Sentences with phrase «last up to a year as»

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He says he recently attended one of the largest industry trade shows, Mipcom, and ended up talking to the same people he'd last encountered six years ago, most of whom were still thinking in terms of selling programs region by region to established channels as opposed to «worldwide deals for rights to be exploited via the Internet anywhere.»

It makes little sense to award executives on a biased short - term basis when the effects of their actions can last for years, or to award directors on the basis of time — or, as one of my students put it, «showing up.»

Total oil demand in February was up 2.4 percent, or 460,000 bpd, to 19.62 million bpd versus last year, EIA data showed, as strong demand for distillates helped soften weakness in gasoline demand.

John Cywinski, Applebee's brand president, last year summed up the chain's Catch - 22 as follows: «While we certainly hope to extend our reach, we can't alienate Boomers or Gen - Xers in the process.»

President and CEO Steve Easterbrook struck a bullish tone while discussing the results with analysts, touting last year's launch of all - day breakfast 2.0 — an update that saw the addition of McGriddle and other items — as having lived up to expectations.

The numbers, as reported last month, back it up — this year's second quarter saw 48 home sales priced at $ 5 million or higher, the most activity in almost a year and a half, according to a report by Miller Samuel Inc. and Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

«As more people move out of their parents» basement — and there's still quite a few living there — we expect to see continued healthy demand for homes,» said Svenja Gudell, chief economist for Zillow, which found millennials made up 42 percent of homebuyers last year.

Formerly based in Portland, Ore., as vice president of North American brand marketing, Liedtke moved to Germany in 2006 and last year became global head of the brand, a huge step up.

But the big change from last year is that 81 % cited «artificial intelligence and machine learning» as either «very important» or «extremely important» to their company's future, up from just 54 % in 2016.

In September, the company's stock reached a 100 % increase over last year, as Tsai and Ma discussed selling up to 22.5 million (or US$ 4 billion worth) of the company's shares.

The story was first reported by Trade Secret, which said Google initiated a meeting last year, then independently backed up by RBC, which also quoted sources as saying Durov's proposal was not to Google's liking.

It can buy back shares to prop up its own stock price, as it did late last year in a $ 5 billion repurchase.

As a result, you will end up with a mortgage that lasts for years and you have to work to pay off that mortgage.

Last year, Hulu said it had roughly 12 million subscribers, which means the service still has a long way to go to catch up with its larger rivals, as Netflix boasts over 100 million subscribers around the world while more than 80 million people have Amazon Prime accounts.

Beyond hardware and apps, Amazon is also beefing up its digital ads business, a direct threat to Google's core business, as CNBC reported last year.

During the last years, there has been a trend in which airlines and movie studios are teaming up together to launch movie - themed liveries as part of global marketing campaigns.

Mobile revenue was more than ten times higher than in the same period last year and accounted for 22 percent of total revenues, as Alibaba continued to successfully ramp up its mobile monetisation.

For Derrick Bolton, who racked up 240,000 miles of flying last year as director of admissions, it has meant an even heavier schedule than usual to drum up interest.

Start - up Agility Robotics is building a robot as part of a last - mile delivery solution that could be in use in the next two to three years.

Last year, he donned fishnet stockings to dress up as the leg lamp from «A Christmas Story,» and in 2010 he was a gingerbread man whose leg had been eaten.

Seeking to protect its console business, the Japanese group had for many years resisted introducing mobile games with its best - known characters such as Super Mario Bros. and Pokemon, finally yielding to investor calls last year when it announced a tie - up with mobile specialst DeNA Co..

The company's average sales cycle has dropped to as short as three months and sales increased to $ 42 million last year, up from $ 26 million in 2004.

Government officials, while not as actively hostile to business as their fellow Greek - speakers in Athens, is not accelerating the country towards a cutting - edge future (in fact, the current administration managed to accidently blow up the country's main power plant in a massive and deadly accident last year).

As part of its ramp - up efforts, Nissan said last year that ProPILOT will allow cars to automatically change lanes by 2018.

Honda established a division late last year to develop electric vehicles (EVs) as part of its long - held goal for lower - emission gasoline hybrids, plug - in hybrids, EVs and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) to account for two - thirds of its line - up by 2030, from about 5 percent now.

Cenovus reported total production of 555,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in the fourth quarter, up from 283,000 boe / d in the same period last year, as oilsands production rose to 361,000 bpd from 164,000 bpd.

In big markets in the United States, LTE's median speeds have dropped by as much as 50 % in the last year, according to a study done by TwinPrime, a startup that makes tools to speed up mobile apps.

As part of its strategy to ramp up its U.S. presence, it also purchased Chicago - based wealth management firm Geneva Advisors for roughly US$ 200 million last year.

Yes, the share of 25 to 34 - year - olds renting homes as opposed to buying them is up nearly 20 percent in the last 10 years.

Gas accounted for 43 percent of Exxon output last year, according to BMO Capital Markets, a share set to rise as new LNG projects start up.

The giant accounting firm announced last year that it would pay up to $ 7,200 in student debt for employees — as much as $ 1,200 a year for six years.

Nicknamed «the planet hunter,» the $ 337 million TESS is a follow - up to NASA's Kepler spacecraft, which spent the last eight years searching the skies for as many planets outside our solar system as possible.

Page views are up 500 percent over last year, and College Prowler's success with the Army ROTC prompted both the Navy and Marine ROTC to sign up as clients.

Analysts said that although steps taken by the European Central Bank and European policymakers last year, such as formally setting up a bailout fund to provide assistance to troubled member states, provided a degree of support to markets, the euro now looked poised for a period of volatility.

State Department spokesman Mark Toner called the allegation against Kennedy inaccurate, saying it «does not align with the facts» and noting that the email in question ended up being marked as classified when released, with redactions, to the public last year.

IEX, which has up until now operated as an alternative trading system (ATS), filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to become a stock exchange last year.

It's clear now that Marc Caira knew he was about to sell Tim's from under us when the CEO posed for his close - up as winner of last year's Best Brands ranking.

Last year, new photovoltaic panels installed in the U.S. had the capacity to generate up to 4.2 gigawatts of electricity, about as much as four nuclear reactors.

The deficit for the current fiscal year that ends in two weeks is projected to be $ 25.9 billion — exactly as forecast in the fall fiscal update but up significantly from the $ 21.1 billion posited by Flaherty in last March's budget.

According to figures that the National Venture Capital Association diligently collects through primary research and publishes on their Web site, last year was somewhat typical in that 1,334 start - ups got funded, but only 13 % as many achieved an IPO (81 last year) or an acquisition large enough to warrant a public disclosure of the price (95 last year).

In fact, Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins was the first woman to direct a superhero movie and the film ended up as the highest - grossing movie ever helmed by a woman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domestically).

Randy Fields set up the guru department last year as an adjunct to the MIS department, which he says tends to look at long - term solutions to problems.

Twitter, the online messaging service, first spoke up about the issue last year as it was considering a move to bigger offices.

He also pledged that Chinese authorities would continue to apply pressure to the trade of digital assets, which was significantly ratcheted up last year with bans on token offerings, colloquially known as ICOs, and on cryptocurrency exchanges, which had to either cease or dramatically reconfigure their operations, or move abroad.

China's yuan, which has weakened in the last three years, is poised to extend the streak in 2017 as officials shepherd foreign reserves to shore up bad - loan - riddled banks.

Insights West's poll for Maclean's — conducted just as Morneau's problems were dominating the news late last month — found that 39 per cent of Canadians expect the Liberals to lose steam and accomplish less in the next two years — but 47 per cent still anticipate that the Trudeau government will pick up momentum and achieve more.

Walmart says it expects its e-commerce business to ramp up this year and sees e-commerce rising 40 percent this year, the same pace as last year.

Now, the American start - up Factom is developing a blockchain - based land registry system that reduces this risk and provides Hondurans with time - stamped and irreversible digital rights to their land, as reported by the Economist last year.

Fund - raising by Greater China — focused funds rose to record levels over the past decade but dropped 64 % last year, as LPs became concerned that capital was piling up, leaving them overallocated in the market.

April 2016 Quick Hits: This month marked the last big stock purchase I had this year as I've begun saving up cash for a 2017 transition to the civilian sector.