Sentences with phrase «in about a decade in»

The Rim Fire is the first of any ecological significance in about a decade in the area stretching from the Sequoia National Forest south of Yosemite to north of Lake Tahoe, said Chad Hanson, a forest ecologist and environmental activist who has published a number of papers on the significance and increasing rarity of post-fire habitat in the Sierra Nevada.

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The median household income in Canada is about $ 70,000, roughly 10 per cent more than a decade ago, according to census figures released last month.

What has really happened in private equity over those decades is that investors, net of fees, did about 25 % better than the S&P up through the 2005 «vintage» year (denoting funds that first drew capital in 2005).

Myhrvold told Business Insider he still flies in a private jet, although it's not the same Gulfstream he wrote about nearly two decades ago.

I'm proud of all the work we did to turn around Reddit in the last three years, but I think about the impact I could have at one company versus the potential I could have investing in dozens of great, multibillion - dollar companies — and that's the way I want to scale my next decade.

Final - mile delivery is a market that Transport Futures economist Noel Perry said could grow to about $ 12 billion over the next decade, from about $ 3.7 billion today, thanks in large part to a growing appetite from younger consumers to buy everything from BBQ grills and mattresses to dining room tables online.

In late August, PetroChina, that country's largest oil producer, announced it seeks to boost its overseas production to half its total output (from about a tenth currently) in less than a decade through acquisitionIn late August, PetroChina, that country's largest oil producer, announced it seeks to boost its overseas production to half its total output (from about a tenth currently) in less than a decade through acquisitionin less than a decade through acquisitions.

In a conversation with Fortune, Gupta talks about the evolution of the venture ecosystem over the last decade and his firm's contrarian approach when it comes to investing in early - stage companieIn a conversation with Fortune, Gupta talks about the evolution of the venture ecosystem over the last decade and his firm's contrarian approach when it comes to investing in early - stage companiein early - stage companies.

The number of actual tickets sold in 2015 was essentially flat compared to the previous five years and the number was down by about 2.5 % from a decade earlier.

While some artists will continue to have reservations about having their work featured in ads, Gardner and Hayman say there is still a greater likelihood of people finding a new band or their favourite new song in a television show these days than there was a decade ago.

Some haven't been happy about it, while others are gleefully trying to take full advantage of the media attention generated by the biggest (and most embarrassing) story to hit Toronto in decades.

In his own memo, Allbritton opened by talking about how, «A decade ago, early in 2006, I made a decision to start a new newspaper focused on Capitol Hill.&raquIn his own memo, Allbritton opened by talking about how, «A decade ago, early in 2006, I made a decision to start a new newspaper focused on Capitol Hill.&raquin 2006, I made a decision to start a new newspaper focused on Capitol Hill.»

In the past two decades, Lubetzky has learned a lot about what it means to run a business that is both profitable and gives back to the community.

Stiglitz told us that this decades - old debate about how to balance the creation of short - term and long - term value is recently gaining new life in the US because of the venomous class class tensions and ugly politics arising out of income inequality, and because people in positions of power are looking at the big picture and realizing that something has to change.

In Social Security, taxpayers will contribute about $ 1 to its trust fund for every $ 1.10 retirees are projected receive in benefits over the next decadIn Social Security, taxpayers will contribute about $ 1 to its trust fund for every $ 1.10 retirees are projected receive in benefits over the next decadin benefits over the next decade.

Price shared her insights about what it takes to stay in business for more than two decades, planting seeds for future successes and how to move past fear and find your voice.

Trudeau's about - face is rooted in the Liberal vision of a global economy at the beginning of a decades - long transition from fossil fuels to clean energy technology, says Jim Carr, minister of natural resources.

The acceptance of the notion that global oil demand will peak within a generation is mind - blowing given that, just a decade ago, the chatter in the energy world was about a coming peak in oil supply.

A recent Statistics Canada Megatrends report suggests migration to Canada has accounted for the bulk of population growth since about 1999, and is only going to get more important in the coming decades:

Singapore Airlines launched a new first - class suite product for its Airbus A380 - 800 in December 2017, making a splash with its first major cabin revamp in about a decade.

When Stuart Vevers wants to reconnect with the DNA of the Coach brand as he sets about designing a collection, he hangs out in the climate - controlled archives on the ninth floor of company headquarters, where it houses 28,000 Coach items going back decades.

The labor market is tighter than it has been in decades, with unemployment near an all - time low at 4.1 % and unfilled job openings near an all - time high at about 6 million.

Researchers at the University of Michigan who followed 2,300 adults for up to a decade reported in 2008 that even common work irritants interfere with good rest more than long hours, night shifts or fears about job loss.

«We should not just let it be about «Oh this man behaved like this» and «This is so shocking,» or all of that,» Shah Rukh Khan, another top movie star who's worked in Bollywood for three decades, told Business Insider.

Mylan drew major flak last year after news broke that it had steadily increased the list price for an EpiPen two - pack from about $ 100 to more than $ 600 in less than a decade.

In the 1930s, about a decade after Polish biochemist Casimir Funk first recommended people get enough of certain micronutrients called «vitamines» (later found in abundance in citrus fruits and veggies), the first grapefruit diet emerged, followed by a banana - and - skim - milk diet promoted by United Fruit, the planet's leading banana importeIn the 1930s, about a decade after Polish biochemist Casimir Funk first recommended people get enough of certain micronutrients called «vitamines» (later found in abundance in citrus fruits and veggies), the first grapefruit diet emerged, followed by a banana - and - skim - milk diet promoted by United Fruit, the planet's leading banana importein abundance in citrus fruits and veggies), the first grapefruit diet emerged, followed by a banana - and - skim - milk diet promoted by United Fruit, the planet's leading banana importein citrus fruits and veggies), the first grapefruit diet emerged, followed by a banana - and - skim - milk diet promoted by United Fruit, the planet's leading banana importer.

It started on a yacht in one of the fjords off the coast of British Columbia with a helicopter poised on the bow and a pilot I knew, about to go into terrain that I had visited two decades prior.

Traders are suddenly worried about interest rates (although anyone older than 30 has to be amused that 2.85 % on the Treasury 10 - year is a source of panic), worried about inflation (although after the last decade of stagnant wages, Friday's 2.9 % rise should be cheered, not jeered), and worried about a tax - fueled spike in growth (with this report from Powell's Atlanta colleagues leading the way.)

About a decade ago, the sea change in availability of medals dawned on Greensfelder in Norway: Russians were there with tons of money buying, not selling.

Now, though, an improving economy and increasing emerging - market demand for new airplanes have pushed orders back to near decade highs — in 2011 Airbus received 1,419 orders for its planes — and Boeing and Airbus are trying to get through a backlog of about 4,000 aircraft apiece.

Home ownership has experienced the biggest decline in two decades, and the number of renting households has been growing by about 700,000 a year since 2006.

«Just about every good thing that's happened to me in the last decade of my career has been because of social media,» says Zapar, who claims to be «the most connected woman on LinkedIn.»

I was excited to get to chat with him about how he grew his operations so successfully in under a decade.

He recited a Yeats poem in a thick Irish accent, smashed a coffee mug, and then began reading from the Cluetrain Manifesto, a decade - old Internet marketing treatise about the power of communities.

Countless books and articles were written about it, but only «The Smartest Guys in the Room» holds up a decade later as the definitive narrative.

Indeed, the industry has sparred with the DEA for much of the past decade about the role it should play in monitoring the delivery of drugs.

He was also briefly dabbled in smuggling opium to China via his American Fur Company ships — even though China banned the drug about two decades earlier.

The FCC's decades - long commitment to and enforcement of this basic principle — that ISPs don't get to pick winners and losers on the Internet — means Internet users in the U.S. haven't had to worry about whether ISPs might block or discriminate against certain kinds of content or applications.

Sirius stock is enjoying its best run in more than a decade: It's up about about 45 % from its low of a year ago, and on Thursday it briefly hit $ 5.00 for the first time since 2006 before settling just under that mark.

About a decade later, I ran into an old friend — someone who had helped me prepare for the Supreme Court interview, whom I hadn't seen in years.

That's about the same as the ratio was in the 1990s, but in the decades prior, dividend appreciation accounted for between 24 % and 71 % of total returns.

He believes about 20 % of the listings rapidly accumulating on the island arise from Americans who bought a decade ago when prices in Canada were much lower and the loonie was worth 65 cents in U.S. dollar terms.

Throughout my nearly two decades trading stocks and now nearly a decade in teaching others, I've realized the stock market can also help you learn a ton about the world around you.

After a decade notorious for the misuse of corporate power, our ideas about leadership in business have come full circle.

Sales roughly doubled in the decade after Lundgren became CEO, hitting a peak of about $ 28 billion in 2014.

But, when we talk about America becoming great again — defined, in a vague way, by a greater degree of upward mobility — what decade most often gets referenced?

For decades, if not centuries, talking about one's salary has been the biggest taboo in capitalism, which is why the idea of salary transparency — the current «it» strategy among progressive young private companies — makes so many people uncomfortable.

Stanley Kubrick's classic movie about an ultraviolent teen went so far in showing horrific antics, including house invasion and rape, that numerous countries banned the film for decades.

The result was dramatic: In 1960 the average Canadian lived to age 71; today, a typical Canadian gets about a decade extra.

The percentage of Cooley partners who were female was in the low 20s, and the figures for this critical career milestone hadn't grown significantly for about a decade.