Not exact matches
It is the eighth
time in the past 10
years that the loonie has climbed
in April, a sequence strategists link to seasonal strength
in stocks and energy products.
LONDON, April 30 - The 10 -
year U.S. Treasury yield's rise above 3 percent last week for the first
time in over four
years may be cause for concern across wide swathes of financial markets, such as equities and emerging markets.
Originally planned as a five -
year competition, the deadline shifted a number of
times before being called off
in January.
The U.S. is about to raise interest rates for the first
time in eight
years.
In 2015, less than a
year after retiring as CEO of convenience store giant Alimentation Couche - Tard, the executive chairman, along with his three co-founders, put forward a resolution to extend their
time - limited voting control — the group holds 22 % of the company's equity — to ward off any future takeover attempts.
A
year ago, the London - based multinational undertook a study entitled «The World
in 2050,» which projected Canada would be the only major developed economy to hold its position
in the world — at the No. 10 spot — at mid-century, largely because of the demand for its resources and its ties through immigration to emerging markets (which by that
time will no longer be labelled as such).
Manafort's ties to Russia came under scrutiny
in August of last
year, when The New York
Times discovered that a pro-Russian political party
in Ukraine designated him $ 12.7 million
in undisclosed cash payments.
Oklahoma has seen a massive spike
in earthquakes
in the past few
years, registering 2-1/2 earthquakes daily of magnitude 3 or greater - a seismicity rate 600
times greater than before 2008, according to the Oklahoma Geological Survey.
But every
year, around this
time, I'm still
in the Tims» line most days, waiting for my swilly fix.
Quickly, please have a look at this troubling essay by historian Jay M. Smith about a giant business — big -
time college sports — that hasn't reinvented itself
in years.
The approval
time for products with health claims can be as along as three
years in Canada, much slower than the FOSHU regulatory system
in Japan or similar setups
in Europe.
During Sessions» confirmation hearings
in 1986, Thomas Figures, who was an Assistant United States Attorney for seven
years and an African - American working for Sessions
in Alabama at the
time, alleged that Sessions referred to the NAACP as «un-American» and repeatedly referred to Figures as «boy.»
«I knew when I was eighty that I would never, for example, think about why I walked away from my 1994 Wall Street bonus right
in the middle of the
year at the worst possible
time.
At the same
time, Foot Locker shares, already down sharply this
year, tumbled 25 %
in heavy trading as the retailer reported that comparable sales fell 6 %
in the second quarter — a stunning result given the 1.7 % increase expected by Wall Street, according to Consensus Metrix.
At the
time of his termination, Comey had been leading a federal investigation into whether the president's campaign advisors had colluded with Moscow
in order to influence last
year's election.
It's an insight that, through a kaleidoscope of different achievements and life experiences, resurfaces many
times in this
year's list — our fifth annual roster of imagination - embracing game changers, paradigm shifters, and unsung champions across multiple fields of endeavor.
More importantly for consumers, DBS revealed that the average amount sent
in digital red packets
in Singapore last
year was S$ 26 (about $ 19.60)-- several
times higher than the going rates of physical red packets, which is between S$ 6 ($ 4.50) and S$ 10 ($ 7.60).
Compare that to the statistics for beer: Down 4 percent over the last five
years, with Budweiser's domestic sales down 28 percent
in the same
time period, Marketwatch reports.
In 2011, similar squabbles led to credit agencies downgrading the nation's debt from its triple A status for the first
time 70
years.
The tariffs, which have increased frictions with U.S. trading partners worldwide and have prompted several challenges before the World Trade Organization, are aimed at allowing the two U.S. metals industries to increase their capacity utilization rates above 80 percent for the first
time in years.
CNBC's upcoming documentary on the subject, «A Billionaire's Bet: The Best & Brightest,» which airs Sunday, June 25 at 10 p.m. ET, profiles a small group of the chosen scholars as they embarked on the one -
year program at a fascinating and precarious
time in U.S. - China relations.
It's a good
time to reflect on your business» progress and plan how you want to grow your business
in the new
year.
Last
year, the founders of Boulder, Colo. - based Ubooly learned a few real - world lessons when they traveled to CES
in hopes of gaining big -
time exposure.
I offered on the spot to buy the next
year of his
time for $ 5,000 an hour, as long as I got his profits
in return.
Earlier
in the
year, Hilton successfully spun off its real estate assets and
time share business, creating three independently traded companies.
That's only the second
time the percentage has been that low
in the 20
years Gallup has tracked stock ownership.
In addition to those smaller bets, Dopfner has made it clear that he is also willing to make large ones: Earlier this
year, he tried hard to acquire the venerable Financial
Times, only to be outflanked at the last minute by Nikkei.
Just last
year, China's OnePlus was able to become one of the most sought after smartphones on the global market
in an incredibly short period of
time.
Spacey, who stars as President Frank Underwood
in the acclaimed series, has been accused of making unwanted advances on Anthony Rapp, who at the
time was 14
years old.
While trafficking routes have changed over
time,
in recent
years narco subs and other vessels leaving southwest Colombia or northwest Ecuador laden with drug cargos often head out
in the Pacific, even around the Galapagos Islands, before turning north
in an effort to skirt law enforcement closer to home — which may include underwater sensors
in Colombian waters — as well as US - led interdiction efforts.
When the school
year ends, we may take a week or two to ourselves much like someone
in any other field; however, at the end of that
time, we need to get ourselves back into gear.
«She lived, as we all have lived, too many
years in a culture broken by brutally powerful men,» she said, and her words sparked emotions of anger and, at the same
time, the motivation to fight for change.
If HR does nothing
in this case, I will consider leaving this company for real for the first
time in five
years.
Something as simple as changing the brand of silverware stocked
in your break room or moving your conference line to a free service can pay off big
time over the course of a
year.
He's visited countless thousands of homes over the
years, which has allowed him to build up what he describes as an intuition that's «born over
time and that you may not see
in the moment.»
May 2 (Reuters)- U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Corp on Wednesday posted net annual income for the first
time in 11
years and named a new chief executive ahead of its proposed $ 26 billion merger with bigger rival T - Mobile US Inc..
But most proponents think everything will be worked out
in due
time, and that
in the next few
years, blockchain and its smart contracts would improve our lives, even if it operates quietly
in the background, invisible to most people.
To counter the fall
in downloads, Apple plans to bundle the music streaming service it acquired as part of the $ 3 billion Beats Electronics deal earlier this
year into its iOS operating system, according to a report
in the Financial
Times.
Half of small business social media users complain that the platforms take more
time than they'd thought, but almost the same number believe it's
time well - spent — that their social media initiatives will pay off financially
in a
year or less.
Global stocks have been a hot trade for investors with the iShares MSCI emerging markets ETF (EEM) surging more than 15 percent
in the past
year, outperforming the S&P 500, which is up just 10 percent
in that
time.
Nowhere is the climate fight more important than
in China, the world's largest spewer of greenhouse gases, which is
in the midst of an unprecedented promotion of electric cars: Last
year, sales of electric and plug -
in hybrid vehicles
in China rose 50 % to 507,000, more than three
times the U.S. figure.
This weekend, the Jurassic Park franchise returns to theaters for the first
time in 14
years.
It was the first
time in 13
years that I truly felt human.
The New York
Times reported yesterday that,
in October of last
year, Uber altered its testing program by putting only one safety monitor
in each autonomous car rather than two, over the safety concerns of some employees.
Knowing what people are watching and when could help NBCUniversal determine what Olympic programming to broadcast at what specific
times during the Summer Olympic games
in Rio de Janeiro next
year.
These drives have been on the market for a few
years and have fallen
in price since I bought mine, so there's never been a better
time to pick one up.
As the
year comes to a close, the domestic box office is on pace to set another new industry record just one
year after topping $ 11 billion
in domestic movie ticket sales for the first
time ever.
After Trump won the White House
in 2016,
in part with the firms help, Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix went to more clients to pitch his services, the
Times reported last
year.
I'd been running my own companies as an entrepreneur for 15
years, and it all hit me for the first
time exactly how much I needed to share, how much I was constantly holding
in, and — perhaps most importantly — I had the realization that I wasn't the only one going through this.
She said about 40,000 people submitted workers» compensation claims each
year, with half of these resulting
in a «lost
time» injury.