with sometimes as many as 200 joining in a single week, and the pace continues to accelerate.

It's a broad range that, according to your interpretation of the measure's wording, would include even very early - stage startups so long as they've received more than $ 1 million in funding over the course of a single tax year.

U.S. officials say this year's military exercises will focus on better integrating disparate military components and domains, instead of focusing on single areas of concern, such as air superiority, as they were in the past.

If you're one of the many small business owners who hasn't done his or her bookkeeping all year long, this tax season will unfortunately be a stressful time as you frantically scramble to pull together all your receipts and business expenses, trying to account for every single thing you did in 2014.

The chain, which started nearly ten years ago as a single indoor cycling studio in Manhattan's Upper West Side, now has 38 locations across the U.S. And its IPO filing revealed something rarer than a unicorn: The business is already profitable, bringing in $ 112 million in sales and $ 26.5 million in net income last year.

«Thousands of years of men innovating society and a single generation where women start to do better (in school and so forth) and rather than looking at the big picture, we're free to generalize, so long as those generalizations are harmful only to men.»

It recently took its biggest single - day tumble in nearly eight years after Plank warned that the company's margins wouldn't be as high as they have been in recent years.

The restructuring is especially interesting because with its far flung businesses and business ideas, in recent years, Google has resembled a collection of disparate enterprises like you might see within a single mutual fund but with a major difference: The company sits outside that specialized statutory structure, as Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway does.

And Elliott has lately sought to clone its winning strategy: It's on track to launch about 50 % more activist campaigns this year than in 2016 — nearly three times as many as any other major activist fund — including, in October, two in a single day.

«We'd love to proclaim these numbers as definitive evidence of a real downshift in the trend in claims, but it's even riskier than usual to put too much weight on single observations at this time of year,» says Shepherdson.

With its state license for 116 students; lucrative tuition subsidies for single parents, available from North Carolina's Child Care Resources program; and expertise with children, from infants to after - schoolers (up to age 12), this business could advance as quickly as a 2 - year - old — if placed in the care of a growth - minded new owner.

He argued that the Fed's inflation record over the past 15 to 20 years has been as good as or better than central banks in Europe that have only a single price - stability mandate.

Renewed focus is paying off: In 2015, sales grew — by what Alling characterized as «high single digits» — for the first time in several yearIn 2015, sales grew — by what Alling characterized as «high single digits» — for the first time in several yearin several years.

«The CNOOC - Nexen deal is a quantum leap that if approved, in a single swoop, will be as much as all the Chinese investment in Canada in the past two years,» observes Woo.

In Alberta, for example, they amount to more than $ 2,800 per year for a single and $ 4,200 for a couple as of 2003.

Through the years, the Kelley School has fashioned a reputation as a true MBA innovator, from being one of the few programs that give a single grade for the entire core curriculum to having a series of first - year academies that provide experiential learning, consulting projects and coaching to students interested in six core areas that range from capital markets and strategic finance to consulting and supply chain management.

Frankly, as unemployment deteriorates in the coming years, the fragmentation of society is going to become our single biggest issue

In the Recode report from last year, a Whole Foods sale rep noted that Instacart accounted for total sales percentages as high as «the mid - to high single digits» in certain storeIn the Recode report from last year, a Whole Foods sale rep noted that Instacart accounted for total sales percentages as high as «the mid - to high single digits» in certain storein certain stores.

A generation that's been stereotyped as urban, single and aghast at the idea of a car - based life in the suburbs is starting to age, prompting fund managers to bet on companies that should benefit if the U.S. birth rate reverses a six - year slump.

I have no question that these conditions will emerge over the completion of the current market cycle, and - despite the truncated bullish shift and awkward transition that followed my 2009 stress - testing decision - there is not a single market cycle in 30 years as a professional investor where those same conditions did not provoke me to adopt a constructive outlook.

Zooming in on the five risks presented in this year's Global Opportunity Report, 42 percent of the leaders we asked across the world singled out youth unemployment as the most pressing issue to solve.

a director (or an immediate family member of a director) serves as an officer, director or trustee of a tax exempt organization, and the Company's contributions to the organization, in any single fiscal year, are more than the greater of $ 1 million or 2 % of that organization's consolidated gross revenues, provided that such contributions do not exceed the limits set forth in Paragraph A. 5 (c) above and that disclosure is made in the Company's annual proxy statement;

I'll know for sure during March of this year as I receive in excess of $ 10 in a single payment from a stock.

Now my path seems to be clear for the next 10 years: — earn as much as possible (instead of looking for investments that yield 20 - 25 % / year, because those don't last and usually flop in a year or too)-- save as much as possible — look for conservative investments (single digit income, but consistently)

Every four years, the General Social Survey (GSS)-- often regarded as the single best source for sociological and attitudinal trend data in the United States — asks respondents if they were laid off in the previous year.

Investors probably will never bury venture capital firms under the mountains of cash that they once did in such banner years as 2000 and 2001, during the height of dot - com madness, when VCs could take in tens of billions of dollars in a single quarter.

Over that time frame, we've been up as much as 33 % in a single year and down as much as 2.5 % in a year.

After languishing for years, the price of a single litecoin has shot higher in recent weeks as its users have thrown support behind a software update that would improve the network's ability to quickly and efficiently process transactions.

Indeed, the impetus for our book, «JP Madoff: The Unholy Alliance Between America's Biggest Bank and America's Biggest Crook» was Holder's refusal as Attorney General to prosecute a single criminal banker for the litany of indisputable crimes committed in the last eight years and his sale of get - out - of - jail - free cards to senior officers of JPMorgan Chase so that they were not prosecuted for their complicity in Madoff's crimes and for their dishonesty with respect to the «London Whale» scandal.

Factor in what might be high - single - digit business growth over the next year, as well as what's currently a yield of just over 2.25 %, and you could easily make a case for what might be a total return of ~ 25 % for 2018.

Earlier this year Veros Real Estate Solutions, a company that specializes in property valuations and analytics, published a U.S. housing market forecast that singled out Portland and Seattle as two of the markets to watch over the coming months.

The Cuban government on Wednesday selected 57 - year - old First Vice President Miguel Mario Diaz - Canel Bermudez as the sole candidate to succeed President Raul Castro in a transition aimed at ensuring that the country's single - party system outlasts the aging revolutionaries who created it.

If you file as single, no dependents and make about $ 50,000 a year, a move from nearby Missoula, Montana to the north to Boise, Idaho would result in an 8 % average decrease in cost of living due to less expensive housing and food.

Combined with modest growth from its Fios segment — where increases in Fios Internet customers have more than offset losses in Fios Video connections — as well as sales from its Oath subsidiary, which encompasses more than 50 media and tech brands including Yahoo!, tumblr, TechCrunch, HuffPost, and AOL, management says investors can safely expect Verizon to deliver solid low - single - digit percent growth in both revenue and adjusted earnings this year.

At year - end 1999, having turned the portfolio over 174 %, the manager said they had moved away from «stable growth companies» such as supermarket and financial companies, and into tech and leisure stocks, singling out in the year - end report Cisco and Sun Microsystems — each selling at the time at about 100 X earnings — for their «reasonable stock valuation.»