Sentences with phrase «largest growth was seen»

«In the educational / professional sector the largest growth was seen in Scientific Technical and Medical (STM) books, where sales increased by 16 %, however, there were also strong performances by schools / English Language Teaching (ELT) sales which grew 14 %, and social sciences / humanities which saw an 11 % rise.»

Not exact matches

Rasco: Well it's been muted in this business cycle in large part because growth has been dampened as well, so you haven't seen that explosion of inflation that we usually see.

Medium's new focus holds the potential for growth, but it also puts the company directly in the path of Facebook, since the giant social network is also busy trying to convince publishers large and small to see it as a home for their content — a distribution platform that can help get their journalism in front of more than a billion people.

«I don't see a positive path to large - scale growth for Apple aside from the App Store, and that success was partly created by China's government decapitating their competitor,» says Lyons.

Those factors partly help explain why Exxon is now seen by Wall Street as a less - desirable investment than Chevron, which has several large oil and gas projects coming online by the end of the decade, offering far - stronger growth potential than Exxon.

It's the sort of rapid gearshift that few companies ever experience, much less master: over the course of about five years, FouFou Dog (FFD), a Markham, Ont. - based dog apparel firm, has seen its revenue grow by more than 800 % — a steep growth trajectory matched by the company's shift from providing very specialized boutique goods, like jewelry and booties for small dogs, and to a far wider range of products suitable for mass merchandisers and large offshore customers.

This metropolitan area (which includes Oakland and Fremont, Calif.) saw the largest proportion of venture capital - backed business exits over the past year compared to other major cities, meaning there are a large number of what Kauffman identifies as «growth companies» in San Francisco and the East Bay.

«It sees very large opportunities for long - term growth (search, YouTube, Cloud, cars, health, etc...) and it is going to invest in them.

«We were a little slow to recognize the trend toward mobility,» he said, but added that the company is starting to see some traction and gain market share in large growth markets in areas such as tablets.

Given Osiris's strong five - year record of growth and profitability, Bowers was able to help make Miller's wishes come true: he structured a deal that raised $ 13 million from a large local pension fund — the Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System (see «What Pension Funds Want,» [Article link]-RRB--- by selling a package of subordinated debt and convertible preferred stock, which included a fixed interest rate and dividend yield.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

From 2000 to 2007, local economies that had seen the most growth in their exposure to competition from Chinese imports over the preceding decade (1990 to 2000)-- that is, those in the top 25 percent of all US communities in terms of exposure — saw larger declines in employment.

While the state's leisure and hospitality sector is also seeing significant job growth, more than half of Pennsylvania's non-farm payroll jobs exist in its three largest sectors:

More alarming still, for 50 large companies in prolonged stall - out, we found that the onset had usually been sudden: Momentum fell sharply over just a year or two, with growth rates dropping from double digits to low single digits or even negative numbers — a finding consistent with past research (see «When Growth Stalls,» HBR, March growth rates dropping from double digits to low single digits or even negative numbers — a finding consistent with past research (see «When Growth Stalls,» HBR, March Growth Stalls,» HBR, March 2008).

«Barre has seen incredible growth and continues to make headlines as the biggest trend in fitness that's here to stay; however, a large portion of the general public remains unfamiliar with exactly what barre is and the multitude of associated benefits,» said Sloan Evans, chief executive officer at Pure Barre.

Natural Gas Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain supplies.

The deal is the largest - ever purchase of a U.S. e-commerce startup and a sign Wal - Mart Chief Executive Doug McMillon sees the shift to online shopping and the expansion of Amazon.com Inc. as existential threats to the company's five decades of growth.

We would become more concerned about a negative growth impact from trade negotiations if we were to see rising tariffs on the goods that bulk the largest in the exchange between the U.S. and its main trading partners.

The metros that are moderately affected tend to be a bit larger or are existing tech hubs, such as Denver or Austin, that will see significant job and rent growth with or without Amazon.

FedEx still offers an earnings growth rate that is high for large companies, yet we were able to purchase shares at prices that were first seen in 2003, even though earnings per share have more than doubled over the period.

Knight Frank Partner, Kate Everett - Allen, says, «With some of the larger economies such as Japan, France and crucially China all experiencing housing market slowdowns, this is masking the fact that overall we are seeing more sustainable growth amongst a larger number of countries.

Then, share with your team how much growth the company needs to see to put itself in a position to award a large bonus (or two)-- and tell them the amount the bonuses would be.

Since «wages and salaries» is the largest component of personal income, the household sector probably didn't see much income growth in December.

The profits recovery has been driven by continued strong productivity growth in conjunction with subdued compensation growth (due to the weak labour market), which has seen unit labour costs fall by 5 per cent since June 2001 — the largest fall on record (Graph A4).

Boardwalk is fortunate that its pipeline system feeds into Southern Texas and Louisiana, the area of the country that is seeing the largest demand growth for natural gas.

If we wake up from our dreams we'll see what the postmodern left already sees, which is that the explosive growth of economic freedom in recent decades has created two very large social problems.

And I've seen very large, growing churches excited about numeric growth who were experiencing little of Christ at work.

What do you do when you are one of the world's largest packaged food companies and you have seen sales growth evaporate over the last two years?

A younger teenager is in a large growth period, (second to infancy, the adolescent years see the highest height and weight gain in their lifetime) and they require a healthy and balanced diet to support their body's and brain's development.

The breastfeeding rate is increasing and USA is only 1 of the 2 countries in the world which will see negative rate of growth of milk formula despite being the second largest market.These positive offshoots have been due to many steps taken at all levels.

London airports have seen continued passenger growth since the end of 2008 and London's three largest airports (Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted) are all expected to be at capacity by 2030.

Cuomo has also poured money and attention into Buffalo, and the state's second - largest, formerly woebegone city is seeing fresh job growth.

Eventually, the fertilizing effects of these nutrients in surface waters can fuel the growth of algae that ultimately suck most of the oxygen out of large patches of coastal waters, creating what are colloquially termed dead zones (see Limiting Dead Zones).

The connection was traced through a growth - factor gene mutation not seen in larger dogs.

I don't touch cow's dairy and don't give it to my small kids but we consume a decent amount of sheep / goats dairy (mainly yogurts and cheese) so I assume seeing we seem to tolerate lactose and proteins of the above, there shouldn't be an issue with larger proteins / growth hormones in the dairy of animals who are similar size / weight of humans?

According to editor Tiffany Godoy, who is a veteran of the Tokyo fashion industry, a lot of it had to do with the global financial crisis in 2011, followed by the Tōhoku and Fukushima catastrophes, which hurt consumer confidence and saw the world's third - largest economy to fall into years of tepid growth and deflation.

Paktor's matchmaking counterpart, GaiGai, has also seen excellent growth and is now the largest premium database for matchmaking singles in the Southeast Asia region.

BUSINESS WORLD - Nov 9 - India has seen a strong organic growth and is among Tinder's top five growing markets and the largest in Asia.

We recently looked at the advertising market for this year and last (see Story) and in 2009 we are expected to see a decline in revenue earned when in previous years, online advertising was experiencing large double digit growth.

With DVD sales flattening out in the past couple of years, Blu - ray is where the growth is, and the home theater boom in increasingly larger and sharper widescreen monitors and more powerful sound systems, we've reached the point where general consumers can see the difference.

«The average growth rate of Boston charter students in math and reading is the largest CREDO has seen in any city or state thus far,» the authors write.

More workers started creating homes in the United States, and now we're seeing a growth of a large group of undocumented children who are coming of age.

They concluded, «the average growth rate of Boston charter students in math and reading is the largest CREDO has seen in any city or state thus far.»

The NAPCS report found that growth in LA Unified is in line with a recent report from the California Charter Schools Association, which found that LA Unified saw 33 new charters open this fall, the largest increase in the state.

We studied four school systems that are rising to the challenge and seeing growth in student achievement, even as they work with large populations of high - need students.

According to analysis from the Wisconsin Budget Project, the top 1 percent of state residents receive a larger share of the cuts than the bottom 60 percent of households combined.19 These tax cuts certainly helped the rich — the wealthiest 1 percent of Wisconsinites received an average tax cut of $ 10,015.20 Gov. Walker has boasted that the state's tax cuts will soon total more than $ 8 billion and that as a result, Wisconsin «continue [s] to see dramatic economic growth.»

There are five large vendors that use varied approaches to translating student growth information into measures of teacher quality (see Table 1).

Confirming that re-focusing famous Italian brand on the biggest growth market — SUVs — Bigland told journalists that buyers «shouldn't be surprised to see something from Alfa Romeo in the largest markets».

Foreign publishing is also expanding, with Spanish - language publishing becoming a larger part of Apple's business in the United States and Japan seeing a lot of growth.

Having 3 Daughters and a Grandson I have also seen the massive rise in the use of Tablets and Digital Editions in Education, in fact one the largest growth areas for our company is Education, especially with the ability for educational book publishers to deploy their titles directly to schools and students to read on any Tablet without having to sacrifice 30 % to Apple or Amazon etc..