Sentences with phrase «last general increase»

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That's only a three percent increase from last year, and more or less in line with general inflation (two percent) and the average increase of workers wages (2.3 percent).

It's still a new industry and while the general awareness has increased dramatically over the last few years, it's not quite a household thing yet.

The most recent to change in course was the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which on April 7 added an $ 18 general admission and aims to increase revenue by 17 percent this year, Matthew Gutwein, the museum board's vice chair said last week.

The multibillion - dollar industry, where players draft fantasy teams for sports including football, basketball and baseball, has drawn increased scrutiny since last year with the attorneys general of several U.S. states, including New York, Illinois and Nevada, questioning the legality of the games.

The multibillion - dollar fantasy sports industry has drawn increased scrutiny since last year, with the attorneys general of several U.S. states including New York, Illinois and Nevada questioning the legality of the games.

Last month the Canadian high - tech lobby group Information and Communication Technology Council along with Music Canada jointly made the case for increased government support of arts education, especially music, on the basis that music students «performed better in general intelligence skills such as literacy, verbal memory, mathematics and IQ,» are more creative and have better social skills.

Just last week we discussed heightened bitcoin publicity in India, and how the country could potentially increase public usage and the price in general.

Valeant's prescription drug sales began to unravel last year as its history of large price increases drew sharp criticism and the attention of lawmakers as well as New York and Massachusetts attorneys general, which opened investigations.

As for future outlook (six months from now), the general business conditions index crept to 31.9 from 31.6 last month, the production index rose to 52.3 from 46.0, while capacity use increased to 49.0 from 47.1, the Fed reported.

Here, we take a look at the more recent June «Bond Market Group» minutes; the main concern was that, despite a functioning JGB market, there has been a notable increase in bid - ask spreads and general decrease in liquidity since the start of aggressive «QQE» last October.

Lululemon increased selling, general and administrative expenses by $ 42.2 million last year, primarily driven by the digital marketing push, according to financial documents, and debuted its first global campaign in 2017 with «This is Yoga.»

Aetna made an issue last year of its presence in Connecticut when it joined other businesses lobbying Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the General Assembly to roll back proposed tax increases.

For example, consumers» propensity to make a purchase increased by two points to a score of two, while perceptions of their personal financial situation and the general economic situation over the last 12 months were up three points month over month.

With its general increase in earnestness — Roger was on a crusade last week, and is on another this week; here comes Mona with her wise maternal zingers; and above all, listen to Freddy Rumsen's Tips For Changing Your Life — the series seems to be committing to the idea that selfish and / or self - destructive people can indeed become selfless and / or get their acts together.

My concern was particularly with the pro-life movement, and I noted the general increase in opposition to abortion among the neocons over the last decade.

In general, natural and organic bulk food sales increased by 10 percent last year, Devencenzi reports.

Natural and organic products have been General Mills» strongest growth sector over the last few years, with a ten percent average annual increase since 2005.

The General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, said that the number of school - related outbreaks reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doubled over the last decade, and generally increased an average of 10 percent per year.

Last year the Park District was rebuffed by the voters, when it asked for an increase of 10 cents per $ 100 of assessed valuation in the General Tax Fund.

Domino's, Schwan's and General Mills all increased their K - 12 food service sales last year even through more than a million students have dropped out of the National School Lunch Program since nutrition changes kicked in.

Rosena Allin - Khan, a junior doctor and local councillor, romped to victory with 17,894 votes - increasing Labour's majority in Tooting from 2,842 in last year's general election to 6,357.

This morning Baroness Altmann, who quit as pensions minister last month, said she believed the commitment to increasing by 2.5 % should be dropped at the next general election.

A party pursuing an agenda of increased tax and redistribution, regulation and nationalisation is never going to have a cosy relationship with media barons and big business in general (though it's worth noting that the corporate lobbyists who stayed away from last year's conference came flooding back this time) but it can reach people in other ways.

The party will be hoping to capitalise on their improved showing in last year's general election and increase their two - thirds majority on the council.

21 March 2011 — UGANDA Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will reduce budget support for Uganda in the light of the increase in government spending prior to the last general election.

26 April 2011 — UGANDA Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Verma on 21 March (WA 126 - 7), what assessment they have made of the allocation of the budget support for Uganda from the United Kingdom, in particular in relation to the increase in spending by the Government of Uganda prior to the last general election in that country.

Last year a Conservative mayor was elected on North Tyneside and the Tories were the only party to increase their share of the vote at the general election.

The attorney general last night signalled he would not bow to political pressure to increase the sentence on a man who sexually assaulted a three - year - old girl.

«I will accept there are certain migrants, especially those from Eastern Europe, who don't have a tradition of general practice, who will go to the emergency department rather than to general practice and we need to address that, but it's certainly not responsible for the massive increase we've seen in recent months and it's certainly not responsible for the 1.7 % increase that we've seen over the last decade.»

This is an announcement with one eye on a looming general election, but no one will forget that this is the same person who before the last election signed a pledge that there would be no increase in tuition fees.»

His predecessor, Ed Miliband, had 25 on his staff, although that increased to 28 at the time of the last general election.

The Attorney General noted that New York City has seen a 31 percent increase in bias - related crime over the last year, primarily directed toward Muslims and Jews.

Last June, a report from NYPD Inspector General Philip Eure found no empirical evidence indicating a direct link between an increase in summons and misdemeanor arrest activity and a related drop in felony crime during the period between 2010 and 2015.

This was the last general election where a governing party increased its number of seats until 2015.

While the Liberal Democrats are obviously a long way below the share of the vote they achieved at the General Election, they have recovered from the despairs of Kennedy's ousting and, if anything, the trend now seems to once again be in their favour, with the last three published polls all showing small increases in their support.

Most party members recognised in the last parliament that, whatever the alleged shortcomings of Gordon Brown, triggering a leadership election in the run up to a general election would only serve to increase divisions in the party.

A good night for Labour will see them make some modest gains in places like Tamworth — building on the 8.7 percentage point increase achieved in last year's general election.

Last year, the Common Council abolished four departments and transferred a fifth to country control, among other cost - saving measures, in an effort to stave off a double - digit tax increase and better align general fund expenditures with incoming revenue.

Climate change denial has increased across all sectors of the American general public over the last decade, write the authors.

In the last decade of his life, Lange became interested in increasing access to health care in general — by setting up health insurance plans in Africa, for instance — and driving down poverty.

Large studies of children whose mothers were infected with influenza during the last months of their pregnancy, for example, have a roughly twofold increase in risk of developing the syndrome compared with the general population.

PRESS RELEASE - May 24 - WhiteLabelDating.com announces that 7 - day conversion on its general network increased by 36 % in the UK over the last quarter and by 33 % across international platforms.

Most states raised per - pupil general formula funding in the last year (see Figure 4), but in most cases those increases weren't enough to offset earlier cuts.

Some lawmakers continue to say that last year's General Assembly funded public education at higher levels than ever before, but if you take into account inflation and increased enrollment, per pupil funding actually dropped.

As the school population continues to rapidly decline due to the proliferation of charters and general outward migration, the district's administrative staff has increased 22 percent in the last five years, according to a superintendent's report.

Perhaps it's this environment, amid increasing skepticism of virtual charter claims, that led officials with the attorney general's office in California to lash out at K12 Inc. last week while announcing the conclusion of a long - running investigation of the virtual charter outfit.

One of the OECD's primary recommendations last week was for countries to increase investments in early learning for disadvantaged children, with OECD Secretary - General Angel Gurría repeatedly returning to this conclusion.

At the same time, General Motors sold 2.5 million vehicles here last year, an increase of 13 percent versus 2010.

Acura Division sales bucked market trends with an increase of 1.6 percent overall on sales of 11,545 units MDX sales continue to soar with a 54.9 percent increase on sales of 4,563 units last month RDX posted its 22nd consecutive monthly sales record with sales up 4.2 percent with 2,911 units sold «Offering the comfort, connectivity and performance every luxury customer wants at a price no other luxury brand can match is clearly a winning formula for Acura light trucks,» said Jeff Conrad, vice president and general manager of Acura Sales.

General Motors raised the base prices on nearly all of the 1991 cars it carried over from the previous year, reflecting a move to load cars with more standard equipment.GM is limiting base - price increases in the competitive small - car segment, is mitigating slightly higher increases in midsize segments with package discounts and is aggressively raising prices by thousands of dollars at the upper end.Prices announced by GM last week showed base - model increases on 119 of 127 passenger vehicles carried over from the 1990 model year.