Sentences with phrase «increase after last year»

This means it is well within the bounds of normal sea ice behavior to see some increase after last year's record low.

Not exact matches

The increase in air strikes has led to concerns over civilian casualties, particularly after the United Nations reported a spike in deaths caused by air strikes last year.

Sales for the last quarter of 2001 were up 35 % over the same period the previous year, surpassing a projected increase of 20 %, which Marchica considers outstanding considering that his sales reps were grounded for weeks after September 11.

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.

According to one recent report, the company expects its advertising revenue to climb by 10 %, after only getting a 3 % increase last year.

Westoz Investment Company stated that it almost tripled its reported profit in the 2014 financial year, with an increase in after tax profit from $ 7.4 million last year to $ 21.2 million.

Rationale: Home Depot and Lowe's saw increased demand last year after Hurricane Irene, a relatively less damaging storm than Hurricane Sandy.

Last year, Chipotle did not see customers trade down from its steak and barbacoa after it increased prices on those items more than on other items.

Aluminum prices have risen more than 20 percent in the last three years — and seem likely to increase further after the Trump administration's vowed to impose tariffs of 10 percent on aluminum and 25 percent on steel.

Zhang Yiming, the chief executive of Bytedance, last month said on social media that the company would increase the number of employees handling censorship at Toutiao — a popular news app that's also part of the social media giant — to 10,000 after being temporarily banned earlier this year.

In the last quarter before completing the acquisition, Innergex had net earnings of $ 3.5 million or five cents per share, down from $ 8.8 million or eight cents per share last year after an increase in financing costs and other financial impairments.

Last year, consumers were hit with one of the biggest price increases for traditional Thanksgiving trimmings in years, after poor weather shrank the size of U.S. crops.

But after Trump called out Pakistan on New Year's Day for providing «safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan» and saying «33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years» has «given us nothing but lies & deceit,» it can be expected that the US will resume targeting jihadists with increased zeal in 2018.

New orders for manufactured goods increased 2.1 percent, the largest gain since July last year, after dipping 0.1 percent in February.

After all, from January 2009 through the end of last year, the Dow Jones industrial average more than doubled, and Standard and Poor's 500 - stock index increased by nearly 130 percent.

Two years ago I posted my first guest blog focused on income inequality, specifically how changes in Canada's redistribution over the last three decades have increased after - tax income inequality, and how these changes compared to OECD trends.

Because of the slowing subscriber adds and the increased competition in the space, analysts are expecting earnings to drop, down to 3 cents per share from 5 cents per share (adjusted from 38 cents after its 7 - for - 1 stock split in June) at this time last year.

Prior the recent increase, China had been trimming its US Treasury holdings in the second half of last year after they climbed above $ US1.20 trillion in August.

IG Metall's campaign follows a 6.3 per cent pay increase over two years secured for 2m public sector workers last month by Ver.di, the services union, after weeks of stoppages.

Shares of BMW AG were losing around 2 percent in the early morning trading in Germany after the luxury carmaker reported Friday that its first - quarter pre-tax profit edged down on weak revenues due to currency effects, while net profit increased from last year.

The Mercer Quarterly Salary Review indicated that annual growth in the base salaries of executives increased marginally to 4.7 per cent in the March quarter, after picking up over the second half of last year.

The previous Liberal government having increased spending 47 per cent in its last six years in office; the Conservatives having increased spending another 19 per cent in its first three years («good times»), and a further 20 per cent over the next two («bad times»); after doubling spending, in short, in the space of a decade, the government's notion of restraint is more or less to leave it there.

The move comes after Disney raised prices early last summer, as has become the usual tradition, meaning that the theme park giant increased single - day prices by $ 10 in less than a year.

Profits after interest have tended to decline over the past couple of years, reflecting the impact of the 1994 interest rate increases and a tendency for corporate leverage to increase, but they remain at high levels compared with historical averages; they can be expected to receive a further modest boost as interest - rate reductions in the second half of last year begin to feed through into profit results.

That represents a 5 % to 9 % increase over last year, putting the company back in growth mode after the annual decline in the first quarter.

It is instructive to note that in the last eight years New York State has increased educational spending by 102 percent in real terms, i.e., after accounting for inflation.

But as a New York Times headline announced last month, after falling steadily for fifteen years, the teen birthrate is starting to creep back up ¯ with a notable 3 percent increase in 2006.

After the highly successful launch of the McVegan in Scandinavia last year, and an increasing demand for clean, plant - based proteins in the U.S., the chain could soon add a product like the Beyond Burger to its menu — a pea - protein - based patty that looks, cooks, and tastes like a fast food beef burger.

Mondelez Australia, which is shrinking Cadbury chocolate bars to cut costs, increased profit by 43 per cent last year after slashing expenses and booking a $ 30 million tax credit.

The report said that after significant increases last year, dairy prices had been declining in recent months.

This article must be a joke, darn he did it again (Wenger) another year of sorrow, hope the last one, but came to the conclusion after watching the Euros that is not the players, Ramsey a phenomenon, Giroud not that awful as a striker, is da man, Le Prof the problem, bringing the Asian superstar just proves that his plight is to increase the owners profit with no regards in building a contending team filling up the gaps....

One thing that could increase the number of years his career lasts for, is the recent consideration that he has had surrounding whether he will be retiring from the national team, after this summer's European Championships.

The good news: After burning its entire planned five - year budget of $ 40 million last year, the league saw expenses fall 28 % and revenues leap 43 % this year, thanks to staff cuts, increased corporate sponsorships (including backing from McDonald's and Coca - Cola) and relocation of the league office from New York to Atlanta.

The IRL Indy 400 in Michigan — in which Patrick finished 20th after blowing an engine — drew a 1.5 rating for ABC, a 50 % increase over last year.

As reported by ESPN, after signing a new contract with the Catalan giants last season, his release clause is set to steadily increase year on year.

Last year wasn't just rookie luck; the improvements he showed toward the end of the season, especially after an injury setback, indicate growth and increased potential.

The Gunners weekly wage bill has increased to # 180 million from # 166 million at last year after they had made Petr Cech signing and couple of more.

The 23 - year - old moved from Sampdoria last summer but there had been increasing speculation over his future after a recent interview given in Slovak.

Improvements were postponed last year after a state grant request was rejected and residents raised concerns about increased traffic and noise.

Now Treasury figures have shown that the gap is expected to widen further over the next four years, after increasing by over 15 % last year.

After years of setbacks and declining membership nationally, labor groups were seen as being on the offensive in the last year with successful efforts in some states to increase the minimum wage to $ 15 — a major union - led effort that initially began by focusing on fast food restaurants.

The NYC Council raised mayoral pay to $ 258,750 last year, but the mayor declined the increase until after this year's election.

The Onondaga County Legislature approved the 27.3 percent salary increase by a vote of 10 - 6 Tuesday - three months after they set the 2016 budget, one month after the election, four days after it was proposed and during the last session of the year.

After a pathetic employment increase of less than 2 percent during Cuomo's first four years in office, the region as a whole lost jobs last year.

Last year, after an increase in the number of burglaries in some surrounding communities, union and Democratic county legislators held rallies to restore the Sixth to a full precinct with detectives and community police officers.

The governor tried unsuccessfully late last year to tie many of these reform ideas to a legislative pay increase that many lawmakers — especially the downstaters — desperately wanted after going since January 1999 without a boost in their base salary of $ 79,500.

«After voting to raise taxes on the average Central New York family by more than $ 5500 over the last two years, spending State money so recklessly that New York almost went bankrupt, and approving an increase for people on welfare even if they refuse to work, David Valesky should be spending his time apologizing to Central New Yorkers, not arranging for payoffs, which secure his ability to further damage our region and state.

The board will determine this year's increases Thursday after voting last month for rent hikes of 2 to 4 percent for one - year leases and 4 to 6 percent for two - year leases.

They predicted wages, excluding bonus payments, will rise 4.4 percent in 2016 across the state after increasing 4.2 percent last year.

However, the increase in competition has also led to an increase in campaign spending, due to the fact that competition within political parties will last for the entire year rather than ending after the primary.